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Dakhni Sikhs derive honour and self-respect from their ancestors who were much concerned about self-esteem. When Nizam gave them the jagir of Nirmal, they rolled farman into the muzzle of a gun and blew that off, saying: “We get salary from our Maharaja. Who is he to give us jagir?” The past and the present thus reinforce each other. They boast: “Singhan da dabdba poora hai ji.”

Acting on a petition, Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union government seeking its reply on the issue of separate and distinct identity for Sikhs concerning succession, adoption, divorce and maintenance.

The Khanda Poppy project was setup by Sikh Synergies to encourage more Sikhs to attend and join in the Remembrance day services for all those who died. It is intended to be placed at war memorials throughout the UK to mark the Sikh involvement in the two Wars at these services.

The presence of Army had been able to restore a semblance of order, most of these deaths took place during the daylight hours on two days - 1st and 2nd November. This would average more than a killing a minute...

The New York region began the daunting process on Tuesday of rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a storm that remade the landscape and rewrote the record books as it left behind a tableau of damage, destruction and grief.

As Sandy bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, the two hardest hit Caribbean nations — Cuba and Haiti — concentrated on trying to put together what Sandy tore apart.

It's strange that some things become more relevant with time. And, just when we think we have made a lot of progress as a community to create more awareness, we are reminded how much more work needs to be done. The movie "The Gold Bracelet" hits the right notes on both these counts.

The discussion in the papers that follow is intended for us to look at the various imperatives, initiatives and options that often come to our minds when we think of this event and try finding a comprehensive way forward that may be in harmony with the Sikh aspirations and Sikh ethos of societal peace and harmony.