The World Bank says food prices are at "dangerous levels" and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since last June. According to the latest edition of its Food Price Watch, prices rose by 15% in the four months between October 2010 and January this year.
In nutshell this is a glimpse of the reality of life in Punjab. We are trying to kill insects. They they have evolved to be much stronger than us. They are equipped much better to tide over the adversity. We are the ones who will not be able to tolerate the poisons we are using for them.
The district administration would soon launch a Centrally-funded beautification project for the historic Jallianwala Bagh. Landscaping would be done using plants and other features to recreate the history of the memorial.
New research suggests that the road to high school popularity can be treacherous, and that students near the top of the social hierarchy are often both perpetrators and victims of aggressive behavior involving their peers...
Bibi Jasbir Kaur Khalsa, Chairperson of Sri Guru Gian Parkash Foundation, New Delhi, India, and a member of the Punjabi University Senate, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at her residence in Ludhiana, Punjab. The final moment came when she was offering ardaas after suffering a massive heart attack.
We have seen so much seva through the light of many people in San Salvador (the capital city of El Salvador). The Lord of Miracles Tour is defined by Guru Ram Das Ji's notion of seva, to serve humanity without discrimination whatsoever.
"Of 100,000 thousand Empire troops to be taken prisoner upon the surrender of Singapore, a handful of Sikhs, of the 5th/11th Sikh Regiment, have regained their freedom, the first of the many we have yet to liberate from Japan."
How do you get over low-self esteem? Continuing answering questions from SikhNet users, Guruka Singh answers this question about self confidence and the causes of low self esteem.
If beauty lasts not forever, Then, What worth is beauty? If my garden sways not forever, Then, What worth is my garden? Is all a play of time?
I’ve read virtually everything by Salman Rushdie, and while I do find him to be a bit verbose, I have an immense amount of respect for the rebelliousness in both the content and style of his writing... He has been very outspoken with his criticism in both his fiction and non-fiction on Indira Gandhi, but have never before come across any of his writing where he even mentions the Sikhs...