Issue Number 3 • August 2013

On Dastaar Awareness Day 2013, thousands of Sikhs and non-Sikhs gathered at Luna Park, Cremona, Italy to celebrate and honour the Sikh turban on an occasion designed for the whole family to enjoy.

The all new Sikh Channel website was an initiative driven by its passionate workforce. After months of planning and developing, Sikhs finally have an accessible platform where they can communicate and interact with the channel.

Gurdeep Singh says “We always wanted to do more for the Sikh panth. The way forward is to bring people together united on one platform”.

The website currently achieves 220, 000 hits a month with over 59,000 unique visitors from all across the globe.

Legal and compliance officer, Gurpreet Singh, comments “design defines so much, so we have made the website look simple yet sleek. Quality and clarity is now the basis for the new website”.

Sharmil Kumar, the developer of the website goes on to add “the Sikh Channel website has achieved a number of 1st’s”:

- streamlining in HD

- fits all screen sizes

- its new in the market place

- allows the general public to order Sikh Channel merchandise

- trusted platform for businesses and individuals for advertising to an international audience

Please see for yourself by logging onto : www.sikhchannel.tv

We welcome your thoughts and comments but in the meantime hope you enjoy your journey on the new website.

The prestigious event was broadcast live on Sikh Channel in the United Kingdom on Sky Channel 840, in Canada on Bell Fibe TV Channel 667, Rogers TV 676 and across Europe and internationally via http://www.sikhchannel.tv

Sikhs across the World continue to experience difficulties at various airports including being asked to remove their turbans. As a result, many Sikhs are refusing to fly and missing their flights.

In fact Bhai Manjit Singh GK, our VIP guest from India was refused security clearance by Italian Airport

Security Staff who insisted GK and his associates remove their turbans for security clearance. This request was denied by GK, a move that has received appreciation from Panthic bodies worldwide.

The issue led to a delay of over 24 hours when finally the DSGMC team were allowed to boarded their flight to Dubai, before finally continuing his journey to New Delhi, India.

Dastaar Awareness Day was designed to celebrate and educate about the dastaar in addition to highlighting concerns of the Sikh community and strategies to overcome them.

Dastaar Awareness Day included events for children, speeches from prominent community representatives, Italian leaders and VIP guests in addition to Punjabi religious and cultural displays, demonstrations and a variety of Punjabi and Italian cuisine.

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Sikh Channel Dastaar Awareness Day - Saturday 03 August 2013

Sikh Channel started a revolution; we are now carrying it forward through to the digital age

The All new Sikh Channel website

Sikh Channel - the official media partners of Dharam Seva Records.

The vision behind this label is to constantly release dharmik, music, paat, shabads, narrated story’s and other good moral based content.

Dharam Seva Records hopes to preserve a big element of Sikhi via the musical medium.

Sikh Channel will be airing exclusive footage, the first of which stars the global superstar Jazzy B.

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More regular shows for you to tune into:

• Kich Suneya Kich Kaheay – Thursday: 1.30pm to 2.30pm

• Sikhi Jeevan Janch – Tuesday: 3pm to 4pm

• Mind Body & Soul – Sunday: 4pm to 5pm

• Herbal Medicine – Monday: 4pm to 5pm

Stay Tuned for all your ‘Regulars’

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Breakfast Show Winner

Tea with CEO - Gurdeep Singh

Parkash - Hayes 12th July to the 14th July

Live in Canada

Exciting viewing for August

Dharam Seva Records partner with Sikh Channel

Sikh Channel will be showing exclusive Katha of Sri Jaap Sahib by Giani Kulwant Singh Ji (Ludhiana Wale)

We gave our viewers four clues to unveil a symbol that related to the following words:

• Spiritual • Political • Two swords • A circle

The answer was, of course, khanda.

Jodh Singh Gosal, aged 11 from Coventry is our winner of The Breakfast Show Challenge.

“I am so happy to win the mug, although I still can’t work out why the tea tastes nicer in it” he says.

Sikh Channel supporters/viewers invited Gurdeep Singh for a cup of tea.

Gurdeep Singh was delighted to join them and would like to take this opportunity to thank all the ladies below for their generous donations.

Jasbinder Klair: Slough and Gupt SevaKulwinder Kaur: Wolverhampton – £51Dayal Kaur: Ilford – £250

Sikh Channel was delighted to provide coverage for the whole event from Friday 12th July to Sunday 14th July, most of which was shown LIVE on the Sikh Channel.

“We had fantastic response from all our supporters who congratulated the whole team who covered this event so well. We would like to thank everyone that attended this event” says Gurdeep Singh.

Sikh Channel are proud to announce that, as of 16th July 2013, we have now launched on a 2nd Canadian platform.

The channel is aired via the Rogers network 676

– a fantastic achievement for Sikh Channel.

Rogers TV is a group of community channels owned by Rogers Communications. Many of these channels share common programmes. Rogers TV broadcasts into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario.

“We have already had a great response from the Sangat in Canada and we look forward to arranging more coverage and programmes with them”.

Name: Sharmil Kumar GurunaathanJob Title: Animator & Motion Graphics Designer

Sharmil is a valued member of the Sikh Channel team. He joined the team in 2010 and has worked hard on improving the entire look and feel of the channel, bringing in innovative graphics and design ideas. Sharmil’s enthusiasm for animation started from his childhood, with cartoon movies such as the Disney classic Aladdin and a more recent favourite, Toy Story. Since then his skill set has expanded tremendously which is reflected in his senior position within the Sikh Channel team. Sharmil’s projects include working on the Breakfast Show graphics and themes, but the highlight so far has been his work towards Sikh Channel’s very own first quiz show Kaun Banega Gursikh Pyara.

Sharmil was pivotal in re-branding the Sikh Channel in April 2013, providing a fresh, sleek new look overall.

“I have learned a lot about the principles of the Sikh faith which have influenced my life. Coming to the Sikh Channel has given me more than a career, it’s given me a way of life. All the staff regard each other as family and as a family we ensure that the work we do provides the sangat with informative, entertaining and engaging content that benefits everyone, and upholds the values of the Sikh faith.”

Sharmil