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UK Chief Statistician Unable to Answer Simple Question on Census White Paper About Support for a Sikh Ethnic Tick Box

Was PM Modi not aware of “ISI game plan” on Kartarpur Corridor? A poser for Punjab CM (by IP Singh)

In SGPC House, Senior Vice President is Senior to President

100 Strong UK Sikh Delegation Set to Visit France and Belgium

Statement of Indian Army Chief About Insurgency in Punjab and Double Standards of the State System [Letter to the Editor]

India Offers To Double Aid for Malavi as Malavian Government Agrees to Install Gandhi Statue Despite Local Opposition

Sikhs in Australia Making Serious Efforts to Revive ‘Sikh Forum’ as a Cross Organizations Discussion Platform

Malawi Government Ignores Charges of Racism, Supports Gandhi Statue Construction

Locals Seeking to Stop Proposed Statue of Gandhi in Malawi

UK Sikh Body Accuses British Authorities for Treating Jagtar Singh Johal as Second Class Citizen

Sidhu Not Out! [by Gurtej Singh (IAS)]

Saka Nakodar 1986: Kin urge Punjab CM to Make Justice Gurnam Singh Commission’s Report Public

Captivating the Simple-Hearted Fascinates Virginians at George Mason University

Mulnivasi Bahujan Leader Dr. Manisha Bangar Tours Ontario (Canada); Calls on to Reject Brahminism

Manipur Fake Encounters: Activists Meet to Pursue the Legal Forums for Justice

Facebook Codifies Its Censorship Regime; Action Against Fake News, Nothing But Political Censorship

Students Demand Removal of Gandhi Statue at Carleton University

Understanding Socio-Religious Roots of Indo-Sikh Conflict [Op-Ed]

The Nanking Massacre, Amritsar Massacre 1984 And The Film You Must Make

Sardar Sham Singh of Attari [by Gurtej Singh]

Trudeau’s Visit & Sikh Elite’s response: A Deceptive Narrative to mislead Sikhs [OP-ED]

What is India Hiding from World under Buzz Word ‘Khalistan’?

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Visit to Sikh Homeland Eagerly Anticipated

INTERNATIONALISM AND THE SIKHS (author: Prof. Puran Singh)

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Arjun Dev was cruelly tortured to death, to the sore affliction of the soul of the whole people. The devotion they bore to their Master was deep and selfless. While they helplessly witnessed his cruel death, a curse arose from among them, both against the Moghal Empire and against themselves.

GURU AMARDAS JI

May 4, 2023

Amardas had a very happy way of receiving people for initiation. There is a beautiful life story of Bhai Menhga to be told. Menhga in vernacular means precious, and the Guru called Bhai Menhga meaning-one whom he had pur-chased at a very high price.

Sikh Genocide and the symbolism of the yellow mustard flower

October 31, 2022

Here is the yellow mustard flower I painted in the remembrance of #SikhGenocide and in the honour of all victims and survivors. We are resilient, moving from victimhood to healing and new beginnings while embracing our history.

Does Punjab really need Textile Industry? : Mattewara Mega Textile Project

August 8, 2022

The Punjab Cabinet approved an industrial park near the Mattewara forest range and Sutlej River in the Ludhiana district. The park as per the Cabinet decision was to be set up on approximately 1000 acres and the land of Sekhowal Gram Panchayat (416.1 acres), Salempur Gram Panchayat (27.1 acres) and Sailklan Gram Panchayat (20.3 acres) was acquired for this purpose.

Sikhism And Brahminism – by Prof. Puran Singh

August 6, 2022

The Sikh Gurus swept clean the disciples' consciousness of all the entangled flimsy and complex cobwebs of mental weavings and spiritualistic vanities of the great and the vainglorious Sanskritic Scholar.

Khadku Sangarsh Di Sakhi – Anjaane, Angoule Sidki te Yodhe

June 23, 2022

The book is an ode to the unswerving believers and warriors who remain unnamed and their contribution to the Khadku Sangarsh unacknowledged.

OP-ED: Understanding Social Media & its Usage by Masses

January 25, 2022

Media are the collective communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data. Social media are interactive computer based algorithms that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas & other forms of expression via virtual networks.

Blue Star Over Patiala: (Special Article by Mallika Kaur)

October 12, 2020

With India’s paramilitary in Amritsar for the 32nd anniversary of Indian Army's attack on Darbar Sahib and other Sikh Gurdwaras, survivors 200 km away challenge the prevailing narrative.

Crimes Against Humanity In Punjab: Plea Filed in SCI Withdrawn With Liberty to Move High Court

September 9, 2019

The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Supreme Court seeking probe into alleged mass killings during the counter-insurgency period in Punjab has been withdrawn with liberty to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

MLK Center Gandhi Statue Protested During Indian Consulate Celebration

May 9, 2019

On May 5, 2019 several activists gathered to protest Mohandas Gandhi as the Indian Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia organized a 150th birth anniversary celebration of the iconic figure at his statue in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center.

‘Clean Chit’ to Indian Chief Justice Is Supreme Injustice

May 8, 2019

by Shahana Bhattacharya & Deepika Tandon* Today on the 8th of May, 2019, on a second day in succession, people protesting at Connaught Place, against the “clean chit” given to Justice Gogoi by an in-house inquiry that violated established procedures and principles and demanding an independent inquiry, were detained at Mandir Marg PS. The police came […]

Confronting Indian Interference in Sikh Affairs [Op-Ed.]

April 17, 2019

The interference of the Indian Government through its various intelligence agencies in Sikh affairs, both within Indian occupied Punjab and our diaspora communities, has been an ongoing process since 1984.

OP-ED: The Illusion of Justice

January 9, 2019

The recent life sentencing of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 genocide case is being hailed as a landmark judgement by the Indian State’s various institutions vis-a-viz Media, Judiciary & Political parties.

Hello Captain, Your Slip is Glaringly Evident [OP-ED]

December 24, 2018

When the chief minister of a state uses the editorial columns of a newspaper to vent his imagined fears and political chauvinism, it is necessary to take notice and respond. The December 19 opinion piece in The Tribune, “General, your slip is showing” by Captain Amarinder Singh is a parochial attempt to be more loyal than the king.

International Law Binds Indian State To Prevent, Punish Acts of Genocide [OP-ED]

December 24, 2018

What distinguishes the learned judgment delivered by Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel is not just the meticulous finding of criminality and award of punishment in the Sajjan Kumar case but the urging that “Neither ‘crimes against humanity’ nor ‘genocide’ is part of our domestic law of crime.

UK Chief Statistician Unable to Answer Simple Question on Census White Paper About Support for a Sikh Ethnic Tick Box

December 21, 2018

On Wednesday Preet Kaur Gill MP, the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Sikhs raised the issue with Chloe Smith, the Cabinet Office Minister on the floor of the House of Commons.

Was PM Modi not aware of “ISI game plan” on Kartarpur Corridor? A poser for Punjab CM (by IP Singh)

December 18, 2018

If the Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s latest arguments on Kartarpur corridor are correct, then is it valid to draw the conclusion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unaware of the Pakistan army and ISI’s game plan on the Kartarpur corridor?

Pellet Horror In Kashmir

December 3, 2018

Indian [forces] in Jammu and Kashmir is blinding Kashmiris unabated with each passing day. The pellet horror which started in the year 2016 is still continuing with no end in sight in near future.

In SGPC House, Senior Vice President is Senior to President

November 14, 2018

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) house elected Gobind Singh Longowal as its president for second time in a row, however, he is not the senior most in the 15-member executive committee elected on Tuesday.

100 Strong UK Sikh Delegation Set to Visit France and Belgium

November 10, 2018

Over the course of the First World War, the British Indian army sent more than 140,000 men to the Western Front – 90,000 serving in the infantry and cavalry and as many as 50,000 non-combatant labourers.

Statement of Indian Army Chief About Insurgency in Punjab and Double Standards of the State System [Letter to the Editor]

November 9, 2018

Over the years we have always seen the double standards of justice system in India. The ruling Governments, security agencies, police etc. are very quick to charge, arrest and punish the persons belonging to minorities, even kill them and their family members in fake encounters but strangely the same Governments, security agencies, police etc. act dumb and blind when it comes to punish the guilty Hindutava forces.

India Offers To Double Aid for Malavi as Malavian Government Agrees to Install Gandhi Statue Despite Local Opposition

November 7, 2018

Amidst growing controversy over a statue of Gandhi which the Indian government demands that Malawi install in exchange for foreign aid, Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited the southern central African country to offer double its original $10 million investment on the condition that Malawians accept the statue.

Sikhs in Australia Making Serious Efforts to Revive ‘Sikh Forum’ as a Cross Organizations Discussion Platform

October 23, 2018

A meeting was held at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Craigieburn, in relation to Core Committee of Sikh Forum which is to take place during Sikh games 2019 in the city of Casey, Melbourne.

Malawi Government Ignores Charges of Racism, Supports Gandhi Statue Construction

October 12, 2018

In a formal response to growing outrage among citizens of Malawi about a proposed statue of Mohandas Gandhi which is being erected in Blantyre, the second-largest city in the southern central African country, the Government of Malawi suggested the statue is required by India in order for the country to continue benefitting from “credit and concessionary loans for various development projects.”

Locals Seeking to Stop Proposed Statue of Gandhi in Malawi

October 8, 2018

Malawi is now the second nation in Africa to bear witness to a sustained effort by the local population to block a statue of Mohandas Gandhi.

UK Sikh Body Accuses British Authorities for Treating Jagtar Singh Johal as Second Class Citizen

September 15, 2018

A three day Sikh convention expected to attract in excess of 10,000 Sikhs begins today at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Willenhall in the West Midlands.

Sidhu Not Out! [by Gurtej Singh (IAS)]

August 22, 2018

How can we forget that it is Punjab on the other side to which we go when we cross over the border. We have a shared history of many millennia with its inhabitants. Some of our holiest shrines are in that Punjab.

Saka Nakodar 1986: Kin urge Punjab CM to Make Justice Gurnam Singh Commission’s Report Public

August 6, 2018

A US-based couple has written to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and asked him to reveal the contents of a judicial commission’s report on the Behbal Kalan firing-like killing of four Sikh youths in Nakodar, Jalandhar district, on February 4, 1986.

Captivating the Simple-Hearted Fascinates Virginians at George Mason University

June 11, 2018

Taking the podium at George Mason University (GMU), Lathan Dennis-Singh said, “This Captivating the Simple-Hearted is a profound literature, one that has got me to reevaluate myself as a Sikh.”

Mulnivasi Bahujan Leader Dr. Manisha Bangar Tours Ontario (Canada); Calls on to Reject Brahminism

May 31, 2018

During a whirlwind tour of the Ontario region, Dr. Manisha Bangar mesmerized crowds of Indo-Canadians with stirring calls to reject Brahmanism, unite all the world’s oppressed people in common cause opposition to oppression, and uplift the downtrodden by pursuing a society of freedom and equality.

Manipur Fake Encounters: Activists Meet to Pursue the Legal Forums for Justice

May 9, 2018

Rights activists have decided to impress upon the Supreme Court and the CBI the need to secure justice for families of the victims of extra-judicial killings after holding a two-day meeting here which was attended by human rights activists from different parts of the country. The meeting ended on Sunday.

Facebook Codifies Its Censorship Regime; Action Against Fake News, Nothing But Political Censorship

April 26, 2018

Facebook, the world’s largest social media company, spelled out for the first time the criteria it uses to censor speech on its platform, purely at its own discretion, and with no legal oversight or recourse.

Students Demand Removal of Gandhi Statue at Carleton University

April 11, 2018

The statue of Mohandas Gandhi at Carleton University in Ottawa has been controversial since its installation in 2011, but the controversy recently reignited as student bodies began demanding its removal.

Understanding Socio-Religious Roots of Indo-Sikh Conflict [Op-Ed]

March 26, 2018

Indian socio-political elites’ bitter reaction, during and after Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau’s visit, reflects a deep-rooted hatred towards Sikh community.

The Nanking Massacre, Amritsar Massacre 1984 And The Film You Must Make

March 9, 2018

Every Sikh must watch City of Life and Death if they are intent on creating a unique film and memory around the Sikh genocide.

Sardar Sham Singh of Attari [by Gurtej Singh]

March 8, 2018

Sardar Sham Singh was known as the Lord of Attari. From top to toe he was made of gold and his heart was of a superior stuff.

Trudeau’s Visit & Sikh Elite’s response: A Deceptive Narrative to mislead Sikhs [OP-ED]

March 6, 2018

Sikh Panth by virtue of its basic ideals has been bestowed Patshahi (sovereignty) and Niarapan (distinctness) by the Gurus.

What is India Hiding from World under Buzz Word ‘Khalistan’?

February 26, 2018

Khalistan issue was core around which Trudeau's trip was made to revolved, but their is very basic difference how India and west see this- the separatism in Canada is considered as right to self determination.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Visit to Sikh Homeland Eagerly Anticipated

February 17, 2018

by: Gurjeet Singh* Sikhs in Canada and other parts of the globe have been in private communications directly and indirectly with the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and some of the Sikh Ministers and Liberal MPs accompanying him before his week-long trip to India that begins tomorrow on 17 February. Trudeau will be accompanied by […]

INTERNATIONALISM AND THE SIKHS (author: Prof. Puran Singh)

February 14, 2018

Internationalism and the Sikh by Prof. Puran Singh. The Sikhs are creations of the Guru's universal love. They are by their very birth of His spirit citizens of the world.

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