By Harbakhsh Grewal on March 9, 2010
Last November here in Britain the annual remembrance took place of the country’s war dead. Up and down the country on Remembrance Sunday services are held to remember those who have given their lives in the two world wars and many other wars since then, including the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. And this [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on May 21, 2009
I was absolutely delighted last year when I saw the shelves of a Central London bookshop dominated by a book whose jacket featured the photograph of a delicate-looking nine year old Sikh boy tensely staring out. I can confidently say – this was the first joora to appear on a book jacket!
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By admin on September 2, 2008
A previously unknown marble bust of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh will soon be on the auctioneers block in London. This stunning piece crafted in Europe in the 19th century is expected to reach $100-140,000 and is redolent of the Duleep Singh sculpture by Royal Academician John Gibson (1790-1866) that fetched a staggering £1.7m in 2007. [...]
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By admin on March 23, 2008
The answer is a Royal Family. It may be nearly 4,000 miles away from the baking plains of the Punjab and slightly less awe inspiring than the glinting domes of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, Sikhism's holiest shrine, but the Norfolk market town of Thetford has become an unlikely place of pilgrimage for the world's [...]
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By admin on December 7, 2007
In the quiet churchyard of St Andrew's, Blo Norton, by the Little Ouse near the Suffolk border of Norfolk, beneath a lichen-covered gravestone, lies Prince Frederick Duleep Singh – far from his ancestral Punjab.
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By Amandeep Madra on November 21, 2007
The Spinning Wheel Film Festival has done a great seva (service) by showcasing films which span all genres, giving the audience a chance to view, ponder and discuss provocative and evocative films made to highlight the Sikh experience. This festival is a platform for Sikh awareness, showcasing talent through both films and exhibitions.
Posted in Cultural, Reviews | Tagged Lecture, UK, UKPHA |
By Amandeep Madra on November 5, 2007
Historian Parmjit Singh, founding member of the Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) and co-author of "Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves": Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1809), will deliver a lecture entitled "Empire, Faith and Kinship", a photographic history of our society from the very early days of the camera to a hundred years.
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By Amandeep Madra on October 15, 2007
From the authors of "Warrior Saints" and "Sicques, Tigers or Thieves" comes a major new on-line exhibition exploring 150 years of the Anglo-Sikh relationship. "Empire, Faith and Kinship" is an exhibtion that speaks volumes of a fascinating relationship that has touched and shaped the lives of millions. The exhibition is available now on www.efk.ukpha.org
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By Amandeep Madra on October 8, 2007
In the years following the Jallianwala Bagh incident at Amritsar, the Sikhs moved ahead with peaceful protests against British-backed control of many Sikh gurdwaras. One of the key protests was held at Jaito in 1924. A journalist, S. Zimand, describes the scenes he witnessed as the peaceful ‘shahidi jathas’ (martyrdom groups) faced the brunt of [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on September 9, 2007
The latest photograph in the "Empire, Faith and Kinship" exhibtion graphically depicts the execution of Sikh prisoners of war by the Japanese during the Second World War. This set of four tragic photographs were found amongst Japanese records when Allied troops entered Singapore shortly after the end of the Second World War.
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