Indian authorities are mandating that major municipal cremation centres must switch to propane to reduce deforestation and protect the environment.
Employers almost always change their stance after receiving a letter from the council citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says employers must accommodate workers' religious practice unless it causes the employer undue hardship, Gist said.
“These hymns and chants from Guru Nanak tradition are loved and cherished by millions of Sikhs and Guru Nanak followers around the globe.....This music has the power to promote deep relaxation, meditation contemplation and devotion, regardless of religion and cultural back ground.”
There is a mistaken belief amongst Gurbani Keertan purists sometimes that Indian and Sikh classical raags have remained static over the centuries. Gurbani singers like Sikh “world music” genre pioneer, Dya Singh of Australia, are at the receiving end of criticism because they do not always stick to the beaten track of traditional Gurbani Keertan sung to prescribed raag bases.
“I want no minor girls working here, no one should be forcibly working here … I want to shut down this [red light district]” Kaur says.“I want no minor girls working here, no one should be forcibly working here … I want to shut down this [red light district]” Kaur says.
The British Sikh Association (BSA) hosted an inter-faith Seminar at the Nehru Centre, London on 28th July 2011 to promote interfaith dialogue for peaceful coexistence.
I found out while watching a scary movie that I hold my breath when I’m afraid. The awareness allowed me to chose to continue breathing when I felt alarmed. I noticed the same once when I was watching a sad movie. I hold my breath to keep my emotions in.
We’ve known since the 1980s that even memory for vivid, very meaningful personal events can change over time. Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues have managed to introduce entirely false memories that people believe and trust as if they had really happened...
It’s a dance of pure joy -- you can see it as you watch -- and -- at least for me -- it’s a moment to immerse yourself in the joy freedom brings and the miracle of connection.
The philosopher Suzanne Langer once wrote, “though the material of poetry is verbal, its import is not the literal assertion made in the words but the way the assertion is made and this involves the sound, the tempo … and the unifying all-embracing artifice of rhythm.”