“We know that there are many ways of coping with stressful life situations, such as a chronic illness; involvement in religious/spiritual activities can be an effective coping strategy.”
India has "never been closer" to wiping out polio, India's health minister has declared as he marked World Polio Day. There have been no new cases for more than nine months, making it the longest polio-free period since the global eradication campaign was launched.
California has settled a lawsuit filed by a Sikh man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave his beard, officials said Thursday.
A Sikh group in rural Tracy is looking to expand with a plan to build a 10-acre site that would accommodate a larger congregation. Representatives of the Gurdwara Gur Nakak Parkash on West Grant Line Road are scheduled to go before the San Joaquin County Planning Commission tonight to discuss the project.
Leading Indian physicians from across the Washington area converged recently to give their free advice at a health fair at one of the Gurdwaras in Washington area.
While we were often proud of our ingenuity, there was also an element of self-doubt in this experimentation. How did our improvised technology hope to compete with world class organizations working in the area of digitization and content management in the Western World?
The Sikh Soldiers since times immemorial have been in the forefront of all wars to fight against the forces of evil. This privilege should be extended to the Sikh people, who throughout the history of the world have spilled their blood unflinchingly to protect civil liberties.
The city of Amritsar will formally join the Green Pilgrim Cities Network, the first global network aimed at greening. A pilgrimage will be launched in Assisi, Italy, from October 31 to November 2, 2011.
ONE week from today, the United Nations estimates, the world’s population will reach seven billion. Because censuses are infrequent and incomplete, no one knows the precise date — the Census Bureau puts it somewhere next March — but there can be no doubt that humanity is approaching a milestone.
“Sikhism” is a comprehensive viewpoint of the Sikh scriptures, traditions, history, festivals, homeland, and the Sikh Diaspora.