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Hayer has worn the kirpan for 13 years and this wasn't the first time he invoked the Guru to bridge the chasm between the kirpan's physical look as a sharp-edged weapon and its spiritual meaning as a symbol of the fight against injustice.

Happiness, sadness, relationships, accomplishments and losses dominate our lives. But relationships are the major aspect which can make or break a home. There are lots of relations surrounding us like husband and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, etc… But where there is love there is conflict as well. Patiala House is about the conflict...

Talking to the media, Purewal said the SGPC and the Akali leadership had done a heinous crime by intermingling Nanakshahi Calendar with Bikrami Calendar. “This is no amendment but total drift towards Bikrami Calendar,” he said, adding that the decision was arbitrary and the original version of the calendar, as adopted in 2003, should be restored.

People living in remote villages in Ecuador have a mutation that some biologists say may throw light on human longevity and ways to increase it. The villagers are very small, generally less than three and a half feet tall, and have a rare condition known as Laron syndrome or Laron-type dwarfism.

"When you feed an individual, you assist a family. When you assist a family you assist a community. When you assist a community you assist a nation. When you assist a nation you change the world."

The Fremont Sikh Gurdwara serves free vegetarian meals morning, noon and night Most of that food, donated by members, was going into the stomachs of worshipers, but every week about 400 pounds of raw food scraps were going into the trash. Now, most of that food is going to the worms.

Nanakshahi became the first Sikh calendar in 2003. It is named after Guru Nanak and begins on his birth year. It is based on the tropical solar year and is astronomically correct. Nanakshahi months and years are perfectly aligned with it. For Sikhs, Nanakshahi fixes all gurpurab dates, and the months and seasons will always match with Gurbani.

It is not only the government but the society at large including socio-religious leaders will have to play an honest role to establish peace and prosperity over this planet to make it a livable haven. Dr Bains stressed that families, doctors, nurses and radiologists who indulge into illegal gender selection for female foeticide must be dealt with severely under strong laws so that the menace is wiped out sternly through social and legal applications.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought with a rare news conference Wednesday to regain momentum after a string of corruption scandals that have paralyzed Parliament, put off foreign investors and angered voters. Analysts, however, said the attempt may have backfired.