Being spiritual and connecting to the One Divine Creator is our main purpose in life. How can we do that? Do Sikhs meditate? What exactly is Naam Japna? What is Simran? Why do Sikhs chant Vaheguru? What is the Gurmantar? Where does the word Vaheguru come from?
Two weeks ago, Prabhu Nam Kaur and I offered a one day workshop to the Punjabi Community in Yuba City, California about the Shabad Guru, which is so close to the heart of many of the Punjabi Women. About forty women attended.
Her words and voice were more direct and strident than many in the Yuba City-area Sikh community are accustomed to hearing, but Kamal Kaur, 19, a small, lean figure in a dark track suit and deep blue turban, held several hundred in the Yuba City Sikh Temple rapt Sunday as she spoke out...
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Burnaby's 2011 Citizen of the Year, Kehar Singh Aujla, is a very busy man. Aujla, who emigrated from India with his wife in 1996, began volunteering in Burnaby a decade later.
The last rites, called ‘bhog’ ceremony, of Bhai Jaspal Singh (18), who was killed by police firing during Gurdaspur incident on March 29, was observed at his native village Jorh Sidhwan, near Gurdaspur on April 07, 2012. Jaspal Singh was shot at while he was participating in peaceful protest opposing hanging of Sikh political prisoner Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana.
The death of a Sikh youth, Dhavinder Singh, in an armed attack in Nankana Sahib has created tension between Muslim and Sikh communities in the district.
After two years of planning, waiting, filming, waiting, editing and waiting we are so grateful to announce the completion of this short documentary that gives viewers a taste of what it is like to be a student at Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar.
Rather than surrender, the baptized Sikh warriors gave the battle cry which has become synonymous for the Sikh greeting, "Sat Sri Akal", meaning "The great glory of truth is undying" and fearlessly stood against more than 10,000 advancing troops.
Stories of Sikh pioneers, their narratives though have aroused interest of academicians for several decades, California State school curriculum, however, remained uninformed about Punjabi Americans who have been contributing to the economic, political, social and cultural life of the State for 120 years.