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Gaigindar Kaur (1939-2020), Port Klang
SASKAAR / CREMATION: 12pm, 18 July 2020 (Saturday), at Simpang Lima Crematorium Klang. Cortège leaves from residence No. 39, Jalan Kim Chuan, Pandamaran, 42000 Port Klang, Selangor at 11.30am |...
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How to build strong culture for gurdwara teams?
By Saranjit Singh | OPINION | Culture is about group behavior and behavior is driven by values and beliefs. Culture is formed by people working in an organization and this is led by the leaders....
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Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre drops use of BAME
By Asia Samachar Team | UK | Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has decided to stop using the term BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic), saying it is outdated. The UK theatre said it made the decision...
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Looking for ‘ordinary sardar’ in Hindi cinema
Kuljeet Singh’s Breathe: Into the Shadows – Photo: Supplied By Dipanita Nath | INDIA | In a world full of cops and a serial killer, he is a nobody. Breathe: Into The Shadows, on Amazon Prime Video,...
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PUNJABI | NEW RELEASE: Many years ago, Aussie-based Dya Singh and team produced a wonderful video to help children – and adults, too – to pick up the Penti. That’s what they call the Gurmukhi Alphabet,...
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Women and rape: Malaysian talk show host gets it wrong
Screen grab from the Bernama TV talk show By Sanjay CS (#UnityPenang) | LETTER TO EDITOR | LET’S say there is a topic titled, “Rape! Is it a woman’s fault?”. Between a news channel and a movie, one...
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Meet the Sikhs who keep coming to the rescue for vulnerable Victorians
Sikh volunteers Manpreet Singh, Gurkirapal Singh and Sukhwinder Kaur. – Photo: SIMON SCHLUTER / Brisbane Times By Jewel Topsfield | AUSTRALIA | In 2017, when Sikh volunteers began distributing free...
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India on war footing with Sikh social media, says reports
By Asia Samachar Team | CANADA | Sikhs expressing their views on Khalistan on the social media are more and more becoming targets of the Indian government. The Indian authorities are increasingly using...
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Coronavirus awakens millennial Sikh entprepreneur
By Asia Samachar Team | EUROPE | The novel coronavirus pandemic has thrown up a name of a young Sikh entrepreneur, and it has happened almost by chance. Meet Harpreet Singh Rai. The co-founder and CEO...
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India grants Afghan Hindus, Sikhs priority visas to escape barrage of war – NYT
By Asia Samachar Team | AFGHANISTAN | Members of the dwindling minority communities, gutted by recent deadly violence, welcomed an emergency exit but expressed worry that what would await them in India...
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3 Sikhs promoted at Malaysia’s top university
New deans at Universiti Malaya( (L-R) Dr Surinderpal Kaur, Dr. Jatswan Singh and Dr. Kiran Kaur By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Malaysia’s top university promoted three Sikhs, including one as a...
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Workshop for young Sikhs to learn entrepreneurship, technology
By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Does entrepreneurship and technology excite you? Young Sikh/Punjabi students with a keen interest in the two areas are invited to join a new online workshop series...
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1967: Singapore PM receives keys for Guru Nanak ambulance
Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew with Sikh community on 14 Jan 1967 – Photo: Singapore National Archives By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | When Singapore Sikhs celebrated the 300th birthday of Guru Gobind...
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Face mask to fit turban and beard
Nirman Singh: Facemask to fit the turban and beard By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | A Singapore Sikh couple has produced reusable face masks for Sikhs with turban and beard. And they are ready to...
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Langgar – Going beyond free kitchen
All set to distribute Langgar at the NamRas event in Singapore – Photo: Parvitar Singh By Parvitar Singh | OPINION | The concept of langgar, also translated as the concept of free kitchen, was founded...
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India hockey captain Manpreet Singh to marry Malaysian sweetheart
Manpreet Singh and Illi Najwa Saddique By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | India’s men hockey captain Manpreet Singh is all set to settle down with his long-time Malaysian sweetheart Illi Najwa Saddique....
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New Release: Arvinder Raina’s rendition of ‘Jagath Jalandhaa’
KIRTAN | NEW RELEASE: Singer and composer Arvinder Raina has released ‘Jagath Jalandhaa’, a shabad cmposed by Guru Amar Das. The music was composed by Harsimran Singh Raina who also played the guitar....
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Singapore politics coming of age
Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh poses for a photo with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after the swearing-in ceremony of new office holders at the Istana on July 27 – Photo: Ministry of Communications...
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Joginder Singh @ Jogi (1936-2020), Cheras
SASKAAR / CREMATION: 12 noon, 31 July 2020 (Friday), at Jalan Loke Yew Crematorium, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia ਘਲੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਦੇ ਉਠੀ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ SARDAR JOGINDER SINGH A/L PALL SINGH (6.3.1936 – 30.7.2020)...
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IN MEMORY: Lakhbir Kaur (1957-2007), Alor Gajah
LAKHBIR KAUR D/O VEER SINGH (6.8.1957 – 30.7.2007) 13th Anniversary. Passed away peacefully on 30th July 2007. Wife of Late Lawyer Markhan Singh Deeply missed, forever cherished and fondly remembered...
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