Who are the Panj Pyare, and why are they upset with the five high priests? What is the larger political context of the crisis in the Sikh clergy?
UNITED SIKHS is humbled to announce the initiation of the UNITED SIKHS food bank in New York City, which covers all five boroughs - Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan, as well as the counties of Nassau and Suffolk in Long Island.
Through the poem, I am showing that I am a confident and a brave daughter of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The struggles that women around the world have faced in the past, and continue to face daily, is another reason for me to write this poem.
The Sikh religious establishment seamed in disarray over the dismissal of Takhat Chiefs, suspension of Panj Piaras and acceptance of the edict of the Panj Piaras.
Each day for five days in a row, I lined up with hundreds of other Parliament of the World’s Religions attendees at lunchtime.
The current events transpiring in Punjab are just the latest in a long history of abuse of human rights that have largely been overlooked and left unresolved.
About 5,000 wraps along with clothes, toiletries and dry food, were then distributed by volunteers from Singh Sabha London East, High Road, Seven Kings, on Saturday.
These soldiers, with little understanding of the mechanisms of war, served in places as far-flung as East Africa, Egypt, Europe and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). By 1918, their numbers in the army had surged to over a lakh.
The advice, “Stop worrying! Stress is bad for you” is true, but as with a lot of health guidance, its vagueness makes it less effective
As Yuba City braces for its population to double this weekend, the Sikh community prepares for its biggest event of the year — the Sikh Festival and Parade.