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{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/8th-lord-miracles-tour-honor-guru-ram-das-el-salvador|The  8th Lord of Miracles  Tour|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/img_5053.jpg|From  a period besieged by civil war, El Salvador's dark history is left  as a  mere memory for many of its people to stand strong and serve. From  1979 to 1992 El Salvador was under consistent battles on the streets,  and guerilla warfare was an everyday occurrence through which many  suffered losses;}}
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{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/travel/the_reluctant_autorickshawwallah  The Reluctant  Auto-Rickshaw-Wallah]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/auto-rickshaw-thmnl.jpg|When  I first meet Manjot Singh, he looks like a bandit. Behind the seat of his rusted blue auto-rickshaw, he jabbers in  incomprehensible Punjabi.  He wears a red woollen beanie pulled down over his forehead. A grimy  yellowed white handkerchief is wrapped around his face.}}
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{{Newsbit3l|[http://manvirsingh.blogspot.com/2011/01/story-about-ladys-prayer.html  A story about a lady's prayer... ]|File:Woman praying sqr.jpg|In  September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just  75 cents in my pocket. Their father had left them. The boys ranged from  three months to seven years; their sister was two. Their Dad had never  been much more than a presence they feared.}}
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{{Newsbit3l|[http://manvirsingh.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-hell-do-i.html  "Daddy, why do  you shave?"]|File:George Bernard Shaw sqr.jpg|Bernard  Shaw used to tell a story about  his father, whom he was delighted to  watch shaving everyday. One day  the five year old Shaw looked up and  asked the old man "Daddy, why do  you shave?" The father looked at his  small son for a full minute and then threw the razor}}
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{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/mother-hope-prakash-kaur-and-her-unique-home-girls|Mother  Hope: Prakash Kaur and her Unique Home for  Girls|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/shehas.jpg|The  woman behind the home is Prakash Kaur,  who was herself left on the  streets as a baby 60 years ago. Since 1993,  she has dedicated her life  to the noble but onerous mission of rescuing  unwanted and unclaimed  newborn girls and giving them a secure home and  future.}}
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{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/get-me-golden-temple-time|Get  me to the Golden Temple on  time!|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/sisteract.jpg|I  was sitting in a Westminster restaurant having lunch with my father  Jonathan when the call came through on my mobile. It was my twin sister  Alexandra in India. ‘Are you sitting down?’ she  asked. When I replied  that I was, she said: ‘I’m going to get married –  next week!’}}
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{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/columnists/celebration_hope_sikh_sacred_music  Celebration & Hope Sikh Sacred  Music]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/RaagRatan-thmnl.jpg|Its  entire scripture, the Guru Granth, with a few minor exceptions, is  set  to the language and idiom of classical Indian musicology. Sikhism's  Guru-Founders were superb poets and musicians and recognized that music  can transcend words. One would think that the grammar and technology of  music}}
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{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/video/manifesting-prosperity-and-abundance|Manifesting  Prosperity and  Abundance|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/prosperity.jpg|Guruka  Singh, shares his unique perspective on what prosperity really is and  how it is not really about having lots of money. "Prosperity is  understanding, in each moment, that whatever you need, and even more is  at hand at the moment you need it. That you will always have enough to  live with grace;" }}
 
{{Newsbit3l|[http://www.sikhchic.com/travel/_the_golden_temple_of_amritsar_food_for_the_body_the_soul Golden Temple:Food For The Body & The Soul]|File:Langar4-sqr.jpg|He cooks lentils in a pot the size of a plunge pool. Jitendra Singh's soupy concoctions helps feed tens of thousands of people each day at the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. The glimmering shrine is one of India's best-known religious monuments}}
 
{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/people/the_road_to_happiness The Road to Happiness]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/taxi1-thmnl.jpg|When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from the airport to my hotel, or to a convention center, or to a restaurant. Taxi drivers are often immigrants with interesting personal histories and unusual cultural backgrounds.}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.khalsaaid.org/futureplannings.html|Donate generously - Make dreams come true|File:KhalsaAid.jpg|We will remain an emergency relief organization but where possible we will assist the poor and underprivileged through short to long term development of their communities, digging water wells, providing medical clinics, building schools,}}
 
{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/books/_when_did_you_know "When Did You Know?"] |http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/inni-thmnl.jpg|Since the publication of my book, Journey with the Gurus, the one question I get asked repeatedly is, " When did you know you wanted to be a writer?" I pause. I reflect. I remember around age fifteen, the thought of perhaps}}
 
{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/sports/standing_tall_satnam_singhs_nba_dreams Standing Tall: Satnam Singh's NBA Dreams]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/basketball-thmnl.jpg|The day after his 15-year-old son Satnam Singh came home in Ballo Ke village near Barnala (Punjab) from the U.S., Balbir Singh Bhamara doubled the daily supply of milk to the household. The 7-foot-2 lad, on the first break}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/faith/guru_granth_sahib_a_model_for_interfaith_understanding|Guru Granth Sahib: A Model For Interfaith Understanding|File:Interfaith2.jpeg|Though all the religions of the world teach love, preach sympathy for others and encourage Man to exercise utmost self-restraint and have most profoundly been a source of inspiration for the highest good of mankind, the world today is torn by conflicts, enmity and religious hatred.}}
 
{{Newschic|http://greengurmeet.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-ever-you-eat-eat-with-consciouness.html|Whatever you eat; Eat with consciousness!|File:Food.jpg|Most of us don't know how our food is produced, where it comes from, what nutritional value it carries and what kind of impact its production has on mother earth. Gurbani tells us: "Eat only that which is pleasing to the Lord, and as Gurmukh, receive His blessings."}}
 
{{Newschic|http://prithihardkaur.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/the-antidote-to-scepticism-doubt-and-disconnection/|Overcoming Doubt and Disconnection|File:PrithiHardKaurSqr.jpg|For the past couple of weeks my sadhana has been growing steadily stronger and I feel very blessed to experience a growing feeling of contentment and spiritual connection.  This feeling has also branched into my everyday experience}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/memory-baba-budhajithe-great-gursikh|In memory of Baba Budhaji..The Great Gursikh!|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/bhudhaji1.jpg|Baba Buddha was the great Sikh saint who had the pleasure of serving under the first six Gurus. A venerated primal figure of early Sikhism. Born on 6 October 1506 at the village of Katthu Nangal, 18 km northeast of Amritsar. He was originally named Bura}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/submission|Submission|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/surdas.jpg|I didn't have the heart to ride Encontada that day on the farm. I don't know that I'll ever ride a horse again. Maybe it's a tribute to all of the sacrifices horses have made for me that keeps me from putting myself in that position.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhchic.com/travel/the_sikhs_of_sumatra_indonesia|The Sikhs of Sumatra, Indonesia|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/sumatra-thmnl.gif|If you have been to the North Sumatra capital of Medan, you may well have passed through an area of the city known to locals as Kampung Keling; for decades is been known as a settlement of Sikhs and other communities}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/becoming-princess|Becoming a Princess|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/turbans-thumb.jpg|Does a girl become a princess by perfectly styled hair, jewelry; make up, a gorgeous dress and an attitude to match? Or does a girl become a princess by her very presence and her words and actions?}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/grandmother-khalsa-seventh-role-woman|Grandmother of Khalsa: 7th role of a Woman|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/matagujri-thumb.jpg|Grandmothers around the world are famous for spoiling their grandchildren. But being a good Grandmother is about much more than spoiling the children. Mata Gujar Kaur Ji was with the two youngest sahibzadas}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/british-and-turban-sikhs|The British and the Turban of the Sikhs|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/turban_-_copy.jpg|Turban stands for courage and self-respect for a Sikh. During the two World Wars, turbaned Sikh soldiers, who fought as part of the British Indian Army, refused to wear steel helmets, writes Major-Gen Kulwant Singh (retd).}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/khalistan-world-not-nation|Khalistan - The World not the Nation|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/aquarian_age-THUMB.jpg|Khalistan is inevitable. It is our destined future. But the people we hear screaming today for Khalistan will not be the ones to create it. Khalistan is going to be created by the true Khalsa, the ones that follow the teachings of all 11 Sikh Gurus and who are truly pure of heart.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhchic.com/columnists/beware_of_an_anthropomorphic_god|Beware of an Anthropomorphic God!|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/jesusFire-thmnl.jpg|One of the many traps that language holds for us humans is the knee-jerk tendency to anthropomorphize - ascribe human-like qualities - to things and concepts which are neither human nor human-like. Thus, we talk about "Our nation wants our sacrifice!" - "We need to defend our flag!"}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhchic.com/faith/becoming_a_man|Becoming a Man|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/guransh-thmnl.jpg|Guransh Singh knelt at the altar of Guru Granth Sahib as the granthi  (elder) and uncles unfurled yards of a salmon-colored fabric. His family and friends, beaming with pride, sang in the gurdwara as the men crowded around the 14-year-old, tucking and tying, until}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.mapleleafsikh.com/2010/05/sikh-art-therapist-rapinder-kaur.html|Therapeutic art arrives in Dufferin|File:Rapinder Art Therapist.jpeg|Helping through art:. Registered art therapist Rapinder Kaur opened a practice, Art as Therapy, at the Harmony Health Clinic on Highway 9 last fall. Kaur specializes in working with children and teens with a myriad of challenges including ADHD, anxiety, autism, depression and low self-esteem.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/what-vaisakhi-means-sava-lakh-united-sikhs-volunteers|Vaisakhi, Sava-Lakh and UNITED SIKHS Volunteers|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/Thumb_US_AID_Team.jpg|As we celebrate Vaisakhi, we are reminded of our purpose in this world through Anand Sahib, one of the 5 Banees: ''“Eh Sereera maeraeya, Es Jag Mae Ayaekae, Kya Tudh Karam Kamaeya”'': Oh, this body of mine, what have you earned through your actions, since you came into this world?}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/akal-takhat-hijacked|Akal Takhat Hijacked?|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/akaltakhatblogpost-THUMB.jpg|I often hear frustration and disappointment in relation to SGPC and those involved in the management of the Gurdwaras in India. There is a feeling of lack of leadership, corruption, over politicization of Sikhi, practices which are counter to Sikh belief...}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/banda-singh-bahadur-shrewd-strategist-and-brilliant-tactician|Banda Singh Bahadur - A Shrewd Strategist And Brilliant Tactician|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/ThumbBandaBahadur.jpg|We are fast approaching the 300th Anniversary of Banda Bahadur's victory over Nawab Wazir Khan, the Governor of Sirhind and the Zalam who had ruthlessly bricked alive the two younger Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. This brings back memories of a brave Sikh Bairagi}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/vaisakhi|The Joy of Vaisakhi|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/baisakhi-thumb.jpg|Vaisakhi is the most festive day for the Sikhs and is celebrated on the 13th and 14th April annually. This unique occasion marks the establishment of the Khalsa Panth and the idea of creating a universal brotherhood and a casteless society.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/video/my-relationship-guru-part-1|My Relationship With The Guru - part 1|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/my-relation-1.jpg|Sat Mitar Kaur talks about how the Guru is a miracle to her, and how she has gained gratitude in the face of displeasure. Bani and Kirtan help her connect to the Guru.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikh-delegation-meets-rabbi-froman-part-1-2|Sikh Delegation meets Rabbi Froman -1|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/GURU_GOBIND_SINGH_JI-1.jpg|While the orthodox followers of one like to wear loose white clothes and the orthodox followers of the other like to dress in formal black suits, they both admire long flowing beards very much. It promised to be an interesting afternoon and evening.}}
 
{{Newshere|Do Seva in this world and reserve a seat in Heaven|Do Seva and reserve a seat in Heaven!|File:Haiti-8-sqr.jpg|My name is Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji MD, FRCP(C.) I am a specialist in paediatrics and neonatology. I was trained at the prestigious University of British Columbia, Vancouver. At the Children's Hospital I am the only turbaned Sikh Specialist.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/some-musings-gora-sardar|Always been a Sikh but only realised it 20 years ago|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/GoraSikh-THUMB.jpg|Becoming a Sikh altered my appearance, but did not change my core values and principles.  I simply found a religion consistent with my basic beliefs. Sikhism turned my life from black-and-white to color.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/bhai-taru-singh-review|Bhai Taru Singh - A Review|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/BhaiTaruSingh-THUMB.jpg|It was a soul-touching, eye-wetting and emotional roller-coaster experience. The movie made a very sincere attempt in regenerating the Spirit of Warrior-Saint, through the life of legendry Bhai Taru Singh jee.}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/nitnem-banis|The Nitnem Banis|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/nitnem-THUMB.jpg|Human birth is supreme amongst all life forms as it provides an opportunity for the soul to end its journey of births and deaths and merge in God. For this to occur, a human must realize why he or she has taken this birth}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.mrsikhnet.com/index.php/2010/02/12/transforming-tragedy-to-triumph/|Transforming Tragedy to Triumph|File:GuruTej3.jpg|When we face challenge and adversity in life, the natural tendency is to find safety. Yet life is a sequence of challenges, each with its own sequence of failures or successes, tragedies or triumphs.}}
 
{{Newshere|Michael Kung’a, student at Kenyatta University|He once was blind but now can see, a little |File:Kenya - Michael Kung'a Feb-2010-sml.jpg|When his world went dark four years ago, Michael Kung’a resigned himself to a life of broken dreams and lost hope. The only light in his life were the fast-fading memories that defined his happier days}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/mai-bhago|Mai Bhago|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/maibhago-THUMB_0.jpg|When forty Sikhs deserted Guru Gobind Singh jee during a Moghul siege, it was chiefly Mai Bhago who rallied them to re-seek the sanctuary of the Guru. This story is a first-hand account of the wife of one of those forty Sikhs}}
 
{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/book-review-lions-mane|Book Review: A Lion's Mane|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/lionsmane-THUMB.jpg|Rarely do I come across a book that strikes a balance of being both educational and inspiring...this is what I found in A Lion’s Mane by Navjot Kaur. A Lion’s Mane is about the journey of a young Sikh boy who while discovering}}
 
{{Newshere|Panjab Digital Library|Adopt-a-Book incentive by Panjab Digital Library|File:Panjab Digital Library-sml.jpg|Play your part in preserving the heritage of Panjab and Sikhi - Sponsor a Book for digitisation. Books are a source of constant knowledge and motivation. Some readers prefer a particular book for its aesthetic appeal,}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.mrsikhnet.com/index.php/2010/02/02/forgiveness/|Forgiveness|File:Timthumb.jpeg|There is a story I read once, about a monk who lived on his own on the outskirts of a village. One day, a young woman accused the monk of getting her pregnant. The other villagers believed her. After the baby was born,}}
 
{{Newshere|My Papa, the perfect Sikh of the Guru|My Papa, the perfect Sikh of the Guru|File:Sikh_papaji_val-2sml.png|Once I had gone to a village in Maharashtra for some work, when I was pleasantly and tearfully astonished to witness the love for a Sikh. I had spent an hour or so with my contacts, when a young Marathi lady of the village}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/current_events/in_jeopardy_punjab_the_bread_basket_of_india|In Jeopardy: Punjab, The Bread Basket of India|File:PAU-a.jpg|"With just 1.5 per cent of India's land area, Punjab produces 20% of the country's wheat and 12% of its rice. It provides 60% of the Central government's reserve stocks of wheat and 40% of its reserves of rice"}}
 
{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/travel/chardi_kalaa_in_dubai|Chardi Kalaa in Dubai|File:Dubai1-b.jpg|In the gloom and doom of global inter-religious conflict, I have a ray of shining light to share. The Islamic owners and rulers of the jewel in the desert - Dubai, in the gulf states of United Arab Emirates,}}


{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/columnists/seva_neither_a_shield_nor_a_sword|Seva: Neither a Shield, Nor a Sword|File:Seva-prashad.jpg|I have noticed that the concept of seva  -  loosely translated as "selfless, voluntary service"  -  is nowadays increasingly wielded as a weapon and less as what it is meant to be. The other day, when}}


{{Newschic|http://tinyurl.com/ybs5he5|Summary Judgment at the Akal Takht |File:Prof.-darshan-singh-khalsa-sml.jpg| The recent decision of the Akal Takht to ex-communicate Prof. Darshan Singh, a legendary exponent of Gurbani through kirtan and Katha. Is this judgment sound?  Can the trial be deemed procedurally correct?}}
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