As class began, I became hooked to the energy in the room, the graceful strength required to flow and hold poses, the way that my mind seemed to quiet even as my body was waking up.
Leicester’s first free Sikh school has shown that a good ethos is the main ingredient in creating a successful learning environment.
Supreet Manchanda and Eileen Alden dreamt up this slick superhero as a way to combat the negative stereotypes about Sikhs that have been seeping into Western media. And with the help of artist Amit Tayal, Super Sikh is quickly becoming a reality.
Rupi Kaur's first book, Milk and Honey is the poetry collection every woman needs on her nightstand or coffee table. Accompanied by her own sketches, the beautifully honest poems read like the everyday, collective experiences of today's modern woman.
The Sikh Welfare Society, based in High Road, Ilford, has donated about £120,000 over the past six years to set up eye-camps in rural Punjab and the group is due to fly over and give another £25,000 to pay for more operations.
“With Jasjit Ahluwalia’s exceptional experience, expertise, and energy, the Rutgers School of Public Health will build on its existing strengths and develop new areas of study and exploration, while fostering the growth of junior-level researchers,” he said.
The incredible story of a real-life 'War Horse' that dodged shellfire to deliver supplies to troops before walking back to the UK from Russia has been uncovered for the first time.
“It is for anything that is real-time that you can’t find anywhere else, and the only way you can get that information is if you ask somebody who happens to be there,” explains Sukhsagar Singh.
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"Most people with Punjabi ancestry know all about the Lion of the Punjab, who is this great towering figure, but very little about his granddaughter," she says.