“In my view, I think the Premier could’ve shown a bit more courage and spoken to the people [at Vaisakhi],” said Thind. Harpreet Singh, a Radio India talk show host, agreed.
With bright colors, drumming, singing and Indian music, thousands of Sikhs paraded through Selma on a warm spring Sunday in celebration of the religion's new year.
The day celebrates the first Khalsa in 1699, a Sikh baptism ceremony. Most of the assembled wore head coverings or turbans and thanked the legislators for upholding their right to do so.
Ashley Farmer said most groups that come to offer food at the shelter serve just families or women. The members of the Sikh Temple fed about 600 people on Sunday.
Breath is God’s gift of life and when we use it to utter sounds, those sounds carry the creative power of the universe within them, setting up a chain reaction in the cosmos.
Dosanjh, a moderate who has distanced himself from such fundamentalist views, is a longtime critic of Sikh extremism who was severely injured in a February 1985 beating by a suspected member of the International Sikh Youth Federation, a banned terrorist group.
Johnny Kang, reflected: “This program is very empowering . . . blowing past the labels and confusions the current Sikh nation is facing. Everyone was involved and catalyzed into their individual journey of “Am I a Sikh?” ...
Here is another old interview from 2005 with Amrit Singh Khalsa (Phd). In this video he tells a the story of how and why he became a Sikh. All these interviews were very casual and spur of the moment. I just asked people if I could interview them and sat them before the camera
Vibrant Vaisakhi is around and is being celebrated in Rome, Italy with great delight and fervor amidst the divine presence of Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and Sadh Sangat Ji on 18th April 2010 (Sunday) at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, next to Termini Central Railway station.
The $50,000 prize, which is bestowed every two years, recognizes significant work to increase interfaith understanding.