"After all, that is in line with Guru Nanak Dev Ji's core teachings of universalism, equality and inclusiveness," he added.
This past Friday, Sikhs around the world celebrated the birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. In Montreal, part of the festivities held on Sunday, included giving back to local charities.
“Our goal is to teach (students) the importance of the turban and what it means to us as Sikhs,” Grewal said. “It’s not something that we wear just for fashion, or something that we wear and just take off whenever we want.”
Over 450 people attended the event and were a part of this historic moment for Colorado and for Sikhs.
Colorado University Sikh Student Association hosts first Langar on a college campus in Colorado
Later, they hope to buy a portable shower for homeless people to use.
The story of how the Ahousaht First Nation came to receive $100,000 from a Sikh humanitarian agency starts with a toddler who would come to be known as Maggie Sutlej.
Since then they’ve expanded to locations across London and the south-east, including Reading, Oxford and Milton Keynes, with a network of volunteers that allows them to operate seven days a week.
We’ve noticed some clients coming in and asking only for frozen meals or canned goods. We soon discover that these individuals grew up in such such difficult circumstances that they never really got to learn their way around a kitchen.
This bakery in the Pesh Harbour area around 35km from the Kurdish city of Duhok and 10kms from the Syrian border.