Sikh community in Aberdeen help those less fortunate during Xmas

The “small but passionate” Sikh community of the northeast region set up a Christmas food bank at the Seaton Community Education Centre in Aberdeen to help some of the city’s most deprived people and was organised by Mandeep Singh Khalsa.
The 28-year-old consultant said the food bank brought the Sikh community one step closer to setting up a “langar” – a common kitchen and canteen for all – in the region.
Speaking to the local newspaper Mr Khalsa said: “The Sikh community in Aberdeen is quite small but full of passion. We haven’t got a Sikh temple at the moment, but everybody’s a good cook. Even without a temple we thought we would do a curry around Aberdeen. We hope to show there’s no difference between people in India and the UK. We should be blind to colour, race, religion and any other difference – we’re all the same, and love Santa.”