When hallowed grounds make way for fairway greens, you have a lens into contemporary elite culture in Punjab.
A Sikh architect is helping to preserve cultural sites in the north Indian state still haunted by 1947’s heart-wrenching Partition
American writer Muriel Rukeyser said that the universe is made up, not atoms but stories. This especially holds true for the Sikh universe.
Quietly working on a massive project for over the past 6 years, the Nanakshahi Trust, along with the Sikh Research Institute, have inaugurated the Panjabi Digital Library...
Gatka, the traditional Sikh martial art dating back to the early 17th century, has seen a rejuvenation in the past few years.
A plume believed to have been worn by the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, has been brought to Punjab from Britain but the SGPC is waiting for evidence that it is genuine.
Among the British Indian troops the warning was spread that, in case of the use of gas, a handkerchief (or the pagri-dastaar) was to be placed over the mouth. It was recommended to soak the handkerchief (or pagri) in urine.
Mark your calendars for June 18 -19 - the Kaur Foundation and the Asian Division of the Library of Congress have teamed up to undertake a unique initiative, to institutionalize knowledge by and about the Sikh community for future generations.
This week, Peter Bance published “Sovereign, Squire and Rebel: Maharajah Duleep Singh and the Heirs of a Lost Kingdom.”
Banned by the Raj, the world's original martial art is being revived by British Asians. Jerome Taylor reports...