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Mystery of Punjab’s vanishing players in foreign shores – Report
| SPORTS | INDIA | It’s a game of sportspersons from Punjab being sent abroad illegally for economic reasons by dubious sports bodies, reports an Indian news agency. These sports federations are, in...
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Promoting peace through social media
By Gurnam Singh | UK | OPINION | Bishop, Friends and distinguished colleagues, I am honored to be addressing todays historic gathering. My topic is promoting peace through arts and social media, which...
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Tourists learn Sikh culture, turban-tying at Penang gurdwara – Report
Kirpal Singh showing how the chakar is embedded into the Sikh turban during war – Photo: Screengrab from StarTV By Rena Lim | THE STAR | MALAYSIA | Getting to know the Sikh culture was an enriching...
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Jalbir made partner at E&Y Malaysia
Jalbir Singh Riar By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Jalbir Singh Riar has been made a partner at Ernst & Young Tax Consultants Sdn Bhd. The 36-year old will assume his new role as partner in the...
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Football, for many women, is life
JASBIR KAUR and other women footballers in France for 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup By Jagdesh Singh | OPINION | She had just got off from a 15-hour flight but she didn’t look at all haggard from being...
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Mehervan Sethi: The man behind some of Japan’s most stylish denim
Mehervan Sethi (Photo: LinkedIn profile / Japan Times) By Recevva Saunders | JAPAN TIMES | Mehervan Sethi isn’t your typical Japanese guy, nor is he your typical non-Japanese — for a start he didn’t...
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Linking charity work with extremism
By Gurmukh Singh OBE | OPINION | Social activism and donations to charity (daswandh) are part of Sikh living. Serving the community within gurdwaras is the first step. Gurdwaras are the schools for...
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Vistara to start flying Singapore to Mumbai, New Delhi
By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | India’s full-service carrier Vistara will soon start flying Singapore to Delhi and Mumbai, with one-stop connections to Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jammu, Lucknow, Ranchi,...
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Balwant Kaur (1938-2019), Rawang
SASKAAR/CREMATION: 4pm, 14 July 2019 (Sunday) at Serendah Hindu Crematorium. Cortege leaves residence No. 80, Lorong Hijau 2/2, Taman Hijau, Rawang, Selangor at 3pm | Malaysia Balwant Kaur (1938-2019),...
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Surjit Kaur (1933-2019), Sitiawan
SASKAAR/CREMATION: 2pm, 15 July 2019 (Monday), at Sitiawan Sehaj Path Da Bhog: 21 July 2019 (Sunday), 9am – 11.30am, at Gurdwara Sahib Sitiawan, Perak | Malaysia Surjit Kaur (1933-2019), Sitiawan...
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Sikh bikers visit Kuala Pilah, Tampin gurdwaras in Chardikala Ride
Sikh bikers at Gurdwara Sahib Kuala Pilah By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Some two dozen Sikh bikers took a leisurely ride Kuala Lumpur to two Tampin and Kuala Pilah gurdwaras yesterday (13 July...
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Hardev Kaur: From business journalist to editor in male-dominated field
Hardev Kaur featured in NST (15 July 2019) By New Straits Times | MALAYSIA | A business journalist who rose through the ranks, Datuk Hardev Kaur was appointed group editor on May 1, 2004. Before her...
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Does being ‘religious’ mean being ‘ritualistic’?
By Dya Singh | OPINION | I am often asked if I am religious? More so because I am privileged to do kirtan globally and a certain degree of ‘religiosity’ is perhaps expected of me. I do not wear...
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Gurdial Singh (1927-2019), Buntong, Ipoh
PRAYERS: AKHAND PATH at Gurdwara Sahib Buntong Ipoh starting at 9am, 19 July 2019 (Friday) to 21 July 2019 followed by PATH DA PHOG on 21 July 2019 (Sunday) from 10am-12pm | Malaysia Gurdial Singh...
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Climate emergency – What would Nanak do?
By Gurnam Singh | UK | OPINION | I received an email from a dear friend recently about an interfaith event on the climate emergency. It prompted me to reflect on how we Sikhs have really not been true...
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Sikh Brothers rock Brunel University
The Brothers, Amardeep and Gurmit, receive Honorary Fellowship Awards from Brunel University London By Asia Samachar Team | BRITAIN | Watch these two young Sikh brothers. The enterprising and talented...
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Mohinder Singh Dhaliwal (Lakha), (1925-2019), Seremban
SASKAAR/CREMATION: 11.30am, 19 July 2019 (Friday), at Jalan Templer Crematorium, Seremban. Cortege leaves family residence at No 18, Taman Eastern Jalan Pantai, Batu 4. 71050 Si Rosa, Port Dickson, at...
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Go steady with the horn! Latest campaign by Punjab police
Honking all around is definitely one of the salient features when visiting India. Cars, trucks and bikes just seem to blare the horn unending. It’s almost a carnival! Asia Samachar spotted a #NoHonking...
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IN MEMORY: Harban Singh (1944-2018), Ex TNB
PRAYERS: Kirtan and Path da Bhog on 20 July 2019 (Saturday), 5pm to 7pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Sentul, Kuala Lumpur followed by Guru Ka Langgar | Malaysia Harban Singh (1944-2018), Ex TNB First Year Barsi...
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Seeking Gurbani guidance on climate crisis
By Gurmukh Singh OBE | OPINION | Celebration of any Gurpurab and, especially, the 550th Parkash Divas (Birthday) of Guru Nanak Sahib is also the time when we reflect on the state of the Panth. We have...
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