Browsing Tag: Australia

After Monday's hostage incident in Sydney, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has written to Australian government to protect Sikhs and ensure that they were not mistaken due to their identity.

Our Super Star Alumni of the week Mandeep Kaur, an Amrit-Dhari Sikhni has broken free off all the shackles of an abrasive society that is infamous for its disparities against women.

On that day I noticed a bag lying in my cab." When I opened the bag I saw it was full of cash - 11 bundles of 10,000 Australian dollars each.

He is a well respected member of the community and believes community members from diverse ethnic backgrounds have the trust and connection with him.

A Hobart man wants the law changed so men from the Sikh religion can ride motorbikes wearing their turbans rather than helmets.

Men and women here pray to their own god. "They bring their god with them," the young devotee gently smiles.

An ordinary extended family sits down for a meal around a “natural oak” table, but somewhere down the line they find Nazis in the soup.

The Prime Minster was mobbed by the 1500-strong congregation as she toured the temple following a meeting with the Australian Sikh Association committee.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today promised to look into allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work places and also while riding a motorcycle.

Transport Minister Scott Emerson has just announced that Queensland's bicycle helmet laws will be ammended to provide exemptions on the basis of religious headwear - such as turbans.

Avoided $100 fine in court because his faith demands he wear a turban in public.

A Brisbane cyclist who refuses to wear a helmet because of his faith has escaped a penalty

23 year old Sikh, Jasdeep Atwal, has been cycling on Brisbane streets for over a decade but has only recently been singled out by council for riding helmetless, due to his religious beliefs.

Whereas in other countries, including Canada, there have been many hurdles for those aspiring to serve in this profession with their turbans but in Australia this has been achieved relatively with ease.

Though the main 'curriculum' is aimed at youth - mums, dads, grandparents and adults in general are also catered for in special gurmatt and gurbani interactive classes by competent bilingual 'facilitators'. It is a strong belief of this camp organisers that Sikhi can only flourish if a strong 'family values' culture is nurtured.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has ended its three-month search for a new chief information officer, appointing former Westpac chief technology officer Sarv Girn to the post.

It's time to stand up. It's time to stand up and face our fears. It's time to stand up and discover the courage we never thought we had. It's time to stand up to change. To a positive revolution. A revolution that we as young people can be a part of. If I can do it, SO CAN YOU!

AFTER 60 years, the Sikh community has finally put the south-west's last known Indian hawker's soul to rest.

HUNDREDS of Sikhs have gathered in front of Parliament House in Canberra to oppose the planned execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana.

The history of Sikhs affords many instances of their value as soldiers, but it may be safely asserted that nothing finer than the grim valour and steady discipline displayed by them on the 4th June...

WHAT do an Aberfoyle Park woman and a British-born Sikh have in common?

In becoming an artist the course I have taken is perhaps circuitous. Though I create what is accepted as artworks in the traditional understanding it is my interaction with communities that most profoundly informs my art practice.

I thought it was important to write "home" to my 700,000 fellow Sikh British about a remote Australian Sikh community ensuring "recognition" of Sikh identity at national celebrations.

Sikh Nishkam Society of Australia announces that the wonderful seva and effort they made in having the Kirpan passed in the Australian state of Queensland have borne fruit.

In the razzmatazz, glamour and superficiality of the materialistic life, mysticism and spirituality have taken a backstage. Yet, the soul yearns for the ultimate reality. Mysticism-oriented music, if only it could be marketed as much as "pop", can possibly be the salvation of humanity. Unfortunately, it remains a niche — sidelined in favour of sex and violence.

The Sikh grammar school is the first of kind initiative in the Sikh community. The major objective of the institution is to set up a school having students from pre-school to year 12 with the education program based on the syllabuses, curriculum and assessment requirements of registered and accredited schools in NSW.

Camp Miri Piri was conceived with the aim to give the Sikh youth of today the true experience of the spiritual Khalsa lifestyle.

THE president of Bondi Golf and Diggers Club has apologised to a Sikh man who was asked to remove his patka, a religious head covering, by a club bartender.

STUDENTS at James Cook University in Townsville were rocked by the sudden death of second-year medical student Gurpreet Singh, 18, who was found dead in his college dormitory last Wednesday night.

And that's how I would get a nibble of that ‘Queen of Tropical Fruits', the mangosteen, or of its kin, the rambutan, lychee and longat. In that process, thanks to a daughter who is adventurous and explorative with anything to do with food, I discovered the achacha - and truly is it achacha, as they would say somewhere up north of the Vindhyas.