Browsing Tag: News

News: Reflections on the Future of Punjab’s Economy: Arrested Development

Punjab remains one of India’s better-off states, but it has slipped dramatically in the states’ league table of income and development. How can we understand the state’s recent trajectory and find clues to its possible future?

News: Sikhs of the Sacramento Valley

Though the diwan may seem exotic and strange to those unfamiliar with Sikhism or Indian customs, it’s actually something that’s been happening regularly in the North State for more than 100 years.

News: Harnoor Gill: South Asian Teen of the Year award ~ UPDATED

Congratulations to an outgoing, passionate, resolute youth who is making a change for the future, named Harnoor Gill!

News: BADSHAH DARVESH: Guru Gobind Singh as Bhai Nand Lal saw him

An iconic figure in Sikh history, ideology and tradition, Bhai Nand Lal, was a contemporary of Guru Gobind Singh and personally witnessed the life altering events of Vaisakhi 1699 that gave us the institution of the Khalsa.

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: The Sikh ‘Game of Thrones’ [OP-ED]

The Sikhs rejected en-masse Jathedars like Arur Singh for their sycophancy to the state. The Sikh psyche salutes Jathedars like Gurdev Singh Kaunke even though the state refuses to prosecute his extra judicial killings. On this Bandi Chor Divas (Freedom day), let’s light the lamp to free ourselves from political-spiritual fortifications.

News: Thank You To Our Women Directors

As we remember Mata Sahib Kaur Ji's birthday today, we would like to take the time to recognize our female film directors for this years onKAUR Film Festival.

News: Statement By Tom Mulcair On Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas And Deepavali

On behalf of all New Democrats I wish you all a happy celebration full of love, hope and optimism, for all those who are celebrating this holiday here and around the world.

News: Leap of Faith: Akal Academy Cheema’s Mandeep Kaur soars high as a “LifeStyle Assistant” in Australia

Our Super Star Alumni of the week Mandeep Kaur, an Amrit-Dhari Sikhni has broken free off all the shackles of an abrasive society that is infamous for its disparities against women.