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Fauja Singh becomes oldest marathon runner
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A 100-year-old Briton has become the world's oldest marathon runner after finishing a race in Canada. Fauja Singh, from Ilford, east London, ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds...... → read more
Move Over: World's Population Hits 7 Billion
population-thmnl.jpg She’s a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and three of the children have quit school for lack of money to pay required fees. “I regret to have made all those children"..... → read more
First Sikh High Court judge is sworn in
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The first Sikh judge of the High Court was sworn in at the Royal Courts of Justice, London yesterday. Rabinder Singh QC, a human rights barrister from Matrix chamber, is only the second lawyer in the UK from an ethnic minority background to be promoted to the senior level of the judiciary...... → read more
Canada's First Sikh commander
Harjit Singh Sajjan.jpg Watch this news video (2 mins long) about Lt.Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan, has become the first Sikh in Canada to take command of a British Columbia regiment. In a historic ceremony, a change of command in the British Columbia Regiment took place on September 11 in Vancouver .....Watch, listen, read & ponder...
Gurbaksh Singh Chahal: On The Fast Track
Gurbaksh-sq.jpg Growing up in gritty East San Jose (California, U.S.A.), Gurbaksh Singh Chahal struggled to fit in. Emigrating from Punjab with his family at age 4, he wore the patka, the headcovering generally worn by young Sikh boys, to school. It was just one cultural difference..... → read more