In becoming an artist the course I have taken is perhaps circuitous. Though I create what is accepted as artworks in the traditional understanding it is my interaction with communities that most profoundly informs my art practice.
With the newly elected SGPC House caught in legal tangle over the Sehajdhari issue, the premier Sikh body seems to be heading towards a crisis and may find it difficult to pass its annual budget in March.
The West Midlands could be set for another Sikh ethos free school after parents and teachers revealed proposals for a new school for four to 19-year-olds.
Mrs Bahra said she believed the secret to a long and happy marriage was being best friends and understanding each other.
The controversy surrounding whether he is alive or not, to attach the word shaheed to his name or not to, are all merely distractions. As many promise to spend the day updating facebook statuses and tweeting about his birthday and/or arguing about whether he is shaheed or not – what many have forgotten is that the struggle against injustice, and aspirations for freedom are not contingent upon one man, or his return.
The zero, a halo and a prayer wheel - all circles - boast no unbroken lines, no beginning, no end, and the solar system offers a veritable festival of circles within circles, a plethora of round objects orbiting each other in a well-choreographed space ballet.
"It's as if we're sitting on a time bomb that can explode at any time," said Dr JPS Bhatia, who has run a rehab clinic in the region's main city, Amritsar, for the past 15 years.
It's a rare teacher who can bring history to life in such a vivid manner, and though I knew of the battle of Saragarhi, I had no visual memory to go with it. Pictures make a big difference! This tale of bravery, fearlessness and courage in the face of overwhelming odds is both magnificent and inspiring!
After she passed us, she turned around and said something I would never forget: “If you don’t know which door to open, go back to your country.”
Now starring in the new reality show series Angel's Gate, Karan Singh Thakra started from the shop floor as a young teenager and seven years later was turning in 60 million from his 600 sq ft shop.