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'To show their contempt for death, some Sikhs had refused to hide in the trenches'. The day after, we heard that during the night one of the Sikh regiment had to recapture the trench, which the Germans had taken by surprise...

"While meditation is already practiced by millions, this is the first study to investigate its potential to reverse memory loss in patients with cognitive impairment," said Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.

The whole camp experience for me was great. Amrit Vela (waking up in the ambrosial hours) is very important for a Sikh and since we did it every day at camp, it gave me the motivation to work on it every day in my life. (Camp is coming up on May 28th)

It's such a great, simple idea: Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them? In the age of information this is certainly possible. Perhaps learning to speak Punjabi could be done in a similar way...

The Sikh community of Preston [U.K.] will be holding the first ever Nagar Kirtan in the city on May 18th. Marching from Tunbridge Street from around 9am the procession will move up New Hall Lane towards the Flag Market for the event.

Finally construction work started on the site of the new Sikh Temple in Voorbaai on 2nd May 2014. It took five years to obtain re-zoning permission and to get the building plans approved for the construction. The Temple will have a major influence in attracting more Indian tourists into Mossel Bay

The goodwill walk also aims to raise awareness and funds for the Gurpuri Foundation. Gurpuri, which means "Place of the Guru", intends to build a Sikh temple, a school and a home for orphans, widows, single mothers, handicapped children and the elderly on a seven-hectare site in Bentong, Pahang.

HUISH Episcopi Academy [Somerset, U.K.] students whipped up a traditional Sikh meal as part of their GCSE religious studies. Around 200 students and staff enjoyed the vegetarian ‘langar’ meal at school to help them learn about Sikhism.

Vikram Singh Ji was the first ‘gora’ Sikh to do kirtan at Darbar Sahib in 1979/80 having studied the rudiments of the ‘raag’ system from the legendary Bhai Sahib Bhai Autar Singh Ji of Bangla Sahib. His rendition of Jaap Sahib in music is still one of the best cutting edge Jaap Sahib I have heard.