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Seeking closure for 1984
By Gurnam Singh | OPINION | It’s been exactly 36 years to the day since the Indian state declared war on Sikhs by occupying the Panjab and invading the Darbar Sahib with tanks, guns and grenades. This...
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#Sikh hashtag blocked at Facebook and Instagram
Instagram message at its official Twitter account on 4 June 2020 Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | The #Sikh hashtag was temporarily blocked at major social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. And...
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9 students fined for apartment gathering during circuit breaker
Arvinash Kaur (left) and Sajandeep Singh outside the State Courts on May 22, 2020 – Photo: TODAY file photo By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Nine students were fined between S$2,500 and S$4,500 on...
View ArticleNew Release: Dya Singh & Sanggat render Mere Naal Hai-Tuhi Tuhi
KIRTAN | NEW RELEASE: Famed musician Dya Singh is joined by 21 families from around the world in this rendition of Mere Naal Hai-Tuhi Tuhi, presenter by Sikh Youth Australia. Click here. [TAKE NOTE...
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AV world loses seminal figure
Ranjit Singh By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | The world of audio-visual (AV) lost an illustrious and hard-working member in Ranjit Singh from Singapore who passed away last month. In a short note at...
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Penang gurdwara mission to help needy folk
Penang gurdwara volunteers members busy packing fried mee hoon for needy families during the MCO – Photos: ZAINUDIN AHAD/The Star By N Trisha | MALAYSIA | HELPING those in need is essential now more...
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Understanding 1984
By Asia Samachar Team | OPINION | DO you have a clear grasp of #1984? This is a major landmark in Sikh history that Sikhs themselves need to properly understand. A recent webinar organised by the...
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1984: My Firsthand Account
Sawinder Singh – Photo: The Sikh Coalition website By Sawinder Singh | OPINION | I was in school in Amritsar, Punjab, on June 1, 1984. It was 12:30 pm when we heard the unmistakable, chilling sounds of...
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Fighting Covid, the Sikh way
SIKHS IN ACTION: United Sikhs Malaysia official Mandeep Singh brought some 1.5 tones of groceries to the Orang Asli, one of the Malaysian aborigine groups, in Sungai Jang in Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor,...
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Hoboken Sikh mayor joins #BlackLivesMatter protest
Hoboken mayor Ravinder Singh Bhalla at a #BlackLivesMatter protest By Asia Samachar Team | UNITED STATES | Hoboken Sikh mayor and his family joined thousands of #BlackLivesMatter protest Friday (5 June...
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India disrupts Akaal Channel
By Asia Samachar Team | BRITAIN | A UK-based Sikh channel carrying independent news and views of the community is facing disruption in India. Akaal Channel has not been assessable via Facebook or...
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Artwork on 1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four artwork by The Singh Twins By The Singh Twins | BRITAIN | This week in 1984, Indian PM Indira Gandhi launched a military attack on the historic centre of the Sikh faith in Amritsar...
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ToonistBains: Stepping up my game…
You can’t know where you’re going, if you don’t know where you’ve been. – William Gibson Stepping up my game… #toonistbains # ASIA SAMACHAR is an online newspaper for Sikhs / Punjabis in Southeast...
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Joginder Singh (1950-2020), Taman Sri Melati, Batu Caves
ਘਲੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਦੇ ਉਠੀ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ SARDAR JOGINDER SINGH S/O LATE SARDAR S. HAKKAM SINGH (EX-POSTAL) / LATE SARDARNI MANJIT KAUR Village : Bolewal Age : 69 Passed away peacefully on Monday, 8th June...
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Pakistan maiden virtual fashion show
Pakistan virtual fashion show Catwalk Cares – Photo: Catwalk Cares blog By Asia Samachar Team | PAKISTAN | Pakistan saw its maiden virtual fashion show last week with 19 local brands showcasing their...
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36 Years Later, the Trauma of Operation Blue Star Lingers On
By Tridivesh Singh Maini | OPINION | In June 1984, the Indira Gandhi government in India ordered a military assault on the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, codenamed ‘Operation Blue Star’. Led...
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Sikh professionals donate PPEs to Malaysian hospital
L-R: MSPBT president Harjit Singh Sidhu, MSPBT VP Lakhbeer Singh and Dr Kaldip Kaur – Photo: Supplied By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | A Sikh professionals’ outfit has contributed 100 sets of...
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Youtube clears Akaal Channel in India, Facebook still blocking it
By Asia Samachar Team | UNITED STATES | Sikhs are waging a battle against giant social media platform Facebook that had silently blocked the #Sikh hashtag for weeks and then a Sikh television channel...
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Racism from ‘nice’ white people
Photo: Pixabay By Gurnam Singh | OPINION | Millions of people around the world have watched the horrific video footage of George Floyd’s death which shows the 46-year-old innocent black man struggling...
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Can Sikhs Forget June 1984?
By Gurmukh Singh | OPINION | Can the Sikhs forget 1984? It is like asking the Jewish people if they can forget the Holocaust. The Holocaust Memorial Day is now the day when the world remembers millions...
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