Browsing Tag: Notable Sikhs

Singh will be taking his win from the internet to the road, touring around through the midwest, attending comedy shows and other events, to directly show people in person...

This successful Art Exhibition was inspired by 365 days of Bapu Surat Singh’s hunger strike to release Sikh political prisoners

The truth sinks in - I have Cancer.

Beginning the Basics of Sikhi Web Series on SikhNet. Over 12 weeks we go through each of the 11 Gurus and then the Khalsa. This week, episode 1: Why Did Guru Nanak Come To This Earth? We find out that Guru Nanak Dev Ji answers this question directly, and not only that, the answer has also been given in Bani.

This successful Art Exhibition was inspired by 365 days of Bapu Surat Singh’s hunger strike to release Sikh political prisoners who have already served their sentences took place at Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick UK on 16th & 17th January 2016.

Arashdeep Singh from Iowa, who briefly protested at Donald Trump’s rally earlier today has been hailed as a hero.

[VIDEO] The marathon saw 104-year-old Fauja Singh enthusiastic about participating in the marathon, "How happy I am, I can't even say."

We are grateful to you, Creator, for bringing us together this morning. As always, we are grateful for our breath, our life, our loved ones, and all the privileges that we enjoy. Let us never take your gifts for granted.

There are many good reasons why any award or honour for community “seva” is a humbling and spiritual experience. The obvious reason is that Waheguru gave us human birth, body, mind and wealth (tann, mann and dhan). In gratitude, we should be serving Waheguru by serving His creation, including fellow human beings and the environment...

Mandeep's father ( who is a farmer) was unable to pay for her gloves or training equipment, which eventually led to the Sher-e-Punjab Sports Academy sponsoring her cause.

"In the last 24 hours I was able to visit a mosque, a church and a Sikh gurdwara, all communities who are supporting and welcoming refugees. That's the real Canadian way," he said on Sunday.

Gurbir Grewal was sworn as an assistant attorney general in Trenton in the morning and later as acting Bergen County prosecutor, ending the long tenure of John L. Molinelli.

Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, met Obama at the White House on Wednesday and pressed him to allow Sikhs in US Armed Forces without any restrictions...

Tributes have been paid to Punjab-born Culdipp Singh Bhatti, the first Sikh lord mayor of the east Midlands city of Leicester, who died on New Year Day aged 80 after a prolonged struggle with cancer.

He has been described as, inter alia, “nothing short of brilliant”, “fearless, smart and personable”, “with outstanding and rare potential”, “war-hero“, “a soldier’s soldier”!

Currently my favorite trick is the trick that first inspired me to learn magic: putting a silk into my hands and making it disappear. No sleeves, nothing. Its so simple, direct, and clean – it looks like real magic!

A poem about the Chali Mukte and the women in their families. He wrote both in Punjabi and English and is often compared to poet Walt Whitman in that Singh’s work is dreamy, other-worldly, and romantic.

An Indian-origin cancer research expert has received a Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his "influential" work on prevention and treatment of cancer...

Sophia Duleep Singh was almost an international rock star. An exotic Indian princess, Queen Victoria's goddaughter, a high-society darling...each of her moves followed closely by the world media.

The Maharani died, the prince died, the lineage died, the legacy died; and with it died the story of this indomitable lady; the story of the Last Maharani of India, the last woman to stand eye to eye to the British.

Now you can understand my dilemma, because we have thousands of churches, thousands of priests and spiritual leaders all across the world, and many kinds of religions. What new insight or thought do I have to offer?

Sikh women are remembered for their great sacrifices during this period. Later, during the golden period of the Khalsa raj, they continued to play a leading role in Sikh affairs.

The Sikh Welfare and Awareness Team is hoping to give hundreds of homeless people a Christmas to remember with a free street party.

The former soldier has frontline combat experience, having completed three tours of Afghanistan and one in Bosnia. He became the first Sikh to...

Let's just say I took the blue pill. I ventured down the rabbit-hole to understand the roots of suffering. I had no idea the philosophical, religious, and spiritual terrain I was traveling.

I would like to invite our entire Sikh community to take part in this sādhanā. I hope that as you recite Jap Jī every day during this time that you can send prayers of love and support...

Move over, Michael Jordan. People don't want to #BeLikeMike anymore — they want to #BeLikeDarsh.

Paradoxically, it was perhaps that anonymous bigot on a Plymouth street who inspired Chaz to enter politics. “It was in Plymouth that I first heard someone tell me to ‘go back to your own country’. This is my country...

Today Kalsi is determined that other Sikhs should not have to go through such an ordeal to join the armed services.

“SikhRI will continue to flow to new and different lands, despite unkind flow alterations. As a tributary to this river, I will now bow to feel the Oceanic burst; I am in gratitude.”