Leopold Vanderkelenstraat
Leopold Vanderkelenstraat
Sint-Pieterskerk
Stadhuis
Rijschoolstraat
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Brussel Noord – German high-speed ICE train
Brussel Noord – German high-speed ICE train
Leuven 6 March 2013
Leuven Station, restoration almost finished
Leuven station
Leuven – Bondgenotenlaan
The station and the monument in the background
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Lange Molensstraat
Lange Molensstraat
Lange Molensstraat
Lange Molensstraat
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Lange Molensstraat 14
B-1800 Vilvoorde (Vlaams Brabant)
5 March 2013
Vilvoorde Station – Sevadar Sahib
Going back to Sint-Truiden
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Brussel Noord – New NMBS rolling stock
Vilvoorde – Stationstraat
Vilvoorde – Stationstraat
Vilvoorde – Stationstraat
Vilvoorde – Lange Molensstraat
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Thursday, 16 May 2013. Police in London say they are investigating complaints against a UK-based Pakistani politician to see if he has violated UK law.
Altaf Hussain, leader of the MQM party that controls Karachi, addressed supporters from London last Sunday after Pakistan’s general elections.
In response to accusations of electoral fraud, he is alleged to have threatened his accusers with violence.
Mr Hussain says that his remarks were taken out of context.
London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that an investigation had been launched “following complaints concerning comments made in a broadcast” by Mr Hussain.
Since the mid-1980s, the MQM has won every poll it has contested in Karachi and it did so again in last Saturday’s general election.
But this time, it is facing strong and widespread allegations of rigging and electoral fraud.
Half a dozen smaller parties, led by former international cricketer Imran Khan’s Movement for Justice Party (PTI), have been holding rallies and sit-ins to demand a re-run in Karachi.
On Sunday, addressing party workers from London, Mr Hussain responded to the allegations by appearing to threaten protesters with violence, and suggesting that if his party’s mandate was tampered with, Karachi would have no choice but to separate from Pakistan.
During his speech he referred to protests taking place near the Three Swords roundabout in Karachi.
“Those people who are protesting – and grandstanding – near Three Swords – I don’t want to fight or quarrel, but if I order my supporters now, they will go to Three Swords and turn them into a reality.”
He added: “MQM is blamed for everything. I say, oppose us with respect and decency, and with proof, otherwise I will soon unleash my supporters.”
Karachi is wracked with violence – much of it politically motivated.
Mr Hussain has since said that his remarks, which were broadcast on live TV, were taken out of context.
Possible prosecution
On Wednesday, the British High Commissioner in Pakistan, Adam Thomson, told a news conference that the UK took allegations of inciting hatred very seriously.
He said it was up to the police in London to determine whether Mr Hussain’s remarks violated British laws, and whether or not he could face prosecution.
The BBC’s Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi says that Mr Hussain effectively controls the city of 18 million people from his MQM headquarters in north London.
He has lived in the UK since 1991, saying his life would be at risk if he returned to Pakistan.
The MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) is supported mainly by Muslim Urdu-speaking people whose families moved to Sindh province at the time of the partition of India in 1947.
16 February 2013
Sint-Gilles – City Hall / Stadhuis / Hotel de Ville
Vorst – Barrière MIVB Tram 81
Vorst – Wiels MIVB Tram 81
1 March 2013
Packing my belongings for move to Gingelom on 1st April
3 March 2013
Brussel Noord – New NMBS rolling stock
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3 February 2013
Southall
This is what was the old green building on the Green near the Southall station !
15 February 2013
To Brussel
NMBS train from Genk to take me to Brussel
Walking with Jean Bombois
16 February 2013
Vorst – Culte Antoiniste
Guillaume van Haelenlaan
Vorst – Culte Antoiniste
Guillaume van Haelenlaan
Vorst – Park
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2 February 2013
Havelock Road – Picture Drama
The Committee of the Southall Singh Sabha (Ltd) decided to remove a picture of the younger sahibzade (sons of Guru Gobind Singh) and Mata Gujri from their place in the main hall. They claimed that this was in order to get a clear view on the lift. Demonstrators moved into the hall and demanded bringing back of the picture to the position where it was. Informally I was told that there was a fear that this was just a first step, and that the picture of Sant-ji (Jarnail Singh) would be next in line for removal. I do not share this attachment to pictures. Man in Blue
Pritpal Singh and his camera
Here was the picture
The picture used to hang against the two pillars on the left
The white bearded person is pardhan Himmat Singh
Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
Havelock Road, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4NP
London, UK
In the Sangat TV studio
Pritpal Singh, Harjinder Singh & Harjinder Singh
3 February 2013
Hayes and Harlington station seen from the south side
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Prabhjot Singh, Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12. Biologist-turned film maker David R Gray of Victoria (Canada) is in Punjab to trace descendants of some early Sikh settlers in his country, including those who fought in the World War I and worked in British Columbia forests to make them habitable.
Gray, who is here for four days in his first visit to India, says his interest in Sikh immigration to Canada stemmed from his chance tracking of some artifacts and leftovers of some Chinese and Indian immigrants in Victoria.
The film maker has been working in Canada for the past last 50 years, tracing some of the first Sikh settlers in British Columbia.
“It was a chance happening that we found so many of these interesting artifacts in Victoria that dated back to the early 20th century. Me and my brother learnt that there were about 150 Chinese who worked in the area. In our follow up, we found that there were at least 40 Sikhs from India who worked with these Chinese in the area.
“Our initial attempts of tracing these Chinese were unsuccessful as the community was reluctant to cooperate. However, when we went to a Sikh temple to know about Sikh immigrants, we were able to get information on almost everything required. Some first generation immigrants and older people were able to help us with names and other details of early Sikh settlers, including those who came via Koma Gata Maru.
Since then, I have been working on Sikh immigration to Canada,” says Gray, some of whose documentaries in this regard have been sponsored by Omni TV channel and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of Canada.
“I was thinking of writing a book but then took to film production,” he says and expresses hope to find some of the descendants of eight Sikh soldiers who fought for Canada in World War I in France. Three of them came from Khraudi, Mahilpur and Paldi in Punjab. Despite many efforts, we could not trace any of their descendants in Canada.
We went to France and other European countries to track their movements during the World War I. It was so difficult to track them down as they all had a common name, ‘Singh’. No one could believe till the beginning of the current millennium that Sikhs had fought for Canada in the World War I, he said.
At that time, Indians were not given voting or citizenship rights in Canada. He says Private Bukkam Singh and Private Lachman Singh, for example, had been tracked down as a researcher on Indians in the Canadian army had chanced upon one of the medals won by Private Bukkam Singh.
He says 10 years back, he could not have thought of such a venture. Canadian Consul-General in Chandigarh Scott Slessor says while browsing the web on Sikh Film Festival in New York, he came across Gray’s work and decided to invite him to India.
Gray says out of about 40 Indians (Sikhs) who are believed to have fought for Canada, only a handful could be traced.
2 February 2013
Havelock Road – Picture Drama
The Committee of the Southall Singh Sabha (Ltd) decided to remove a picture of the younger sahibzade (sons of Guru Gobind Singh) and Mata Gujri from their place in the main hall. They claimed that this was in order to get a clear view on the lift. Demonstrators moved into the hall and demanded bringing back of the picture to the position where it was. Informally I was told that there was a fear that this was just a first step, and that the picture of Sant-ji (Jarnail Singh) would be next in line for removal. I do not share this attachment to pictures. Man in Blue
Havelock Road – The police out in force
The demonstrators peacefully sitting in the main hall
The police, including a female Sikh officer, in the Gurdwara office
The aunties were out in force
Discussions
Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
Havelock Road, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4NP
London, UK
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