Speedy Singhs counts on three factors: a bunch of Sikh Canadians in Toronto wanting to excel at ice hockey without compromising their religious beliefs, a cross culture romance and comedy.
In December 2009, writer-director Rohit Jugraj officially announced his next film, titled 21, based on that one day in the 1897 battle of Saragarhi, when 21 young Sikh soldiers guarded their post against an army of over 10,000 Afridi Pathans. While Jugraj got busy writing the screenplay for Abbas Mastan’s Players, Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol were also known to be exploring the same subject for their next.
“There are two purposes to my venturing,” Chakraborty said. He wants to set a world record and educate people about the importance of green living while doing it. “Pollution is coming to our good world,” he said.
So India entered a bright world of market-driven capitalism after years of socialist darkness, and was set on its current path of almost 8 percent annual growth in gross domestic product. Or so the story goes.
Our Journeys Conference 2011 is deliberately organized to be accessible to a diverse audience and range of interests. The conference will explore the topic of Sikh journeys from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. It is intended to provide a space for the articulation of Sikh feminist visions...
The Sikh Awareness Society culminated a 10-year project to increase understanding of their culture and religion by donating books, pamphlets and DVDs to Council member Jimmy Van Bramer’s Sunnyside office.
The Shiromani Akali Dal President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said he had been deeply moved by the trust reposed by the Khalsa Panth in the programs and policies of the Shiromani Akali Dal in the just concluded SGPC elections.
The unmarked envelope floated into the living room of the home in northeastern Japan, riding the wave of tsunami flood waters. Inside, the astounded resident found $40,000 in yen notes.
Dead Satellite’s Fall Becomes a Phenomenon
The oppression of women and girls used to be a fringe issue. This week at the U.N., the 60-year-old institution has taken the health and human rights of women and girls to the center of the conversation.