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Jasjit Singh, University of Leeds, Collaborative Studentship holder under the supervision of Professor Kim Knott, Programme Award Holder,and Dr Sean McLoughlin, has passed his PhD Viva with minor corrections.

Over 300 million people play online social games each month, and their demographic profile cuts across gender and age groups.

In each of several small rooms within The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, which is equally accessible to all people, the 11th Guru projects out. From the Sikh standpoint, this is the center of the world, the soul of our existence; it gives reason and meaning to what we do with our time on Earth.

23 year old Sikh, Jasdeep Atwal, has been cycling on Brisbane streets for over a decade but has only recently been singled out by council for riding helmetless, due to his religious beliefs.

The Panjab Digital Library (PDL) launched in the UK with a permanent installation at Europe's largest Gurdwara, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall (SGSSS), celebrating the Sovereign Sikh spirit under the leadership of Banda Singh Bahadar and the resultant Khalsa Raj.

Throughout many Afghan Sikhs living all over the world there is always one question in their head, and that is “How are Sikhs still living in Afghanistan coping with the ever changing system of Afghanistan?”

The Prime Minister of India's announcement that the Gadar Memorial in San Francisco will be upgraded into a “functional museum and library with a sculpture to honor the Gadari Babas, the heroes of the great movement” is a great welcome news.

A Federal Protective Service (FPS) Policy Directive that includes specific religious accommodations for Sikh articles of faith, including the kara and the kirpan, was released recently, right before the federal appellate hearing in an important employment discrimination (religious accommodation) case against the government involving the kirpan.

Fortunately academics like the ones who have written this book need to be applauded for writing on such a vast subject in a very cogent manner and making their point. Anyone with a conscience interested in truth, justice, equality and the rule of law in South Asia must read this book.