The head of a U.N. food agency expressed regret Wednesday that an anti-hunger summit failed to result in precise promises of funding, and critics said the meeting had only thrown crumbs to the world's 1 billion people without enough to eat.
When visiting a convenience store, Snatam Kaur was confronted by a clerk at the check-out counter, who said in an irritated voice: “Why do you wear that towel on your head?”
As the chilling wind of winter blows in, volunteers and students will walk on the streets and under the bridges of Central London to feed the hungry and homeless on 20th November 2009 at 6pm.
I had mentioned some years ago that I became an Amritdhari Sikh. It was a public declaration of a very private intention and action, but it seemed pertinent in context.
The election of 19-year-old to be one of the leaders at the country's largest temples marks an important shift toward blending tradition with progressive ideas and recasting the Sikh image in B.C.
I Work for the West Midlands Fire Service and when the opportunity came up to be part of The UK International Search and Rescue Team, I had no hesitation to put myself forward.