Sikhs remind us of the values we have lost

FOR returned emigrants like me who spent most of our working lives in Britain, the decision to discriminate against Sikhs joining the Garda Reserve is astonishing.

In fact, the gardaí, if they could see for a moment beyond their institutional racism, should be actively encouraging the recruitment of Sikhs to their ranks.

During my 24 years as a Coventry city councillor, meeting and working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and nationalities, Sikhs have always impressed me with their courtesy and generosity; but most of all with their sense of duty to the cities and towns where they have chosen to live and raise their families.