Sustainable Nourishment: The Golden Temple-Langar class
Medhavi Arora,TNN | Jun 9, 2014, 07.30 AM IST
Starting June 8, 13 students from the University of Michigan (UoM) are spending a month in Amritsar to learn about sustainable nourishment through the langar at the Golden Temple...
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If they call themselves Jats, they can’t possibly pass themselves as Sikhs. A mere turban and beard and kirpan, or a dupatta and salwar and kameez, do not a Sikh make. There is more to being a Sikh.
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Caste or Class?
Yogita Limaye
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23003532
2027, India is projected to have the biggest middle class population in the world. In a society fragmented by caste, there has been much debate about whether recent economic growth has reached the country's most...
Management structure of Sikh religion and the preaching class.
In the early days the Sikhs became dependent upon the Nirmala and Udasi sadhs for the upkeep, management of Gurduaras and parchar of the Sikh faith. This also included guidance on practice and actions within Gurduaras and Sikh...
The Middle Class Goes Global
Johannes Jütting
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PARIS – In the twentieth century, the American dream of a middle-class life inspired the world. Now, in the twenty-first, we are moving at high speed toward a world based on a new geography of growth, with millions of people...
July 6, 2011
Muslim prayers during class time draws fire at Toronto school
Charles Lewis - Last Updated: Jul 6, 2011 4:24 PM ET
A Toronto school that allows Muslim students to conduct prayer sessions during class hours on school property is pushing up against the boundaries set by the...
More and more Sikhs today are unable to read Gurmukhi and rely on the initiated to conduct matters in the Gurdwara.Would someone who has not studied Gurbani see the baptised Sikh's as being a superior, almost a priestly class? The ideal is of sangat and pangat, but is there still an equal...
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India’s middle class asserts itself
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Ramesh Thakur
India is on the move, with millions climbing into middle-class status and a growing pool of billionaires. Yet it also has more poor, hungry and illiterate people than any other country in the world; access to...
Over 50% don’t graduate to Class IX, X in Punjab
January 28, 2011
Rajeev Ranjan Roy - Chandigarh
Over 50 per cent students do not graduate to Class IX and X in Punjab out of those who are enrolled for primary classes. The rest of the children drop out for myriad reasons. This alarming...
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Boy Brings Religious Dagger To Class
Parent Fears Dagger Could End Up In Wrong Hands
ClickonDetroit.com updated 12/11/2010
They’re not allowed in airplanes, but one local student brought a religious dagger to class.
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I was excited to be able to address Lafayette College's Class of 2010 on the topic of "Awakening the Buddha Within." This very well might be the first time in Lafayette's history that the Baccalaureate Sermon was rendered from a Buddhist perspective, so I was thankful for this unique...
Sikh-Punjabi chair speaks on Sikh Americans pre-, post-9/11
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Despite the fact that more Americans take yoga classes, have heard of ayurvedic medicine, and wear clothes...
Dear Kulbir Ji.
SS AKAL JI.
Gurbani can not be interpreted according to individuals thoughts to avoid further misunderstandings ,that is why we need learned priest or Gianni's who are blessed with true understandings of each SHABADS in GSSS.
Interpretations means further division of...
Atheism, Conversion and Class
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Chile Quake in 'Elite Class' Like 2004 Asian Quake
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The huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile belongs to an "elite class" of mega earthquakes, experts said, and is similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean temblor that...
Teachers are likely to win the right to wear religious clothing such as turbans, yarmulkes, crosses and headscarves in public schools when the Oregon Legislature meets in February, elected officials say.
Oregon's prohibition on allowing teachers to exercise their faith by covering their...
Racist Humour: A Touch of No Class
A Sikh friend got drawn into a fairly predictable situation recently. He was at a largely Indian function celebrating Divali somewhere in Middle America.
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The government on Monday announced that it will introduce grading system in all Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools and make Class X board exams optional from coming academic year (2010-11).
Union Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal [ Images ], during a press...
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