Touching history
| Opinion | 5 March 2017 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
Every day the past beckons anew.
Today we revisit the life and times of Banda Singh Bahadur, an iconic...
Guru Gobind Singh: The Man Non-Pareil
| Opinion | 6 Jan 2017 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
I have often spoken about Guru Gobind Singh as a man without parallel. Many Sikhs take umbrage at...
Walking on egg shells
| Opinion | 17 Feb 2017 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
Walking on egg shells remains a risky business, wouldn’t you say? Yet, it’s so tempting. I am embarking...
Attacks on Manjit G.K. Singh
By I.J. Singh | OPINION
News inundating us these days tell us that the President of the Delhi Sikh Gurduaras Management Committee (DSGMC), Manjit G.K. Singh was...
Where religion & law intersect: An American perspective
By I.J.Singh
Law represents the codification of societal behavior and community values, while religions speak to human aspirations and concepts of the ideal. This is...
1984: Hope & Despair
| Opinion | 6 June 2017 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
Some days my roving eye wanders over to the obituary column in the newspaper; I suppose I am...
Khalistan: One Sikh’s View
Author’s Note: Readers know that the recent trip to India of Justin Trudeau of Canada was ideally placed to be a celebratory voyage and his...
Unholy Triad
By I.J. Singh
Take ménage a trois that is not unholy but is fundamental to human survival. Think of the cyberworld dictum of Click, Connect,...
Art, faith, history, culture & science
| Opinion | 26 April 2017 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
It is a potent nexus, even explosive at times, as history tells us. I have often wondered what...
So help me O’ God, Yahweh, Allah, Vaheguru, et al….
| Opinion | 29 Sept 2016 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
The outlandish title of this essay is a fair reflection of my state of mind on this matter. So...










































