The Panjab Digital Library (PDL) is pleased to announce the launch of its first exhibition in USA, The Khalsa Raj: Banda, Battles & Body Politic.
Being a self-classified techie, I try to keep up with the ‘latest’ products, as much as I (and my wallet) can. I don’t know about you, but I love having the entire world right in the palm of my hand.
Female infanticide and foeticide can be stopped through widespread awareness and national regulations. We must join hands, in more than just prayer, to save the missing girls of India and put an end to this genocide.
Students were wrapped into Sikh culture Wednesday as a religious organization worked to change peers’ views of turbans.
The testimony of James Jacobs, a professor of Constitutional Law and the Courts, provided an interesting observation of the opposing arguments against the application of hate crime law in the US system, citing redundancy in law and lack of resources in enforcement and corrections as justification to dismiss hate crime legislation.
The temple, at the far end of South Grant Street, also is home to thousands of Sikhs on the West Coast. For them, it represents an almost-mystical place deserving of pilgrimage, reverence and historical study.
Assembling every year and holding a candlelight vigil at the spot where Balbir Singh fell, the Sikh people have been trying to speak against hatred while keeping awareness about their identity alive.
Many human issues, admittedly of great significance — religions, nations, war and peace, for instance — are measured by the yardstick of history, which is often the only dependable criterion available. But how honest or reliable is it?
Before I could move on, something told me that a gurdwara can’t be deserted. So I ventured inside the premises.
Sikh faith’s human rights group, Sikhs For Justice SFJ has sought expulsion of Canadian External Affairs Minister John Baird for his commitment with Indian counterpart SM Krishna, to keep under check the activities of Canadian Sikhs supporting the cause of a separate Sikh state within India.