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Sikh sues Poland’s border guards after ordered to take off turban
According to safety procedures at airports around the world, if a border guard suspects that a Sikh is smuggling something under his turban, he is asked to touch the turban himself and then a guard inspects him with a special detector.
An Interfaith Buddhist Response to the Ground Zero Protests
The service is both Buddhist and interfaith. At its center is the traditional Obon ceremony for the dead,.. the Floating Lantern Ceremony. Rice paper lanterns are inscribed with the names of the dead, lit with candles, and floated out to sea. The United Sikhs, a social service Sikh group, will provide food as part of its spiritual practice.
OPINION - Faith schools only serve to alienate members of society
Society has always worked best when it is integrated, when rich live alongside poor, when Muslims live alongside Christians. You separate people and you create a “difference”, which leads to misunderstandings.
UK's first Sikh temple school opens its doors
"We will always make sure we are a school in England - that we are looking at British Sikhs who are going to be global citizens." ~ And 20% of places are reserved for non-Sikhs.
Why we're setting up free schools
Our work rests on a conviction that in order to bring about wider change in the world, one must first "become" the change, transforming oneself and one's immediate community and environment. This is how we were able to muster the time and energy to push ahead with our free school application,..
Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle, Canada - Winners of Gurmat Crash Course
GCCs were designed to engage the North American Youth. We believe that these are smart individuals who, when given the facts with correct references will reason themselves that they need to stand out.. not fit in.
The Taliban's New Target - Losing Faith in Pakistan's Future
Rashid thinks in Western terms, and he knows how the West thinks. He makes the strategists in the West uneasy, because he draws their attention to how things work in this part of Asia. And he doesn't make it easy for them.
SGPC elections further delayed, likely to be held by March 2011
The Chief Commissioner of Gurdwara elections Harphool Singh Brar attributed the delay in election to floods in parts of Punjab and Haryana. He said that state governments of Punjab and Haryana couldn’t complete the registration of electoral rolls even though the last date of enrollment of voters ended on August 14.
Sikh-Brit Actress Bags an Emmy
(This) is just beyond my wildest dreams." Panjabi said in a recent interview that her favorite pastime is "simply relaxing with a candle and a book," adding: "simple things are so important because I think in this industry ... it's like being part of a bubble."
Passage of State Resolution Honoring Sikh Community - ACR 181
"I am proud to honor such a well deserving community for all their hard work, and hope that this resolution will help to further California's diversity by creating mutual understanding and respect between all Californians."
Love Your Ego
Some of us may at times like pointing fingers at what we see as ‘other people’s ego’. Some believe that we are in fact our ego. Many spiritual traditions of the east and the west believe that the ego is an ‘enemy’ which must be done away with, or at least overcome.
Guru Granth Sahib 406th installation Anniversary in Pictures
Guru Granth Sahib 406th installation Anniversary at Siri Amritsar Sahib in Pictures
Saanjh Sikh Scholarship 2010 Announcement
Scholarship will be able to lay a strong foundation for the next generation and inspire students to excel in their studies and give back to the community upon graduation. As Professor Puran Singh says: “The Khalsa looks at the world from a supreme height, blessing all, helping all, loving all, with [the Khalsa’s] beautiful looks from the inner self of all life."
Gurdwara-Goers - their types and others
They don’t want to commit any follies in the Gurdwara. They sit straight with full concentration; listen to the Kirten, Katha, Ardas and Hukum attentively. They respect and get respect. They don’t care what others think of them and don’t waste time thinking of others. They don’t ask what the Gurdwara can do for them, but what they can do for the Gurdwara.
Dallas Sikh Gurvendra S. Suri, CEO, was honored with 2010 Tech Titan Community Hero Award
Beyond Borders jumps feet first into everything from education programs and scholarships in the Third World to protecting civil rights for minorities, fighting AIDS in India and supporting free health clinics in Dallas. In addition, Suri pro-motes the core values of his Sikh faith to youth and the world at large, including living ethically, remembering God at all times, and sharing with the needy.
Nourishing Souls & Bodies at the Golden Temple
Amritsar - existence of God and the quality of the soul. Indeed, few places in India demonstrate so clearly the country’s genius for diversity and tolerance, the twin reasons that India — despite its fractures and fissures — has remained one nation.
A land left to drown by the ‘timber mafia’ - Pak floods
If Pakistan’s authorities continued to...strip the country’s forests at a faster rate than anywhere else in Asia, as is happening, floods of Biblical proportions would be inevitable. They would not be acts of God. They would be man-made catastrophes.
Displaced Pakistanis make highway median their home
They've decided that despite the danger and the din of incessant traffic just a few feet away, the expressway is their best bet. Why? Because every once in a while, a car stops with a handout: a bag of rice, a carton of milk, a handful of dates, a small wad of cash.
Independent Woman - The Eighth Role of a Woman
Mata Khivi ji has given us the best example of an independent women. She had clarity, determination and devotion. She was supportive and accepting but independent at the same time.
Chhevan Dariya - An Exclusive Venture
In these times different language films have excelled and even got nominated for Oscars each year. In such an atmosphere we should pause and think about "Punjabi Cinema...The film very subtly touches present day issues ailing the society without compromising the entertainment content, which is neat and clean.