Instead of sitting alone, or in the company of like-minded friends, grumbling, complaining and cursing, they were able to get out and participate. The Indian and Pakistani community would have felt more comfortable in Canada if severe immigration restrictions had not come into effect, cruelly keeping brothers, sisters and other family members from joining their immediate families in Canada. Even with such a small community, people of the Indian subcontinent have been able to revive and create their own respective sub-cultures, religious denominations and congregations. Many societies sprang up to cater to the cultural needs of the people. Indian films and actors have traditionally enjoyed a mass following.
Singers too have many followers.
Most of them have visited North America and have performed here. In fact, it has become an annual summer event to have such performances in North American cities. There are also people who take their religion very seriously, and many Indians and Pakistanis, enthused with an evangelical spirit, seek religious experts of every variety and form to keep religion alive among the immigrants. This is a phenomenon which is really unique. It is a literary, cultural event which is also exceedingly entertaining.