In a significant move, the Narendra Modi government on Thursday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to be given to the kin of 3,325 people killed during anti-Sikh riots in the national capital in 1984.
I left India in 1990, disheartened and vowing never to return. A few weeks ago I returned to the Widow Colony, along with a BBC documentary team. What we found is a tale of sorrow, resilience and...
Being a pioneer surgeon was not enough for Dr Mahipal Sachdev. He wanted to be more than a doctor. So, although his family advised him not to, Sachdev listened to his inner voice and left the safe environment...
Sikhi has kept me alive. The ability to recite Jaapji in the mornings, and listen to Sukhmani Sahib whenever I feel weak is a constant reminder of what my husband tells me. My work isn’t done yet. I need to continue fighting and Sikhi gives me the strength to do so
The judge ruled that allowing the student to wear the sword would give other students an opportunity to understand the tradition and heritage of the Sikh religion. “In my opinion it’s a positive educational tool...
“We, as Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, and humanists are faced with a serious challenge that will not only test us physically, but will also test our faith to keep fighting..."
“A dream come true” - that’s how the opening of Leicester’s first Sikh free school has been described. Falcons Primary, in Gipsy Lane, opened this morning, following a delay of several weeks.
Mehr shares her journey as a director, producer, and actor while transforming her father’s poem into a now nationally recognized production.
This year, Sikhs around the globe will mark the three days in silent remembrance and prayer. We ask you -- wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever you‘re doing -- to set aside, wherever possible, five minutes on each of those three days and observe them in silence, remembrance and prayer.
[VIDEO] Voiceless is a short documentary film based on a schoolboy who hanged himself and left behind a diary of abuse by playground bullies. Vijay Singh’s, 13, bullying went un-noticed for a long time before he decided it had come to a stage where he could not take it any more.