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The genocidal pogroms against the Sikh people in India in November 1984 left thousands dead. In many of the outer areas of the capital, New Delhi, whole neighbourhoods were wiped out. Women were raped in large numbers. Senior politicians of the Congress (I) party led mobs, assisted by the police and administration. Thirty years on no memorials exist to the dead and the perpetrators continue to enjoy complete impunity. But the silence is slowly breaking. Not just about the damage caused to the justice system, memory and language in India, but also about the individual and collective trauma that exists within Sikh communities across the world.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be leaving for US on September 26 is going to hold two comprehensive meetings with United States President Barack Obama, to address the roughness that has crept into the ties between both countries, reports said.

Perhaps never before a visiting leader was accoladed such a mass welcome, that has been planned on 28^th. Right from 26^th September when Mr Modi lands in the USA, there are series of meetings with politicians, businessmen, investors as well as world leaders and the Indian diaspora. Perhaps in the last 100 years only Mahatma Gandhi had such a global profile amongst Indians.

Dr Bharat and Dr Panna Barai have taken the lead to organise a mammoth celebration at the Madison Square. Hundreds if not thousands of people are lending their support in this herculean task including many young people like Anand Shah.

Tickets for Narendra Modi's community reception at the Madison Square Garden in New York City during his US visit are sold out, organizers of the event announced, urging the ''unlucky ticket-seekers'' to gather at Times Square where the Indian leader's address would be broadcast live on one of the larger screens

મંગળવાર તા. ૧૬-૯-૨૦૧૪ની સાંજે નોર્થવીક પાર્ક હોસ્પિટલના રેનલ યુનિટના ડાયાલીસીસ દર્દીઓ માટે આશીર્વાદરૂપ નવા મશીનની ભેટ એમનામાંના જ એક દર્દી પ્રદીપભાઈ શાહ અને પરિવાર તરફથી અપાઈ ત્યારે સૌના ચહેરા પર ખુશીની લહેર જોવા મળી હતી.

Dr Kartar Lalvani’s outstanding work was rewarded with the title of honorary Professorship from a leading French University and centre for dermatologic research on the Monday 22 September.

The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution designating September 30 as 'US-India Partnership Day' recognizing the contribution of the two countries to one another and the relationship that will continue to help define the 21st century