Meet Singapore’s highest-ranking Sikh officer
Major General (Retired) Ravinder Singh took his mother’s sound advice and eventually went on to become the highest-ranking Sikh officer in the history...
Kirpal’s literature voyages
A literature defines its people, a literature defines a nation.”1 For this reason and more, poet, writer, cultural critic and academic Associate Professor Kirpal...
The Birth, Growth & Withering of ‘Paser’ Punjabi!
By Jatinder Singh
‘Paser' (pronounced Pah-Sir) is a term which in its original Malay form, ‘Pasar (Pah-Sar)’ refers to the ‘marketplace’ in traditional Singapore society.
Sarjit...
Singapore denies entry to two foreign Islamic preachers
An Islamic preacher from Zimbabwe and another from Malaysia were supposed to be preaching on a religious-themed cruise departing from Singapore in November.
But that's...
Harshdeep Kaur to perform at Singapore MTV Unplugged musical concert
Harshdeep Kaur -- the voice behind some of the stirring songs like Katiya Karun from Rockstar, Heer from Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Zaalima from...
Once Sikhs landed in Malaya, how many never revisited Punjab?
By Dr Manjit S. Sidhu | Sikhs in Malaysia
Revisiting the Punjab
Only 5 per cent of the Sikh migrants to Malaya had never revisited the Punjab....
Deaf in one ear, part-time piano teacher aims to get a...
SINGAPORE — For almost 20 years, she could not hear properly. And the first time she saw someone playing the piano at five years...
Sikh artillery officer who becomes Asean heavyweight judo champ
Tall, strong, sturdy, confident, friendly and sociable, he was endearingly called the ‘Gentle Giant’ by those who knew him. Always wearing a smile, the...
Championing religious harmony
| Singapore | 6 Oct 2017 | Asia Samachar |
In an article written for the Straits Times in January 2014, Singapore’s then-Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Mr...
Indian foreign minister Swaraj to lead delegation to Asean-India forum in...
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will lead a high-powered ministerial delegation to the Asean-India 'Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas' which will be held in Singapore...