It's such a great, simple idea: Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them? In the age of information this is certainly possible. Perhaps learning to speak Punjabi could be done in a similar way...
The Sikh community of Preston [U.K.] will be holding the first ever Nagar Kirtan in the city on May 18th. Marching from Tunbridge Street from around 9am the procession will move up New Hall Lane towards the Flag Market for the event.
Finally construction work started on the site of the new Sikh Temple in Voorbaai on 2nd May 2014. It took five years to obtain re-zoning permission and to get the building plans approved for the construction. The Temple will have a major influence in attracting more Indian tourists into Mossel Bay
The goodwill walk also aims to raise awareness and funds for the Gurpuri Foundation. Gurpuri, which means "Place of the Guru", intends to build a Sikh temple, a school and a home for orphans, widows, single mothers, handicapped children and the elderly on a seven-hectare site in Bentong, Pahang.
HUISH Episcopi Academy [Somerset, U.K.] students whipped up a traditional Sikh meal as part of their GCSE religious studies. Around 200 students and staff enjoyed the vegetarian ‘langar’ meal at school to help them learn about Sikhism.
Vikram Singh Ji was the first ‘gora’ Sikh to do kirtan at Darbar Sahib in 1979/80 having studied the rudiments of the ‘raag’ system from the legendary Bhai Sahib Bhai Autar Singh Ji of Bangla Sahib. His rendition of Jaap Sahib in music is still one of the best cutting edge Jaap Sahib I have heard.
Meditation, compassion, acceptance and love stick out as major Sikhi concepts incorporated in this Huffington Post article. "...modern science has validated a number of teachings and beliefs rooted in ancient wisdom that, up until now, had been trusted but unproven empirically."
The most touching chapter is the one on Kailash and Gopal’s visit to Pakistan. It confirms an urge all Punjabis uprooted from their roots have felt — to revisit, at least once, their roots. Finally, in 1983, an old world, long abandoned but never forgotten came back to life.
Paul Dhaliwal of Abbotsford went from working in saw mills to professional wrestling and owning a trucking business. He arrived in Canada in 1932, first settling in Abbotsford with his uncle. Today, Dhaliwal is regarded as one of the original settlers who helped build the local Sikh community.
There is the great story of how the Anand Sahib, by Guru Amar Das ji, came to be written. Author Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa begins a 41 part series. Each will be on a pourhi of Anand Sahib. In this story a Sidh Yogi leaves his body at the direction of the Guru, "Be reborn in my family. Then come to me and I will teach you how to live."