As Sikhs throughout the world celebrated Vaisakhi this week, American lawmakers in California, Pennsylvania, Texas, and the United States Congress introduced resolutions and proclamations recognizing this important occasion.
[VIDEO] MavsGoGreen and the Sikh community at UTA held a Tie-a-Turban event to create awareness about the Sikh religion and the significance of the turban on the Central Library mall
The Basics of Sikhi team was in Canada for a Parchar tour at Gurdwaras and Universities.
Every year on 4 May, the Netherlands commemorates the victims of war. On 5 May we celebrate the fact that we were liberated.
Dr Bilkhu, 68, of Radcliffe-on-Trent, has taught at the University of Nottingham and took on the role of Postgraduate Medical Dean for the East Midlands, which involved overseeing the postgraduate training of doctors.
Clearly, in Sikhi, the flesh of the Guru-Founders is not important; the ideas and teachings are paramount and eternal. Sikhi and Nanak's message needs to travel outside the four walls of gurdwaras, our community TV, and radio media.
The Prime Minister today gifted the Canadian Prime Minister a miniature painting, painted in the traditional Indian miniature style, titled Guru Nanak Dev.
Sikhs around the world celebrated on Tuesday the Vaisakhi New Year festival, one of the most important dates on the Sikh calendar. Vaisakhi, also spelled Baisakhi, is marked annually on either April 13 or 14 with large public processions known as Nagar Kirtans.
These teachings are embedded into the painting in symbolic representations. Perhaps that's why this painting is huge - it is seven feet tall - or perhaps Guru Sahib's larger than life personality requires a larger than life portrait!
Sikhs have a very straightforward but still very inspirational and practical initiation rite. Only problem is that we seem to be surrendering it to more flashy and more socially rewarding ones.