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On June 5th, Sikhs will commemorate the martyrdom day of the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Arjun Dev Ji, who carried the fragrance of Divine Understanding from this world to the next. To remember our Gurus’ love for all of humanity and his commitment to the well being of all, Sikhs can carry forth Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s vision by holding green nagar kirtans based on the Sikh principle of sarbat da bhaala or the wellbeing of all.

On Thursday 26th May 2011, a UK delegation of Sikhs met with a delegation of Sikhs from Holland, to visit the Mayor of Ieper Mr Luc Dehaene and discussed initiatives to commemorate the thousands of Sikhs who had laid down their lives for the freedom of Europe.

"We believed that people from the community were moving away from their roots. Punjabi is hardly spoken nowadays, and that's sad because our culture is rich," says Kirandeep Kaur, product development manager at 1469, a novel T-shirt manufacturing firm that relies on Punjabi symbols, slogans and graphics.

The Jathedars said: “The turban is pride of the Sikhs, but these days disrespect is being shown towards it even in the police stations across the state, which is a dangerous trend. We have written to the SGPC chief to hold a dialogue with the government and make sure that such incidents do not recur.”

The rivaling stories on the memorial touched off a bitter, years long struggle in Arizona over how Sept. 11 should be publicly remembered. Here, as in the rest of the United States, there are opposite and diverging opinions about tolerance and patriotism, hate and peace. And on the Phoenix memorial, those opinions are etched in steel, side by side.

"My father is angry at what I have done but I am firm with my decision. I want to raise my siblings with respect in society and support them financially and morally," Sapna said. Bhilwara deputy director KK Chandravanshi said the spirit to fight social customs and her courage and awareness had set an example for all the village girls.

Rahuldeep Singh Gill tends to stand out at California Lutheran University, where he is the only religion professor who is not Christian. Gill is a Sikh and he wears a dastar, or turban, setting him apart both on campus and in the community.

Over the past 15 years, a scourge of suicides has claimed the lives of an estimated 250,000 farmers in India. And the death count is still climbing, according to a new report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University. “On average, one farmer commits suicide every 30 minutes in India,” said Smita Narula, director of the CHRGJ