The morning drizzle did little to dampen spirits as colourfully-dressed people from all faiths and cultures streamed through Vancouver’s thoroughfares, but the celebrations were mixed with political undertones.
These letters of Sikh soldiers project their courage, loyalty, will to win the war or die like Sikh heroes. They have followed the great Sikh tradition of saving mankind from any type of oppression.
The Malaysian prime minister making rotis! That was exactly what Najib Tun Razak did when he visited a Gurudwara here to greet the Sikh community on Baisakhi.
The major attraction of the celebrations was held at Sri Guru Gobind Singhji play grounds, Ameerpet, Hyderabad organised under the aegis of the Prabhandak Committee Gurudwara Saheb Ameerpet
Sikhs across the country and here locally are outraged over two men who want to join the military, but will have to give up articles of their faith while in uniform.
Mandip Kaur, a 29-year-old housewife from a farming family in southern Punjab, guards her husband round the clock. "I fear he may commit suicide," she says in broken Hindi.
Time is flying by and the summer is in sight! Don’t let this awesome event pass you by. If you have been thinking about coming, stop thinking and just make it happen!