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Discrimination and Toleration: An Examination of Caste Discrimination in India by Basil Fernando Copyright © Asian Human Rights Commission Caste prejudice is common among people of the Indian sub-continent. The author correctly points out Lord Buddha’s rejection of Indian caste structure...

Bhai Maharaj Singh, the spiritual leader and fervent Sikh nationalist, is the first freedom fighter of India of note who took up weapons against the British rule in 1847, ten years before the First war of Independence and fought fervently till he was arrested on December 29, 1849 and imprisoned...

The Savage History Of Jihad In India By Maha Sabah Mr. Sabah is of the muslim faith. Editors’s Note: Jihad In India met ferocious resistance from the Sikh Faith. The Sikhs and the Islamic invaders fought for nearly 300 years and at the end of the period the Sikhs had prevailed. Ahmed Shah...

Punjab's Amritsar district back in focus as India and Pakistan exchange fire Saturday, January 09, 2010 [ Reads:548 / Comments:0 / 3651 ] <!-- Punjab's Amritsar district back in focus as India and Pakistan exchange fire Saturday, January 09, 2010 [ Reads: 548 / Comments:0...

YouTube- Cowpat power for India's Punjab province - 18 Dec 09

Canada, Montreal Sikhs Hold a Conference on Sikh Genocide in India Pogroms in Nov. 1984 Canada, Montreal Sikhs Hold a Conference on Sikh Genocide in India Pogroms in Nov. 1984 A conference to commemorate-cum-appeal to the world for recognition of yet another genocide in the world, is...

A native of India who still sports the iconic turban and beard of his Sikh religion, Makkar is the son of college professors who in the 1990s came to Western Michigan University and later left for the lure of business ownership. Satpal Makkar was a Fulbright scholar who taught criminal...

At times, poignancy of simple, human actions denotes feelings, emotions and perspectives much larger than any one action can bring out. Little Sikh kids holding candles earlier this month near the Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont, the Sikh youth...

Need for Reforms in Eduction in India - Randeep Kaur Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to the other. Next in importance to freedom and justice is education without which neither freedom nor justice can be...

SPN's stance on dowry. We adhere to the principles laid out in the Sikh Rehat Marayada regarding the payment of dowry: i.e., (l) No Sikh should accept a match for his/her son or daughter for monetary consideration. From Sikh Rehat Maryada, 1971, Section 4, Chapter 10. All that glisters is not...

New Delhi, Nov 26 India, the second most populous nation occupies the fifth place in the world in terms of prisoners' population, even as global superpower the United States of America holds the number 1 spot. In a survey conducted by King's College, London in 218 countries and territories, a...

India's English problem While Indians who speak English get ahead, the many who don't are left out of the economic boom. By Saritha Rai - GlobalPost Published: November 26, 2009 10:15 ET BANGALORE, India — Eleven-year-old Ravi loves Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. “I wear new...

The Sardar & The President: The Obamas Fete India's First Family <small>by JOSH WINGROVE</small> <!-- <small>November 25th, 2009</small>--> In a green affair featuring locally grown food and held on the White House lawn, U.S President Barack Obama...

President Obama Welcomes Prime Minister Singh Of India YouTube- President Obama Welcomes Prime Minister Singh of India Obama tells Singh that U.S. values its ties with India After talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the president says the nations have...

By PETER WONACOTT COIMBATORE, India -- This ancient city has turned itself in recent years into a manufacturing dynamo emblematic of India's economic rebirth. But a homicide case playing out in an auto-parts factory here is raising concerns about whether the Indian industrial miracle is...

India launches ballistic missile India's Agni missiles increase military reach India has test-fired its intermediate-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni-II. The surface-to-surface missile was test-fired off an island in Orissa state in eastern India...

An unknown wag claimed there were four stages to life: infancy, adolescence, adulthood and obsolescence. Finally nearing the fourth stage myself, I wondered about the life span of civilizations, and decided that the analogy worked just as well for nations. Of course, the lives of nations...

Heres a write up by Dr tarlochan Singh of Fremont California on how the Nehru Dynasty and the KGB destroyed the SIKHS in India... Khushwant Singh is an avowed foe of Bhindranwale. He might have been on his hit list for the same reason. What most Sikhs do not know is the Nehry dynasty's four...

The Partition of India in 1947 November 12th, 2009 by Kuldip Singh Neelam During partition of India in 1947, my family was living in Sheikhupura a district next to Lahore on the western side in West Punjab, now in Pakistan. My father was a Govt. contractor who owned the furniture shops in...

And India Calls Itself a Democracy!<small>by RAHUL BEDI</small> <!-- <small>November 10th, 2009</small>--> This is the 64th piece in sikhchic.com's "1984 & I" Series, which is being presented to you through the 12 months of this year to commemorate the 25th anniversary of...