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This revolutionary win in golf has endorsed that there are 155 million Sikhs in the world. Four young men from the forgotten Sikh tribe Sikligar’s who live in the south of India have hit the headlines.

Under The “1503 PETITION” the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and the Commission on Human Rights examine complaints which appear to show consistent patterns of gross and reliably attested human rights violations as in the case of Sikhs in India.

Canadian MP Sukh Dhaliwal, who hogged the limelight this year for filing a petition in Canadian Parliament to recognise the 1984 riots as genocide, today said he would support Sikhs for Justice, a New York-based human rights advocacy group, in filing a similar petition with the UNO.

At almost Rs 2 lakh per head it is a pilgrimage for the rich. A special luxury train carrying a group of 80 devotees to the five Takhts (temporal seats) of the Sikhs left the Capital tonight.

As the New Year approached, my 10-year-old son recently asked me what soldiers do during these times. For him and the millions who don’t know, I thought I’d tell what men in uniform do.

A velvet-bound album of wedding photographs and two unused train tickets for her honeymoon are the only remnants of Amanjyot Kaur’s marriage and the dream of a new life in Canada.

The greatest source of happiness in 2011 was my family and my little girl. I’ll never forget the look on her face as she peered over the edge of the Grand Canyon for the first time. And I definitely can’t forget about . . .

This is the story of how a simple street sign divided neighbors, rallied the local Punjabi community, and prompted Fresno County officials to research the pros and cons of hidden tracking devices.

..but there was a part of me that just couldn't ever make peace with giving my entire identity up. There's a part of my Indian, Punjabi identity which I could never give up. For a while, I flirted with cutting my hair, wearing them long and being the cool guy on campus. But the momentum and force of my familial references was just too great to overcome.