SOME 32 Sikh students were honoured by the Penang Sikh Association (PSA) for their achievements in their school examinations.
In this third city of this wonderful 10th Lord of Miracles Tour, we land in Lima, Peru to a warm reception by the wonderful Peruvian sangat.
Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, who joined the Scots guards this year, has been given permission to wear a turban outside Buckingham Palace, breaking hundreds of years of tradition.
As a Sikh, I am mandated by my faith to wear a turban and keep a beard. As an American, born and raised in a nation where freedom of religion is a given, I generally do not think too hard about how these symbols make me look "different." But sometimes the difference has to be addressed.
The book aims to tackle such ignorance by providing – for the first time – a narrative history of the turban, which has been an integral element of Sikh identity since the founding of the faith by the first Guru Nanak Dev ji in 1469.
Sikh community members, city leaders and others gathered at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek Wednesday evening, November 21st for the very first “Heritage Day” event. The goal of the event was: “Uniting communities and cultures by breaking barriers.”
I realized that schools are the first institutions that must become a model of pluralism, in order for pluralism to seep out into the rest of society.
In southern California, the Board of the Jurupa Unified School District recently enacted a provision allowing Sikh students to carry a kirpan — a sword or blade that is an article of the Sikh faith — on its school campuses.
Today, there is not enough that I can say about the individual we know as Guru Nanak — the mystic, teacher and revolutionary born in 1469 in modern day Pakistan. The multifaceted legacy that Guru Nanak has left on this world is both personal and global.
Every Tuesday evening, on the way to my fiction workshop with Jonathan Galassi,.... through the CUNY Writers’ Workshop, I always pass by this gem of a bookstore.