Singapore’s Satvinder Singh recruited as Asean deputy secretary-general
Satvinder Singh – Photo: Asean Secretariat website By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Satvinder Singh, a senior Singapore civil servant, will be joining the Asean secretariat at a deputy...
View ArticleSaran Kaur (Minder) (1939-2021), Jalan Ipoh
PATH DA BHOG: 4 April 2021 (Sunday) from 10 am 11.30 am at Gurdwara Sahib Tatt Khalsa (KL) followed by Guru Ka Langgar | Malaysia JEHA CHIRI LIKHYA TEHA HUKAM KAMAEH, GHALE AAVE NAANKA SADE UTHEE JAAYE...
View ArticleWith more than 450 artefacts, you want to catch this Singapore Sikh heritage...
By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | What are the origins of the Sikhs in Singapore and how did they end up settling in Singapore? And what is their position today as the nation hurls forward? These...
View ArticleMokhtar Singh (1964-2021), Butterworth, Penang
SUKHMANI PAATH: 3 April 2021 (Saturday) from 4-7pm at residence. No.32, Jalan DC 3/3, Desa Coalfields, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor. SAHEJ PATH DA BHOG: on 4 April 2021 (Sunday) from 10am – 12pm at...
View ArticleAutomotive industry veteran Hardip Singh Goindi joins Bengaluru start-up
Hardip Singh Goindi By Asia Samachar Team | INDIA | Automotive industry veteran Hardip Singh Goindi has joined Bengaluru based Three Wheels United (TWU) as the start-up formed 11 years ago pushes...
View ArticleFirst-time Panjab hotelier ‘hopeful’ about the future
Jaspreet Singh Arora, owner of The Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Chandigarh in Zirakpur. – Photo: ET By Bikramjit Ray | The Economic Times | India | The Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Chandigarh in Zirakpur is a...
View ArticleAm I Indian or am I Panjabi?
By Jagdesh Singh | OPINION | When you’re 7 years old, the morning breeze that flowed through the classroom always seemed colder than home. It was the first few days of my schooling life, and rather...
View ArticleAussie Sikh found not guilty of murdering wife by setting her on fire
Kulwinder Singh (left) faced trial accused of murdering Parwinder Kaur (right) by lighting her on fire. – Photo: SMH By Georgina Mitchell | SMH | Australia | More than seven years after his wife died...
View ArticleSardar Gurdev Singh (1948 – 2021), Klang
SASKAAR / CREMATION: Cortege will leave residence, No. 19, Jalan Kangar 93, Kawasan 19, Jalan Kapar, 41400 Klang, Selangor on 1 April 2021 (Thursday) at 3.00pm for final rites and cremation at Simpang...
View ArticleI predict majority will chose no religion
By Gurnam Singh | OPINION | The debate between science and religion has been raging for centuries and no doubt will for some time to come. That said, we may well be in for some interesting surprises in...
View ArticleSeasoned Sikh lawyer joins Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority
Sarjit Singh Gill – Photo: Shook Lin & Bok website (Background map from URA magazine Skyline) By Asia Samachar Team | SINGAPORE | Sarjit Singh Gill, a seasoned Singapore lawyer experienced in...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Vaisakhi annual kick-off goes hybrid, PM Muhyiddin to join hi tea
Two major Vaisakhi 2021 events in Malaysia By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | When Vaisakhi came around last year, Sikhs in Malaysia were unable to celebrate it in their usual style due to the...
View ArticleCelebrate Vaisakhi with Malaysian-made delicious kulfi
By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | Game for homemade kulfi for Vaisakhi? Then give Kulfiwala By Rai a go as you prepare to celebrate Vaisakhi. Powered by Hari Singh Rai, this local kulfi maker has...
View ArticleMalaysian teacher Dalvinder Kaur Maan lands Fulbright teaching award
Dalvinder Kaur Maan – Photo: US Embassy Kuala Kuala Lumpur By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA | A Malaysian teacher from a school in Sabah will get to spend six weeks at Montana State University!...
View ArticleMarathon runner Fauja Singh turns 110 – Toonistbains
Marathon runner Fauja Singh turns 110 – Sketch: Toonistbains #toonistbains #characterdesign #doodle RELATED STORY: Fauja Singh keeps running, now in a children book (Asia Samachar, 21 Feb 2020)...
View ArticleMisogynistic treatment of women in farmers protest
India’s on-going massive farmers’ protest. Insert, left-right: Disha Ravi, Sumandeep Kaur and Nodeep Kaur By Nav Kaur Johal | OPINION | I’ve been asked to write a brief blog on the farmer issue with...
View ArticleParamjeet Singh (1972-2021), Kuala Kangsar, Perak
PATH DA BHOG: 10 April 2021 (Saturday), 5pm -7.30 pm at Gurdwara Sahib Parliament, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia JEHA CHIRI LIKHYA TEHA HUKAM KAMAEH, GHALE AAVE NAANKA SADE UTHEE JAAYE (SGGS, 1239) ਜੇਹਾ...
View ArticleD Harvinder Kaur (1965-2021), Petaling Jaya
PATH DA BHOG: 10 April 2021 (Saturday), 4pm to 6pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Petaling Jaya | Malaysia ਆਗਿਆ ਆਵੈ ਆਗਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਲਏ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੬॥ Aagiaa Aavai Aagiaa Jaae || Naanak Jaa Bhaavai Thaa Leae...
View ArticleShalender Dev Singh (1974-2021), Taiping
PATH DA BHOG: 11 April 2021 (Sunday) at Gurdwara Sahib Taiping, Perak. Guru Ka Langgar will be served | Malaysia ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਹੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ Birth and death are subject to the Command of the...
View ArticleGurbachan Kaur (1931-2021), Ipoh
SASKAAR / CREMATION: 2pm, 7 April 2021 (Wednesday) at Wadda Gurdwara Sahib Ipoh Crematorium. Cortege will leave residence (No. 108, Lorong Jelapang 6, Jelapang Tambahan, 30020 Ipoh, Perak) at 1pm |...
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