Tens of thousands of people attended Sunday's 36th annual Sikh Festival and Parade, according to organizers. With that large of a crowd, there was plenty to clean up.
With the advent of the internet and smart phones, Sikh jokes have become a veritable industry, with joke factories around India writing and selling them on phones.
They make your vision. They make your world. They can make your adrenaline rush. Tormenting thoughts.
But where are you? The one who witnesses, then enlarges the world What happened to you ‘the dominant one’? What happened to melodies of the original Asad?
The composition was so spiritually elevating that Guru Arjan declared that it would be included in the Adi Granth – the huge compilation he was creating to embody the best of all spiritual expression at that time from all traditions.
With the election of 20 Punjabi-speaking MPs on Oct. 19, the Punjabi language is now the third most common in the House of Commons after English and French.
On behalf of local Sikh Community, Dr. Jaswant Singh Sachdev, M.D.* was recently provided an opportunity to deliver Sikh Invocation (prayer) at the beginning of the Legislative Session of Phoenix City Council, in Arizona.
More than 200 Sikhs took part in a silent protest in Kelowna on Sunday to stand up against what they call “intolerable acts” towards their holy book.
Sikhs around the world have reached an effective roundabout, where the decisions we make now are fundamental to ensure the cohesion and vision of the future of our community. I say roundabout to highlight the complexity of what we are facing.
Today, some surviving Sikhs live in the Portland-area. Thanks to 1984 Living History, a nonprofit project collecting Sikh's memories of the killings, we're sharing their stories in honor of the anniversary.