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"Of 100,000 thousand Empire troops to be taken prisoner upon the surrender of Singapore, a handful of Sikhs, of the 5th/11th Sikh Regiment, have regained their freedom, the first of the many we have yet to liberate from Japan."

If beauty lasts not forever, Then, What worth is beauty? If my garden sways not forever, Then, What worth is my garden? Is all a play of time?

I’ve read virtually everything by Salman Rushdie, and while I do find him to be a bit verbose, I have an immense amount of respect for the rebelliousness in both the content and style of his writing... He has been very outspoken with his criticism in both his fiction and non-fiction on Indira Gandhi, but have never before come across any of his writing where he even mentions the Sikhs...

But so long as the choice is between abuse and honor; ridicule and prestige; vulnerability and security; people will choose honor, prestige, and security - Punjabis will choose sons over daughters through one form of violence or another. Women and men must fight against deeply ingrained prejudices.

A few friends and I were discussing that if a Khalsa School opened up nearby that only enrolled Sikh students and had an equal standard of education as the other schools, would we send our children?

Kirtan is very soothing for the soul, I must say. But, as I have discovered, so is Seva - selfless service, an important part of the Sikh faith.