Never in my wildest dreams I would have imagined meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama, one of the most respected men and religious leaders in the world.
"Great Guru, both of your children are very handsome, they’re both very intelligent, and both are very spiritual & humble. How can you possibly decide which one will be the next Guru?”
So they set out to make cookies and cake for their Saturday morning seva and distribute them locally to raise funds and send to Alberta through United Sikhs.
[VIDEO] On 13 bikes, the members rode a total of 12,000 kilometres – about 1,200 per day – through B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, before turning around in Montreal.
"The feeling of freedom... as I go for a run and the cool breeze blows through each individual hair. I love that feeling! So no, Veet, – THIS is what beauty feels like."
"This expedition will allow me to explore my passion for learning about the dynamics about climate change, delve into my passion for scientific research, and will give me an adventure of a lifetime,"
Needless to say it is very charming that the Minister of Defence, fourth in line of succession from the P.M., to spend his time with this tiny super-fan.
How to make children aware of diversity, culture, and religion from the beginning of their schooling journeys is crucial for reaching a step toward bullying prevention and even hate crime prevention.
Almost 3 days into the Fort McMurray raging wildfire, Mansimran Kaur Anand - a grade 11 student & Avneet Singh Walia – a grade 11 student, decided to act on the Sikh ethic of Selfless Service (Seva) and Sarbat Da Bhalla (Wellfare of all)...
Expert advice on a range of topics was shared at the Nanaksar Sikh temple's Health Expo in Manurewa. One lucky visitor taking home a voucher for a half-price return trip to India, sponsored by Travel Globe.
The local level edition of 2016 International Sikh Youth Symposium, a public speaking competition for youth ages 6 to 22 was held at Guru Nanak Society Gurdwara in Cincinnati, OHIO.
Canadian youth in the GTA formed a group, Sikh Youth Federation, which threw the event where they tied hundreds of yards of turban material on hundreds of members of the public.
Members of Sewa, a Sikh student organization made up of Columbia University & Barnard College students, hosted Kaur Voices, a night of spoken word, poetry, art and music celebrating Sikh women.
The purpose of having the junior netball teams is to encourage Sikh girls to participate in sports and promote a healthy and active lifestyle and we hope to see more junior teams participating in the future.
Right now we have about 10,000 meters of turban material and our goal is to finish off all the material and hopefully in the future set a Guiness Book of World Record.
To the time worn adage that "people that pray together stay together" I would add one word "play" to read "people that pray and play together stay together." Wouldn't that be heaven?
Simply put, the goal was to share an experience that communicates what it means to be a Sikh and eliminate existing stereotypes that are often associated with the turban.
Hukam, 16, and Mahavir Singh Nerwan, 15, decided to start the society after they noticed a “lack of knowledge” of the Sikh religion among their friends and peers.
Toronto-based author and poet Rupi Kaur was the featured guest speaker at Ryerson University on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Gurmeet Kaur is back again, with three more wonderful, bilingual, Punjabi folktale books! The Rooster’s Wedding, Tales of The Mouse & The Snake, and Tales of The Parrots & The Berries take readers into a colorful world of animal adventures.
They are cute, cuddly and colourful. And they are turning heads on the Amritsar-Tarn Taran highway. These plastic toys of Sikh boys are selling like hot cakes, attracting local residents as well as non-resident Indians (NRIs).
[VIDEO] "They came up to us and started swearing and said the 'F bomb' a few times and the girl said I had a 'worthless towel' on my head," Harjeet said.