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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Modern Punjabi Robin Hoods
Few days ago I got a link from my friend about modern day Robin Hoods. Have a look!
"Song of the road: Trafficking drugs to build villages.
Meet the modern day Robin Hoods – three young men from a village in Punjab – who robbed Uncle Sam to pay Peters of two villages near Jagraon lead a better life. A large part of their profits came from cocaine trafficking in Canada and the US, running into some crores of rupees, which were used to construct roads, improve civic amenities and marrying off the poor.
Drug busters in USA may describe them as “close to the top ranks” of a drug running organisation in US and Canada, but for the beneficiaries of their largesse, the villagers, they are nothing less than ‘faristey’ (angels).
Officials from the Bakersfiled Drug Enforcement Wing arrested them yesterday for drug running. Harjeet Mann (39) of Gureh village, Jasdev Singh (33), and Sukhraj Dhaliwal (38) of Cheemna village near Jagraon, were in possession of 180 kg of cocaine and US $845,000 in cash when undercover agents of Kern County Sherrif’s department nabbed them.
Shock and disbelief was the reaction of the villagers who only remember their large donations for religious causes, building roads and civic amenities. “Ever since the trio settled in the US, they have been donating generously and selflessly and always chose to be secret donors,” said Amrjit Singh, former sarpanch of village Cheema.
Son of religious singer (granthi) in village Gurdwara, Sukhraj migrated to USA some 12 years ago, while his friend Harjit Singh left Punjab in the early nineties and became an owner of a fleet of 24-7 Truck Wash. Later, the trio joined hands to operate their transport business and started transporting drugs from US and Canada by “concealing” them in various parts of vehicles, said police officials.
The locals said whenever Sukhraj visited his village he preferred to keep a low profile and restrained from attending public functions except the sports tournaments for which he used to donate money. Surinder Singh Darshi, another villager, said that Sukhraj and Harjeet refused to even sit on stage and watched the tournament from public gallery only. Recalling several instances wherein the duo had arranged money for marriages of poor couples and paid school fee of needy children, the locals said most of the philanthropy they practiced was as ‘anonymous” donors.
Meanwhile, the Jagraon police said the trio had a “clean” record with no criminal background. “Though they belong to respectable families and have no links with criminals or drug traffickers, we have formed a team to probe such links, if any, here in Punjab”, Deputy Superintendent of Police (detective) Satnam Singh told HT."
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=351b2dec-e75f-4207-a97f-59e231396601
Article from 2007 Hindustan Times
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Pig's head on Sikh memorial. Disgrace
You probably heard the news already but I can't believe that somebody could put pig's head on Sikh memorial. Disgrace! What kind of people they are? It's so sad that in 21st century things like this happen. The monument in Coventry commemorates Sikh soldiers who died in fig thing in British Army. Terrible thank-you gift! Unhuman. You could see those who did it, are not educated at all. Probably in their mind all Sikhs are Osamas. What you think?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Ebay comes to Punjab
EBay opens a Punjab outlet
Good news for Punjab by Vijay C Roy from Business-standard.com
"Although Punjab contributes only 2 per cent of the 2 million registered users with eBay India (India's leading online market place), products manufactured in Punjab like sporting goods, apparel, handicrafts, ethnic wear are getting a global footprint through eBay India.
According to the eBay data, every 20 minutes an item is sold internationally from Punjab. Amritsar and Ludhiana are the top ones for export followed by cities such as Mohali, Jalandhar, Khanna and Chandigarh.
Speaking to Business Standard, eBay India head (global trade) Amarjit Batra said, "There has been a significant increase in sellers from non-metro cities selling globally through eBay India. Sellers from cities such as Shillong, Bakrol, Khanna and Khamria are successfully trading with countries across the world."
According to eBay, Punjab has sold over 7,500 sporting goods and 8,000 pieces of apparel to global buyers.
He said to increase the penetration, eBay presented an opportunity for entrepreneurs in Punjab to set up an eCommerce store and sell products to millions of eBay buyers worldwide. Global trade on eBay India is seeing significant traction with as many as 8,100 entrepreneurial sellers having benefited from this opportunity.
"We are offering a three-month free dedicated eCommerce store to all new entrepreneurs from Punjab who sign up in June 2008," he said.
Products from Punjab like sporting goods (chess boards, cricket bats, balls, gloves and saddles) and apparel (salwar kameez, lehengas and kurtis), handicrafts, and artisan products are in great demand in overseas markets."
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Signature in the final of Britain's got talent. Good job to Suleman Mirza & Madhu Singh
If you want to catch up with what happened in the final of Britain's got Talent, you are in the right place.
Good job to Suleman Mirza & Madhu Singh who won 2nd place in Britain's got talent.
This year was amazing and had many talented people like George Sampson, choir boy, Flava or Nemesis...
Monday, May 26, 2008
Suleman Mirza and Madhu Singh are in the final of Britain's got talent.
Today was the first day of semi final of Britain's got Talent. Congratulations to Signature!
They are in the final with their Michael Jackson's thriller. Suleman Mirza and Madhu are two ordinary guys who woved the millions of people. They are the representation of Asians in a very good way. I'm thrilled two see SIKH face on TV.
Signature to win!
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