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Heineken launches alcohol-free beer in Malaysia
By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | After hitting the markets in Singapore and Thailand, Heineken’s alcohol-free beer is now available in Malaysia. The major producer of beer and stout producer Heineken...
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What about a Malaysian gurdwara with Minangkabau look?
Minangkabau house: Photo: Lembaga Muzium Negeri Sembilan By Dya Singh | OPINION | Very recently, aspiring futuristic architect Vishal Singh explained with models, the design of a gurdwara of the...
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Inhale confidence. Exhale doubt – ToonistBains
ToonistBains By ToonistBains | SKETCH | Inhale confidence. Exhale doubt. @Toonistbains.official ASIA SAMACHAR is an online newspaper for Sikhs / Punjabis in Southeast Asia and beyond. Facebook |...
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What happens when you sweep the floor at night
Check out a newly released short sketch entitled ‘If You Sweep At Night, Good Luck Will Be Swept Away‘. Ashvinder Kaur, who loves performing, got to try out acting with a green screen in this video,...
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Birds of a feather flock together
Photo: Asian Women Mean Business website By Rupinder Kaur | OPINION | UK | In Sikhi, we have the concept of ‘Sangat’. The word itself has its origins in the Sanskrit word ‘sangh’, which means company,...
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Indonesian Sikh youth team up with American Sikh diplomat to introduce...
L-R: Prem, Gurdit and Chandeni – Photo: The @america Centre By Asia Samachar Team | JAKARTA, INDONESIA | Some 100 students of a local Islamic state school (madrasah) had an opportunity to learn...
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Moan Singh Sidhu (Moni) (1958-2019), Ex NSTP
PATH DA BHOG: 30 June 2019 (Sunday), 9.30am – 11.30am , at Gurdwara Sahib Tatt Khalsa, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia Moan Singh Sidhu (Moni) (1958-2019), Ex NSTP MOAN SINGH SIDHU (MONI) (EX NSTP) S/O LATE...
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Malaysian pharmacist Harbans Dhillon going places
Harbans Dhillon (middle) talking about biosimilars and cancer drugs at San Francisco event – Photo: EKTA Facebook Page By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Pharmacist and Sikh woman activist Harbans...
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Terminology confusion amongst Sikhs
By Dya Singh | OPINION | I am always bemused and frustrated at times how we have problems with Sikh terminology and even have disagreeable arguments about it. I shall dive straight into some. 1. Our...
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Rape-convict Dera chief Ram Rahim seeking parole for ‘good behaviour’– Reports
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: Dera Sacha Sauda head – Photo / Dera Facebook By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh may soon be out on parole on counts of good...
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Bayern Munich eye signing NZ youngster Sarpreet Singh
Sarpreet Singh By Asia Samachar Team | NEW ZEALAND | New Zealand rising football star Sarpreet Singh may be on move to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after a sterling performance at the recent...
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Kartar Singh (1934-2019), Retired Chief Accountant Treasury
SASKAAR / CREMATION: Cortege departs at 11.30 am, 28 June 2019 (Friday) from No 11, Lorong Maarof, 59100, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur for cremation at DBKL Crematorium, Jalan Kuari, Cheras | Malaysia Kartar...
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Singapore hosts inaugural international conference on cohesive societies
GROUP PHOTO: Some Sikhs present at ICCS. From left: Sarabjeet, Jasbir, Sarjit, Parvitar and Surjit By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Singapore’S inaugural International Conference on Cohesive...
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Sikh flag should be yellow or dark blue, says MGC
By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | The Nishan Sahib or Sikh flag should be either basanti (Xanthic) which is yellow or surmaee (dark blue) and not the dark orange that is commonly used in most...
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SNSM AGM: Compromise or treachery?
| LETTER | MALAYSIA | To concerned members of Sikh Naujawan Sabha Malaysia. The last Sikh Naujawan Sabha Malaysia (SNSM) annual general meeting (AGM) in July 2018 was indeed a compromise. I) Some 9...
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Malaysian court jails, fines RM300,000 ex-pilot for unlicensed moneylending
A former pilot was sentenced to two years’ jail and a RM300,000 fine by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur for offering an unlicensed loan eight years ago. Judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail handed the...
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Was Maharaja Ranjit Singh an Indian or a Panjabi?
Maharaja Ranjit Singh painting by Sarabjit Singh, uploaded on 12 August 2015. By Anmol Singh Hundal | OPINION | This day marks the 180th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the emperor of all...
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Managing your own mistakes – ToonistBains
| SKETCH | @Toonistbains.official | ASIA SAMACHAR is an online newspaper for Sikhs / Punjabis in Southeast Asia and beyond. Facebook | WhatsApp +6017-335-1399 | Email: editor@asiasamachar.com |...
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Bentong Sikh ladies visit Johor gurdwaras
Bentong ladies’ wing given warm welcome at Gurdwara Sahib Batu Pahat – Photo: Provided By Gurdeep Kaur | MALAYSIA | Istri Sat Sang Bentong had recently visited Babe Ke Gurdwara in Machap, Gurdwara...
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Amarjeet Singh to assume bigger role as Ernst & Young Asean tax leader
By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Malaysia’s tax expert Amarjeet Singh will play a bigger role at Ernst & Young (E&Y) with his appointment as the EY Asean tax leader. He takes over from Yeo...
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