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Sikh royal's haveli converted into vegetable market as historian brands it 'a picture of neglect' By Manjeet Sehgal The haveli of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh empire, has become a picture of neglect due to the indifferent attitude of the Pakistani Waqf Board, an...

‘Living out the vision’ :Toledoan to help mark world religion council’s milestones BY TK BARGER Kuldeep Singh works to bring different religions into togetherness. He is one of 23 board members of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. On Nov. 16, he will be in Chicago to...

Akhand Paath Ritual or Spiritual? Karminder Singh Dhillon, PhD (Boston), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia THE SIKH REHAT MARYADA (SRM) stipulation for the akhand paath begins as follows: (a) ਅਖੰਡ ਪਾਠ ਕਿਸੇ ਭੀੜ ਜਾਂ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਵੇਲੇ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾਂ ਹੈ।[1] This stipulation provides the two conditions...

Dawn to dusk Anjana Rajan http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/dawn-to-dusk/article5321507.ece The indefatigable Khushwant Singh has come out with a book of translated prayers from the Granth Sahib For a man who consistently declares himself an agnostic, Khushwant Singh dwells...

BADSHAH DARVESH: Guru Gobind Singh as Bhai Nand Lal saw him. 2013. Translated by Gyani Gurbax Singh Gulshan, 213 Pages. ISBN 978-0-9575859-0-4. Khalsa Parcharak Jatha (Barking, Essex, UK). Available from: Singh Bros, Amritsar, India. Price Rs 200/Pounds 6. 00/US$10.00. I.J. Singh Readers...

Helium by Jaspreet Singh Reviewed by Leyla Senai http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/book-review-helium-by-jaspreet-singh-8904540.html The year 1984 was catastrophic for India’s Sikhs. On 6 June, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered her troops to fire on the Golden...

SIMRAN ਸਿਮਰਨ is a Sanskrit word that translates as remembrance. Its Punjabi equivalents are ਯਾਦ and ਚੇਤਾ. The evening Sikh prayer Rehras (ਰਹਿਰਾਸ) contains a verse: ਊਡੈ ਊਡਿ ਆਵੈ ਸੈ ਕੋਸਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਪਾਛੈ ਬਚਰੇ ਛਰਿਆ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਕਵਨੁ ਖਲਾਵੈ ਕਵਨੁ ਚੁਗਾਵੈ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਸਿਮਰਨੁ ਕਰਿਆ ॥ (GGS page 10) [Guru Arjun uses the...

Self-styled godman Lakha, who had equatd himself with Sikh Gurus, tenders written apology By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/10/22/self-styled-godman-lakha-equating-himself-with-sikh-gurus-tenders-written-apology/ Rajasthan/ Punjab (October 22, 2013): It is learnt that...

'Difficult to classify attacks on Sikhs in US into one category, NRI Nirvikar Singh says by Amaninder Pal Sharma http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Difficult-to-classify-attacks-on-Sikhs-in-US-into-one-category-NRI-Nirvikar-Singh-says/articleshow/23935173.cms PATIALA...

Gurmukh Singh, Sikh Immigrant Held in Detention Who Became a Cause Celebré, Reunited with Garden Grove Family By Gabriel San Roman http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/10/gurmukh_singh_released.php Gurmurkh Singh, an undocumented Indian immigrant from Garden Grove, was released...

Professor Darshan Singh: DC Sikhs ask Akal Takhat to reconsider his excommunication By Anju Kaur Part D of a 4-part series Entitled The Strategy http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2645/professor-darshan-singh-dc-sikhs-ask-akal-takhat-reconsider-his-excommunication?page=4 BACKSTORY: Roguery in...

Professor Darshan Singh: DC Sikhs ask Akal Takhat to reconsider his excommunication By Anju Kaur Professor Darshan Singh at the Sikh Gurdwara, DC, was invited for Guru Hargobind's Gurpurab on July 7. He used the occasion to talk about the meaning of Akal Takhat, his excommunication, and the...

Professor Darshan Singh: DC Sikhs ask Akal Takhat to reconsider his excommunication By Anju Kaur Part B of a 4-part series entitled The Strategy http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2645/professor-darshan-singh-dc-sikhs-ask-akal-takhat-reconsider-his-excommunication?page=2 Professor Darshan Singh...

Professor Darshan Singh: DC Sikhs ask Akal Takhat to reconsider his excommunication By Anju Kaur Part A of a 4-part series entitled The Strategy at http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2645/professor-darshan-singh-dc-sikhs-ask-akal-takhat-reconsider-his-excommunication Professor Darshan...

MMS(Manmohan Singh), self-realised PM Is Manmohan a jivanmukta or a Congress 'cultist'? He could be either, depending on which quality you impute to him. What can you say about a prime minister who has no illusions about the country, economy, rupee, GDP, Congress party, Parliament and the...

Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, by Patwant Singh & ***** M. Rai, http://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/932.asp London: Peter Owen/Chicago Independent Publishers Group, 2009. Pp. 312. Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio, index. $31.95 paper. ISBN...

Thirty years – In search of General Zorawar Singh (1786 – 1841) In Amardeep Singh Photography http://amardeepphotography.com/general-zorawar-singh/ Hundreds of human skeletons, some with frozen flesh attached to them, can still be found around Roopkund (16,500 feet), a remote glacial...

Our revered very simple Babas who lead very simple life and preach the public, and guide them to live simple living and high thinking, in those so called preachers of our society is :Baba Ranjit Singh Dhandrian wale who has having a very simple living : just an example, he has having an I-phone...

Our Resolve in the Face of Terror and Hate: by Dr. Satpal Singh, WSC-AR http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/09/25/our-resolve-in-the-face-of-terror-and-hate-by-dr-satpal-singh-wsc-ar/ A Sikh Professor at Columbia University in New York City, Dr. Prabhjot Singh, was attacked Saturday...

Book ‘Gadari Babe Kaun San’ by Ajmer Singh released at Amritsar http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/09/25/book-gadari-babe-kaun-san-by-ajmer-singh-released-at-amritsar/ By Parmjit Singh Amritsar, Punjab (September 24, 2013): Ajmer Singh penned Punjabi book ‘Gadari Babe Kaun San’ was today...