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It was the night before the 440 yards final at the British Empire and Commonwealth games in Cardiff and Milkha Singh was having trouble sleeping. "When a person makes it to the final he is under so much stress that he is unable to sleep," recalls Singh. "It was a very difficult night."...

http://www.iifa.com/highlight/iifa-2014-bhaag-milkha-bhaag-wins-9-technical-awards/ 28th February, 2014 – The International Indian Film Academy today announced the winners of the technical categories of India’s most prestigious international awards, The Tata Motors IIFA Awards. The IIFA...

Milkha's wife, daughter join AAP, but he says no to politics http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/milkha-s-wife-daughter-join-aap-but-he-says-no-to-politics_903352.html Chandigarh: Legendary athlete Milkha Singh's wife Nirmal Kaur and their US-based daughter have joined the Aam Aadmi...

Danish company Kiloo’s game, Subway Surfers — which has over a hundred million downloads in the Android app world — has Mumbai as its latest backdrop. This is in-keeping with the game shifting its location with every update as a part of its world tour, with past locales including London, New...

by Khushwant Singh Imagine the amount of positive energy that must have generated when the two Sikh supermen, Fauja Singh and Milkha Singh, met. This rare occurrence — of the two legends sharing the same sofa and exchanging with each other their highs and lows — can be best described as...

Milkha Singh says India needs to tap into rural talent for athletics http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/211207-milkha-singh-says-india-needs-to-tap-into-rural-talent-for-athletics Hailed as the 'Flying Sikh' for his legendary prowess on the track field, Singh says he used to run...

Directed & Produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Written by Prasoon Joshi Released by Reliance Entertainment Hindi with English subtitles India. 188 min. Not rated With Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, Art Malik, Divya Dutta, Jabtej Singh, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Rebecca Breeds...

Former American track and field star Carl Lewis watched Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and he was so deeply moved by the biopic that he called former Olympian Milkha Singh to convey his appreciation. Confirming the story, the film's director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra said: "Yes, Carl Lewis indeed rang up...

PUNJAB !! The land of brave fighters who join the armed forces.... The land of green wheat fields sprawling as far as the eye can see..... .....And of people who eat and drink with gusto and dance with abandon.... The land of good looking people who dominate Bollywood..... And a...

History is created in several ways. One of them is cinema. And if Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" seems like a near-flawless homage to the flying spirit of India's greatest runner, it is partly because the story, so nimbly woven into a pastiche of drama, emotion, humor and pathos...

CHANDIGARH: As a child coursing through the sleepy greens of small-town Kapurthala in Punjab, Gaganjeet Bhullar read and re-read the autobiography of Flying Sikh Milkha Singh. That child was so taken in by Milkha's 'gore and guts' story that there was just no looking back. Winner of three...

How Milkha Singh Became The Flying Sikh by ANUJA JAISWAL While everyone knows who the 'Flying Sikh' is, many wouldn't be aware that the veteran Olympian, Milkha Singh, got this name in Pakistan in 1960 at a track event that he never wanted to contest. "I didn't want to go to...

The 'Flying Sikh' remembers Sports columnist Rohit Brijnath talks to the 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh, the finest athlete India has ever produced, ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Now in his 70s, voice still strong, Milkha Singh knows it's Olympic year, he knows...