Browsing Tag: News

The Spring of Solidarity will stretch from March to June and will be a time in which New York City's multitude of faith communities can work together for the common good.

The title to this article might have conjured up images of a cowboy-style shoot ‘em up between turban-donning, mounted riders, and whilst I would welcome development of such an idea into a film, sadly that’s not what i’m writing about.

The title of this post is a cheesy reference to the Neil Diamond song “America“, but the song came to my mind after I explored the latest report from the Pew Forum (a research think-tank that studies religious trends in the US and globally) entitled Faith on the Move: The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants.

One day after the morning congregation was over a man brought a large bear into the darbar of Dhan Dhan Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj. The man wanted to give a performance with his bear before Guru Sahib and the sangat and as a consequence asked for permission.

If you ride the subways every day you probably think you've seen just about everything, but a city psychiatrist shows that art can be made in the subway.

A common heart disease drug may have the unusual side-effect of combating racism, a new study suggests.

Sikh Youth Calgary is having a T-shirt Competition to encourage youth to submit designs which portray a powerful and positive message to the community. Enter now. The submission deadline is March 21st.

Over the years, as my interest in Gurmat Sangeet grows, I inevitably talk to many kirtaniyas and kirtan premis about the great Rababi tradiiton, which is all but dead today. Many wistfully reminisce of the legendary Bhai Lal, and the redoubtable Bhai Chand and Bhai Taba who sang for years at the Harmandir Sahib, before 1947.