After his grandmother passed away in the summer of 2015, Ameek Singh, a 17 year old from Fremont and a senior at The Harker School, decided to carry her legacy forward by creating a tutoring network, Kids Tutoring Free.
Chardi Kala Jatha playing kirtan in celebration of Guru Gaddi Divas.
ਆਗਿਆ ਭਈ ਅਕਾਲ ਕੀ ਤਬੀ ਚਲਾਇਓ ਪੰਥ ॥ ਸਭ ਸਿਖਨ ਕੋ ਹੁਕਮ ਹੈ ਗੁਰੂ ਮਾਨਿਓ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ॥
"Under orders of the Immortal Being, the Panth was created. All the Sikhs are enjoined to accept the Granth as their Guru. Consider the Guru Granth as embodiment of the Gurus. Those who want to meet God, can find Him in its hymns. The pure shall rule, and impure will be no more, Those separated will unite and all the devotees shall be saved."
To answer this question, one has to travel to events 4,000 miles away to the north Indian state of Punjab. Earlier in October, two Sikhs were shot dead by Punjab police...
As many as 18 Punjabis have been elected as Members of the House of Commons (Parliament) of Canada. The number exceeds the figure of those elected from Punjab for the Lok Sabha (13).
Langar Aid – an extension of the UK-based NGO Khalsa Aid – has provided free bread and water to those fleeing the conflicts from a base in northern Iraq since the start of the year.
he exhibit features six intimate life-size portraits of three Sikh men in their bedrooms, their long unshorn hair — an article of faith to Sikh men — out in the open.
By the end of the conference, maybe a third of those serving Langar were non-Sikhs who were inspired to join in the great seva.
Like Singh, many student athletes come to Columbia looking to find an outlet for their faith. And Athletics has formalized its commitment to faith in a number of ways.
The authorities of Hounslow town in England paid tributes to former Mayor Sardar Sham Singh Jassar, who worked as a civil servant for more than 30 years.
As tales of communal discord and intolerance continue to dominate the news in India, this story will help restore your faith in humanity.