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Op-ED: Let’s not dissipate relics of our glorious past By Randhir Singh Bali http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2014/01/26/op-ed-lets-not-dissipate-relics-of-our-glorious-past/ This article does not aim at criticizing proliferation of Gurdwaras undertaken by Baba’s in various parts of...

Christians should 'repent' over past treatment of gays, says Archbishop: Welby says historic support of homophobia was 'utterly and totally wrong' By Louise Eccles - The Daily Mail,U.K. PUBLISHED: 23:45 GMT, 28 August 2013 | UPDATED: 23:48 GMT, 28 August 2013 Christians should be...

With more turban colors than a box of crayons, Gurpreet Singh Sarin is the brightest-looking participant in ‘American Idol’ this year. He tells us about the controversy over his appearance and how he started singing in a Potbelly Sandwich Shop. Channel surfing is a little different this...

In this series of questions we not only note the brilliance of answers but also equal brilliance of questions posed by the Sidhs. How does moon shine while dark inside, the sun keeps all this heat buried inside, in the same vein how can walk away from the cares of death and be in salvation and...

Assassin’s target asks Sikh separatists in Canada to bury the past Published on October 14, 2012 by Jim Jamieson ( in Vancouver Province ) Retired Indian lieutenant general Kuldip Singh Brar, shown after a recent attempt on his life, is concerned that a new generation of Sikh...

Pigment patterns from the prehistoric past An international collaboration led by researchers at The University of Manchester has for the first time revealed chemical traces of pigments in bird, fish and squid fossils, some over 100 million years old. Publishing their findings in Science...

Sat Sri Akal. Don't miss the major new Golden Temple exhibition taking place in Central London this summer. The best of Sikh heritage and culture will be presented on the world stage, including priceless artefacts from Sikh history, rare paintings and photographs of the temple plus a series of...

RISHAD SAAM MEHTA It was a lovely day with a perfect mild summer's morning, a bracing breeze coming off the Dead Sea and deep blue skies with puffy white clouds — the kind that are more decorative than rain-bearing. I walked down to the Dead Sea in Jordan, dressed in my swimming trunks...

The 50-metre-long rock could have destroyed a small country An asteroid as powerful as 15 atomic bombs has whizzed past the earth at a distance about 10 times that of the moon. Astronomers first spotted the cigar—shaped object, identified as Asteroid 2011 GP59, spinning through space a...

South India's cultural past not confined to one religion: Prof. Champakalakshmi The empirical pre-eminence in the study of history in inscription-rich Tamil Nadu and a modern outlook on historiography combine to provide a fresh understanding of the past in a book launched here on Tuesday...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/9444277.stm India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a pulsating final to deliver World Cup glory to their cricket-mad population for the first time since 1983. Sri Lanka smashed 91 from their last 10 overs to post 274-6 in Mumbai, with Mahela...

Past, Present, Future by Fion Lim Don't get stuck in the past, Where you linger on and on in familiarity, And replay old memories over and over again. Don't overindulge in the future, Where you daydream about leading a grand life endlessly, And imagine the sweetest days you could...

Panjab Digital Library: Bringing The Past Alive by POOJA CHATURVEDI In India, the history of manuscript preservation has often been a tale of indifference. Access to rare historical documents, spread widely across the world, has also become difficult. These concerns spurred...

Forwarded by SPN member Tejwant Singh ji Malik Sikh Studies: My Past, Our Future – By Prof. Van Dusenbery It is indeed an honor to have been asked by the Sikh Foundation to write about my experiences in Sikh studies and my hopes for its future. This is especially so because I do not hold...

Recalling evolution of a revolutionary past By Majid Sheikh <!--Author END--> <!--Date Start--> Teh Dawn, Sunday, 15 Aug, 2010 <!--Date End--> On the 23rd of March every year we celebrate the day we decided to create “a...

Newsletter Source: www.sikhri.org The Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) packed a full program of lectures, workshops, seminars, and television and radio shows into a ten-day schedule in the UK from 10-20...

Writers, philosophers, professors, and politicians have referred to the United States of America as "a nation founded by immigrants." This fact can hardly be refuted -- especially considering the existence of the term "Native American." America has dealt with the question and issues...

1984 - What The Past Teaches Us by I.J. SINGH The past speaks eloquently because it reveals what we have become - and then it directs what we are and where we are headed. History teaches us; it is a prologue to the future. I know these are critical days in our sometimes fragile sense of...

Remembrance of Things Past by I.J. SINGH I want to put my finger on some defining epoch or time that shaped our sense of self. When I look at Sikhs during the 19th and 20th centuries, a few pivotal moments come to mind. From the Sikh point of view, two events were game-altering in the...

Our emotions are powerful motivators, and more than almost anything else in our lives they will drive our behavior. Sometimes our greatest challenge is to get inside our own heads to understand what makes us tick. Why do we feel and behave the way we do? I know two family members who were best...