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| Gurmat Sangeet revival by youth, the History & Reality | |
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The Department of Gurmat Sangeet, Punjabi University, Patiala, recently made its (1,800 hours) music archives available online. Presently the Dean as well as the founder professor and head of the department, Dr. Gurnam Singh is one of the catalysts in the promotion of Gurbani music...... → read more |
| Defending The Defenders Of Civilized Behaviour | |
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I learned for the first time how young Kashmiri children are arrested and held in indefinite custody for the crime of throwing stones at Indian security forces because of their excesses. Children as young as eight and ten are held in custody as dangerous offenders..... → read more |
| Can ordinary people experience a state of Grace? | |
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I think the closest concept to a "state of Grace" in the Sikh faith is the state of "sehaj," which is the state of realization and awareness of God. A person in the state of sehaj attains a constant state of contentment and bliss and is aware of the presence of God's light within...... → read more |
| 2-year-old twentieth generation Muslim devotee of Guru Nanak | |
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A Muslim family that donated 19000 acres of land to Guru Nanak before becoming his first disciple outside the Guru's family is prepared to dedicate a two-and-a-half year old 20th generation member to Guru Nanak. 32-year-old high court lawyer Saleem Bhatti..... → read more |
| Bandi Chhor Divas | |
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Hundreds of candles lining the walkways and porch in front of Gurdwara Sahib Guru Nanak Dwara in Phoenix, AZ, cast a warm glow upon delighted young faces. Little children carefully and reverently carry their very own candles to place before the Guru..... → read more |
| Books & Bookshops: Bringing a Horse to Water, or Vice Versa | |
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The Big Apple - New York City’s Manhattan - now has a brand new gurdwara. I think it is the first such community space for Sikhs in the city. My regret is that, having spent almost four decades in it, it happened after I moved out of the city. Just two blocks from it stands a musty old building..... → read more |
| Book review: The Guru's Gift | |
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This book is the first of its kind in Sikh women's studies. It draws and engages the reader into a variety of experiences of young Sikh women with whom research was conducted. These women have much to share; their ability to fluently communicate in English breaks away many barriers..... → read more |
| House of Refuge: Amritsar's Pingalwara | |
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The Pingalwara Charitable Society in Amritsar, Punjab, commonly known as Pingalwara, needs no introduction. The institution - a shelter for mentally challenged, handicapped, diseased, old age persons and the destitute --- is known all over the globe for the extraordinary services it provides to suffering humanity...... → read more |
| Marry—or Else | |
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Forced weddings and ‘honor’ killings aren’t just a developing-world issue. New research shows how it happens in England and the United States. When Jasvinder Sanghera turned 14, she knew her time had come. As the sixth of seven daughters in a conservative Sikh family, growing up in the English industrial city of Derby..... → read more |
| Sikh Identity: A Fading Image? | |
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If you are a Sikh youth and wavering on this issue, I humbly suggest you really explore your reasons for not wearing the Five K’s. Go to your parents, find older Sikhs who’ve gone through the same issue, read the example of other Sikhs, and go to Waheguru–that wonderful light which dispels all darkness–for guidance...... → read more |
| "Sikh Converts" ...and the challenges they face | |
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I'm bringing up these challenges here, so that the Sikh Community may be more consciously aware of them, and realize that addressing these issues isn't only a Seva (Selfless Service), but a Responsibility that must be taken seriously. It directly affects the Now of the Sikh Panth...... → read more |
| Naam: From The Pen of Bhai Vir Singh | |
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"Clear your doubts. Be sure of your path. For only then will the mind endeavor to rise. When the mind rises, it will tune itself to the Divine. An un-attuned mind cannot be awakened. And an un-awakened mind cannot meet the Divine."..... → read more |
| Food and Drink! ... For Thought | |
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An interesting incident happened when I was flying to Toronto from Munich a few weeks ago which got me thinking. The steward who was serving beverages, saw me and he smiled politiely. The next thing, in a very eager tone, he asked, “Mr. Singh, can I get you some Scotch?”..... → read more |
| Movers & Shakers of Haripur Tales of Haripur | |
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Haripur Hazara has had its fair share of prominent people. The most outstanding from among the Muslims was General Ayub Khan who rose to the position of the President of Pakistan, after serving as the country's Chief of Army Staff and Field Marshall..... → read more |
| Blessed Are The Cheesemakers: New Gurdwara established | |
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Several thousand Sikh-Italians attended the inauguration ceremony on Sunday, August 21, 2011, of a major new gurdwara in Italy’s farming heartland in the Po River Valley, where many members of the community work as livestock farmers and cheese-makers..... → read more |
| Notes From the Road ~ from Snatam Kaur's blog | |
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For me, this has been an experience of surrender, which I guess is love, but it's more about accepting life just as it is, as it is placed before me. Then acting responsibly. All the while, creating joy and happiness, and having faith and gratitude with what is placed on my path."..... → read more |
| Which Son Are You? | |
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A father has two grown sons each living on their own. The dad has to go far away for work but he gets into trouble on his trip. He has been robbed of all his possessions. The father manages to sends identical letters to each of sons asking for some money to be sent so that he travel back home...... → read more |
