India: Bhajan Lal, my tabla teacher, was born in Lahore in 1935. One of three brothers, his father passed away before he completed the sixth grade, the grade in which he would end his formal education. He was twelve years ...
Read More »Alberta brings in policy to allow Sikhs to wear kirpan religious knives in court
Edmonton,Canada: Alberta has come up with a policy to allow Sikhs to wear a ceremonial religious dagger called a kirpan in courthouses. Under the Justice Department policy, a person must tell security officers they have a kirpan and wear it ...
Read More »Sikh NGO up against Australian magazine
Amritsar,Punjab: Sikh NGO, United Sikhs (US) has announced to take action against the publication of a photo of Nihang Sikh in an Australian Magazine. National Director, US , Harjit Singh informed TOI on Tuesday that on January 26th, a newsagent ...
Read More »Sikhs Today ~ a new book by IJ Singh
Reviewed by: Ravinder Singh (Sikh Research Institute) Sikhs Today: Ideas and Opinions is Dr. I.J. Singh’s fifth collection of essays, marking another milestone in Dr Singh’s personal quest into the “mystery and reality of Sikhism.” Although a Sikh by default – ...
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