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Patkas and Hats With Turbans as a Rite of Passage I.J. Singh We were at a Sikh wedding in a little town that has a small but vibrant Sikh community. In some of the rituals and functions, the community appeared as if frozen in time and culture, but that is not what prompted me to write this...

Guru Gobind Singh Ji giving Sermon to Sangat - Passage from Suraj Prakash Below is a discussion between Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji and the congregation. This is just before Sri Guru Ji is about to ascend to Sach Khand [the realm of Truth]. This is from Gurpratap Suraj Prakash Granth, which is...

Reality Seekers Guru Granth and Panth - Passage from Sarbloh Granth This passage can be found in Vol. II of the Budha Dal Steek of Sarbloh Granth on page 496. ਅਥ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਥਾਪਨ ਮਹਾਤਮ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਬਿਗ੍ਰਹ ਕਥਤੇ Now begins the section where praise is bestowed on the form of the Satiguru, the...

Jarnail Singh, the journalist who hurled a shoe at India's Home Minister P Chidambaram in April and forced the Indian Government to respond to the victims of 1984, has written a book on the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms - I Accuse: The Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984. Shanti Kaur was filled with...

Satwant Singh is now thirteen. He is no longer a little boy; it’s time to join the fraternity of young men. So I was sitting through the rite of Dastar Bandi to mark his rite of passage. As I sat I couldn’t help wondering why we have not yet evolved a comparable rite for our young women at...

Search on the Internet suggests there are 40 varan. However, there are passages which are not included in the 40 varas. What is the proof that there are just 40 varan? The specific passage that I am referencing is: kab laagai masathak charanan raja dharas dhaeiaa dhrigan kab dhaekho | anmrith...

WJKK WJKF There are two passages that I'm struggling to understand, if someone could help that would be great! They are: Listening-the Siddhas, the spiritual teachers, the heroic warriors, the yogic masters. Listening-the earth, its support and the Akaashic ethers. Listening-the oceans, the...

Although I don't like Khushwant Singh very much, but read this : http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20041115&fname=Sikh+%28F%29&sid=1 Oh, That Other Hindu Riot Of Passage The assassins of Mrs Gandhi were hanged within four years, while 20 years later, the killers of 10,000 Sikhs...