Vaisakhi: Points to Ponder
| I.J. Singh | Opinion | 5 April 2016 | Asia Samachar |
By I.J. Singh
1699: The year that transformed the day of Vaisakhi from just another humdrum date on the Indian...
Identity: Meet Harjus Sethi, Alisha Zafar
| Diversity Blog | CBS | 8 April 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Harjus Singh Sethi and Alisha Zafar talk about their identity at the Diversity Blog run by CBS Corporation's...
False lure of the past: Lap dogs, watch dogs & attack...
| I.J. Singh | Opinion | 5 April 2016 | Asia Samachar |
I could just as well have dubbed this column “My Trump Moment.”
Donald Trump seems to be trumping all and...
Different journeys toward God
| Jaspreet Kaur | Opinion | Malaysia | 1 April 2016 | Asia Samachar |
It was just another boring Tuesday afternoon. I had just been released from a two...
Bioethics: Sikh Perspective on Genome Editing
| Gurmukh Singh | Opinion | 28 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
(Collated by Gurmukh Singh UK)
A. Introduction & summary
This statement considers the ethical aspects of genome editing in three parts:
a) The...
Naujawan Sabha at a crossroads
| Jagdesh Singh | Opinion | Malaysia | 26 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
For many of us growing up and maturing into young adults from the 70s, 80s and...
Terms of engagement revisited
| I.J. Singh | Opinion | 26 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Religions become universal when they speak of the human condition and connectivity that transcends racial, national, ethnic, gender, psychosocial, and economic...
Singapore gurdwara imposing high life membership fees – LETTER
| Letter | Singapore | 23 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
The Ipoh Wada Gurdwara issue - fighting over the 24 Ringgit membership for 2 years, which provides the right...
Punjabi in Pakistan
| Obed Pasha | Opinion | 15 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Rabindranath Tagore was once asked why he got the Nobel Prize for literature and Allama Iqbal did not. Tagore...
MY TURBAN: 11 things you wanted to know about my turban...
| Rupinder Singh | Opinion | 15 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
A typical conversation about my turban goes something like this:
The TSA, as I go through security at the airport: “I need...












































