Browsing Tag: News

News: Jaswant Singh Khalra Resolution passes at NDP Convention

With thunderous applause and support at the federal NDP convention in Montreal, a resolution to recognize Jaswant Singh Khalra as a defender of human rights was passed by the membership of Canada’s NDP unanimously.

News: Agony & Ecstasy ~ The Boston Marathon Bombing

We are having blood donation drive with the help of The Red Cross on Saturday and Sunday in the two Gurdwaras we have here. Each one of us will be bringing five people from our neighbourhoods from any or no faith to offer the same. We will serve fruits after the blood donations to all the donors and then Langar will be served later on.

News: Challenges to Sikh Identity in the West: More than just a question of "mistaken identity"

Today, Sikhs may not be a geographical nation but they have national characteristics and aspirations. In the Mandla case, the House of Lords afforded protection to Sikhs under the Race Relations law as an ethnic group; the same sort of protection afforded to other ethnic groups and nationalities.

Gurmukh Singh OBE (UK)

Gurmukh Singh writes extensively on topical issues affecting British Sikhs.

News: For Sikh Teens, A Coalition Devoted to Safety and Advocacy

“I wish the Junior Sikh Coalition was around when I was in school. Things may have been different for me then,” Premi said.

News: Protest, March and Lobby MPs – Save an Innocent Professor from Death in India

Upon hearing of the verdict by the Supreme Court on Friday Sikhs have been holding a constant vigil from midday outside 10 Downing Street. This has been an around the clock vigil where numbers at times have swelled to over a thousand.

News: Standing up for religious freedom abroad but not at home

When it comes to promoting religious freedom, the government could do with a little more fairness right here at home.

News: The Most Surprising Regret Of The Very Old

Life is simply too short, the oldest Americans tell us, to spend it torturing yourself over outcomes that may never come to pass.

News: An Author's Dilemma ~Children's book with Sikh characters

Jasmin’s Summer Wish is a picture book about a girl in New York City who wishes for year-round Summer weather. Her wish comes true, and when the hot climate changes....

News: Same Sex Marriages & LGBT Issues ~ Part I of II

May be the times were different in addition to the pervasive influence of traditional Indian hesitation to talk of sexual matters that tended to mask a lot of what may have been happening around us by innuendos, exchange of furtive glances or just switching conversation.