Last week, Sikh men in Southall stood defending a mosque whilst Muslims prayed. We see a clear example of multiculturalism and community cohesion at work; two different communities working together as part of the same community to achieve a common goal.
The upside to all this is that, as Lao-Tzu so pithily put it, the darkest moment is just before the dawn. Britain woke up to an army of residents with brooms and floor cloths to clean up the streets rekindling memories of that wartime spirit which meant we were never conquered. The dawn of a new age is coming where giving will be the new greed.
It was Gianiji’s vision and understanding of the changing times that he was able to understand the power of digitization that he not only agreed to allow us to digitize them but even to keep them for posterity. Gianiji died in 2007, but he lives on through his newspapers and continues to inspire PDL.
The look on the doctor’s face told me volumes—far more than he probably intended.
An anti-corruption movement led by a feisty 74-year-old social activist is snowballing into one of the biggest challenges in decades for the ruling Congress party and if not contained risks sparking India's own version of an Arab Spring revolt.
So why I have felt like sharing such a personal story with my friends today? It made me think of the Partition and the reasons for which Pakistan was made. I am at a loss when I see our 17 year old friendship.
Scores of Sikh historic artifacts - including paintings, sketches, miniatures, photographs, books, historical documents, correspondence, chinaware, furniture, maps, sculpture, medallions - will be auctioned at Mullock's,
One of the primary reasons people buy a smartphone is for the ability to download all kinds of different mobile applications, otherwise known as apps...
Guruka Singh will be in London 20th August - 3rd September to be with the UK Sangat and he will be teaching at the 2011 Sikh Retreat as well.
For the first time in my mere 16 years of life I have finally spoken aloud and opposed the family tradition of RakshaBandhan. I have stopped a tradition in my family which I feel undermines everything I have ever been taught and everything I have ever learned on my own.