Eminent Sikh sportspersons from India have welcomed Fiba's decision to allow basketball players their fundamental right to wear religious head coverings. Though this resolution is on a trial basis for two years and will go through a testing phase,...
President Lincoln once said that the “legitimate object of government is to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they cannot, by individual effort, do at all, or do so well, for themselves.” Last year, the FBI decided to finally track hate crimes committed against Sikhs in particular...
“They left school with low aspirations in life. They achieved anyway and become professionals but they want better for the next generation of children. The Seva School ethos is that every child can and will achieve.”
In this moment of role reversal, it was the white guy from Lock Haven, Pa., who was thrust into the role of being the visible other. “If you’re proud of your religion, just rock it,” Mr. Whitehead said. “But it must be hard to keep your composure, dealing with all the stares.”
To complete his project, not only Sardar Satpal Singh had to teach himself software technology and employ wisely the software technology he mastered but to also negotiate with software developers as well as their owners to use their tools and their platforms for a wide and free distribution of the product.
The UNITED SIKHS Kashmir Relief team has found that there are a number of homes in deprived villages which are in need of desperate reconstruction. Team Leader Amritpal Singh said, "Villagers will continue to need support because their homes are damaged by the floods and need rebuilding urgently."
The Komagata Maru won’t be in Halifax this weekend. But its stories will. The Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada is bringing its exhibition and lecture series titled Lions of the Sea to the Olympic Community Centre in Halifax on Sunday.
The Washington-based environmental organization, EcoSikh has released a statement on climate change from the Sikh perspective, the first of its kind from a Sikh organization.
In 2007 I sent one box to my family in Delhi and they loved the chocolates but didn't realize the countdown element of the experience. The whole journey started from there. I thought somebody should do a countdown for the big Indian celebrations similar to Christmas.
The challenge for us now to continue to mark Saragarhi Day - and to continue to inspire people from all backgrounds to engage with the Armed Forces, involve themselves in public life and to be inspired!