Browsing Tag: Book

This new book came about mainly because of the feedback I received from my earlier Have Fun With Panjabi books. Parents wanted the next stage up. A book that would engage children who have little or no knowledge of the Panjabi/Gurmukhi script. A book that could prepare them for when they go to Panjabi school or could even be used for beginners at Panjabi school.

Book Release by SikhRI. "...This book will make a great gift to second time parents and grandparents expecting a second grandbaby."

Kiran Lyall, the creator of "Have Fun With Panjabi" and "Ria & Raj and the Gigantic Diwali Surprise" has now published the second book in her Panjabi for kids series. It's perfect for kindergarten age kids to learn basic words and phrases and have a lot of fun at the same time.

A new book on the Sri Dasam Granth Sahib by G.S.Mann and Kamalroop Singh reveals not only more about the history and compilation of this Sikh scripture but also shows rare images of the earliest rare manuscripts (pothis) of the Granth.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, May Darwin be with you—what is the best seasonal greeting? What if they are all fine? That’s the sentiment behind a new book that treats the winter holiday season for what it has become for many people, an intercultural, inter-religious celebration.

"Kamla Kapur has created a Sikh parallel of Homer's Odyssey in the re-imagining of its founder's spiritual journey, cleverly recounted in the voice of an impish acolyte. As with that work, the prose melts into melifluous poetry, music to the soul."

I.J. Singh’s fifth book is surely as sorely needed as were its quartet of predecessors, not only as required reading in the Sikh community, but also for a wider audience – the public-at-large – that remains considerably ignorant of our faith, despite Sikhi’s standing as the world’s fifth largest religion.

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst hosted a unique event last week as serving Sikh soldiers joined Sikh schoolchildren at a book launch which explored the history of Sikhs in the British Army.

Next year 2014, It will be 100 years of the arrival of the Sikh soldiers in Europe. That event will be celebrated at Ieper where Sikhs from all over the world are expected to attend and 6th of April 2014

An iconic figure in Sikh history, ideology and tradition, Bhai Nand Lal, was a contemporary of Guru Gobind Singh and personally witnessed the life altering events of Vaisakhi 1699 that gave us the institution of the Khalsa.

Diwali is here and Ria and Raj are busy cooking up some mischief in the kitchen, but a big surprise is in store for everyone!

“The title comes from the main message of the Guru Granth Sahib,” Jawa said, “which is no matter what religion we belong to, no matter what race we belong to, no matter what color we are, it is the same light — ....

'It sure is a recommended reading for all the Sikh Intellectuals, Community Leaders particularly the Academia, and Sikh youth.'

To pay tribute to the sacred memory of Giani Bhagat Singh on the tenth anniversary of his death, the Department of History of Ramgarhia Girls College in association with Wisdom Collection, an imprint of GS Distribution Inc., organised a book release function on Wednesday.

She concludes that since Guru Granth Sahib aims at transforming radiant richness of the Creator into sound human morality, through the human experience, the next phase of women’s movement must be worked on the women experience...

....a man who was one of the Punj Piaray (the beloved and revered group of five) to lead the parade in 1997 and 1998 is likely to be walking along, inconspicuously this time.

The pen is mightier than the sword! This has been advocated through the years by many. I have always wondered how many of us actually believed in it and how many of us have actually taken that path.

We are all heroes in our own way. We all have that inner energy within ourselves. It's just a matter of recognizing it,...

"A well-researched and well-written book, this is a worthy sequel to the author's earlier publications on the Sikh soldiery."

Is it a lost battle? Is it a true narrative of events? Is it about the politics of the Raj or the Sikhs?

In this work we have a miracle. Reviewer Harish Dhillon dubbed this work a “Rare record of a glorious heritage.” This is no ordinary book; a degree of visible veneration has gone into its making.

Nearly every religious tradition of social ethics encompasses two sorts of justice. The first is procedural justice: giving people what they deserve under contracts and the law. The second is distributive justice: meeting some needs just because human beings are human beings.

This book Ardas of the Sikhs is an inclusive, yet discreet work about the congregational prayer of the Sikh people. The Ardas for the Sikhs is the way of life ordained by their Gurus.

UK-born and brought up Parmjit Singh’s inspiration to explore his roots came when he was in his mother’s womb, he says, since his mother would read Sikh history voraciously then.

Sikh History is replete with sacrifices of its soldiers for the Panth. The saga of laying down life for the greater cause started from the Gurus and touched glory when the Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, formed the Khalsa.

No popular book on contemporary Indian history is complete without the 1984 pogrom. Accounts of 1984 in these books are strikingly similar, but are complexly nuanced when it comes to details and stories of personal tragedies and human suffering.

Jasmin’s Summer Wish is a picture book about a girl in New York City who wishes for year-round Summer weather. Her wish comes true, and when the hot climate changes....

Bone & Bread fulfils the promise of Nawaz’s acclaimed story collection debut, Mother Superior, and then some. It is one of the events of the year on the Canadian fiction scene.

Sikh's historic Treasure to be unveiled on Baisakhi Day-2013. A Wisdom Collection - presents with pride and honor the First ever rare and complete book on history of the 'Sikhs in World War I.'

For this reason, Gurmeet Kaur's set of illustrated Gurmukhi books ,"The Fascinating Folktales of Punjab" are a joy to get hold of. It is an excellent attempt at introducing "Baatan" or the folktales of Punjab, usually set in rhyme to our children and us alike.