Raj Grewal Faces $15M Gurdwara Lawsuit, Punjabi Farms Preserve Heritage, and Kimari Dating App Launches in Brampton

Former Brampton MP and lawyer Raj Grewal is now at the center of a major new lawsuit involving $15 million in loans secured against two prominent GTA Gurdwaras, drawing scrutiny to the intersection of Sikh institutional trust and personal financial crisis. Meanwhile, Punjabi farming families around Brampton are quietly preserving cultural heritage through their land, and a new matchmaking app specifically designed for Punjabi Sikhs has just launched in the city.

🗳️ Former MP Raj Grewal Sued Over $15M in Loans Secured by Two Sikh Temples

Mississauga-based lawyer and former Brampton MP Raj Grewal faces a major new legal challenge after two prominent GTA Gurdwaras were drawn into his spiraling financial collapse. According to The Pointer, private lenders SSMT Management Inc. and Oculus Mortgage GP Inc. filed suit on September 4 after extending $15 million in loans guaranteed by Grewal and secured against two well-known Sikh institutions: the Sikh Spiritual Centre Toronto, known as the Etobicoke Gurdwara, and Brampton's Nanaksar Gurdwara. Named as defendants alongside Grewal are Amarjit Singh Deol, president of both temples, and Gurmail Singh Nirman, treasurer and director of the Sikh Spiritual Centre Toronto. When the loans were arranged in spring 2025, Grewal and entities he controlled were already carrying more than $200 million in total debt. The loan terms required interest-only payments at a punishing 24 percent annual rate -- $300,000 each month -- but payments were missed starting in May, leaving over $1.5 million in unpaid interest accumulating. It remains unclear what was done with roughly $12.5 million of the $15 million total. Investigators also noted that a $250,000 wire payment from RSG Law's trust account was made to the Sikh Spiritual Centre Toronto on April 14, shortly after a separate case involving approximately $6 million in counterfeit cheques deposited through RSG Law. Grewal's lawyer claimed the matter had been resolved; lawyers for the lenders say the litigation remains ongoing, and Grewal is reportedly facing around two dozen lawsuits in total. [2]

🍛 Sarbat Farms Gives Brampton's Punjabi Families a Living Connection to Home

The Narwhal profiles Sarbat Farms, a Brampton-area enterprise where generations of Punjabi families are cultivating not just crops but deep cultural roots. Central to the story is Gurveer Singh Sran, a young man who helps his family run the farm, whose very name -- Sarbat, meaning 'for all' or 'for everyone's well-being' in Punjabi -- reflects the ethos driving the operation. For the South Asian diaspora in Brampton, one of the most densely Punjabi cities outside of India itself, farms like Sarbat represent far more than agricultural operations. They serve as living connections to a Punjab homeland long celebrated as the breadbasket of India, where farming is woven into the fabric of Sikh and Punjabi identity across generations. The farm provides local families with fresh produce tied to the ingredients of authentic Punjabi cuisine -- herbs, greens, and specialty vegetables that are either difficult to source or prohibitively expensive in mainstream supermarkets. For families who immigrated from rural Punjab, working and visiting such land offers a sensory and emotional taste of an agricultural life many left behind. Perhaps more importantly, it provides Canadian-born generations with a visceral connection to the farming roots at the heart of Punjabi culture and Sikh spiritual tradition, in which langar -- the community meal -- is itself a sacred act. The Narwhal report frames these farms as gathering points and cultural anchors for a diaspora community navigating urban Canadian life while holding onto its deepest traditions. [3]

🤝 Kimari App Brings Human-Concierge Matchmaking to Brampton's Punjabi Sikh Community

Kimari, a Punjabi Sikh dating app developed by San Francisco-based Doppi, Inc., launched its services in Brampton on September 14, 2026, targeting one of North America's largest concentrations of Punjabi Sikh residents. The service is built around a deliberate alternative to swipe-based apps: every introduction is filtered through a human concierge who reviews compatibility before anyone is approached. After creating a profile and activating a search, members wait for a concierge to identify a potential match. Each person independently accepts or passes; only when both agree does the concierge coordinate an initial coffee meeting at a local public cafe. All first introductions connect people who both identify as Punjabi Sikh, providing a culturally grounded starting point while explicitly acknowledging that individual relationships to faith, language, and family tradition vary widely. The company's 'First Coffee + 3 Dates' structure guides the early process: an initial coffee is followed by up to three additional dates if interest persists, with an intentional conversation about serious relationship intentions expected by the fourth meeting. Either person can exit at any point. Registration is free. The Brampton launch represents a targeted move by Doppi, Inc. to serve a diaspora community that has long sought culturally sensitive matchmaking alternatives -- particularly for those who want to find partners within their community but prefer a less transactional, more relationship-oriented approach than mainstream apps provide. [5]

Sources: [2] The Pointer · [3] The Narwhal · [5] 24-7PressRelease.com