There are some movies which depict Sikhs as a very normal part of the landscape, nothing exaggerated, no need to make any special point or to highlight anything, just a character in the film like any other, except he happens to be a Sikh. I love these kinds of movies, because to me it seems...
Can someone tell me why so many religious people even teachers of other faiths see Sikhi as Islamic and Hindu views mixed together formed into Sikhi. I already know how to contradict these points but why do many people see Sikhi not as a separate religion with its own understanding of God and...
“With determination, I will be triumphant”(ਨਿਸਚੈ ਕਰ ਅਪਨੀ ਜੀਤ ਕਰੌਂ) is the motto of the Sikh infantry regiment of the Indian Army. In over 500 years the 25 million Sikhs around the world with a rich ancient culture plus strong traditions have shown an extraordinary ability to protected their...
What I think that meditating means is becoming super conscious, being one with the divine. I believe that everyone has his/her own way of doing that. One might do it in the vedic ways, the other might meditate by doing sewa, The other by reading and understanding the GGS ji. And some other...
It was suggested to me, that at the time of Amrit to take a Sikh name. I know the name is chosen (usually by the parents) based on the first letter of the Hukam that day. So mine will be base don the Hukam the day I take Amrit.
Since I obviously did not have a Sikh name at birth, I am in a...
...upon her return from India??
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Apparently, the Canadian Forces Chaplaincy submitted a review for the Dress Regulations to amend the section on members of the Sikh faith, to allow women to also tie turban in uniform. That motion was actually approved in March 2012 however the...
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...
Many years have passed since the 1939-45 war against German and Japan.
At times, we recall the happenings that took place during these years. It was a time when members of the Commonwealth came together to offer their soldiers and airmen to help us defeat the enemy.
Men from India, Pakistan...
Video: Sikh Parents Urge Families To Accept Their LGBT Children
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The Asian Pride Project has released a video where , Harcharan Bagga, father of a gay sikh man, and his wife Kamlesh Bagga, urge other...
Inside the temple of Perth's growing Sikh community
720 ABC Perth By John McGlue and Emma Wynne
Perth's Sikh community continues to grow, with up to 500 people going to the temple in Canning Vale every week. 720 ABC Perth's John McGlue visited for Sunday prayers with Sikh association...
Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign, two British photographers are able to put on an exhibit that celebrates the identity of the modern Sikh man.
Last month, U.K. photographers Amit and Naroop posted the campaign for their photo series The Singh Project, a collection of 35 photographs of...
Mumbai (Maharashtra):
Sikh leaders are taking the initiative to curb extravagance at weddings. On Sunday, representatives of 17 gurudwaras met at Khar to discuss ways to do this and put an end to the game of one-upmanship associated with grand weddings among Sikh families.
"The meeting was...
ATTARI: Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) has issued an ultimatum to Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to convene a congregation of Sikhs to take a final decision on the controversial Nanakshahi Calendar before the birth anniversary of Guru Ram Das being celebrated...
Hello everyone!
I wanted to ask this question as there is an intermarriage marriage coming up in our family. I don't know why, but somehow I feel it is not right for Non-Sikhs to get married with the Anand Karaj ceremony.
Guru Ram Das Ji Maharaj made the wedding hymns so unique, I believe...
Tyler Atkins takes his Sikh faith to Hollywood in search of his big break
Ros Reines The Daily Telegraph June 14, 20148:00PM SOURCE
TYLER Atkins is probably the only blond Australian actor running around Los Angeles wearing a turban.
The 28-year-old former playmate of Paris Hilton and...
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/481235/Sikh-blinded-daughter-in-law-after-accusing-her-of-affair-with-Muslim
Manjit Singh Mirgind, 51, has been jailed for nearly 11 years after he slashed the wrists of Jageer Mirgind at her home in Iford, east London, before stabbing at her eyes while...
Scientific journals and lay newspapers alike, ran stories hinting at a new breakthrough in the field of Ophthalmology last year, after a paper published in a famous scientific journal Ophthalmology authored by Dr.Harminder Singh Dua, an Indian-British medical doctor and researcher, claimed the...
MISSISSAUGA — In honour of the contributions of Sikh immigrants to Canada, ‘Lions of the Sea’ will soon embark on a Canada-wide journey that stars from Mississauga.
On Friday, the federal government announced funding for the Mississauga-based Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada (SHMC) to create a...
Sword-wielding Sikhs clash at Golden Temple on Operation Bluestar anniversary; at least six injured
Sikh groups clashed inside Golden Temple on Friday. (Source...
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