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News: North American Sikh bodies slam Anand Marriage amendment

A day after a number of Sikh bodies in the US hailed the recent amendment to the Anand Marriage Act, Sikh organisations and Gurudwara Management Committees across North America have now come together to slam the amendment

News: Sikhs hail the passage of Sikh Marriage Act in Indian Parliament

Welcoming the passage of the law in Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the parliament, Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Washington based Sikh Council on Religion and Education, said, “This is an historic day for Sikhs in the Independent India after a long and hard struggle.

News: Straight From The Hearth

Malkiat Kaur, 78, doesn’t buy vegetables anymore. She grows them on a six-by-four foot plot in the backyard of her house.

News: National Vegetarian Week…and a lifetime of good health

How do I do it? Simple: firstly, I eat only vegetarian foods – I am told that vegetarians tend to live an average of six to 10 years longer than meat-eaters do. But I also walk or jog every day. Age may bring wisdom, but if you want stamina, endurance and a lifetime of good health, turn to nutritious vegetarian foods.

News: Book Review: Banda Singh Bahadur- Persian Sources (in Punjabi)

Banda Singh Bahadur is an edited volume based on 21 original historical sources in Persian. After reading the text in Punjabi, I have come to the conclusion that no historian of Sikh history has taken so much trouble to search for original evidence about the struggle of Banda Singh Bahadur....

News: Where the Food Is Free

There is no chit-chat as the assembly line of volunteers works. The group ranges in age from an 80-year-old woman who comes every day (she says in Punjabi that it can get lonely being at home all day) to a 31-year-old man starting a new job as a chef the next day. They cook almost in a meditative silence