Browsing Tag: News

News: Gurbani Vichar – Kaur Life Retreat

Objective: The objective of this workshop is to assist participants in connecting with Guru Sahib on a personal level and creating enough familiarity, confidence, and love in connecting with Gurbaani that allows them to resist the patriarchy and misogyny present in many Sikh spaces. We want participants to leave understanding the necessity to ground our conversations in Gurbani, and also realize we can and must include Gurbaani and Guru Sahib’s voice in our analysis of Sikh history, rehat, Gurmat, and contemporary issues.

Kaur Life

It is infused with gurmat and tailored for young Kaurs (Sikh women). Kaur Life hopes to be a space where Kaurs can express their ideas, share stories, and learn more about their Sikh culture to empower themselves.

News: Book Review: The Land that Sustains

THE SIKH HERITAGE: Beyond Borders - addresses the loss of Sikh heritage in Pakistan

IJ Singh

Dr. I.J Singh has a probing mind and a wry sense of humor. His prolific pool of essays poke, provoke and ultimately force the reader to think more deeply. His work has graced SikhNet's pages for some time.

News: Money isn't linear...

Money isn't a linear transaction, it's an echo that recycles itself over and over, working as a tool to support your values, which, with enough momentum, creates lasting shifts and changes for generations.

News: Book launch: Bhai Manvir Singh UK releases his first book – Sikh way of life in light of Gurbani

The book presents research from various sources on the topic of Sikh way of life and traditions (Rehat Maryada)

News: Sikh Women Protest for Farming Rights

While their numbers might be smaller when compared to the Sikh men protesting, Sikh women are seen at the forefront in many cases. “Women are involved in unprecedented numbers in this campaign,” writes Ravinder Randhawa. “They form a significant proportion of the convoys heading towards Delhi.” One farmer Randhawa interviewed, Harinder Bindu, is herself a full time farmer for over 30 years, who is leading a monumental march of [hundreds if not thousands] of women.

Lakhpreet Kaur

Lakhpreet's personal purpose is to help create a more just, compassionate, sustainable, and creative world, specifically through healing the environment, advocating for Sikh rights, and promoting women's empowerment while embracing beauty and humor.

Video: How To Meditate On Naam | The 4 stages of Mantra Meditation for Beginners

Guru Nanak Dev Ji revealed a way of life to elevate every man, woman and child regardless of religion, race, gender, sexuality or nationality. A message that is vitally needed for humanity today.

News: THE FURNACE: Film about Australia’s “Ghan” Muslim and Sikh Cameleers

THE FURNACE is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed and the search for identity in a new land.

Gurmukh Singh OBE (UK)

Gurmukh Singh writes extensively on topical issues affecting British Sikhs.

News: In Memory of Dr. Narinder S Kapany

Born on 31st Oct. 1926 in the town of Moga, Punjab-India, Kapany grew up in the Himalayan foothill city of Dehradun and graduated in 1948 from Agra University, later receiving his doctorate from Imperial College London in 1955. He married Satinder Kaur, and the couple soon migrated to the United States where he first worked at Rochester University and then at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.