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NEW DELHI (AFP) — When India's enigmatic Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi first nominated the studious Manmohan Singh as premier in 2004, observers had their antennae tuned for signs of the first rift. But five years on, the elegant Italian-born widow and the 76-year-old turbaned Sikh...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as India's prime minister, the quietly-spoken 76-year-old Manmohan Singh has defied critics to emerge as one of India's most successful political leaders. Singh's Congress-led coalition headed to a clear victory on...

'Green Revolution' Trapping India's Farmers In Debt : NPR 'Green Revolution' Trapping India's Farmers In Debt The second of a two-part series. Revisiting India's 'Green Revolution' April 13, 2009 India's Farming 'Revolution' Heading For Collapse Morning Edition, April 14...

India joins race for land in Africa, China way ahead After years of competing for overseas oil and mines to fuel their still-growing economies, India and China are silently scouring the world for their next great need: farmland to grow food. The destination: Africa, where...

ANI Radio Pakistan says Sikhs in India are forcibly converted Mon, Apr 6 08:00 PM Abohar, April 6 (ANI): Facing criticism both internationally as also at home over the increased number of attacks against peaceful citizens, Radio Pakistan has been trying hard to project that India too is...

Fuelling the Fire: How India won the hearts and minds of Punjab’s Sikhs - Part 1 By Sebastian Melmoth When George W. Bush announced the end of military operations in Iraq many hailed the miraculous and speedy destruction of Saddam’s army as an opportunity for immediate peace and prosperity...

A Ritual Slowly Unravels In India Alarm Grows as More Sikh Youths Give Up Turbans Amandeep Singh Saini, in white, cut his hair and discarded his turban, the most visible symbol of Sikh identity, at 14. (Rama Lakshmi - The Washington Post) By Rama Lakshmi Washington Post Foreign Service...

CHANDIGARH, India -- Text messaging with one hand and holding a cup of milky tea in the other, spiky-haired Amandeep Singh Saini, 27, recalled the year-long battle he waged against his traditional Sikh parents to cut his hair. The act was blasphemous to his father, who tied his long hair in a...

Identity and Survival: Sikh Militancy in India 1978-1993. Pa By Dhillon; Kirpal (BUY at SPN Store) Product Description Excellent reviews, major ne work on Sikhs in Punjab, insurgency, combines personal account and scholarly analysis. <script type="text/javascript"> function...

Yes, They Could. So They Did. By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: February 14, 2009 New Delhi Thomas L. Friedman Read the complete article at this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15friedman.html?ref=opinion So I am attending the Energy...

Pakistan, India urged to spare‘Sikh homeland’ in case of war By Our Special Correspondent LONDON, Jan 27: In a significant development, a broad-based coalition of leading Sikh organisations, based in the Indian state of Punjab as well as representing the worldwide diaspora, has formally asked...

Best Wishes, Good Fortune, today, tomorrow and every day. Some pics to enjoy Republic Day marks the adoption of India's republican constitution in 1950 - three years after independence from Britain...

I still have this dream of becoming a doctor and moving to India, I don't know if I will ever do that but I like thinking about it. I know I want to be a doctor (and a Sikh scholar) no matter where I live, and I want to help those who have nobody else. I want to study internal medicine, but then...

India 'sinks Somali pirate ship' The Indian navy is now patrolling off the Somali...

Ancient scrolls reveal that Jesus spent seventeen years in India and Tibet From age thirteen to age twenty-nine, he was both a student and teacher of Buddhist and Hindu holy men The story of his journey from Jerusalem to Benares was recorded by Brahman historians Today they still know him and...

Here is a slideshow (M.S. Powerpoint) I made about two years ago with the intention of searching for truth from the archeological point of view. Enjoy and discuss. Click the attached file. These slides are also viewable in SPN Albums. Narayanjot Kaur Ji (previously Aad Ji) assisted me in...

Are there any Sikhs who can help deliver the Christians in Orrisa Province, India, from the terrible persecution that is now underway in the midst of Hindu persecution? Christian believers have been asked to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ and become Hindu instead. When they replied they...

Raj Academy in India for Gurgaddi of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj A Tidal Wave of Gurmat Sangeet from the West - Shabad Guru Da - Saaj Guru De Source is Raj Academy Of Asian Music. - Home Sardar Inderjit Singh Monty, Member Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and Chairman of Guru...

This article was sent me by forum member Soul_Jyot. I found it interesting and want to share it with the forum. The author Inder T. Singh places the current and increasing trend of Christian proselytizing of Sikhs in India in a different context from the ones generally reported. He looks at the...

Dear Forum Members, We are helping with the Vancouver Premiere of a documentary film created by an American Sikh woman about the widows of men killed in the 1984 Delhi (India) pogroms. As you may know, after the assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31st, 1984, corrupt officials in the...