Surprising as it may sound but the girls have outnumbered boys in Pakistan. Despite the socio-cultural taboos associated with girl child like dowry, sexual abuse, weaker sex etc, the girl child were not aborted in certain areas of Pakistan like Southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtonkhawa.
The Prabhandak Committee Gurudwara Saheb Ameerpet will organize "Vishaal Deewan" (Mass Congregation), the main attraction of the celebrations at Sri Guru Gobind Singhji Play Grounds, Ameerpet, Hyderabad from 11 am to 4 pm in which over 25,000 Sikh devotees and other community faiths will converge at the program.
Quite significantly, this “modern” gurdwara is located at a cross roads junction which reminds one of where Sikhi tradition stands today! It is a typical example of the trend in the Sikh diaspora to seek their own local solutions to the current and future spiritual and socio-cultural needs.
No other bird has taken to living with the humans as the house sparrow. It originated in West Asia, reached Eurasia and North Africa with agriculture and eventually spread across the world. Today, it's the most widely distributed species on our planet. In fact, the only places where it is not found are dense forests and in the tundra region.
The Centre on Studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib to be established with the cost of Rs. 47.05 crore, today become functional with the blessings of the Almighty and Ardas by Jathedar Akal Takhat, Singh Sahib, Giani Gurbachan Singh at the Guru Nanak Dev University Campus here.
“Given its acceptance of Sikhs and Muslims with beards and its policy of allowing beards to be grown after initial entry on service, I see little wiggle-room for the Army,” he said.
He laughs looking back as he recalls how it was often an ice-breaker with many of the Derry children who were admitted to hospital for surgery. “Children have no inhibitions and straight away they’d ask ‘what’s that on your head?” he explains.
One of the most difficult balancing acts in democratic societies involves simultaneously upholding freedom of religion and freedom from religion.
Do you sometimes get overloaded with information? Looking at your phone, computer, twitter, facebook, email, texting, etc. Most people these days spend fair amount of time processing a constant stream of input. Some people find it hard to keep up with all the input from around you (media, TV, sound, the environment).
On another continent, a world famous Sikh marathoner smashed a century of a different kind today. London-based marathon runner Fauja Singh, who set several records in his 90 years plus age group in the world before he officially 'retired' from marathon running when he was 94, becomes 100-years-old today.