Browsing Tag: Perspectives

I feel that Punjab needs a free cancer hospital in Amritsar in the name of Bhai Kanhaiya. Cancer is curable only at its first stage. According to some reports, Punjab has more than 100,000 cases of cancer.

We as Sikhs can set an example by making our Gurudwaras commercially viable green centres which will not only create a positive impact on the society but also make a difference in sustaining our environment.

Several Fraser Valley women are sharing how they reconcile what at times feels like leading a double life. A special exhibition looks at how Sikh women’s Sikh identity is integral to their feminist world view.

And if there is a purpose that's common to all humanity then it should be able to stand without necessarily leaning on one or many religious systems of mankind.

Now I am me, and I was raised in a home where nothing was out of limits for discussion, by parents who decided matters based on understanding and logic.

Last year the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said that food production would have to increase globally by 70% by 2050 to feed the world's surging population.

Lighthouse, to tell stories that we wanted to pursue through the mediums that we like working with. Our first release is a written narrative that follows the 1980s Sikh Insurgency through the eyes of General Labh Singh’s wife, Devinder Kaur.

This article is based on excerpts from the Spirit of the Sikh written by Professor Puran Singh in 1920's and published by Punjabi University Patiala in two volumes during 1982.

The answer I got that day is that God is fundamentally good. To be one with God, we have to be fundamentally good – that means we have to perform good actions. As Sikhs we are so fortunate that we...

'To come and discover just how brutal and barbaric the Partition was and how little power women had at that time, it has changed me.'

I simply want to share what I experienced as a newlywed “westernized” Sikh girl who moved in with her “traditional” in-laws. Why the heavy heart? Simply, my experiences are not isolated.

As I realized that by my negative thinking nothing is going to change. What can I do instead of criticizing the other person? It is his/her life, I don’t have any control of their life.

Perhaps we are still at the stage where we do not see any visible sects or denominations within Sikhi. As I stated at the start of this essay, for immigration and sponsorship purposes the question that remains is...

It is important that we take time to humanize these individuals. In overlooking their humanity, we lose a part of our own.

According to the FBI, the majority of perpetrators are white men. These offenders are psychologically disturbed individuals with a childhood history of abuse says Dunbar.

We at Kaur Life applaud the Kaurs and Singhs who dive into the space and give our community pieces to enjoy that reflect our collective Sikh experience. One of those artists is Toronto based artist, Anoop Caur, who sat down with Kaur Life to share her thoughts.

When Khalida Brohi lost a close friend to the practice, she resolved to campaign against it. Yet she met resistance from an unlikely source: the very community she hoped to protect.

There is so much more to our lives than a single demographic label or a medical diagnosis or any other identity the world imposes on us.

The incident with Mr. Mukker on the anniversary week of 9/11 has made me feel yet again, torn. I feel betrayed by my people... but Americans are my people.

This day claimed 2,996 lives, left over 6,000 individuals injured, and forever changed the world we live in. For Sikhs, Muslims, Arabs, and other minority communities, the terror did not end on September 11th.

The older he got, the more he grasped the horror of his father's acts. The more he understood, the more he resolved to dedicate his life to promoting peace.

I made my decision. On July 14, I was officially nominated as the NDP Candidate for Brampton East and every day since then I am guided by the words of my hero, Jaswant Singh Khalra.

My religion stands for brotherhood and tolerance, terror we preach not. Stop racial abuse, shun discrimination, recognize me. I have a distinct identity. I am Sikh.

Puran Singh was introduced to Walt Whitman during his studentship in Japan in 1901 through an American Professor teaching at Tokyo University. He was so much infatuated with Whitman's...

There is so much hatred around us. Let us show the world light, through kindness. Let us practice to be kind. Here is a list of examples of how we can incorporate kindness into our daily lives.

It's not surprising that Millennials are willing to put their financial faith in the crunch of algorithmic investing (or as its called, robo-investing from robo-advisors.

So what has 18 years taught her? She started school completely non-verbal, no words could she utter. She didn’t know her name or even how old she was. She didn’t know colours, shapes, numbers or even sizes. Truth be told she didn’t understand much.

There was a panj carrying swords, another panj carrying nishans (flags), chour seva and umbrellas over both Granths, a trumpet, a drum, a bell, flowers, sprinkled water. The minimum for the procession was 18 to 21 sevadars plus the sangat.

Embarrassed and on the verge of crying, I exited at the next stop. And yes, I heard you laugh even louder as the doors closed behind me...

Perhaps, today, there is an important lesson to be learnt from that incident: that the Sikh response to every situation has to be reasonable, informative and lawful. That has been the Sikh tradition...