When it comes down to the Chuni, it is no longer about equal rights but rather about purpose. Sikh women aren’t given chunis to make them look different from their male counterparts or to take away their right to wear a turban. Chuni is an addition to the turban and the bana for women because of its unique purpose.
The SikhNet Youth Film Festival Directors Speak! "We did it. So can you!" Some of the young directors describe how the film festival brought them together, changed their lives, opened their eyes to acting and directing and helped them have an impact on others.
Amazingly Sukhwinder Kaur and Beant Kaur are not the only Sikh girls to accomplish the incredible feat of reading a solo Akhand Paath in 48 hours. In 2008, during Guru Gadee festivities honoring Guru Granth Sahib's 300th year inauguration celebration, 60 girls performed similar solo Akhand Paaths.
All entries must be received by September 15, 2010. No film experience is required to participate, and people of all ages are encouraged to submit.
Sarah Palin also tweeted, "Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real." To that, New Yorkers must say no.
Once there was a village which had four kinds of houses, green, blue, orange and white. It was a peaceful village where all the house owners loved each other and treated each other as brothers.
Due to the distance and difference in cultures it is important to build trust by communicating transparently and by giving people freedom of thought and speech.
Apart from undermining civil rights, these practices divert scarce resources away from legitimate law enforcement activity, which instead should be aimed at investigating actual criminal activity. In other words, wearing a turban, keeping a beard, or having dark skin should not in of itself invite extra scrutiny from law enforcement officials.
To provide education to the children related to the Punjabi language, and spiritual, moral, and cultural traditions of the Sikh religion. The educational curriculum will enable the students to read, write and speak Punjabi. In addition, this program will teach them the Sikh religion, its ethics, history and way of life.
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