Mata Sulakhni Ji was one of the first role models for all the Sikh women to come on how to be good wife. Mata Ji taught us to keep our families united, to trust our husbands and be independent all at the same time.
Last week, volunteers from the Indianapolis Sikh community met with Congressman Dan Burton to secure his co-sponsorship of the forthcoming Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA) legislation. This proposed federal law would end most forms of employment discrimination against Sikhs and other people of faith.
There is mistrust, and each and everything that is wrong within the bounds of one’s country is imagined to be the conspiracy of the other. Had the partition been peaceful, it is safe to imagine that perhaps the mutual understanding between these two countries would have been much more amicable.
After another round in London, which involved strutting their stuff on the catwalk and in front of the camera, the contestants took part in a lengthy interview before the final 25 were selected earlier this year.
The message of ‘Ek Onkar’, the theory of oneness propounded by first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev Ji, has inspired a Sikh to not only set up a multi-million dollar business empire in the US but also turned him into a motivational speaker, now popularly called ‘Mr Stress-free’
“Oprah is one of America’s most popular women and it would be a great opportunity and honor for a woman from the South-Asian community to be able to host a show on her network. This is a huge platform which I don’t want to miss,” gushes Sodhi,
The fertile state of Punjab now battles grave chemical toxicity. Gidderbaha, the constituency of finance minister Manpreet Badal, is known for high prevalence of cancer cases. Two water samples in Doda found the nitrate levels at 94.3 mg/l and 72.8 mg/l, much above the WHO safety limit of 50 mg/l.
There is a unique global Hollywood project to capture a snapshot of life of people all over the world on July 24th, 2010. I hope that Sikhs all over participate so that we have a chance to get some video in this project showing Sikhs in a positive way!
Some who were gathered near the Family Activities tent noticed the sorry state of the bann de manja. Within minutes, cots that might have had to be junked after the 2010 Festival were as good as new.
“I am satisfied that the complainant was treated differently because of his turban and that this was negative differential treatment,” Chadha said.