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Amrita Shergill:
The Great Painter of Modern India WIKIPEDIA, et al

She was already painting at the age of five.

Huffington Post Religion's Person of The Year HUFFINGTON POST

She's "the person we admired most in the last year ..."

A Diamond in the Dust:
Saran Singh T. SHER SINGH

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2012:  A single act on their part recently has touched me deeply because it is right, it is good, it is timely, it is appropriate … it is well-thought out and well-executed.

President Obama Honours Sikh-American Trail-Blazer ASHISH KUMAR SEN

“... [O]nce Dalip earned his own citizenship, he stepped up to serve the country he loved - and became the first Asian-American elected to the Congress,” Obama said.

10 Sikh Women You Should Know And Why You Should Know Them by VALARIE KAUR

A new generation of Sikh women has emerged as lawyers, artists, entrepreneurs, doctors, filmmakers and more. They have found brave new ways to defend their communities ...

Fauja Singh:
The Chic Sikh of 2011 EDITOR

We at sikhchic.com take great pride and pleasure in naming, with the assistance and guidance of our readership and our selection panel, this extraordinary human being as the Chic Sikh of 2011.

Singa, The Lion of Malaya:
Sardar Gurchan Singh by HARCHAND SINGH BEDI

This is the story of the Malayan Resistance against Japanese occupation during WWII - a movement created, organised and led by Gurchan Singh, a Sikh detective in the Malayan Police Force.

Ruined It For Me by T. SHER SINGH

The first thing I ever heard by him was the multi-faith invocation that has now become his trade-mark - wherein he beautifully, accurately and respectfully renders the credal chants from the world’s major religions.

A Learning Moment by T. SHER SINGH

His eyes are always full of mischief. I have caught him wink at me slyly as I have walked by him, surrounded by adoring young men and women fawning over his fame and desperately hoping to catch the virus of his energy.

Marathon Man:
Fauja Singh Wows The World CANADIAN PRESS

"He said he achieved this through the help of God but even God must be getting fed up of helping him," Harmander Singh said, drawing chuckles from assembled media after the race.