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‘Sikhs benefited from Singapore prosperity’
Monday, 24/08/2015
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SINGAPORE: Sikhs in Singapore have benefited from the country’s prosperity by participating in its early days of development, a prominent Sikh leader said here on Sunday.
Feeling of turban on head ‘gratifying’, says Ben Kingsley
Saturday, 22/08/2015
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NEW YORK: Playing a softspoken Sikh cab driver in his latest movie, Sir Ben Kingsley has described the feeling of the turban on his head as “really gratifying” and termed the discrimination and racial abuse faced by the community in the US as “totally regrettable.”
US man donates $1.5 million for Sikh studies
Wednesday, 19/08/2015
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New York : An Indian-American cardiologist has donated $1.5 million to the University of California-Irvine to create a Chair for Sikh studies within the school, media reported on Tuesday.
Sir Kingsley to portray NY Sikh cab driver in forthcoming film
Tuesday, 18/08/2015
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New York: Three decades after his Oscar-winning portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the eponymous classic, Sir Ben Kingsley will now be seen as a soft-spoken Sikh New York cab driver in a forthcoming film, which touches upon the issue of discrimination the community faced in a post-9/11 America. Kingsley plays Darwan Singh Tur in the movie ‘Learning to Drive’, to be released this week and which also features Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress Patricia Clarkson and ‘Mississippi Masala’ actress Sarita Choudhury. The 71-year-old actor plays a soft-spoken and righteous cab driver, proud of his Sikh identity, who settles in New York after getting political asylum in the country.
Death of Punjab man ‘saddest story’ in Oz
Tuesday, 18/08/2015
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MELBOURNE: The death of a man from Punjab (33)— who worked under appalling conditions in Australia and died of tuberculosis — was “the saddest story” and will be reported to immigration office, a top Australian official said on Monday.
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