I realized that schools are the first institutions that must become a model of pluralism, in order for pluralism to seep out into the rest of society.
News: Moving beyond tolerance in the classroom
News: California school board allows Sikh students to wear kirpan
In southern California, the Board of the Jurupa Unified School District recently enacted a provision allowing Sikh students to carry a kirpan — a sword or blade that is an article of the Sikh faith — on its school campuses.
News: Celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
Today, there is not enough that I can say about the individual we know as Guru Nanak — the mystic, teacher and revolutionary born in 1469 in modern day Pakistan. The multifaceted legacy that Guru Nanak has left on this world is both personal and global.
News: “Books of Wonder,” ~ Children’s Bookstore Needs Your Help
Every Tuesday evening, on the way to my fiction workshop with Jonathan Galassi,.... through the CUNY Writers’ Workshop, I always pass by this gem of a bookstore.
News: Ethical Finance – A Sikh Perspective
In the present climate where the financial sector across the globe increasingly finds itself under scrutiny, it is useful to explore what the Sikh perspective might be on ethical financial behaviour.
News: Guru Baba Nanak in Afghanistan
Guru Nanak Dev Ji visited district Surkh-Ro-d of Nangarha-r Province in Afghanistan on his return from Baghdad and Mecca to India in the 16th century.
News: Obama greets Sikhs on Guru Nanak Jayanti
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday greeted the Sikh community on the birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev ji...
News: 543rd Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru Nanak Devji celebrated with gaiety and devotion in AP
The five day festivities of 543 Prakash Utsav of ''Sri Guru Nanak Devji'', the first Sikh Guru and founder of Sikh Religion, who spread the message of peace and communal harmony across the world concluded on Wednesday with thousands of Sikh devotees and other community faiths celebrating...
News: There is only ONE
If we can see the oneness in the creator and creation, there is then no room left for distinctions of race, caste, creed, gender, color or national origin. The Ultimate reality has no gender, form, race or color.
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: Serve the world, serve yourself - Langar Chile
It is a cold evening in Santiago de Chile. Like every Thursday for the last 9 years, a group of yoga students gather under one common goal. To serve and bring food to some of the many homeless people that live on the streets in Santiago, Chile.
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