Yearly Archives: 2013

Community kitchen at Golden Temple, craving to serve

Amritsar,Punjab: The Guru Ram Das langar (community kitchen) at the Golden Temple is synonymous with the Sikh tradition. Langar symbolises equality as people from all walks of life, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, sit together on the floor and partake ...

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Sikh community asking United Nation to investigate the 1984 Sikh Genocide

Geneva, Switzerland: Thousands of Sikhs from across the globe rallied Friday at the UN’s Geneva base, demanding an international investigation of a deadly wave of violence against their community in India in 1984. Sikh activists say the killings 29 years ...

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SGPC to display fireworks only for 12 minutes at Sri Harmandir Sahib

Amritsar, Punjab: Aiming to check pollution around the Golden Temple, the SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee) has decided to further slash the duration of fireworks at the holy shrine this time on Bandi Chhor Diwas (Diwali) on November 3. Besides, paper ...

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Feeling unsafe, genocide witnesses demand 24-hour security

New Delhi: He has shifted home several times, but ‘goons’ allegedly sent by the ‘accused’ manage to track him down. Every time they offer him money and each time he turns them down, he says. They seldom identify themselves but ...

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