Sikh musician racially profiled at Orlando restaurant

A Sikh musician has claimed he was racially profiled while having lunch at a restaurant in Orlando when a ‘concerned citizen’ called police to investigate him for carrying a......

Sikh comedian forced to remove turban at US airport

An Indo-Canadian Sikh comedian was forced to take off his turban in San Francisco during a security check, weeks after a Sikh-American actor was barred from boarding a flight in Mexico for refusing......

US-based Sikh actor gets apology after barred from boarding flight

Mexico’s flag carrier Aeromexico has apologised to Waris Ahluwalia, a Sikh-American actor who was barred from boarding a New York-bound flight by its officials after he refused to remove his......

Living in America as a Sikh post 9/11

Fifteen years after 9/11, the Sikh Coalition, a non-profit organisation, turns to art to open American hearts and minds to the community.Aseem Chhabra reports from New York for Rediff.com IMAGE:......

IIP growth in April nears 20-yr high

Indian industry began this financial year on a strong foot, with robust growth of 17.6 per cent in April. This has surpassed analyst expectations and fuelled concerns of a rate hike by the Reserve......

Sensex zooms 390 points to snap 3-day losing streak

Benchmark shares indices ended 1.5% higher on Thursday snapping a three-day losing streak led by financials following encouraging India growth forecast by the World Bank while delay in interest......

Why industry must cut prices

It was Punjab National Bank chief K C Chakraborty who said the other day that real estate companies would have to cut prices to spur demand and not, in effect, place that burden on banks to do so......

The right priority, but wrong focus

Mobilising adequate resources for investment in the infrastructure sector seems to have become the government's top priority.No week passes without either Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or the......

Talvar is a smart film

'Talvar belongs to Irrfan Khan, who plays the chief investigating officer. With each new film,' reports Aseem Chhabra from the Toronto film festival, 'this very fine actor continues to surprise us......

The Sikh in The Darjeeling Limited

Waris Ahluwalia is one of the brightest new stars in the jewellary business in America, selling his product in many high end stores. But when he is walking the streets of any big city,he is......