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PESHAWAR: Ranjeet Singh,28, did not come to the city out of choice. He belongs to one of 1,500 families who moved out of Bara, Khyber Agency as security conditions in the area deteriorated. “Three people from my family were killed and our shop was destroyed when mortar shells hit our...

'Hammer of the Sikhs' galloping back to Dublin with Fine Gael http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/22832 A HUGE STATUE glorifying a British Empire general infamous as 'The Hammer of the Sikhs' for his barbarity in commanding occupation forces in colonial India is set for a return to Dublin...

Press Trust of India | Amritsar March 05, 2013 Last Updated at 20:15 IST Radha Soami Sect chief, Sikhs lay foundation stone of Shrine Putting an end to a year-old controversy, the members of Sikh community and Radha Soami Sect today jointly laid the foundation stone of a Gurudwara...

Sikhs seek Prabhandak panel for Haryana, disrupt traffic http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sikhs-seek-prabhandak-panel-for-haryana-disrupt-traffic/1080343/ Traffic remained disrupted on the Panchkula-Pinjore highway for several hours on Tuesday after a massive protest was held by Sikhs...

NRI Sikhs come together for Green cause in Gurudwaras By Abhijit Prashar http://punjabnewsline.com/news/NRI-Sikhs-come-together-for-Green-cause-in-Gurudwaras.html CHANDIGARH: In a major initiative, a Washington-based international Sikh group, EcoSikh, has begun preparations to observe...

Highlights: Memorandum says that if Sikhs in France are not allowed to wear a turban in schools and on ID document photos, then the turban is deemed to be banned in France, which will be a betrayal of France's motto - Liberté, égalité, fraternité Minister-Counsellor at the French...

Here is a great book on Sikh History available free in pdf format for everyone. A simple and easy to understand history covering the Guruic period and rise of the sikh power to Sikhs under british rule and to modern day. I hope everyone will read and enjoy it. Click on the caption below to...

Sikhs Against EDL to join Cambridge protest http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/10223830.Sikhs_Against_EDL_to_join_Cambridge_protest/ The ‘Sikhs Against the EDL’ have announced they will be joining an anti-racism protest to be held in Cambridge. They will join with members of the Cambridge...

B.C. Sikhs to raise awareness of violence against women Feb. 14 as part of One Billion Rising by Hans Ongsansoy http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/one-billion-rising-sikhs-to-raise-awareness-of-violence-against-women-feb-14/503372/ Sikhs across the Lower Mainland will be joining One...

United Sikhs rehabilitates 42 displaced families of Khyber Agency by Jagdeep Singhy http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/02/05/united-sikhs-rehabilitates-42-displaced-families-of-khyber-agency-pakistan/ Peshawar, Pakistan (February 05, 2013): According to a “community alter” issued by a US...

Major project on Sikhs in the First World War wins Heritage Lottery Fund support http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/SikhsFirstWorldWar.aspx#.UQ2esFqOh9k London based charity the UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) has received initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its...

We need to keep adversaries of Sikhs away from the faithful: Sukhbir Badal By Rohan Dua, TNN - Jan 31, 2013, 06.46 AM IST CHANDIGARH: On a chilly morning of January 15, there was an impromptu invoking of SAD patriarch and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's 16 jail visits...

United Sikhs takes action against publication of a photo of a Nihang Sikh in an Aussie Porn Magazine By GURTEJ SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/29/5968united-sikhs-takes-action-against-publication-of-a-photo-of-a-nihang-sikh-in-an-aussie-porn-magazine/ Brisbane/Queensland...

Naskh concidered inappropriate to Sikhs? I can read and write in Shahmukhi, but I prefer to write in Naskh style, as opposed to Nastiliq style (the usual style for Shahmukhi). Naskh (ਨਸਖ਼/نسخ) Nastaliq (ਨਸਤਾਲੀਕ/نستعليق) The Urdu script you see in this post is displayed in Naskh (if it...

SIKHS TODAY: IDEAS & OPINIONS by I.J. Singh Published by EthnicIsland.com Yorba Linda CA ISBN 978-0-9859016-0-8 xii + 211 pages $16.00 Reviewed by: Ravinder Singh (Sikh Research Institute) Sikhs Today: Ideas and Opinions is Dr. I.J. Singh’s fifth collection of essays, marking...

Sikhs win & exercise right to wear the Kirpan in European Parliament in Brussels to meet MEPs By HAINDER SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/26/sikhs-win-exercise-right-to-wear-the-kirpan-in-european-parliament-in-brussels-to-meet-meps/ Brussels, Belgium (January 26, 2013): The...

Is it okay to call Namdhari Sikhs, Kukas? कुका (Devanagari) ਕੁਕਾ (Gurmukhi) كُكا (Shamukhi/Urdu) I heard them (the Kukas) use this word before to refer to themselves. I just want to make sure it is okay for me to use as a guest. Also, can I refer to a Namdhari Sikh place of worship as...

I have seen many many TV serials, which try to promote Sikhs doing Hindu karamkaands. Agreed that this is a deliberate depiction to merge Sikhism into Hinduism. Unfortunately, Sikhs are a minority and have a divided house. They love to denigrate each other, discriminate each other and they are...

A review by Jessi Kaur http://www.sikhfoundation.org/featured/sikhs-today-ideas-and-opinions-by-i.j.-singh/ Title: Sikh’s Today: Ideas and Opinions Author: I.J. Singh Pages: 211 Publisher: Ethnicisland Like a breath of fresh air wafting through the mind, I.J. Singh’s new book “Sikh’s Today...

Sikhs at the 57th Presidential Inauguration By Anju Kaur, Some Sikhs had prime tickets to see Barack Obama being sworn in to his second term as president of the United States. http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2411/sikhs-57th-presidential-inauguration Reporting from Washington -...