Day 30: Difference between Vairaag and Jagiasa
By Surinder Kaur Sohan Singh | SIKHI STUDY | OPINION | We have learnt that vairaag brings about an awareness in a person. But does everyone who has the awareness reach to the next stage of jagiasa in...
View ArticleTelco veteran Manjot Singh Mann joins Singapore’s M1
Manjot Singh Mann Telco veteran Manjot Singh Mann has been tapped become the next chief executive office (CEO) at Singapore telecommunication provider M1 Ltd (M1). Manjot is no stranger to the region...
View ArticleMinister Waythamoorthy launches Orang Asli book co-edited by Dr Sarjit Singh...
Malaysian federal minister P. Waythamoorthy launching book on Orang Asli co-edited by Dr Sarjit Singh and Dr Roslan Rosnon – Photo: Supplied Social anthropologist Associate Prof Dr Sarjit Singh Gill...
View ArticleKhalsa Diwan Malaysia briefs Federal minister on Punjabi language challenges
L-R: Mohan Singh, Santokh Singh, Gobind Singh Deo, Jagir Singh and Jaginder Singh Raipatti – Photo: Supplied Khalsa Diwan Malaysia (KBM), one of the nation’s oldest surviving Sikh organisation, briefed...
View ArticleRemembrance Day
Sarban Singh of Penang. He was one of the Guides and the Regimental Sports’ Champion (1913) as well as a member of the M.S.G. Soccer Team. He has gone through both the World Wars – Photo and caption...
View ArticleSan Diego Sikh couple launches drive to help feed county homeless
Harisimran Khalsa (left) and her husband Davindar Heyre have formed the Duwara Consciousness Foundation. As part of the nonprofit’s mission, the Oceanside couple hope to raise money for a food trailer...
View ArticleRainbow turbans and beard buns: Australian Sikhs on the ‘uncut’ approach to life
Sikh elderly man: ABC Illustrations by Jessica Singh, a Perth-based artist and Sikh By Siobhan Hegarty | ABC | Tejpartap Singh, or “Tej” as he’s known to friends, has been obsessed with turbans since...
View ArticleWhat do great minds do? – ToonistBains
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people – Eleanor Roosevelt RELATED STORIES: We listen to reply – ToonistBains (Asia Samachar, 5 Nov 2018) Trapped in...
View ArticleThailand temporary waiver visa-on-arrival fees for India, China tourists –...
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a measure to waive for two months fees paid by visitors for visas on arrival, in a bid to boost a lucrative industry hit by a drop in visitors from China, its biggest...
View ArticleI.J. Singh explores Sikhi in all its dimensions
SIKHI: The Journey & The Destination by I.J. Singh – Photo: Asia Samachar By Ravinder Singh Taneja | BOOK REVIEW | The dictum that Sikhi, like life, is both the journey and the destination has been...
View ArticleKampung Pandan gurdwara flooded after heavy downpour
A gurdwara in Kampung Pandan was flooded, including its prayer hall, after a heavy downpour hit Kuala Lumpur today. Water rushed into Wadda Gurdwara Sahib Kampung Pandan darbar sahib (prayer hall) as...
View ArticleOverwhelming response from Guru’s Sanggat to Kampung Pandan gurdwara floods
They just could not see flood water all over the the darbar sahib of their loving gurdwara. While most of us were enjoying our dinner last night, a band of volunteers began a clean up job after a...
View ArticleIN MEMORY: Poghuan Kaur (1923-2017), Juru Village, Bukit Mertajam
FIRST BARSI: Akhand Path at Gurdwara Sahib Prai, 16 Nov – 18 Nov 2018 | MALAYSIA Mata Poghuan Kaur (1923-2017), Juru Village, Bukit Mertajam MATA POGHUAN KAUR Village: Phoola Born: 6 February 1923...
View ArticleMinor changes at Sikh Welfare Society Malaysia top leadership
SWSM key elected officials: (L-R) Tarlochan Singh Dhaliwal (President), Parveen Kaur (Vice President), Charanbir Singh Aujla (Secretary) and Santok Singh (Treasurer) Sikh Welfare Society Malaysia...
View ArticleSIKHI: The Journey & The Destination
By Gurmukh Singh | BOOK REVIEW | Book: SIKHI: The Journey & The Destination | Author: I.J. Singh | Publisher: Nishaan Nagaara, New Delhi (2018); ISBN 978-93-82811-09-1 | Pages: 300 | HOW TO BUY:...
View ArticleBlood Screaming From The Ground: Massacre in Amritsar
By Saurav Dutt | OPINION | In April 2019, India and the world will remember the dastardly moment that a cowardly senior British military officer opened fire on an unarmed crowd in Amritsar and killed...
View ArticleSingapore wrestler Ashvin Singh wins gold at Southeast Asia championship
Singapore wrestler Ashvin Singh (front, right) wins gold at SEA Wrestling Championship – Photo: Dr Patrick Liew Facebook Wrestler Ashvin Singh brought back a gold for Singapore at the recent Southeast...
View ArticleSmall in numbers but Sikhs played big role in Malayan development, said...
S.S. Gill: Chief Justice Malaya We are a small community in Malaysia, but as pioneers in the transport business in the early days of the bullock cart and in the army and police force we have played a...
View ArticleIN MEMORY: Kartar Singh Sandhu (1920-2008), Jai Hind, Taiping
10TH ANNIVERSARY: Sehaj Path Da Bhog on 25 November 2018 (Sunday), 10am – 12pm, at Gurdwara Sahib Petaling Jaya | MALAYSIA Kartar Singh Sandhu (1920-2008), Jai Hind, Taiping | In Loving Memory | LATE...
View ArticleGurpreet Singh: No poppies for the Sikh soldiers murdered by their own people
This memorial at the Rakab Ganj Sahib Gurdwara in New Delhi lists 50 Sikh soldiers who were killed when mobs went on a rampage following the killing of India’s prime minister in 1984 – Photo...
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