When girls break the barrier
By Jagdesh Singh | OPINION | It was very unusual for me. This was the first time we all sat down at the dining table and talked like old friends. Mind you, my wife and I have always held conversations...
View ArticleMy Journey Home: West Punjab — Part 3 of 3
Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia | EXPERIENCE | Tarunjit visited his family ancestral home near Gujranwala in 2019, seventy-two years after his grandparents left in 1947, never to return. His ancestors lived...
View ArticleSecond-gen Sikh officer in US armed forces. Proud to serve!
Second Lieutenant Naureen Singh and her dad Colonel (Ret.) G.B. Singh Congratulations to SikhLEAD Alumni Naureen Singh — who graduated from the United States Air Force Officer Training School. This...
View ArticleHead count for Indian MPs in Singapore
K Shanmugam By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Singapore’s out-going ruling party did not field any new Indian candidates as its prepared for General Elections 2020. Why? On the weekend, the question...
View ArticleThis Singapore party volunteer speaks 7 languages
Jejhar Singh – Photo: Mothership / Jane Zhang By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | As Singapore prepares for its general election, there is naturally a buzz of activities on the ground. All the...
View ArticleLeadership lessons in run-up to Singapore elections
By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | What are some of the lessons from the last few weeks as Singaporeans prepared for the General Election 2020? Personal leadership trainer Jasbir Singh pulled together...
View ArticleIN LOVING MEMORY: Ram Singh Korotana (1981-2019), Puchong
FIRST BARSI: Path da Bhog on 11 July 2020 (Saturday), 10am-12pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Puchong | Malaysia RAM SINGH KOROTANA A/L LATE RAJINDER SINGH (Abang Anda) (12 Aug 1981 – 26 July 2019) Village: Datta...
View ArticlePritam Singh leads a stronger Singapore opposition
PAP chief Lee Hsien Loong (left) and Workers’ Party secretary-general Pritam Singh By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Pritam Singh, one of the two Sikh candidates in Singapore’s general elections...
View ArticleElection results may delay Singapore leadership handover, says political analyst
Caretaker DPM Heng Swee Keat (middle) and the PAP slate for East Coast GRC – Photo: HSK Facebook page By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | With the dust settles on the outcome of Singapore’s General...
View ArticleParis suburb elects Sikh deputy mayor
Ranjit Singh: Deputy mayor Bobigny – ToonistBains By Asia Samachar Team | FRANCE | Young, handsome and turbanned. Legal advisor Ranjit Singh made news when he was elected as the deputy mayor of a town...
View ArticleThe Long, Perilous Route Thousands Of Indians Have Risked For A Shot At Life...
Gurmeet Singh holds a photo of his granddaughter, Gurupreet Kaur, who died of heatstroke in Arizona in June 2019. The 6-year-old and her mother had just crossed into the U.S. from Mexico. – Photo:...
View ArticleSant Singh Bhal (1948-2020), Santi / Ex Amateur Jockey
PATH DA BHOG: 19 July 2020 (Sunday), 10am-12pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Johor Bahru | Malaysia MR SANT SINGH BHAL S/O LATE HARCHARAN SINGH (Santi – Ex Amateur Jockey) (12.11.1948 – 9.7.2020) Wife: Karam Kaur...
View ArticlePahang-born Sikh made judicial commissioner
Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Pree By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet, a former Malaysian sessions court judge and deputy public prosecutor (DPP), has been...
View ArticleSpotted! A Sikh in 1960s political rally
By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | A Sikh is spotted in a poster donned as a backdrop for what seems like a political rally for the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the 1960s. Seen speaking is Ibrahim...
View ArticleNew Jersey police chief steps down after he’s heard ‘calling the nation’s...
NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Fanwood Police Chief Richard Trigo, Former Acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park Photo Credit: NJ Attorney General Facebook/Fanwoodpolice.org/Union County...
View ArticleBhaldev Singh (1937-2020), Ex-MINDEF of Damansara Heights
PATH DA BHOG: 19 July 2020 (Sunday), from 5.00pm-7.00pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Petaling Jaya | Malaysia ਘਲੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਦੇ ਉਠੀ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ SARDAR BHALDEV SINGH S/O LATE AMAR SINGH GILL (MEHNA) (15.6.1937 –...
View ArticleSinging in the rain
Pritam Singh – Sketch: ToonistBains By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | As the dust settles on Singapore’s 2020 general election, one hero has emerged almost singing. Pritam Singh overcame numerous...
View ArticleNirmal Singh (1949-2020), Setapak, Kuala Lumpur
SEHAJ PATH DA BHOG: 25 July 2020 (Saturday), from 9.30am to 12pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Sentul, Jalan Haji Salleh, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia ਘਲੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਦੇ ਉਠੀ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ NIRMAL SINGH A/L B INDER SINGH...
View ArticleResolving disputes in Sikh community through mediation
Samrith Kaur (left) and Rammit Kaur By Samrith Kaur and Rammit Kaur | OPINION | Every community that has survived the test of time and existence must have incorporated their unique approaches to...
View ArticleSikh judge elavated to Malaysia’s top court
Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal taking oath as a Federal Court – Photo: Bernama By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Court of Appeal judge Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal was elevated to the Federal Court last week,...
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