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News: Miri Piri Divas Celebrated at Akal Takhat Sahib

Miri Piri Divas was celebrated at Sri Akal Takhat Sahib to remember the blessings of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, the sixth Sikh Guru. Sangat in considerable size was gathered at Sri Akal Takhat Sahib to take part in the religious ceremonies. Akhand Path sahib was concluded and kirtan was performed.

News: The Enigma of Nehru and the Sikhs

It had been an enigma why Nehru, an acknowledged secularist, reverted to ancient Kautilyan statecraft and went back on various promises made to the Sikhs by him.

News: Living Gurbani: Work of a Lifetime

Gurbani uses metaphors to explain mystical concepts. The usage of the word buneay is fascinating. Whether it alludes to a synthesis with the teachings or transformation into the essence of the Truth (Sat Swaroop), it is essentially the same message: imbibe the teaching so completely that there is no difference between the teacher (Gurbani) and the learner (Student, Sikh).

Jessi Kaur

Jessi Kaur is the author of three highly acclaimed children’s books – Dear Takuya, The Royal Falcon and The Enchanted Garden of Talwandi.

News: ON BEING A KHALSA WOMAN ~ Poem

WHO? WHO CAN EMBODY YOUR SARDARNI SAROOP? WHO CAN LISTEN TO THE NAAD WITHIN THE MIND? WHO CAN LEAVE HER BREATH IN EVERY HOLLOWNESS?

News: Storytelling Can Change the World

Storytelling is an act of rebellion, art, introspection, and revelation. As a Sikh American who harnesses the power of storytelling for social change, I listen deeply for untold stories and then help tell those stories on film, in print, on stage, and in halls of power.

News: How Adversity Breeds Resilience

Jews have been phenomenally successful in the world. Starting as a nation without borders over 2000 years ago, they have transformed themselves and the world around them, while creating a homeland. They have paid a heavy price along the way.

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: Subeg Singh and Śāhbāz Singh – This pain...it...is...a...Wheel of Fire

Turning the wheels with the condemned men on them so they can be mauled by the knives is hard and tiring work for the executioners. What has destroyed their song so much that they are willing to do this work and have quenched all pity within themselves?