diaspora

'I am ashamed my son has abandoned his cultural heritage': Frail father of £800million Radisson-Blu boss gives evidence in luxury hotel as he sues him for shunning Sikh tradition Images: Mohinder Singh, in white turban, and his wife Satwant Kaur Singh, in wheelchair, outside London's High...

When the turban turns messenger: Sikhs living outside India are finding interesting ways to spread information about their culture...

Diaspora enriches India by $55 billion WE should be beholden to those over 27 million Indian Diaspora who have added $ 55 billion to nation’s economy. We can expect more this year. These men and women spread across 190 countries have pushed India to number one position as far as foreign...

July 23, 2011 Indian diaspora tops remittance list Anahita Mukherji & Ashley D'Mello, TNN | Jul 23, 2011, 12.40am IST MUMBAI: Just how much do the 27 million global desis, scattered across 190 countries around the world, contribute to the Indian economy? World Bank figures show a...

A highlight is the likely presentation of perspectives by thought leaders from Japan, S. Korea, China The South Asian Diaspora Convention, programmed from July 21 to 23 here, will be “the first of its kind anywhere in the world.” Pleased at this prospect, Gopinath Pillai, Chairman of the...

June 5, 2011 Vast Indian diaspora builds bridges June 05, 2011 Haroon Siddiqui - The Star, Toronto On Jan. 9, 1915, Mahatma Gandhi returned home after 22 years in South Africa where he invented non-violent resistance to fight racial discrimination. He would use satyagraha (Truth...

India's diaspora conclave concludes with honours, outreach India Gazette Sunday 9th January, 2011 (IANS) India's annual convention to connect with its 27-million strong diaspora in over 150 countries concluded Sunday with President Pratibha Patil honouring 14 individuals for their...

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Forget diaspora politics, invite Ujjal Dosanjh to Sikh events Forget diaspora politics, invite Ujjal Dosanjh to Sikh events By Mansoor Ladha, For The Calgary Herald Read more: Forget diaspora politics, invite Ujjal Dosanjh to Sikh events I admire Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh, who was also...

The Sikhs of Sint-Truiden A Limburg town is tackling the issues of multi-culturalism head on by bringing its secondary school students face-to-face with cultures who call the region home It was 1972 when the first Sikhs arrived in Flanders. All male political refugees, they had been...

Sikh-Punjabi chair speaks on Sikh Americans pre-, post-9/11 One out of every five people in the world is South Asian, and the South Asian diaspora is one of the largest in the world. Despite the fact that more Americans take yoga classes, have heard of ayurvedic medicine, and wear clothes...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/dont-let-diaspora-politics-twist-canadas-foreign-policy/article1545009/ April 24, 2010 Don't let diaspora politics twist Canada's foreign policy By Jeffrey Simpson From Saturday's Globe and Mail Ethnic disputes elsewhere should stay...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov.23 (ANI): The election of Avtar Singh Makkar as president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) for a third consecutive term has evoked a mixed response from the Sikh diaspora. Former SGPC secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta said that it was...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, June 15 (ANI): Sikh Diaspora has demanded the Pakistan Government to maintain transparency while using donations either for setting up the International Guru Nanak Dev University or for the up keeping of Sikh shrines located in that country. They have also...

Pak's decision of Nagar Kirtan disappoints Sikh Diaspora (Yahoo! India News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11i5fimir/*http%3A//in.news.yahoo.com/060602/139/64r1i.html Array Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:04:13 GMT By Ravinder Singh Robin

The following excerpts from the lecture by S. Kuldeep Singh sheds light on the history of Sikh immigrants in both these North American countries, with elaborate citations of records and the information on significant political interventions. SIKH DIASPORA IN CANADA (A lecture delivered by S...

... S. Thandi of Coventry University presented dramatic evidence showing how diasporic philanthropy is helping rural development among Punjabi Sikh communities. ... http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=031105090110