Nursery nurse, 20, planned to elope with her secret boyfriend who was of a lower caste than her, court heard. Some of Paveet Landa's relatives allegedly briefly imprisoned her boyfriend to try and stop the marriage
But even as India grapples with the polarizing issue, a powerful force stands in the way of any fundamental change: a police force that is corrupt, easily susceptible to political interference, heavily male and woefully understaffed.
Small but simple actions by consumers and food retailers could dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted across the world each year, according to an unprecedented global campaign launched on Tuesday.
These three rare and antique versions of Guru Granth Sahib, brought from Maithan Sahib Gurudwara in Agra, are being taken around the country.
More than 100 worshippers and civic leaders gathered Monday to celebrate the transformation of The Grove in Arbury Court into Cambridge Gurdwara, giving the county’s 700-strong Sikh community a place of their own for the first time.
Silence and focus can bring forth deeply hidden feelings with no warning. It was an intense feeling of love and belonging; a connection to life. Then I understood why this was not a temple: you do not come to this place to worship anything in the temple; the temple is you.
The ban is a double-bind faced by Sikhs in this country: While others continue to look at Sikhs as foreign and alien, Sikh Americans are unable to counter this stereotype by giving their lives to this country.
Today, Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle Canada organized a Baal Kavi Darbaar at Guru Singh Sabha Malton, in which over 40 participants recited poems in praise of Guru Panth and the teachings.
With the national capital being virtually under siege of the Punjab government, temperature is rising in Delhi’s Sikh religio-political matrix.
...in the National Mall with at least 800,000 others today for Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama's public swearing-in ceremony. The festivities coincidentally fell on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The celebrations were exquisite, the styles glamorous, and the performances worthy of the momentous occasion – and the night is still young.