Author Archives: Guest Writer

13 Years After September 11 Attacks, Sikhs Still Targets Of Harassment.

San Jose, USA: In the aftermath of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Sikhs were unintended target of hate crimes, because the attackers thought they were Muslims. Thirteen years later, Sikhs said the attacks have not stopped. Sikh men ...

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Jammu & Kashmir floods – Desperate hunt for the missing in submerged colonies.

Jammu Kashmir, India: A group of locals is keenly looking for somebody in a flooded colony of Mehjoornagar in uptown area of Srinagar. They are searching for a Sikh woman who is believed to have drowned during the water surge ...

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Sikh History: The 21 Sikhs of Saragarhi

A small body of Sikhs defended a vital North-West Frontier post against 10,000 Afridi and Orakzai attackers. Tomorrow marks the 117th anniversary of their heroic effort. Britain’s Parliament interrupted proceedings and rose to give a standing ovation on 12 September ...

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Sikh History: Lall Singh – First Malaysian Sikh specialist test fielder

Born 16 December 1909 at Kuala Lumpur, Lall Singh remains the only Malaysia-born Test cricketer. It was the summer of 1932. The Londoners had made a beeline for Lord’s to watch the Indians, the babies of world cricket, in action ...

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