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| A story about a lady's prayer... | |
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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?" | |
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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 | |
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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! | |
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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 | |
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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 |
