Today, Sikhs may not be a geographical nation but they have national characteristics and aspirations. In the Mandla case, the House of Lords afforded protection to Sikhs under the Race Relations law as an ethnic group; the same sort of protection afforded to other ethnic groups and nationalities.
On Saturday members of the California team showed their commitment to defending human rights in Punjab, India by joining the "Appear for the Disappeared 5K Walk" organized by Ensaaf.
The significance of Vaisakhi did not start with 1699 nor did it end on that day. The revolution of Vaisakhi continues apace and is, in fact, undiminished today. We need to move our heads, hearts and beings into the 21st century to see it.
There is an incredible promise of love between those who marry. But there are also thousands of years of exploitation, rape, pain, prejudice and dishonor gathered in our collective subconscious. Men and women both need to do the work to heal themselves so they can honor each other.
Reexamining the answer provided by Bhai Daya Singh we can see that if the rock had been in the hand of Guru Ji, there was no chance of its sinking.
Indian society needs to learn that banning books and movies is not the way to build a democratic nation. Bad ideas are best handled not by the heavy hand of law but in the free marketplace of ideas.
Many doctors, nurses, students, residents and experts had palpated, probed and prodded my flesh like dead meat. But I was alive and duly certified even though I was told that my life hung by a slender thread. The tentative diagnosis pointed to my reality as hanging poignantly between life and death.
When we search for a partner or a mate, each person begins their search with a set of agendas. The agendas are about what “I want” from the other person. Not about what I have to offer another person. From the beginning, we start off wrong ...
Sikh's historic Treasure to be unveiled on Baisakhi Day-2013. A Wisdom Collection - presents with pride and honor the First ever rare and complete book on history of the 'Sikhs in World War I.'