Our Heroes

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Toronto Fetes The Lion of Delhi by RAVEENA AULAKH

A Sikh reporter is now the news, and a hero, after a politician ducked his question - and then his flying sneaker.

Saving Punjab by GEOFFREY C. WARD

A Sikh architect is helping to preserve cultural sites in a Punjab still haunted by 1947's heart-wrenching Partition.

India's Saviour:
Sardar Manmohan Singh by MICHAEL ELLIOTT [Time]

"His actions have changed tens of millions of lives for the better ..."

Master Tara Singh:
Freedom Warrior by I.J. SINGH

He dominated the Sikh political scene in the middle half of the twentieth century.

Sikhs in the City:
London's Marathon Fathers by LAURA POTTER

This winning Marathon relay team consists of four Sikh-Briton elders with a combined age of 336. 

Afghanistan's
Person of the Year:
Anarkali Kaur Honaryar by MANPREET KAUR SINGH

A dentist by profession but an activist by choice, this gutsy Sikh-Afghani was recently conferred the high honour.

Jind Kaur:
She Shook the British Empire by JEROME TAYLOR

A new, richly-illustrated coffee-table biography explains how the last Queen of the Punjab died in Victorian London.  

Lest we Forget,
This Memorial Day
U.S.A. May 25, 2009 by MOHAN SINGH DHARIWAL

Throughout the last five centuries, Sikhs have unflinchingly spilled their blood in protection of civil liberties around the world.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by RUBIN PAUL SINGH

On a hot summer day, one book caught my eye: a series of essays - easy to read, easy to understand and, most of all, captivating!

Vox Populi:
Hail to the Chief! by I.J. SINGH

I celebrate Manmohan Singh for the same reasons he is celebrated around the globe: he is competent and he has integrity.