BEHIND THE SCENE: When reporter Lisa Queen learned that 13-year-old student Karanveer Singh Anand had made a real difference for himself and other Sikh children, she decided to share his story.
Guru Raj Singh Khalsa, recently completed his Reserve Officer Training and was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the US army. He is currently completing further training at the United States Army Armor School at Fort Benning, GA.
In 2016, Harnarayan Singh made a reputation for himself in the Canadian hockey community with his animated, exaggerated analysis of Pittsburgh Penguins player Nick Bonino's playoff goal against the Washington Capitals.
Gurdeep Singh, a minority leader in Pakistan, was the first turban-wearing Sikh elected to the upper chamber of the nation's parliament from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). In the Senate elections, Gurdeep Sindh of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party easily defeated other candidates on a minority seat, becoming the Senate's first openly Sikh national leader.
In honour of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh faith, a street in west London is renamedGuru Nanak Road. Ahead of the 551st anniversary of Guru Nanak's birth in 2020, the local Ealing Council authority revealed the choice to rename a portion of Havelock Road in Southall, a neighbourhood of London renowned as the United Kingdom's celebrated "Little Punjab."
On 23rd October 2020, residents of southwest Queens came together to witness the installation of a new community monument at the intersection of 101st Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill. It was given the name Punjab Avenue.
The gallery is also a welcome centre, and a library, and the owner, Swaranjit "Singh" Khalsa, uses it as his base to teach people in southeastern Connecticut about Sikh culture and history.
Traditions of northern India carry on in Woolgoolga, a prosperous farming community where Sikh temples, fruit plantations and a strong connection to the land reflect years of heritage.
Kanwar Singh thanked God as he stood among his fellow uniformed candidates awaiting the event that would finally make them commissioned officers.
The two manuscripts had been in the custody of Pir Syed Munir Naqshbandi, a revered Sufi elder from Kalra Dewan Singhwala in the Gujrat district, for many years.