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Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended the STWOC stand on this issue: We must take a stand against violence by coming together with kindness and love.

“I hope the Department of Justice and FBI can offer assistance in this case, including using the updated system for specifically tracking hate crimes against Sikhs. The intolerance and ignorance that contributed to the attack on Mr Singh is unacceptable, and we must continue to work to end these hate crimes,” Crowley said.

On hearing that his former student might be about to be accepted into the French Air Force his tutor and friend 'Sligger' Urquhart went to General Henderson,... to express his consternation that a British subject should be allowed to fly for the French and not the British. His intervention worked and H S Malik became the first Sikh to fly with the Royal Flying Corps.

When Milkha Singh took to the track at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff most people had never heard of him. But he was to make history there and is now hailed as one of India's greatest athletes. He prayed and said to God, 'I am going to try my best but India's honour is in Your hands'.

I don’t want pity. We just want acceptance. If my daughter is having a moment in the supermarket you’ll understand if I’m in your way, or holding the queue up. If I could make it go away I would but I can’t.

Women riding pillion on a two-wheeler will have to wear helmets now while Sikh women can continue to ride without a helmet.