The Akal Takht feels the prevailing political scenario in the country is ideally suited to Sikhs to seek the release of all Sikh detainees (pertaining to period of militancy) who have completed their jail sentences and also to find a permanent solution to Article 25 (b) of the Constitution, which clubs Sikhs with Hindus, a view not acceptable to Sikhs.
Drawing on the raw imagery of both poems, “Kultar’s Mime” not only tells a powerful story of human suffering and courage, but the incredible cast of “outsiders” to the community, bring it to life,...
“He was one of those rare people who dared to protect Sikhs by taking them into their refuge when they were being hounded by the goons with the help of the police,” Phoolka told the Straight over the phone from New Delhi.
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for refusing to quit school, and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi received their Nobel Peace Prizes on Wednesday after two days of celebration honoring their work for children's rights.
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Why search elsewhere? Searching elsewhere, life ends. In search, I returned after ascending the mountain and found Him in my body castle
So what accounts for India's enduring relationship with gurus? For one, in a fast-urbanising country bristling with ambition, frustration and confusion, gurus are like placebos for the uncertain masses. People flock to them, thinking that they can help give them the next big break in their lives.
To my curious mind, a journey to understand the various schools of Indian philosophical system, has led me to one and only conclusion that the whole is too large and at best can only be seen in parts, through our own limited senses.
As a Sikh and second-generation Briton running a public school made up mostly of Muslim students, Balwant Bains was at the center of the issues facing multicultural Britain, including the perennial question of balancing religious precepts and cultural identity against assimilation.
Representatives from the Christian, Baha'i, Sikh, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and other faiths sent a strong message to President Obama at the White House and UN representatives currently gathered in Lima, Peru, for talks to negotiate a global treaty on climate change.