- Saturday, April 27, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
by Amit Roy IT IS a matter of pride for all Asians that a 22-year-old from Leicester, Charanpreet Singh Lall of the 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards, paraded alongside his fellow soldiers wearing bearskin hats but in a black turban in last Saturday’s (9) Trooping the Colour. He expressed the hope that people “will look at it as a new change in history. I hope that more people like me, not just Sikhs but from other religions and backgrounds, will be encouraged to join the army”. Actually, Sikhs wearing the turban have been part of the British armed forces for…
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