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BOOK REVIEW: JOURNEY WITH THE GURUS by: Inni Kaur Illustrated by: Pardeep Singh Edited by: Manjyot Kaur Sikh Educational & Cultural Foundation, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A., 2010. Full-page color illustrations, Hardcover, pp 172, $28.95. ISBN # 978-0-9827224-0-4. REVIEW: Oct 13, 2010...

This week, the Coalition convinced someecards.com, a popular website for free greeting cards, to remove a greeting card from its pages that misidentified Sikhs as members of the Taliban. The card showed an image of a Sikh and a non-Sikh shaking hands, with the caption “Sex & the City 2 could be...

Being a Simple Sikh 12/09/2010 Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all [...] And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children. - Kahlil Gibran, in...

August 24, 2010 Waheguru Ji, Why do you keep me away from sangat? It always seems that the world has an access to Good Sangat but I am by myself. I struggle to search for you, to meet you but no one reaches out to help me, to encourage me. Why am I so lonely? The path to becoming a Sikh can...

Beyond a lifetime, still inspiring As my legal internship with the Sikh Coalition comes to a close, I have begun to reflect on my experience over the course of the past three months. I feel fortunate that my time with the Coalition has been characterized...

DIN MERICAN: THE MALAYSIAN DJ BLOGGER Selected comments from the Din Merican Blog http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/church-arson-to-malaysian-parents-dont-raise-your-kids-to-be-bigots/ "Have a purpose driven life and finish well"–Lee Kuan Yew Church Arson: To Malaysian...

By GURBHEJ SINGH Published: August 13, 2010 Hoshiarpur (August 12, 2010): On its 32nd foundation day, the office bearers of the Dal Khalsa today re-elected Harchranjit Singh Dhami their president for the term of 2 years and authorized him to resurrect the organizational structure afresh.Members...

Tribune News Service Amritsar, August 7. To prevent eruption of controversies over books and films based on the Sikh religion, gurbani, history and culture, the five Sikh high priests have directed the SGPC to constitute a “censor board” comprising Sikh scholars to examine and clear books and...

In the wake of allegations hurled against him by the DSGMC head, senior lawyer HS Phoolka, who has been appearing on behalf of the victims in 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, on Sunday said he was ready to face any kind of probe by the Income Tax Department. The advocate, who has accused DSGMC...

I’ll admit...when I first saw emails and facebook posts titled “Save The Gurdwara”, I immediately dismissed it, thinking it was yet another mismanaged Gurdwara falling in to bankruptcy or one group trying to overthrow another. But after I read the website and confirmed some of the details...

Gold Earth and the Sikh way of life According to recent news reports the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) plans to clad the walls of the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib with gold, the cost of which will be approximately 24 crores rupees. This money is being raised from monetary and gold...

Black List Review: Government playing political game with Sikhs: Panch Pardhani Fatehgarh Sahib (July 19, 2010): Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) has accused the Union and Punjab Governments for playing a political game with Sikhs on the issue of so-called “black...

This article was forwarded for posting by SPN mentor Mai Harinder Kaur ji In his book, Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats, author Gwynne Dyer presents a series of scenarios that could potentially play out (soon) as climate change advances, e.g. several million dying...

<small>Posted on Sun Jul 11 02:31:56 2010 by Brian_Baldwin</small> KIRPAN (THE SIKH SWORD) Author : Unknown The sword has a special place in the history of various religious, cultures and nations. For a Sikh, "Kirpan" is an article of faith. For an initiated Sikh, wearing of a Kirpan...

Delhi most unsafe for women, finds UN survey If you are a woman living in the Capital and you are perpetually scared of being sexually harassed, you're not alone. About 85 per cent of Delhi's women feel the same way, this according to a survey conducted by the Delhi government along with...

One of the 3 pillars of the Sikh faith is Naam Japo, or doing meditation and prayer. The jap or recitation of a mantra, dhyan or silent contemplation, singing of hymns composed by the Gurus, reading from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book are all different forms of meditation and prayer...

Spirit Of The Sikh Every Sikh has a story to tell. This blog is a collection of thoughts and reflections as I journey on this path with my Guru. This is my Sikh experience. It is a collection of essays, poems, videos, podcasts, and random thoughts about all aspects of my life - faith...

By Rupa Subramanya Dehejia This year’s G-20 summit in Toronto prompted me to compare two countries where I divide my time these days, India and Canada. The India-Canada relationship, unlike the India-U.S. relationship, is not at the top of policymakers’ agenda in either country, nor...

My popping eyes had chased every ball and I had relished every stroke. It was the {censored}hede Stadium of Mumbai. Cricket was still a test match then. I was in my teens and a confirmed cricket lunatic. The spectators had begun to disperse. The day had ended on a high note. Dressed in white, I...

YouTube - Kaur is my name! This song is from the Jakara 2006 Regional Mata Khivi Day. This particular clip was taken from their San Jose group, but the song was sung across California on Saturday October 28, 2006. In 9 cities (Livingston, Turlock, Fresno, San Jose, El Sobrante...