At a time when the fast-track court in Delhi has started the trial proceedings against the five adult accused, the father of the 23-year-old student has described her as 'the hero' of her family.
On July 1, 1590 AD, a board on the main gate of Gurdwara Panjvi Patshahi in Bilga village says, an important marriage party halted in this village located off Phillaur town in Jalandhar district. Having spent two nights in the village the groom left his old clothes and other articles here as he prepared for his wedding.
Surrey’s Sikh community played a key role in defeating a proposed mega-casino in the city last month, joining other faiths in signing last-minute petitions and exerting pressure to kill the $100-million project.
The word Guru has now morphed into so many applications that it becomes confusing. Common usage equates the word with any expert. Gurus are now dime a dozen. One can be a Guru in the kitchen or in music, in surgery or in style and fashion, even a personal trainer at the spa.
Whereas in other countries, including Canada, there have been many hurdles for those aspiring to serve in this profession with their turbans but in Australia this has been achieved relatively with ease.
I ENCOUNTERED something on this trip to India that I had never met before: a whole new political community — India’s “virtual middle class.”
Though the main 'curriculum' is aimed at youth - mums, dads, grandparents and adults in general are also catered for in special gurmatt and gurbani interactive classes by competent bilingual 'facilitators'. It is a strong belief of this camp organisers that Sikhi can only flourish if a strong 'family values' culture is nurtured.
But esteemed ThreeSixty writers Amolak Singh and Simon Lancaster (pictured below) cleaned up nice — and cleaned up with awards at last night’s Minnesota Newspaper Association dinner.
Det. Jasbir Kainth is the only Sikh officer with Calgary city police who wears a turban, according to Calgary Sun. Combined with his long beard, he is hardly the picture of a conventional-looking cop.
State government may have distributed financial aid to girls from poor Muslim families under the scheme meant to support their higher education and marriage.... on the occasion of National Girl Child Day on Thursday, but girls of the Sikh community from the economically weaker section protested in the city against not getting the benefit of the scheme.