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Once again we are invisible! How would you set the matter straight? Here is the problem. The Art Gallery of South Australia is hosting an exhibition called "Realms of Wonder: Explore the spiritual art of India" covering Jain, Hindu and Islamic Art (with at touch of Buddhism in some of the...

M'sian Sikhs join call to stop new Islamic Bill allowing unilateral conversion of kids by one parent...

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109 Members of Congress Call for Sikh Hate Crime Tracking March 21, 2013 (Washington, DC) – One hundred and nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a new letter today calling on the FBI to begin tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus, and Arab-Americans, the way it does for...

Is it okay to call Namdhari Sikhs, Kukas? कुका (Devanagari) ਕੁਕਾ (Gurmukhi) كُكا (Shamukhi/Urdu) I heard them (the Kukas) use this word before to refer to themselves. I just want to make sure it is okay for me to use as a guest. Also, can I refer to a Namdhari Sikh place of worship as...

Gotta pay to pray: Germany’s Catholic bishops call on faithful to hand over tax By Juergen Baetz, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 28, 2012 A woman sits Thursday on a bench in the Catholic cathedral of Frankfurt, Germany. The country’s 24 million Catholics have been told that, if they...

Anna Hazare: Whatever we are seeing is tragic, so I have decided to call off fast PTI | Dec 28, 2011, 07.19PM IST MUMBAI: In a sudden climb down, Anna Hazare today made a surprise announcement of calling off his campaign to fill jails from Friday and ended his fast. No reasons...

For the past two years, the Jakara Movement has created a forum for budding scholars and researchers, working on various projects Sikh, to come together, share, and challenge each one another. Over this period, it has become an extremely popular venue for community members, activists, and...

England cricketer Monty Panesar has said he hopes to get back in England's Test team as well as continuing to perform well for his county, after signing a new three-year extension to his Sussex contract. Luton-born Panesar, the first Sikh to play for England, said he was delighted the county...

Located along the Indo-Pak border, this village boasts of a number of significant heritage sites having a great historic and cultural value. However, they all are in a shambles and if the state government didn’t wake up to the importance of these sites and steps in to preserve them, they would...

Last call to apply for Leadership Program in DC! The deadline to apply for SALDEF's Leadership Development Program (LDP) is Sunday! LDP is an all expenses paid opportunity to interact with fellow Sikh American college students and young professionals, explore and untap your personal...

Received this mail from Nitin Gupta (Rivaldo) B Tech, IIT Mumbai, Hats Off to him. Send this to all educated people (hope they understand) and explain to all uneducated people (as many as possible) – Must read fully!!!!!! DISCLAIMER: I DON'T ENDORSE ANY POLITICAL PARTY. NOR DO I ENDORSE...

The parents of a 19-year-old slain while playing soccer in a Surrey schoolyard pleaded with the congregation at a Sikh temple on Sunday to help find whoever killed their son. Wayne Bell and Cynthia Allaire-Bell, parents of Devon Allaire-Bell, were invited to address the Dasmesh Darbar Temple...

“No proof was offered nor any case filed to support accusations of militancy,” said Parvkar S. Dulai, director of CSC, “whereas the Indian state’s long, sordid history of silencing those who peacefully question its policies through brutal torture and murder in custody has been heavily...

Chained To Their Desks: India's Murder Convicts To Man Its Call Centres by JASON BURKE For a man serving a life sentence for murder, Pradeep Deburma has a slightly unlikely dream: to work in a call centre like hundreds of thousands of other young ambitious Indians. Even more improbably, he has...

Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh As you all know very well, presently the sikhi is in very critical stage. A lot of peoples are trying to uproot sikhi & sikhism but only few or countable no. of persons are trying to save sikhi. My present post is regarding this senario. First of all...

I am not asking for an argument, but it concerns me when our Sikh tv channel presenters use the word 'Guru-ghar' instead of Gurdwara. How inappropriate the word Ghar is, apparently the word Gurughar doesn't exist in punjabi dictionary. I can't understand why and where did this word come...

Sikhs called off a protest against Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken here on Tuesday after he apologized to them for releasing a poster in which he was shown along with the other revered gurus. The Sikhs, led by their political outfit, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), had planned to...

Abroo (ਆਬਰੂ) Magazine: Call for Articles Deadline: 31st January, 2011 URL: http://abroo.in/magazine/ Abroo (ਆਬਰੂ) is a soon-to-be-launched bilingual (English and Punjabi) print magazine which will cover the state of social, political, economic and religious affairs in Punjab, while also...

The CSU East Bay Ethnic Studies Department, the Jakara Movement, and Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies proudly present: The Second Annual Sikholars: Sikh Graduate Student Conference A Community on the Move: Global and Local Sikhs February 25-27, 2011 The Sikholars: Sikh...