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Phone Interview: Punjabi-Language Writings and Punjabi-Speaking Population

phone interview: There would be comments and critiques, and through that I came to understand the perspectives of other students, according to Metro News. With the Punjabi-speaking population of B.C. numbering nearly 200,000, according to Statistics Canada's most recent 2011 data, it's the most-spoken mother tongue after English in the province. Every Friday our class would meet in the library, he recalled in a phone interview, and we'd share our writing from the week with the others. Hoping to spark an explosion of Punjabi-language writings worldwide, the B.C. resident and co-founder of Canada India Education Society launched an international award in 2013. He hopes the 500 prize will spark a blossoming of creativity and youth writing in English and Punjabi, since students must translate their own work themselves into both languages. But this year, he decided to extent the existing award to Grade 11 and 12 students in B.C. Punjabi-language classes, and the entry deadline is less than one month away. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.