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Jaspreet Kaur Khangura: Sikh-Canadian Named 2010 Rhodes Scholar NEWS REPORTS A Sikh-Canadian student at the University of British Columbia ("U.B.C."), currently studying medicine, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The $150,000 scholarship will enable Jaspreet Kaur...

Online Bookstore Offers Bhai Vir Singh's Book sNEWS REPORT An online bookstore of Bhai Vir Singh's books has been launched by Bhai Jawahar Singh Kirpal Singh & Co. of Amritsar, Punjab, where all books of the great poet/ novelist/ mystic have been made available. For a long time...

Parliament of The World's Religions: Melbourne, Australiaby MANPREET KAUR SINGH Melbourne, Australia was both host and witness to an extraordinary event from Dec 3 to Dec 9, 2009 - the Parliament of the World's Religions ("PoWR"), which...

The Story of a Journal: The Sikh Review by SARAN SINGH The Sikh Review was born as the brainchild of a group of satsangis - including Capt. Bhag Singh, MBE - in Calcutta, India. They would hold weekly sessions to discuss Gurbâni philosophy at the residence of Mrs. Kuldip Kaur, Principal...

Sikhi and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by I.J. SINGH December 10 marks the anniversary of the enactment of the Declaration in 1948. Many years ago, as a young student arriving in New York in 1960, when I first read the ideas in the Universal Declaration of...

Let There Be Light by I.J. SINGH December 7th, 2009 The news these days is of Professor Darshan Singh, a well known scholar of gurbani, who was summoned to The Akal Takht on some issues related to the Dasam Granth. That is not at all on my mind today...

The Dasam Granth Issue: A Red Herring <small>by I.J. SINGH</small> Just about a year ago I was at a conference. Its goal was to celebrate 300 years of the Guru Granth. In attendance were people of all religions and also a fair number of Sikhs...

Everyone Loves a Parade ... Parbhaat Pheri, Jaloos, Nagar Kirtan by I.J. SINGH A good friend who is a very dedicated Sikh was telling me about their gurdwara, somewhere in Middle America. Gurdwaras exist for many reasons, but the major one is...

The Bronze Undergroundby NAVDEEP SINGH DHILLON Socially conscious hip hop from the days of Public Enemy and N.W.A. seems to have all but vanished, replaced with the glamour of being a "G" - complete with tales of sexual conquests, gold plated grills, non-stop parties, drugs...

Mool Mantar - Affirmations Amidst Adversity by JASTEENA KAUR DHILLON In moments of reflection during the silences that briefly emerge between the noises of my work, between the crackle and fire of guns and bombs, and the torrents and thunder of rains and winds, I try and get...

Oye! Shakespeare in Punjabi NEWS REPORT For Surjit Singh Hans, a well known Punjabi litterateur and retired professor of history, reading Shakespeare in English was not very easy. So he translated the Bard's plays into Punjabi. The love for his mother tongue drove...

Remembering Daarji<small>A Blog by 'An Indian Muslim'</small> <!-- <small>November 7th, 2009</small>--> A quarter century has elapsed since the horrific anti-Sikh pogroms had engulfed parts of North India including Delhi. Though it seems ages ago, but to my mind, it's still...

Maharajas Revistedby HARINDER SINGH Last week I walked into the first exhibition designed to "comprehensively" explore the extraordinarily rich culture of the maharajas. "Maharaja - The Splendour of India's Royal Courts" is the feature exhibit at the Victoria & Alberta...

India's Worst Acts of Terrorism <small>by DILIP D'SOUZA</small> <!-- <small>November 6th, 2009</small>--> This is the 62nd piece in sikhchic.com's "1984 & I" Series, which is being presented to you through the 12 months of this year to commemorate...

1984 & I: Beware of Hate Groups in Your Own Backyard <small>by JASKARAN KAUR</small> <!-- <small>November 5th, 2009</small>--> This is the 61st piece in sikhchic.com's "1984 & I" Series, which is being presented to you through the 12 months of this...