At yesterday's Vancouver Vaisakhi parade, I met two young men who were eager to educate me about the origins of the Khalsa...
News: Modern Sikhs explain why they dress like traditional warriors
News: Finally, Anand Marriage Act gets Cabinet approval
Anand marriage bill is passed in parliament. Sikhs will be able to register marriages under 1909 Act .
News: The young Sikh martyr – Tender as a rose
Farukhasaiyer, had had 700 Sikhs rounded up and brought to Delhi, where they were to be executed. Among these innocent woeful men there was a boy hardly eighteen years old. To his mother he was still a child, her boy, tender as a rose...
News: California Lawmaker Announces Historic Bill to Protect Sikhs from Job Discrimination
Surrounded by members of the interfaith community, California Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada held a press conference last Tuesday at the West Sacramento Gurdwara to unveil legislation to protect Sikhs and others from job discrimination in the workplace.
News: Making a vision a reality
The first time I realized that the true image of the Guru is not a painting of a person; I removed all the paintings from my wall. I had realized that the true image of the Guru is the truth behind the Guru’s Sabad. My husband was furious. I told him these pictures were not motivating us, and he asked me what we will replace them with...
News: New Utah NSA Spy Center stores EVERYTHING
For the first time since Watergate and the other scandals of the Nixon administration—the NSA has turned its surveillance apparatus on the US and its citizens. It has established listening posts throughout the nation to collect and sift through billions of email messages and phone calls, whether they originate within the country or overseas.
Video: I'm Never Satisfied With How Many Banis I Read
Guruka responds to a person who feels unfulfilled because he doesn't always read his banis. But even when he does he feels that he should be doing more still. Guruka explains that this mentality is focusing on the negative instead of the positive. He recommends that you schedule your time, and don't feel bad about what you're not doing.
News: An Angrezi Twist on a Punjabi Problem
Where are songs about the girls that used to dance with duppatas of silk instead of with glasses of vodka? There used to be a time when Punjabi songs were about the beauty of Punjab and our rich culture.
News: Vaisakhi Inspiration (Personal)
A memory which I still have very vividly in my mind, the first time I was truly scared. It was the day before the last day of school, I was in 3rd grade and just like with great movies, the memory starts with an action sequence.
News: Plans submitted to turn former Cambridge pub into Sikh community centre
Cambridge Sikh Society wants to use The Grove in Arbury Court, which closed in September after it was the site of three assaults in a single night, as a place of worship.
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