The Dalai Lama wants to give up his lesser known role as the ceremonial leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile, an aide said Tuesday, in what appeared to be another step in the aging leader's efforts to prepare his people for life after he dies.
All the pledges of the nations which have agreed to cut or limit their emissions of greenhouse gases, when added together, still leave the world far short of what is needed to halt the coming rise in global average temperatures to 2C, generally regarded as the danger threshold...
Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani had issued instructions on November 2008 for the acquisition of the land for the University in Nankana Sahib. The PM will lay the foundation stone of the university during the next Baisakhi celebration.
Anderson Sikhs honor the birth date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji - Approximately 200 people turned out Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Sikh Center in Anderson to celebrate Thanksgiving and the birthday of Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Montreal’s Sikh community has donated $11,000 worth of food and grocery-store gift certificates to Sun Youth Organization to help victims of fires.
The theme for this year’s conference is Protect Our Identity, building upon the work of our Protect Our Identity (POI) Campaign launched earlier this year which has been gaining momentum within the global Sikh community.
Sikh-American cartoonist Vishavjit Singh, who has created an exhibit titled, “When A Big Tree Falls,” in commemoration of the massacre of Sikhs in New Delhi in 1984, will be showcasing his work at Surrey’s Singh Sabha Gurdwara on Sunday and Abbotsford’s Banda Bahadur Gurdwara on Saturday.
Akal Network found a unique way to provide security during the 'Nagar kirtans' by patrolling the whole procession throughout the complete duration which was a mammoth task since it requires manpower, strong will and strength too..
Chakraborty, who is doing most of the trip on a titanium bike he says was a gift from then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, plans to return to Kolkata, to his wife and 7-year-old daughter, in June or July, at which point he expects to have logged 37,282 miles through 60 countries in 20 months.
Today I had a most remarkable experience. I spent a whole day with two groups of people I had not ever spent time with, nor had ever particularly thought about spending time with. These two groups were the Armed Forces and the Sikh community.