“All of us have to take steps to ensure that the thread of unity, currently perceived to be fragile, is strengthened for the good of all in Malaysia.
We are blessed in Espanola with SS Shanti Kaur Khalsa, who is our Sikh Dharma historian. She tells beautiful, uplifting stories about the Gurus...special stories for the gurpurbs and about the Akal Takhat.
In the concept of Miri Piri, there is a subtle co-existence of the two bases of authority-spiritual and temporal. The Sikhs were acknowledged spiritually in India but not politically and this lack of recognition eventually resulted in the attack on the Akal Takhat.
"Sikhism isn't just a religion, it's a way of life. It teaches acceptance of diversity and equality of all living creatures."
The oil paintings below are the work of Jaswant Singh Zafar. He’s a poet, photographer, and painter in his free time and an engineer in Ludhiana by day.
Before becoming a Sikh, Bhai Amardas Ji as he was known at the time, was a very religious Vaishanavite Hindu who spent most of his life performing all of the ritual pilgrimages and fasts of a devout Hindu...
I was standing at jalandhar station when my attention went towards a Sikh youth standing near me wearing a Black turban having a long beard and wearing a kirpan over his shirt looking similar to a terrorist...
Gurpratap Singh - putting the smile back on these children is the greatest reward and he feels blessed that God has gifted him with such a skill
Gulab Singh learned to engrave from his father Sardar Santokh Singh and began an independent studio where he would do his own engraving
Families forced to cope as sons opt to crop locks