A campaign calling for a war memorial to be built in Bristol has been backed by the Sikh community. The mayor and the city council have been asked to support plans for a memorial commemorating their sacrifice.
Today is World Day for Social Justice [February 20 -ED] and the tens of thousands of farmer suicide widows of Punjab join all others of the world to say: "We want justice, not charity".
"I think at the end of the day, hearing Balbir's story and hearing that he is essentially dedicating his life, not only to field hockey, but to his country, after a while I couldn't sleep at night and I couldn't think about anything else."
this is for those darker kaurs with thick black hair on our bodies. who don't find liberation calling our hair a
'hormonal problem' or in narratives of sikhi without the non-compliance and the struggle.
The fact is, everyone is born a Sikh, because everyone is born to learn and understand reality. Some become Christians, some become Jews, some become Buddhists, some pretend that they are Sikhs, and a very few remain true Sikhs.
More than 400 people attended the ceremony, with relatives flying in from India, Canada, Australia and America to be there. Rajinder added: “He was such a genuinely nice person, always helping people.