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‘We’ll hang on to Koh-i-noor’ says UK PM

July 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

The Koh-I-noor diamond once owned by a Sikh maharajah was at the centre of an embarrassing episode for new UK prime minister David Cameron on a goodwill visit to India this week. The 105-carat gem has long been the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels collection in the Tower of London – but Mr Cameron was unexpectedly confronted by a challenge for its return to the sub-continent. The challenge came during an interview on India’s NDTV channel, when Mr Cameron first hesitated then replied that it could not be returned. The Koh-i-noor was acquired by the East India Company after the capture of  the... [Read the full story]

Entertainment

BBC Asian Network’s Mela Madness in Leicester and Nottingham!

July 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

The BBC Asian Network was in both Leicester and Nottingham on Sunday, for a bumper day of Mela madness. Breakfast host Tommy Sandhu hosted by the Main Stage in Leicester’s City Centre, which enjoyed acts such as Preeya Kalidas, Mumzy Stranger and H Dharmi. The Network’s Station Wagon was also at the Mela, playing the latest beats and entertaining the crowds with its eclectic mix of music and Asian Network DJs. As well as great artists, Leicester’s Main Stage also enjoyed a performance of Tommy Sandhu’s Mela Moves, joined on stage by members of the Grewal reality TV family! On the prior... [Read the full story]

Business

Forex – Is it another get rich scheme?

July 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Forex – just another Get-Rich-Quick scheme? Is forex all it’s cracked up to be? For the more conservative amongst us, the growth of web sites promising overnight riches from forex trading make us remember that get rich quick schemes, notoriously do not work. Most of us would run a mile if we were offered such a scheme. And it’s true, people do get their fingers burnt as they try to get rich quick. We’ve all heard the saying, ‘there’s no such thing as a free lunch’ – and generally speaking it’s true. Forex is not a free lunch and it definitely is not a get rich quick scheme.... [Read the full story]

Health & Lifestyle

Consultation with family ensures a dignified end for Mr Singh

July 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

New guidance for doctors on end-of life decision making for different  cultures It is difficult for most of us to think about the kind of death we’d wish to have, including the treatment and care we would want at the end of life. Medicine is becoming ever more complex and many of us may be faced with choices at the end of our lives that were not available in the past. New guidance from the General Medical Council – the regulatory authority for doctors in the United Kingdom – asks doctors to take a holistic approach that takes account of a patient’s culture and religion, their... [Read the full story]

Heritage & Culture

Sikhs witness royal tribute to WW1 fallen

July 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall met Sikh, Muslim, Hindu and Gurkha soldiers at a ceremony which paid tribute to South Asian troops who fell at the battle of Neuve-Chapelle in France during the First World War. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, paid homage at a memorial which commemorates the lives of 4,742 Indian soldiers with no known grave who died during a British Army offensive at Neuve-Chapelle, in the Artois region. Prince Charles paid homage at a memorial Also present were children from a number of UK schools learning about the contributions of the many different... [Read the full story]

Healthcare

UK’s South Asian population ‘unaware of increased diabetes and heart disease risks’

April 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

A recent survey by NHS Choices, the UK’s National Health Service website, has revealed that many South Asians are unaware of how much greater the risk of diabetes and heart disease is for their ethnic group. Only 34 per cent knew that as a South Asian they were much more likely to suffer diabetes and only a quarter understood the increased risks of heart disease. Lack of recognition is particularly prevalent amongst the younger population, with just a quarter of South Asian 16-24 year olds realising that they are at a much higher risk of diabetes and only 15 per cent knowing that they’re at... [Read the full story]

Recent news

Federation protest wards off turban hand searches

Dabinderjit Singh A nationwide protest organised by the Sikh Federation (UK) has brought a halt to Department of Transport (DfT) plans to implement hand searches of turban-wearing passengers at British airports. Through a countrywide petition, the federation enlisted the aid of Sikh temples and organisations... Read more of this article

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Sikhs Have Mixed Feelings About South Carolina’s Nikki Haley ChakraNews.com South Carolina, USA (CHAKRA) – Sikhs in South Carolina are unsure of what to make of their first possible minority and woman governor, Nikki Haley who is a… read the full story here …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Badal... Read more of this article

‘Disappointment’ over inquiry into Sikh temple attack

Gurdwara Sikh Sangat in Bow A year after a blaze that destroyed three-quarters of the Gurdwara Sikh Sangat in Bow, east London, the temple committee plans to launch an international appeal for the £2.5million needed to rebuild the temple. It intends asking English Heritage to grant aid because the... Read more of this article

Have-a-go hero stabbing – teenagers arrested

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the London murder of a courageous young father who has since been declared a martyr of the Sikh community. Sukhwinder Singh, 31, died from a fatal stabbing in a snowy east London street in January after trying to apprehend two men who had mugged a young... Read more of this article

Parliament probes ‘caste discrimination’ in UK

Caste discrimination, under which millions in India are regarded as ‘untouchable’, has spread to the UK virtually unnoticed, according to Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of Britain’s National Secular Society. He was commenting on the passage through parliament’s revising chamber, the... Read more of this article

Lottery Fund recognises Gravesham Sikhs’ contribution

A 50 year history of Sikh immigrants’ contribution to life in the Gravesham area of Kent is to be described in an exhibition funded by a £36,900 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Fund’s regional head Stuart McLeod says it will fill a gap in the social history of a community that has settled... Read more of this article

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