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The museum till now has succeeded in procuring 75 weapons mentioned in the “Shastar Naam Mala”. These include shamsheer, marthi, sela barchha, baaghnakha, faadi guraj, saithi, kadara, safajang, bugda, kirch, karauti, khanda, wadkari, kattas, shikarga, badamcha to name a few.

UNITED SIKHS will strive to coordinate efforts with other civil rights organizations to ensure that our articles of faith are safeguarded. We emphasize that this is not an issue only for advocates, instead, it is an opportunity for all Sikhs to take the initiative to educate their fellow brothers and sisters about what Sikhi is and why our articles of faith are an inextricable part of who we are.

The sex ratio in Punjab is beginning to look up as 83 panchayats in the state have achieved a sex ratio of 1,000 girls for the same number of boys. These panchayats are a small fraction of the over 12,000 villages in the state, but the Department of Health and Family Welfare has encouraged the panchayats by giving them a reward of Rs 1.5 lakh each.

Our recent story of an act of kindness that befell British writer Bernard Hare, changing him profoundly, inspired dozens of readers to share their own experiences. Here, 10 readers share their own uplifting tales of how their own Good Samaritan helped them out. They reveal how the sudden intervention of a complete stranger can transform one's life for the better - and even save it.

I was often wondering myself what the heck I was supposed to be doing, representing Sikhi but feeling so often like a weird outsider, no longer belonging to any people or country, just knowing I needed to be my Guru’s Sikh out there. I walked into so many gurdwaras not knowing the language or the culture even in the English speaking ones and feeling so inadequate. But you empowered me without hesitation....

Too often, we underestimate the power of touch, smile, a kind word, a listening ear or the smallest act of caring; all of which, have the potential to turn the life around. People come into your life for a reason. Embrace all equally!

A group of NRIs under the aegis of United Sikh Mission, a US-based NGO, are fighting the odds to establish the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor as a “peace corridor” between India and Pakistan.

The characters are based on real ones. But they aren't true copies. In the first hour of storytelling, the audience will feel the suffocation and claustrophobia of the characters. Then begins their sense of liberation. I want the audience to feel for the characters, and not just for their historical background."