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Evolution of Indian & Sikh Classical Raag Tradition
	There is a mistaken belief amongst Gurbani Keertan purists sometimes that Indian and Sikh classical raags have remained static over the centuries. Gurbani singers like Sikh “world music” genre pioneer, Dya Singh of Australia, are at the receiving end of criticism..... → read more

Story of a Swiss Couple finding Sikhi
	I met this Swiss family at the Germany Akhand Keertan Smaagam. Veer jee came and asked for Singhs to tie a turban on him. When I asked "Why do you want to become a Sikh?" He replied with a smile, "Sikhism is great. It is the only religion where..... → read more

SikhNet Radio: Mobile App for Blackberry Phones
	We are pleased to let you know that we have just released the all new SikhNet Radio mobile phone app for Blackberry devices. This means that if you have a blackberry phone with an internet connection you can Listen to 21 channels of SikhNet radio anywhere you are! ..... → read more

A fine romance: Inside an arranged marriage
	Sukh and Swarnjeet are a good-looking couple, exuding the warmth and contentment of a husband and wife who've been together a long time, and understand each others funny little ways. But the pair have known each other for only seven months...... → read more

Good Samaritan Finds $16,000, Returns It To Owner
	When Turlock business owner Tehal Dosanjh found a stack of money in a drop box at the Farmers and Merchant Bank he said, he was shocked. “I looked at the deposit tag,” said Dosanjh. “It came out to over $16,000. I was shocked, I couldn't believe it.”..... → read more

Bliss at Tarn Taran
	On his arm he wore the kara or bracelet and in his holster was a kirpan. Handsome, I thought; and warrior-like. "Khalsa," said my driver, almost in an undertone. Khalsa? Who are they?...and every now and then a village straight out of Khuswant Singh's Train to Pakistan. ..... → read more

Digital diaries
	Not long back, research meant trudging down to the library, searching for journals through musty stacks and queuing up for the photocopier. But not anymore. Digital books will play a vital role since people today are more tech-savvy and time-conscious. ..... → read more

The Revolution of Truth : Sach Productions
	Many of us sit in our comfortable homes, in cushion seats and have a bag of chips, with a can of soda. Oblivious to others, we sit numbed in our own reality. One person I know that is not numb for sure is my sister Harpreet;I respect her passion, her drive..... → read more

The New Age Granthis
	“The courses in religious studies are run completely free of cost. We provide education, training, clothes, lodging and food to the students. Former Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti is the patron of this institute and he comes to teach the students three times a week...... → read more

India's Sikhs Turn to UN for 1984 Justice
	Holding that Indian Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram's recent exhortation to the Sikh community to "forgive" and "move on" with regard to the 1984 pogroms of Sikhs amounted to a bald refusal of justice to victims, Sikhs for Justice and All India Sikh Students Federation have announced..... → read more

Finding Oneself
	When I came to the United States during the heady ‘60’s the mantra was “finding oneself.” Young people routinely took a year or longer off between high school and college to travel all over the world - an odyssey and almost a pilgrimage to 'find' themselves...... → read more

Video: Faith in Taxis
	This is a short video (about 6 mins) made by Australia Network Television featuring the work of the artist Daniel Connell about the Adelaide Sikh Community. It is a tribute by the artist to the honourable way in which the Sikhs who drive taxis in Australia conduct their lives. .....Watch, listen, read & ponder...

Time for Action: The Case of Prof. Bhullar
	While Devinderpal Singh Bhullar spent 10 out of 16 years of incarceration in his dark solitary confinement cell, the Sikh panth was (and is) fighting its own struggles both at home in Punjab and throughout the diaspora...... → read more

Guru Granth Sahib: A Model For Interfaith Understanding
	But when his heart is illumined by True Knowledge, he knows that above all these wars of sects and sectarians presides the One Invisible Eternal All-knowing Bliss. In fact, the different faiths are like spokes of a wheel in which God forms the hub...... → read more

Historic Gurdwaras: Trees pay the price for modernisation
	And now marble is king. Sikhism is the world’s youngest religion and perhaps the only one in which trees have contributed to spiritual evolution. More than 50 Sikh shrines across the country, and some in Pakistan, are named after trees. These are trees under which the Sikh gurus sheltered, rested or met their followers during their travels...... → read more

Year with the Beard/My Hairs teach me
	It was about this time last year that I was impelled to share a very difficult, uniquely Sikh challenge for me. I am a woman with a very fuzzy chin. It’s not an exaggeration at all to say I have a beard. Since my hair is dark brown, I can’t even pretend people don’t notice it,..... → read more

Bishop Desmond Tutu: "God Is Not A Christian!"
	It is often said that God created man in his own image and man has returned the compliment, saddling God with his own narrow prejudices and exclusivity, foibles and temperamental quirks. God remains God, whether God has worshippers or not. We do scant justice and honor to our God if we want, for instance, to deny that..... → read more

Rahuldeep Singh: A New Kind of Teacher
	Rahuldeep Singh Gill tends to stand out at California Lutheran University, U.S.A., where he is the only religion professor who is not Christian. Rahuldeep is a Sikh-American, practising a religion which originated in the Punjab region of the South Asian subcontinent, where he was born...... → read more

The last moment before death...
	Then Bhai Surjit Singh did keertan and veechar which was its usual high standard. In this veechar Bhai Sahib mentioned about the grandmother of Bhenji Rajinder Kaur passing away only days before. At her final moment, Bibi ji was doing simran, then she did some loud Jaikaare, then she said "Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Kee Fateh!!" before breathing her last...... → read more

Vege diet for athletes?
	So what do you eat? Being a vegetarian and a competitive athlete, I’m asked this question the most around Thanksgiving In the U.S. it’s difficult for some to imagine “Turkey Day,” without the turkey. I also used to frequently field this question as a college athlete, when I ran cross country and track...... → read more

The Spiritual Journey ~ on the physical plane
	So now we went to Baoli Sahib at 9:00 PM and after inquiring about the rehat of doing the Paath from a sewadar, took our laminated copies of Japji Sahib Ji we went to the bottom, took a dip in the Baoli and started the paath in a high tone and sehajta, standing on the first pauri which was below the water. The feeling was so good,..... → read more

Annual Samuhik Vivaha Samagam in Hyderabad
	With blessings of the Almighty, it was a dream come true for 22 Sikh couples who got married in a befitting manner without spending a penny that too in the presence of over 25,000 Sikhs who came from far off places to bless the newly wed couples...... → read more

The Langar Initiative ~ Paraguay
	The langar initiative began operations on a daily basis on 1 December 2010. One hundred meals are prepared daily in Atma Dev Kaur´s home and are distributed by the volunteers in different places within the Asuncion and Greater Asunción Area....... → read more

Khalsa Day & Hockey Night: What It Means To Be Canadian
	Brantford's Sikh community celebrated Khalsa Day, which was marked by a festival at the Gurdwara on Park Road North and a parade that celebrated the culture of Sikhism in Canada. I have been to the gurdwara many times over the years...... → read more

The Master Swordmaker and his newest Siri Sahib
	Early in my career as an artisan and full time knife and swordmaker, my teacher for over 30 years, Yogi Bhajan, suggested that I use my artistic gifts to create things that uplift and inspire people. This selection of jewelry and objects is the fruit of my earnest effort to do just that, and to offer them to you and your loved ones..... → read more

The Tandoor: No Longer Just a Punjabi Oven
	In fact, he had never heard of tandoors - Indian clay cooking vessels that are part oven and part barbecue pit - until 1986, when a New York gallery exhibited six-foot pots he had made, inspired by amphorae on Crete...... → read more

Dr. Gurnam Singh: Dean of Gurmat Sangeet
	On May 6, 2006, the Darbar Sahib reverberated with the sounds of stringed instruments for the first time in living memory. Dr. Gurnam Singh and a jatha of his students brought back the traditional Gurbani sounds. Five years down the line, Gurmat Sangeet strains now run across the state (and outside it)...... → read more

Spiritual storytelling: relating to stories of our Gurus
	Not too long ago I was invited to give a short talk about Vaisakhi at a Gurdwara in Birmingham. As I began planning how I would approach the talk, I thought a bit more about the spiritual function of sakhia (stories of the Gurus) in general. It became obvious that exploring Vaisakhi, or indeed any sakhi, from a historical angle..... → read more

SikhPark Creator Inspires Budapest Bank Ad Campaign
	The Budapest Bank, established in Hungary two decades ago, is one of the country's leading commercial financing institutions. It has chosen a Sardar from Britain - "Dalbir Singh" - as its host and public face in its nation-wide advertisement and marketing campaign. The concept - of the handsome young Sardar..... → read more

Your Spiritual Path
	How could a loving God bar any sincere person from meeting Him? I realized that this core belief, that in all human beings live the One Creator, began a process of opening me to God’s grace, drawing me into the wider embrace of Sikhism, a religion I did not know existed until I met the man who would become my husband...... → read more

Historian disputes modern-day yoga's Hindu identity claims
	Meera Nanda, visiting professor of history of science at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, says for most Indians, yoga is a living symbol of their way of life, like apple pie is to Americans. But, she adds, they are unaware that the yoga of today can't claim Vedic antiquity...... → read more

What Shall We Do with the “Sunday Sikhs”?
	Last Saturday I attended a one-day Sikh ‘camp’ at my local gurdwara. It was a great day and I was deeply touched by the warmth and friendliness of the sangat there, and it was nice to see a lot of new faces too. As usual, I attracted quite a bit of attention and about ten people came..... → read more

My First Day In Law School by T Sher Singh
	It's been more than three decades now, but I remember the day as if it was yesterday. It was my first day in Law School. I was excited and I was nervous. And I was late for class. I was trying to find my way to the First-Year Contracts class...... → read more

Teenagers and Peer Pressure
	Why do otherwise good kids seem to make bad decisions when they are with their friends? New research on risk taking and the teenage brain offers some answers. In studies at Temple University, psychologists used functional magnetic resonance imaging..... → read more

The 8th Lord of Miracles Tour
	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;..... → read more

The Reluctant Auto-Rickshaw-Wallah
	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...... → read more

A story about a lady's prayer...
	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...... → read more

"Daddy, why do you shave?"
	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..... → read more

Mother Hope: Prakash Kaur and her Unique Home for Girls
	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...... → read more

Get me to the Golden Temple on time!
	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!’..... → read more

Celebration & Hope Sikh Sacred Music
	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..... → read more

Manifesting Prosperity and Abundance
	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;" ..... → read more

Golden Temple:Food For The Body & The Soul
	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..... → read more

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+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/evolution-indian-sikh-classical-raag-tradition|Evolution  of Indian & Sikh Classical Raag Tradition|  http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/dya-thumb-2_0.jpg|There  is a mistaken belief amongst Gurbani Keertan purists sometimes that  Indian and Sikh classical raags have remained static over the centuries.  Gurbani singers like Sikh “world music” genre pioneer, Dya Singh of  Australia, are at the receiving end of criticism}}
+{{Newsgen|http://manvirsingh.blogspot.com/2011/08/story-of-swiss-couple-finding-sikhi.html|Story  of a Swiss Couple finding Sikhi|File:Swiss sikh couple m2.jpg|I met  this Swiss family at the Germany Akhand Keertan Smaagam. Veer jee came  and asked for Singhs to tie a [[turban]] on him. When I asked "Why do  you want to become a Sikh?" He replied with a smile, "Sikhism is great.  It is the only religion where}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikhnet-radio-blackberry|SikhNet  Radio: Mobile App for Blackberry  Phones|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/screen-shot2.png|We  are pleased to let you know that we have just released the all new  SikhNet Radio mobile phone app for Blackberry devices. This means that  if you have a blackberry phone with an internet connection you can  Listen to 21 channels of SikhNet radio anywhere you are! }}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/fine-romance-inside-arranged-marriage|A  fine romance: Inside an arranged  marriage|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/marriage33-thumb.jpg|Sukh  and Swarnjeet are a good-looking couple, exuding the warmth and   contentment of a husband and wife who've been together a long time, and   understand each others funny little ways. But the pair have known each   other for only seven months.}}
-{{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.}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/good-samaritan-finds-16000-returns-it-owner|Good  Samaritan Finds $16,000, Returns It To  Owner|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/dosanjh.jpg|When  Turlock business owner Tehal Dosanjh found a stack of money in a  drop  box at the Farmers and Merchant Bank he said, he was shocked. “I looked  at the deposit tag,” said Dosanjh. “It came out to over $16,000. I was  shocked, I couldn't believe it.”}}
-{{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,}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/bliss-tarn-taran|Bliss  at   Tarn    Taran|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/gurudwaratarn_taran_sahib.jpg|On    his arm he wore the kara or bracelet and in his holster was a kirpan.     Handsome, I thought; and warrior-like. "Khalsa," said my driver,   almost   in an undertone. Khalsa? Who are they?...and every now and then   a   village straight out of Khuswant Singh's Train to Pakistan. }}
-{{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}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/digital-diaries|Digital       diaries|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/library-thumb.jpg|Not    long back, research meant trudging down to the library, searching   for   journals through musty stacks and queuing up for the photocopier.   But   not anymore. Digital books will play a vital role since people  today    are more tech-savvy and time-conscious. }}
-{{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}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/revolution-truth-sach-productions|The    Revolution of Truth : Sach    Productions|http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/e/ea/A_little_revolution.jpg|Many    of us sit in our comfortable homes, in cushion seats and have a bag    of  chips, with a can of soda. Oblivious to others, we sit numbed in  our    own reality. One person I know that is not numb for sure is my  sister    Harpreet;I respect her passion, her  drive}}
-{{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.}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/new-age-granthis|The   New  Age    Granthis|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/m_id_221325_baba_singh_says_students_here_are_motivated_to_learn_the_scriptures.jpg|“The    courses in religious studies are run completely free of cost. We     provide education, training, clothes, lodging and food to the students.     Former Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti is the patron    of  this institute and he comes to teach the students three times a    week.}}
+{{Newsbit1|http://tinyurl.com/sikhchic-1|India's Sikhs    Turn to UN for 1984    Justice|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/UNHRC-thmnl.jpg|Holding    that Indian Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram's recent exhortation   to  the Sikh  community to "forgive" and "move on" with regard to the   1984  pogroms of  Sikhs amounted to a bald refusal of justice to   victims,  Sikhs for Justice and All India Sikh Students Federation have    announced}}
-{{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."}}
+{{Newschic3|[http://tinyurl.com/finding-oneself    Finding    Oneself]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/find-thmnl.jpg|When    I came to the United States during the heady ‘60’s the mantra was    “finding oneself.” Young people routinely took a year or longer off    between high school and college to travel all over the world - an    odyssey and almost a pilgrimage to 'find' themselves.}}
-{{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}}
+{{VOWd|hcGbV0C_Qbw|Video:    Faith in Taxis|File:Daniel Connell artist sqr.JPG|This is a short   video  (about 6 mins) made by Australia Network Television featuring the   work  of the artist Daniel Connell about the Adelaide Sikh Community.   It is a  tribute by the artist to the honourable way in which the Sikhs   who drive  taxis in Australia conduct their lives.}}
-{{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}}
+{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/index.php<!---    http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=2515&cat=12    ---->|Time for Action: The Case of Prof.    Bhullar|File:Bhullar1-m.jpg|While Devinderpal Singh Bhullar spent 10 out    of 16 years of incarceration in his dark solitary confinement cell,     the Sikh panth was (and is) fighting its own struggles both at home in    Punjab and throughout the diaspora.}}
-{{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.sikhnet.com/news/guru-granth-sahib-model-interfaith-understanding|Guru    Granth Sahib: A Model For Interfaith    Understanding|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/granth1-a.jpg|But    when his heart is illumined by True Knowledge, he knows that above    all  these wars of sects and sectarians presides the One Invisible    Eternal  All-knowing Bliss. In fact, the different faiths are like   spokes  of a  wheel in which God forms the hub.}}
-{{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/historic-gurdwaras-and-trees-pay-price-modernisation|Historic    Gurdwaras: Trees pay the price for    modernisation|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/kalpvriksha_tree_20110620.jpg|And    now marble is king. Sikhism is the world’s youngest religion and     perhaps the only one in which trees have contributed to spiritual     evolution. More than 50 Sikh shrines across the country, and some in     Pakistan, are named after trees. These are trees under which the Sikh     gurus sheltered, rested or met their followers during their travels.}}
-{{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/year-beard-or-how-my-hairs-are-teaching-me-part-2|Year    with the Beard/My Hairs teach    me|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/harsimranpreet33-thumb_0.jpg|It    was about this time last year that I was impelled to share a very     difficult, uniquely Sikh challenge for me.  I am a woman with a very    fuzzy chin. It’s not an exaggeration at all to say I have a beard. Since    my hair is dark brown, I can’t even pretend people don’t notice it,}}
-{{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}}
+{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/books    Bishop Desmond Tutu: "God Is Not A    Christian!"]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/Tutu-thmnl.jpg|It    is often said that God created man in his own image and man has    returned the compliment, saddling God with his own narrow prejudices and    exclusivity, foibles and temperamental quirks. God remains God,   whether  God has  worshippers or not. We do scant justice and honor to   our God  if we want, for  instance, to deny that}}
-{{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).}}
+{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/people    Rahuldeep Singh: A New Kind of    Teacher]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/rahuldeep-thmnl.jpg|Rahuldeep    Singh Gill tends to stand out at California Lutheran  University,    U.S.A., where he is the only religion professor who is not Christian.    Rahuldeep is a Sikh-American, practising a religion which originated in    the Punjab region of the South Asian subcontinent, where he was  born.}}
-{{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.}}
+{{Newstot1|http://manvirsingh.blogspot.com/2011/05/last-moment-before-death.html|The    last moment before death... |File:Shaheed Singhs taking    soul-sml.jpg|Then Bhai Surjit Singh did keertan  and veechar which was    its usual high standard. In this veechar Bhai  Sahib mentioned about  the   grandmother of Bhenji Rajinder Kaur passing  away only days  before. At   her final moment, Bibi ji was doing simran,  then she did  some loud   Jaikaare, then she said "Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji  Kee Fateh!!"   before breathing her last.}}
-{{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.sikhnet.com/news/vege-diet-athletes|Vege    diet for    athletes?|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/haripurkh-thumb_0.jpg|So    what do you eat? Being a vegetarian and a competitive athlete,  I’m    asked this question the most around Thanksgiving In the U.S. it’s     difficult for some to imagine “Turkey Day,” without the turkey. I also     used to frequently field this question as a college athlete, when I  ran    cross country and track.}}
-{{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}}
+{{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/spiritual-journey-physical-plane|The    Spiritual Journey ~ on the physical    plane|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/baolisahib84steps.jpg|So    now we went to Baoli Sahib at 9:00 PM and after inquiring about the     rehat of doing the Paath from a sewadar, took our laminated copies of     Japji Sahib Ji we went to the bottom, took a dip in the Baoli and     started the paath in a high tone and sehajta, standing on the first     pauri which was below the water. The feeling was so good,}}
-{{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/annual-samuhik-vivaha-samagam-hyderabad|Annual    Samuhik Vivaha Samagam in    Hyderabad|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/15_style_23_2.jpg|With    blessings of the Almighty, it was a dream come true for 22 Sikh     couples who got married in a befitting manner without spending a penny     that too in the presence of over 25,000 Sikhs who came from far off     places to bless the newly wed couples.}}
-{{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/langar-initiative-paraguay|The    Langar Initiative ~    Paraguay|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/paraguay-thumb_0.jpg|The    langar initiative began operations on a daily basis on 1 December     2010. One hundred meals are prepared daily in Atma Dev Kaur´s home and     are distributed by the volunteers in different places within the     Asuncion and Greater Asunción Area..}}
-{{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...}}
+{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/sports/khalsa_day_hockey_night_what_it_means_to_be_canadian|Khalsa    Day & Hockey Night: What It Means To Be    Canadian|File:Hockey1-a.jpg|Brantford's Sikh community celebrated Khalsa    Day, which was marked by a festival at the Gurdwara on Park Road  North   and a parade that celebrated the  culture of Sikhism in Canada. I  have   been to the gurdwara many times over the years.}}
-{{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/master-swordmaker-and-his-newest-siri-sahib|The    Master Swordmaker and his newest Siri    Sahib|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/image001_0.jpg|Early    in my career as an artisan and full time knife and swordmaker, my     teacher for over 30 years, Yogi Bhajan, suggested that I use my artistic     gifts to create things that uplift and inspire people. This  selection    of jewelry and objects is the fruit of my earnest effort to  do just    that, and to offer them to you and your loved ones}}
-{{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.sikhchic.com/cuisine/the_tandoor_no_longer_just_a_punjabi_oven    |The Tandoor: No Longer Just a Punjabi    Oven|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/tandoor1-thmnl.jpg|In    fact, he had never heard of tandoors - Indian clay cooking vessels     that are part oven and part barbecue pit - until 1986, when a New York     gallery exhibited six-foot pots he had made, inspired by amphorae on     Crete.}}
-{{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.}}
+{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/music/dr_gurnam_singh_dean_of_gurmat_sangeet    Dr. Gurnam Singh: Dean of Gurmat    Sangeet]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/GurmatSangeet-thmnl.jpg|    On May 6, 2006, the Darbar Sahib  reverberated with the sounds of    stringed instruments for the first time in living memory. Dr. Gurnam    Singh and a jatha of his students brought back the traditional Gurbani    sounds. Five years down the  line, Gurmat Sangeet strains now run  across   the state (and outside it).}}
-{{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.}}
+{{Newsgen|http://prithihardkaur.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/spiritual-storytelling-relating-to-stories-of-our-gurus//|Spiritual    storytelling: relating to stories of our    Gurus|File:PHK-brown-half2-sqr.jpg|Not too long ago I was invited to    give a short talk about Vaisakhi  at a Gurdwara in Birmingham.  As I    began planning how I would approach  the talk, I thought a bit more    about the spiritual function of sakhia  (stories of the Gurus) in    general. It became obvious that exploring  Vaisakhi, or indeed any    sakhi, from a historical angle}}
-{{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.}}
+{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/people/sikhpark_creator_inspires_budapest_bank_ad_campaign   |SikhPark Creator Inspires Budapest Bank Ad Campaign|File:Dalbir   singh.jpg|The Budapest Bank, established in Hungary two decades ago, is   one of the country's leading commercial financing institutions. It has   chosen a Sardar from Britain - "Dalbir Singh" - as its host and  public   face in its nation-wide advertisement and marketing campaign. The   concept - of the handsome young Sardar}}
-{{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/your-spiritual-path|Your   Spiritual   Path|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/onegod.jpg|How   could a loving God bar any sincere person from meeting Him? I   realized  that this core belief, that in all human beings live the One   Creator,  began a process of opening me to God’s grace, drawing me into   the wider  embrace of Sikhism, a religion I did not know existed until I   met the  man who would become my husband.}}
-{{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/historian-disputes-modern-day-yogas-hindu-identity-claims|Historian     disputes modern-day yoga's Hindu identity     claims|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/yoga.jpg|Meera     Nanda, visiting professor of history of science at the Indian      Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, says for most      Indians, yoga is a living symbol of their way of life, like apple pie is      to Americans. But, she adds, they are unaware that the yoga of  today     can't claim Vedic antiquity.}}
-{{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}}
+{{Newsgen|http://prithihardkaur.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/what-shall-we-do-with-the-sunday-sikhs/|What    Shall We Do with the “Sunday Sikhs”?|File:PrithiHardKaurSqr.jpg|Last    Saturday I attended a one-day Sikh ‘camp’ at my local gurdwara.  It   was   a great day and I was deeply touched by the warmth and  friendliness   of  the sangat there, and it was nice to see a lot of new  faces too.  As    usual, I attracted quite a bit of attention and about  ten people  came}}
-{{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.}}
+{{Newschic|http://www.sikhchic.com/columnists/my_first_day_in_law_school|My    First Day In Law School by T Sher    Singh|File:Student-lecture-sml.jpg|It's been more than three decades    now, but I remember the day as if it was yesterday. It was my first day    in Law School. I was excited and I was nervous. And I was late for    class. I was trying to find my way to the First-Year Contracts class.}}
-{{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}}
+{{Newschic3|[http://www.sikhchic.com/people/teenagers_and_peer_pressure    Teenagers and Peer    Pressure]|http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/thumbnail/teenage-thmnl.jpg|    Why do otherwise good kids seem to make bad decisions when they are     with their friends? New research on risk taking and the teenage brain     offers some answers. In studies at Temple University, psychologists  used   functional magnetic resonance imaging}}
-{{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/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;}}
-{{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}}
+{{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.}}
-{{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,}}
+{{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.}}
-{{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,}}
+{{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}}
-{{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}}
+{{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.}}
-{{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"}}
+{{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!’}}
-{{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,}}
+{{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}}
-{{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}}
+{{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;" }}
-{{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?}}
+{{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}}
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