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Houston Sikh woman’s rights possibly violated by ban on Kirpans in IRS building By Parmjit Singh Houston, US (November 21, 2013): It is learnt that a Houston Sikh woman Kawaljeet Kaur has been fighting for her right to carry Kirpan into a downtown Houston federal building for nearly nine...

Indian held at Houston airport with "Jihadi" material Narayan Lakshman There is little doubt that insecurity about all things Islamic has gripped the United States. First it was the fierce war of words over the mosque to be built near the site of the 9/11 attacks. Then it was the...

Book Review : "Why are We Here?" by Bhupinder Singh (Houston) March 9, 2010 by Mrs. Joginder Kaur Manchanda "Why are We Here?" has been the question of the religious thinkers from the time immemorial. I...

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh, From August 1st to 4th Raj Academy and Houston Sikh Sangat will be hosting an amazing opportunity for all Sikhs to come learn Raag Kirtan in Classical Sikh Instruments. For four days, Sikhs from different areas of the world, of different ages, and...

More than 1,500 people attended opening ceremonies Saturday at the new 40,000-square-foot temple of the Vallabh Priti Seva Samaj, a 500-year-old Hindu sect. Participants happily chanted at the unveiling of the statue of the Shri Nathji, or Lord Krishna, one of the main deities of Hinduism, in a...

Houstonian director-producer John Tucker has scored big. Crazy big. The TSU alum jumped on board with rapper Mike Jones and directed the video for Jones's breakout single, "Still Tippin'."...

For those of you living in Chicago or Houston or near and wish to see some nice Hindu architecture, there are two Shikharbadh Mandirs that you may wish to see: http://www.swaminarayan.org/globalnetwork/america/chicago.htm http://www.swaminarayan.org/globalnetwork/america/houston.htm There...