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BY CHERYL CHAN, THE PROVINCE OCTOBER 9, 2013 For most of her life, Kamlesh Ahir has been trying to escape the caste system that’s defined her from birth. She went to university, abandoned her religion, and, in 1994, left India for Canada, a new land offering a fresh start. Or so she...

By NIRAJ WARIKOO Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Sitting in the barber's chair, TejKiran Singh was torn. As a Sikh man, he had never cut his hair and kept it wrapped in a turban. But, tired of the laughs and insults from others, he decided to cut it in 1999. For months afterward, he was...

http://www.timesnow.tv/Women-cops-bash-up-men-in-Delhi-metro/videoshow/4359217.cms In high drama in the capital, women cops on Friday (November 26) bashed up trespassers in a Delhi metro. The men were assaulted for entering the ladies comparment of the train. Reports suggested that women in...

Chandigarh, Oct 9 : Punjab today moved into the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) era with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC ) for Metro Rail Services in Ludhiana, the states most populated city. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 9 : Ludhiana - one of the biggest industrial cities in Asia located in Punjab - will soon have a metro rail. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) Ludhiana - one of the biggest industrial cities in Asia located in Punjab - will soon have a metro rail. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Punjab government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) Tuesday for setting up the state's first mass rapid...

Chandigarh, Oct 9 - Ludhiana - one of the biggest industrial cities in Asia located in Punjab - will soon have a metro rail. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Punjab government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) Tuesday for setting up the state's first mass rapid...

Chandigarh, Aug 13 : The Metro Rail Project for three major cities in Punjab moved a step closer to realisation with the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation Ltd (DMRC) agreeing to conduct a detailed study for this project. More...

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T HE first thing that strikes any Asian visitor to Thailand is a paradoxical sense of the familiar and the strange. The latter is easy enough to explain – after all, you’ve just entered a new country, one with its own unique culture and language. You’re a stranger in a strange land...

IT WAS a fun-filled night when young and old joined together to celebrate Mother's Day at the Gurdwara Sahib (Sikh Temple) in Sungai Besi. More than 300 people took part in the games and competitions as well as poetry writing in honour of mothers...

THE National Vasakhi Open House 2005 was held at Padang Timur in Petaling Jaya recently. About 20,000 people attended the first national-level celebration of the Sikh New Year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11pgamje6/*http%3A//metro.thestar.com.my/news/2005/5/11038575.html

Following a three-day prayer meet to commemorate the birth of the Khalsa (Pure Ones) during the recent Sikh New Year known as Vaisakhi, the Malacca Gurdwara Sahib organised a Family Day gathering which saw over 100 children, youths and adults attending...

A LARGE crowd gathered the entrance of the Gurudwara Sahib Sungai Besi Shapa, singing hymns to the accompaniment of drums and the harmonium, while a group of five Sikhs representing the Panj Piyare (Five Beloved Ones) brought Nishan Sahib , the saffron coloured flag, down so it could replaced...

For the Sikhs, Vasakhi is a major religious celebration. It marks Khalsa Panth’s birth at which the Sikhs took on Singh and Kaur after their names to diminish differences in caste, creed and economic standing...

THE Sikh Naujawan Sabha will be organising two major events in conjunction with the upcoming Vasakhi celebrations that are aimed at also allowing other races to get an insight into Sikh culture...