BY CHERYL CHAN, THE PROVINCE OCTOBER 9, 2013
For most of her life, Kamlesh Ahir has been trying to escape the caste system that’s defined her from birth.
She went to university, abandoned her religion, and, in 1994, left India for Canada, a new land offering a fresh start.
Or so she...
Sikhs banned from playing in turbans
News Date: 4th June 2013 View Comments: (0)
http://www.businessghana.com/portal/sports/news.php?op=getNews&id=36767&news_cat_id=3
See related story at Quebec Soccer Federation Sticks to Turban Ban...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/aug/12/bollywood-film-ban-india?CMP=twt_fd
Aarakshan, a Bollywood film about India's controversial quota system for disadvantaged groups has been banned in three states, for fear that its discriminatory language may cause protests
Protesters tear down a...
Kirpans: Should they be banned from Quebec's National Assembly?
* February 10, 2011
In the Sikh religion, it is forbidden to remove the kirpan, which is kept against the skin under clothing. (CBC)
By CBC News
Quebec's governing Liberals voted in favour of an opposition motion to...
RSS no different from banned SIMI: Rahul
Bhopal/Delhi, October 6
In provocative remarks, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today described the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as “fanatical”, saying it was no different from banned terror outfit SIMI and that both held “fundamentalist”...
RIYADH: A popular Muslim cleric says it is permissible for Saudi women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned, while criticizing efforts in Europe to outlaw the garment.
Sheik Aedh al-Garni’s ruling was in response to a question from a Saudi woman in France about...
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Ok! We are back from a bit of a summer break! Well this newsletter focuses on yet another controversy Sikhs find themselves in on regular basis these...
This was forwarded to me by SPN member Tejwant Singh ji Malik, though I knew of this story yesterday from Gyani Jarnial Singh ji "Arshi" The story published in Punjabi in Rozanna Spokesman, has been translated by Kirpal Singh (USA).
I do hope that we can make sense of this development. It...
NRI held for duping firm
Tribune News Service
SAS NAGAR, Nov 15 — Five days after he landed in India on a sponsored trip to work out the details of a project on marketing research for an immigration company, Dr Raja Bikram Pal Lamba is cooling his heels in police custody.
The 58-year-old...
source: http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/article/661746--sikh-wants-kirpans-banned
Sikh Wants Kirpans Banned
Taking a stand. Condemning the spate of violence that has rocked his community recently, a prominent member of the Sikh community in the Greater Toronto Area, said kirpans or...
Indian-born MP wants caste bias banned in Britain
Africa Leader
Tuesday 12th May, 2009
(IANS)
A draft bill designed to promote social equality must also try and erase caste-based discrimination that is rampant among South Asians in Britain, an Indian-born MP says.
Virendra Sharma, MP...
Dear Sir of Madame,
Recently I read about a ban on clean shaven Sikhs in a Gurdwara in Australia. This got me thinking about how the original message of Guru Nanak is being altered by certain individual interests. It is true that Guru Gobind Singh asked Sikhs not to cut their hair and that is...
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Sikhism bars a human from any intoxicant including Alcohal . Gujarat has done wonders in progress at the same time it is successful in Enforcing Prohibtion . Can Punjab start & implement Prohibtion ? What will be its pros & cons ? I wish all members to contribute with their views .'...
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