Local lad Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, 32, is set to become the youngest Sikh mayor in UK after he was unanimously elected by majority Labour councillors in Gravesham council in the south-east county of Kent. He would be sworn in on May 17
“All I wanted was do my job helping people in my community get the urgent medical care they needed,” said Khalsa. “My Sikh religion did not prevent me from performing that job, but the prejudice of my supervisors did.”
At the counter, I gave the contents of the silver pails a closer examination. Each was filled halfway to the top. In one: yellow dal, or lentils. Another held a mix of curried potatoes, in a strikingly similar color to the dal. The third: yogurt, both for protein and to cut the heat of the spices.
Jugat Guru Singh Khalsa is the principal and spiritual teacher of Miri Piri Academy (link). Miri Piri Academy is an international boarding school located in Amritsar, India, where students have regular school classes combined with daily spiritual and yogic practice, based on the teachings of Harbhajan Singh Yogi – truly unique and amazing!
Sikhs live by core principles that put more of an emphasis on spirituality in daily life — being constantly meditative of God, giving to others and earning a living through honest means. That less-didactic approach made it hard to instill the religion in a Sikh generation growing up in the West...
After the votes were counted, Mr Singh said: "Drake voters probably asked themselves what had been accomplished over the past four years." He said his victory had been achieved through hard work, determination and keeping up appearances.
So have we exorcised the ogre of a savage state? The most formidable and the ferocious are yet the most vulnerable. Be they be ever so well-bunkered in a metropolitan residence or in a 'place like a dream' not far from where beckons... a lonesome stream.
The US was convinced of the Congress government's hand in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and termed it as "opportunism" and "hatred" of the government against Sikhs. The US also believed that the BJP leadership didn't have the courage to ask chief minister Narendra Modi to step down (following the 2002 Gujarat riots) even after PM Manmohan Singh apologised to the Sikhs after the filing of the Nanavati Commission report.
Beyond the power of speech to express is the Nectar - the Khanda (Double edged sword), the prayer, the sweetness of sugar are all mixed in the presence of the Ones who are acknowledged as The Creator's representatives. The Lord bestows His glance on Man!
“Meditation is one process through which you can resolve conflict and misfortune, rather than playing it through in real life." “An ounce of practice is worth tons of theory” - Swami Vishnu Devananda.