Panjabi classes back in swing for Singapore students
SSEF Panjabi classes kick start on 9 Jan 2021 – Photo: SSEF By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | The teaching of Panjabi language is back in swing. Singapore students learning the language made their...
View ArticleRespected Malaysian community worker Lady Joe passes away
Ajaib Kaur @ Lady Joe By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Ajaib Kaur, the ever smiling and ever willing community volunteer fondly known as Lady Jo, passed away today (Jan 11). She was 77. She lost her...
View ArticleReliance seals Karnataka rice deal, to pay above MSP – Report
Paddy field – Photo: Manish Chack By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | One of the first sizeable transactions for between a large corporate entity and farmers took place in Karnatak for a deal to purchase...
View ArticleSketch captures beauty of Penang’s oldest gurdwara
𝗪𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗯 Penang – Sketch by 𝗞𝗵𝗼𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗶𝗻 By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | The oldest gurdwara structure in Penang has been captured in a sketch by Penang artist Khoo Cheng Jin....
View ArticleIndia’s top court suspends India’s controversial farm laws, appoints...
By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | India’s top court has muscled in for what is being seen as an attempt to break the impasse between the farmers’ unions and government in the on-going massive protests...
View ArticleFarmer unions to ignore Supreme Court committee, seen as government ‘ploy’
Farmer union leaders at press conference on 12 Jan 2020 rejecting Supreme Court set-up committee – Photo: Kisan Ekta Morcha Facebook video grab By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | The farmer unions...
View ArticleGurmel Kaur (1932-2021), Sitiawan
SASKAAR / CREMATION: 1pm, 15 January 2021 (Friday), at Sitiawan. SAHEJ PATH DA BHOG: 23 January 2021 (Saturday), 9am – 11.30am, at Gurdwara Sahib Sitiawan | Malaysia GURMEL KAUR A/P INDER SINGH...
View ArticleAussie designers create modified face masks for people with beards, turbans...
Manmeet Kaur stands inside her store, surrounded by colourful fabric and jewellery – Photo: ABC News / Kristian Silva By Kristian Silva | ABC NEWS | AUSTRALIA | Most years, Manmeet Kaur is kept busy...
View ArticleSurindar Singh Ahluwalia: Loved and not forgotten…
Sardar Surindar Singh Ahluwalia – Photo: Suplied By Manpreet Kaur Ahluwalia | MALAYSIA| Joan Didion once said, “Grief when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be”. But however uncertain its...
View ArticleKerala farmers leave for Delhi to join protest
Tractor Rally at Alappuzha in solidarity with farmers protest – Photo Newsclick By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | Some 500 growers from Kerala left for Delhi to take part in the protest against the...
View ArticleJohor sultan renames academy after Sikh doctor with deep passion for cricket
Johor sultan and Dr Harjit Singh (right). Background: Johor Cricket Academy & Oval By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | The Johor state ruler has renamed the state cricket academy after a Sikh...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Panjabi language classes set to begin tomorrow
Panjabi language classes in action in Malaysia – Graphic: Asia Samachar (Photos PETM) By Jaginder Singh Raipatti | MALAYSIA | Punjabi Education Centres (PECs) nationwide are all getting ready to start...
View ArticleFrom the Mouth of Babes
Photo: Ernesto Eslava / Pixabay By I.J. Singh | OPINION | TEACHING & LEARNING Human existence and human progress depend on generational progress. So, how do we teach new generations? We first need...
View ArticleSeeking heaven, fearing hell. What says Gurbani?
By Asia Samachar Team | OPINION | Are you yearning to hit the highway to heaven? Are you afraid of hell? Well, maybe it is time you take a break from both those thoughts. And it is high time you...
View ArticleHazrat Mian Mir – Great Sufi Saint
By Bhupinder ‘Bo’ Singh | OPINION | Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as The Golden Temple in Amritsar has become the world famous religious center of the Sikhs. The name Golden Temple has been given to...
View ArticleSardarni Harbans Kaur Khaira (1939-2021), Sungai Petani
PATH DA BHOG: 23 January 2021 (Saturday), 9am – 12noon, at Gurdwara Sahib Bestari Jaya (Batang Berjuntai), Selangor and thereafter followed by Guru Ka Langar | Malaysia SARDARNI HARBANS KAUR D/O GUNDAR...
View ArticleSardarni Dalip Kaur (1934-2021), Johor Bahru
PATH DA BHOG: 10am – 12.00noon, 23 January 2021 (Saturday), at Gurdwara Sahib Johor Bahru and thereafter followed by Guru Ka Langar | Malaysia SARDARNI DALIP KAUR D/O BESAKAR SINGH 1934 – 11.1.2021...
View ArticlePost-truth make belief allure of fascist dictators
I’m pissed… I’m tired of people that cannot find reality because they have been so brainwashed by a senile narcissistic CON MAN and his merry band of grifters…So this is it….This is my LINE IN THE...
View ArticleInto the Future: Gurdwara that walks
By Vishal J. Singh | GURDWARA DESIGN | The dawn of the third decade of the 21st century is here. Here we are in January, in the year 2021, still grappling with a worldwide pandemic that has brought so...
View ArticlePritam Kaur (1935-2021), Sentul
LAST RESPECT: 20 Jan 2021 (Wed), 12.30pm-1.30pm, at Crematorium Jalan Loke Yew (Shamshan Bhoomi), Kuala Lumpur. SASKAAR / CREMATION: 1.30 pm, 20 Jan 2021 (Wed), Crematorium Jalan Loke Yew (Shamshan...
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