Browsing Tag: Reviews

This is the tale of the bloody war that ended in the conquest and annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company.

Since the late 1990s, the Indian community in Australia has grown faster than any other immigrant community. The Indian Diaspora has made substantial contributions to the multi-ethnic and multi-religious diversity within Australia.

Narindar Singh Dhesi has done it again in his sincere research and admirable work to further add and compile the history of Sikh soldiering, which spans over a large canvas of time and space.

"Lost Generations" is a thought-provoking fictional historical novel of misogyny, sexism, racism, intolerance, corruption, exploitation, and materialism-all innate to Indian society.

The book is very well written, free of flaws, and provides useful source material for researchers in social sciences and diaspora studies. I am waiting for his 3rd volume covering Sikh migration to Europe.

As more and more people in general are becoming interested in caring for their environment, the recent step towards natural dyes or unbleached cloth as well, is a welcome move that more people should consider taking advantage of.

The book documents the functional and vestigial places of heritage across 36 cities in West Punjab, North-West Frontier and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

A Singaporean Sikh’s journey into the lost heritage of his community in Pakistan

Here is struck at once the note of colour which enlivens every street scene in India. The people wear robes of every shade, and turbans or caps of every hue —black, white, red, green, yellow, purple, pink, every colour of the rainbow—and a hundred shades of every colour meet and mingle as the crowds flow to and fro.

BEFORE THEY FALL APART - A hundred years from now, none of these places will exist. They are about to fall apart; they won't last more than 10 to 15 years. ~ MR AMARDEEP SINGH

I’ve read through her free rendition of the Sukhmani Sahib -- ‘free’ because it is not tied to literalisms, but instead resorts to the daily lingo in which we think and speak -- a few times.

The author, Mr. Amardeep Singh will be present during the events across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, giving an insight into the journey and making of the book.

Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed reviews a book by Amardeep Singh, which seeks out the many surviving remnants of the formerly extensive Sikh presence in Pakistani Punjab

“In the seven decades after the Partition, most of the abandoned assets have been lost forever, barely 10 per cent remain to offer a clue about the past."

[VIDEO] Cut to two years later and a very different, fully integrated Many tooling along on his motorcycle — an exemplary student, helpful foster child, practicing Sikh...

Pavan Kaur from Argentina debuts her beautiful new album "Akash Bani". Centered around the Bani of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Each track has beautiful sweet musical compositions from various pauri’s (lines) from Japji Sahib.

Gurumustuk Singh's Thoughts about listening to music and a review of a new Audio CD by Satkirin Kaur

Thousands of officers, men and women, British as well Indian have undergone their basic and advanced training here and gone on to serve the people and the country.

Wendy Doniger's erudite "alternative history" shouldn't be anyone's introduction to Hinduism. If you already know the basics, this is equivalent of a brilliant graduate course from a feisty and exhilarating teacher.

A personal review of the Ista Amritsar Hotel during my trip to Amritsar to visit my son Narayan Singh.

Although not all of them were prize winners this year, some films stood out in my mind for very particular reasons

Review about two movies I just watched that have the theme of Finding Religious Commonality

Two original new music albums by Bachan Kaur that will take you to a place of meditation and get you off your butt.

Book review of a new book using the SuperHealth system to help treat addictive behavior using Kundalini Yoga and meditation.

Kanwal Jit Singh Gill shres his emotions after watching the Sikh Documentary "The Widows Colony" directed by Harpreet Kaur and produced by Manmeet Singh.

Thoughts about the motivation and commitment of a Sikh Doctor to make a film with a Sikh as a lead role in a major motion picture.