"He's one of the most brilliant young men I've encountered in 36 years in education, just a really interesting and intriguing young man," said Fort Atkinson School District superintendent Dr. James Fitzpatrick. "He's probably the most celebrated academic student I've ever seen."
A leaked US Embassy cable on state of affairs in Punjab has put Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in a spot and states that Khalistanis could have been using a gaffe made by him to regroup while stoking the separatist sentiments.
A collection of Punjabi short stories written by Dr Harshinder Kaur, deputy medical superintendent of Government Rajindera Hospital in Patiala, have been rewritten in English by a Canadian writer, Ajmer Rode.
Justice S S Nijjar, one of the two Supreme Court judges on the bench scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation in connection with the voting rights of Sehajdhari Sikhs in the September 18 SPGC polls, chose to withdraw from hearing the case.
With the Panthic parties bracing up to battle it out in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections on September 18, numerous Panthic issues — that actually matters to the Sikh community — are still hanging fire.
That Indians have migrated far and wide for economic opportunities is well known. Yet, stories about specific communities of Indians making a home in a distant part of the world seem to have an enduring appeal.
One measure of their presence was the inauguration last month of the Gurduwara Sri Guru Kalgidhar Sahib, touted as the largest Sikh temple in Continental Europe.
The parties may be different, but when it comes to their priority, all women candidates in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections are united — it’s womanhood!
For every Sikh the essence of this is instilled within them by the teachings of Guru Nanak. It is this very principle that is motivating a few Khalsa Aid volunteers from West London to raise funds for the forgotten gems of the Sikh Panth.
What has kabaddi got to do with the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections, popularly known as the mini parliament of Sikhs?