Browsing Tag: News

News: NYPD changes policy, will allow officers to wear turbans

Some leaders in the Sikh community applauded the policy change on turbans, but said the NYPD needed to go further with the policy on facial hair.

News: ਚਾਨਣੇ ਚ ਹਨੇਰਾ” | “Darkness amid Light”

Had “The Moving Finger” blessed me, my yearnings transformed to a web of dreams.

News: Who Will Stand for RIGHT?

Watch this video as Avneet Kaur goes on to question and challenge us who live more comfortable lives today, "The dignity of life is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for."

Avneet Kaur

Avneet Kaur... A Learner, A Seeker, A Believer, A Psychologist, A Motivational Speaker, A Life Coach and on a Mission.

News: As We Welcome the New Year 2017

Some of us have made ambitious resolutions for 2017; others take a deep breath and hope for the best.

AWAT (A Word A Thought from Gurbani) is a wonderful initiative, perhaps the first of its kind. By taking a word from Gurbani, explaining its meaning through its context in Gurbani, aided by etymological hints, the message of Gurbani is presented in modern but easy to understand terms.

News: New York Born Sikh Takes On Celebrating Christmas

I want to share this experience because so many Punjabi families get lost in the holiday season and forget about the Sahibzaday. Our youth deserve to have their hearts colored in the love of Guru Gobind Singh jee. It is important that we teach our children who they are.

News: Life without fear (Nirbhau)

Fear is the foe. Win the fray. Faith in your spirit. Victorious over the foe to attain the state of Nirbhau ( fearlessness) to have a productive, constructive, serene and fearless mind.

Ramneet Kaur

Poetry and sketching inspired by my Sikhi are my hobbies as they relax me in my busy life.

News: The Anonymous Brahmgiani We Walk Past

A small part of me also wonders about the anonymous Brahmgianis in the world, the anonymous sewadars...

Simarjit Kaur

Simarjit has been a humanitarian activist for the past fourteen years helping widows and torture survivors of 1984-1994

News: Reaching People Where They Live

Guru ji traveled to be with people where they lived and he connected with them in the context of their everyday lives. SikhNet honors this and strives to follow in those footsteps through the internet, which is what reaches into so many people's lives today.