“Jinnah sahib in his speech in the Central Assembly on Sept 12, 1929, said `the man who goes on hunger strike has a soul. He is no ordinary criminal, who is guilty of cold blooded, sordid wicked crime’. “It is clear that Jinnah Sahib considered Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev freedom fighters. If the father of the nation admires a freedom fighter, how can we ignore him?
“I’m reminded every year during this competition that we have an unbelievable amount of talent in the arts here in Indiana,” Lt. Governor Skillman said. “I truly enjoy the process and seeing these works in my office every day.”
The concept and design of the stamp was strongly objected by the Akal Takht, (SGPC) and the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). They had valid reasons to do so.
Angry, helpless and humiliated... That is how young tax-paying Indians feel when they confront corruption in their lives. Partly complicit in the wrong-doing but confused about what to do, they see in the Anna Hazare-led movement for a strong Lokpal bill a possible solution to their pent-up frustrations about the system.
For more than 26 years, the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots have been fighting a long and lonely battle for justice. Justice is not only being delayed but virtually denied by powerful Congress leaders - ironically even by those whose job is to protect the interests of the minorities.
'I have prepared all these cannons in my farmhouse because I could not have done it at my home. To work on them, I needed a lot of space,' he said. While he prepared fibreglass himself and purchased steel from the market, the gurdwara trust provided him wood for the sculptures. 'I was a kind of 'one man army', doing all the work and succeeding in my endeavor because of the blessings of my God,' he said.
Thousands of Sikh ‘Yatrees’ from across the world, including India, have reached Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal to celebrate 313th ‘Besakhi Festival’ with religious fervour and traditional enthusiasm amidst tight security arrangements.
There was a sense of disbelief among ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced the jeans-clad Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India.
This article is part of community-wide centennial celebrations honoring the building of the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple (est. 1911). These centenary celebrations bring to the forefront the efforts of those first Sikh pioneers who helped to build our community.
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