By Tan Ong – June 8th 2011 – Source Afghanistan (CHAKRA) — On a two day visit to Afghanistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, met members of the Afghan-Sikh minority community in Kabul. He listened to their issues with regards to obtaining Indian citizenship and other problems the Sikh community was facing such as threats and… Continue reading Afghan-Sikhs Explain their Fears and Threats to Indian PM
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Story of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus in London’s Exhibition
About this video: This video, from Tahir Qadiry, reports on a photographic exhibition in London that highlights the life of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus and their wave of immigration to India. It presents the exhibition and the stories behind the photographs. [youtube=http://youtu.be/xs9jVqNHSx4]
Photo Exhibit Tells Tale of Kabuli Sikhs
Source: The National Also on: Sikhnet.com Christopher Lord – May 29, 2011 The photographs that document the artist Gauri Gill’s visit to Kabul in 2007 suggest a city that has been left for dead. In black and white, her shots are almost devoid of people: we see an illustrious library greying with dust, a bombed-in… Continue reading Photo Exhibit Tells Tale of Kabuli Sikhs
Afghan-Sikh community meets Manmohan, shares its problems
Source Kabul, May 12 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is on a two-day visit to Afghanistan, met members of the Afghan-Sikh community in Kabul Thursday and heard them out as they shared their problems, including their difficulties in getting Indian citizenship. The prime minister met members of the community in the presidential palace… Continue reading Afghan-Sikh community meets Manmohan, shares its problems
Afghanistan and India
About this video: “Afghanistan-India The True Friends” is a video from the fahimahmadkhanzoy channel, with a runtime of 9 minutes 45 seconds. It is a television discussion programme about the friendship between Afghanistan and India. The uploader has not added a description to the video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9MurfODqwI]
The flame that honours a saint
Jan Khaskheli Thursday, March 24, 2011 Source Akhund Joot (a flame) has been leaping from an oil lamp in front of Baba Srichand’s portrait in a separate structure on the premises of a 500-year-old temple. The lamp is believed to have been burning in the honour of the Darya (the River Indus) since long. There… Continue reading The flame that honours a saint
Afghans in India yearn for home
Source: The Times of India Dharitri Bhattacharjee, TNN, Feb 27, 2011, 02.31am IST In Tagore’s ‘Kabuliwala’, an Afghan moneylender longs for his ‘watan’ even as he develops affection for a little girl, Mini, in Kolkata. The character of Rehmat, later immortalized by Balraj Sahni on screen, became synonymous with the Kabuliwalas who arrived in the… Continue reading Afghans in India yearn for home