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Sikhs from India at the North Pole
NP-THUMB.jpg On 15th July at 11:57 pm three Sikhs reached the North Pole aboard the Russian nuclear ice breaker "T50 Lyet Pobyedi" (50 years of Victory). This is the latest icebreaker of the Russian Navy and every summer it takes two voyages with private passengers to the North Pole..... → read more
Jimmy Carter breaks over women's status
Carter.jpg "Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God", Jimmy Carter. "The justification of discrimination against women and girls on grounds of religion or tradition, is unacceptable."..... → read more
Trying Something New
NihangSingh-hp.jpg Another funny episode with Nihang Singh trying to convince a kid to do something new since his voice isn’t exactly crystal clear and he is sure that he has an amazing voice for singing. Why not try something new and make a video for the SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival?..... → read more
Saif Ali Khan’s Beard Angers Some
Kumar-THUMB.jpg Looks like Saif Ali Khan is part of another controversy, except this one isn’t about his personal life, rather it has to do with his look in the up coming film, ‘Love Aaj Kal.’ It seems Saif’s first home production has run into some controversy..... → read more
British Sikhs revive deadly art banned by the Raj
Nidar.jpg A short drive away from Windsor Castle, a group of ferocious-looking, blue-turbanned men are trying to preserve a martial art that frightened the life out of the British when they ruled India. Grunting at each other like wild boars, they brandish swords..... → read more
It’s cool to be Sikh, but cooler if you wear a turban
Akshay.jpg There maybe an answer to the continuing dilemma for the Sikh community – a lack of men wanting to wear a turban. Well the answer is simple, make it cool to have a turban, create some positive vibes around this important issue of identity...... → read more
Sikh runners to raise funds for hospitals
runners-THUMB.jpg THE true spirit of Sikh sewa [service] on display as young gusty Sikh runners entered Halifax for their onward run to Vancouver to collect one lakh dollars for ten hospitals in Canada...... → read more
Chardi Kala Kirtan Jatha of Amritsar on Tour
CKJ-THUMB.jpg This week the Los Angeles Sikh community hosted the Chardi Kala Kirtan Jatha of Amritsar, India. This group of young graduates from Miri Piri Academy in Cherta, near Amritsar, was inspired to study classical kirtan..... → read more
“White Sikhs” – foreigners who found Sikhism
gorasikh-THUMB_0.jpg Sword-carrying Sikhs roaming the Indian city of Amritsar are a normal sight; but white people wearing turbans definitely are not. The strangeness lies in the fact that they are non-Indians who converted to Sikhism...... → read more
Controversial New Idea: Nerves Transmit Sound
sound-thumb.jpg Nerves transmit sound waves through your body, not electrical pulses, according to a controversial new study that tries to explain the long-standing mystery of how anaesthetics work...... → read more
Sikhs Celebrate July 4th with Seva
SEVA-thumb.jpg A Sikh organization named S.E.V.A. has been participating in the 4th of July celebrations for the last seven years. This year again, its members prepared a Sikh-American themed float and distributed 8400 bottles of free chilled water...... → read more
First Time Sikh Participation at European Prayer
simran-THUMB.jpg We met in a region that just a few years ago was overwhelmed by an unthinkable religious war. While there is no strong Sikh presence in the area, given the Sikhs' history, it seemed like an important place to contribute in prayer...... → read more
Report from Camp Miri Piri 2009
MP-THUMB.jpg My experience at Camp Miri Piri is hard to put into words, but I will try my best. I have been to many Sikhi related kid camps, but Camp Miri Piri was easily the best. I may not have become a saint-soldier as yet but I can start walking on the path to becoming one...... → read more