Saturday, May 24, 2014

Remembrance - The Sikh Story Full

Documentary examining why followers of the Sikh religion were marked out as a 'martial race' under the British Empire, and how thousands of Sikh soldiers valiantly laid down their lives for Britain's freedom across two world wars.
With contributions from eminent historians, military experts and war veterans, the film features the last-ever interview with legendary WW2 Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji, and the first television broadcast of a rare audio recording of a WW1 Sikh prisoner of war, handed to Britain in 2010 after 94 years in German hands.

Martial Race


A philosopher’s proposal for how to get politicians to take the interests of future generations more seriously

A whisky war that harks all the way back to the 1870s is brewing over a modern-day trademark being claimed by both a giant Scottish spirits firm and a tiny New Zealand distiller.
A whisky war for the ages (a drink at my Sikh Wedding circa 2007)