The long-time dream of Amarpal Singh to have his father witness him graduate from medical school was quashed because of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tragedy. The 22-year-old’s father, Karamjit Singh Karnail Singh, was on board the ill-fated plane as he was returning home from work in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
We all know that living can be a frightening, lonely, painful, grief-stricken ordeal at times. In the face of this, we desperately need to feel that in some way we are essentially safe. We need to know that our joys and suffering have real meaning. Spirituality answers these needs.
The soul has come to experience bliss through the Guru. The First Pauree (step or verse) of the Anand Sahib has to do with the very first year of a soul's life. In this first year, it is not the baby teaching itself. The first year's lesson depends upon the mother.
The exhibit will be open for 11 months. It marks the launch of a three-year project to reveal the untold story of how one of the world’s smallest communities played a disproportionately major role in the war.
The eye-catching procession, which marked the 358th anniversary of the birth of the eighth Guru of Sikh faith, Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji, filled the streets with vibrant colours and joyous noise.
Knowledge is truly power. She was not allowed money, free communication with her family or travel. She was verbally and physically abused by her husband and his family. Desperate and near suicide she finally found the road to empowerment. Now she has an online business and hopes to go to college.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has criticised the decision of the International Basketball Federation to ban two Sikh players from playing in the ongoing Asian Cup basketball championship in Japan. Secretary Manjit Singh called upon the Sikh community worldwide to come out against this ban.
Ludhiana, one of the world's most polluted cities, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) - is attempting to break an environmental record, for the most tree saplings planted in an hour, as Ludhiana Earth Hour (8am-9am) on July 20.
The story of the British Indian army on the Western Front starts on 6th August 1914. On that day, the War Council asks the Indian government to send two infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade to Egypt. The divisions chosen were the Lahore and the Meerut Divisions, later followed by the Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade which together formed the Indian Army Corps.
Plymouth city's favorite turban wearing councilor is to be honored with an international award at a religious conference in America. Chaz Singh is set to fly to Washington DC tomorrow to be part of an honorary banquet put together by the organization United Sikhs. He is set to be commended for being a "strong Sikh leader" and for his work in "breaking down barriers"...