Our Heroes

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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.

Back From Afghanistan, Sikh-Canadian Takes Command of Canadian Regiment NEWS REPORTS

Established in 1883, The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) is a Primary Reserve armoured reconnaissance (recce) regiment of the Canadian Forces. It is the oldest military unit in Vancouver, B.C.

Sikh-American Sher Singh: Victim of 9.11 America by RICHARD C. DUJARDIN & TOM MOONEY

The day after 9/11, Sher Singh's train made a brief stop at Providence Station - where a phalanx of police and FBI agents armed with bomb-sniffing dogs yanked him out ....

Bhai Kahn Singh: Renaissance Man by ROOPINDER SINGH

As administrator, diplomat, encyclopaedist, historian, interpreter of Sikh scriptures, sportsman, scholar, and tutor to an heir apparent, he left a lasting impact on Sikh, Punjab and Punjabi scholarship.

Italy Honours WWII Sikh Heroes With Grand Memorial by RANVIR SINGH VIRDI & BHUPINDER SINGH HOLLAND

Last weekend, Sikhs gathered in Forli, Italy, to unveil a magnificent monument to honour the Sikh soldiers who laid down their lives for the Allied cause in World War II.

Prakash Kaur:
Real Life Hero by TRIDIP MANDAL

Prakash Kaur doesn't like to look back. Sixty years ago, she too was abandoned by her parents and a local Gurdwara was what she called home.The stories of her 60 little ones mirror her life.