Each day, every Fourth of July, gives me pause to reflect on my life-journey, people that I have met, the blessings that I have enjoyed since the nightmare of the Partition of India, and the prayers that have been answered.
In a characteristically Punjabi way Gandhi added, "Now, the train should just start soon and everything will be 'balle balle'."
Accepting the demand of the baazigar and taprivas communities, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday gave the nod to construct a bhawan in the name of Sikh martyr Bhai Mani Singh.
The Guru Granth Sahib plays a crucial role in the life of a Sikh. Every Sikh yearns to engage with it at some level and benefit from its overarching Divine wisdom. Ever since the revelation of the Sabad (Gurbani) by the Guru, it has taken the center stage in a Sikh's life, both personal and communal.
Young actors have been given a rare opportunity to dress up in British World War One uniforms and re-enact the real life experiences of Sikhs who fought during the conflict
Our existing Institutes can play a vital role in human, social, spiritual formation of our Granthi by providing diplomas under guidelines from the Accrediting agency of Sikh under SGPC/Akaal Takht.
The ad demonstrates through words and images how Sikh-Americans' values are America's values, including a love of service, family and community.
Guru Amar Das Ji writes, "They are said to be husband and wife, not who merely sit together. They alone are called husband and wife, who have one light in two bodies," (Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 788.)
Each of us must look within and be honest with our self about our relationships, whether it is a mixed culture relationship or wanting to get married at a time that suits YOU.
Unable to bear the taunts, she had almost decided to withdraw from the club team when her aspirations were rekindled. Her grandfather told her that the US Congress was taking fresh measures to keep a check on bullying of students, particularly Sikhs, in schools and other places.