Established at a time in India when separation by caste was of the highest importance, the act of sitting together (Pangat) in the Guru ka Langar was a revolutionary idea.
News: Guru ka Langar
News: Film Festival Voting Starts NOW!
Voting for the winners of the 2013 SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival is now OPEN. This year’s theme for the Festival, OnKAUR, resulted in a number of truly wonderful submissions.
News: Bhagat Singh Thind, the e-comic
In conjunction with their traveling exhibition entitled “I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story,” the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center released an e-comic book that provides snapshots of Asian American history
News: Another slice of Punjab’s heritage to be auctioned in London next month
Another slice of Punjab’s history and heritage is set to go under the hammer in London next month by a British auction house.
News: What is Sikh? Community pushes for better understanding
In the wake of an attack on a Sikh man near Columbia University, Sikh community leaders are calling for more education about their religion.
News: A Message of Hope in Response to the Attack on Prabhjot Singh
Prabhjot and I are steadfast in our belief that our work in community health as well as continuing to share this story will help build awareness of Sikhs’ contributions as American citizens, and how we share American ideals.
News: Letter: Sikhs restricted from serving in U.S. military
As I applauded these soldiers, I also felt regret. Members of my community — Sikh Americans, who have a celebrated martial history around the world — are denied the same opportunity to serve because our religious articles of faith....
News: Nairobi attack: How I led trapped to safety
Satpal Singh was inside the Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi when gunmen opened fire. He describes how he helped to lead some of the trapped people to safety,...
News: Oregon marks ties with India revolutionaries
When Gurpreet Kaur was growing up in India, she learned in middle school about the brave freedom fighters who formed an overseas revolutionary movement a century ago and then returned home to seek the overthrow of British colonialism.
News: Amritsar Sikhs work and pray for a clean city
“Seva is only half done if we leave garbage behind processions, kirtan samagams or jagratas (religious prayer programmes), langars (free festival food) and chhabeels. We must take responsibility to clean up after religious, personal or public events,” said EcoAmritsar Chairman, Gunbir Singh.
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