HARVINDER SINGH PHOOLKA

"...not only the leadership but even the community failed the victims."

JATHEDAR AKAL TAKHAT

"...A person who cuts his holy hair cannot be called a Sikh."

Friday January 27, 2012 06:59 PM EST

Charlottesville Elects Sikh Mayor

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Mayor Satyendra Singh Huja was unanimously elected on Jan. 3 by the five city council members.

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 | 04:50 PM

Six-Figure Settlement But California Prisons Keeps No-Beards Policy

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Trilochan Singh sued the California prisons system for the right to work as a prison guard without having to shave off his beard. He settled for a $61,000-a-year job and $295,000 in damages.

Friday, Dec 02, 2011 | 03:42 PM

Annual Kirtan at the National Cathedral

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The Washington National Cathedral was host to an interfaith concert Tuesday in which a Sikh jatha performed Gurbani kirtan in honor of Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom Gurpurab.

Friday, Nov 18, 2011 | 06:28 PM

Litigations Increase: Yogi Bhajan’s Wife vs. His Secretaries

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Peraim Kaur Khalsa (left) and Sorpurkh Kaur Khalsa (right) were among Yogi Bhajan's long-time personal staff of 15 single women, and part of Unto Infinity, the board of directors that controls his dharma and all of his for-profit and non-profit businesses. After his death in 2004, both shed their white turbans and kurtas.

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 | 11:42 PM

President's Wishes on Guru Nanak Jayanti

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President Barack Obama's statement on Guru Nanak's Gurpurab.

Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 | 11:14 AM

BREAKING NEWS

  • Operation Walk Maryland, led by Sikh surgeons, left today for a 10-day seva trip to Ludhiana, Punjab, to perform free knee and hip surgeries for the underprivileged.

    Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 | 09:53 AM

  • CORRECTION: The Sikh Cultural Society of Washington, D.C, also known as the National Gurdwara, has not been sold, said Harbhajan Singh, a trustee. The board proposed closing the gurdwara on Jan. 2 while searching for a more affordable place to relocate.

    Monday, Dec 12, 2011 | 01:44 PM

  • The Sikh Cultural Society of Washington D.C., also known as the National Gurdwara, has been sold after years of financial difficulties. The gurdwara will close on Jan. 2, 2012, according an email from the board of directors.

    Saturday, Dec 10, 2011 | 05:24 PM

THIS WEEK IN SIKH HISTORY

Jan 26, 1950

The Sikh representatives rejected the Indian constitution

Charlottesville Elects Sikh Mayor

Satyendra Singh Huja is the new mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 | 04:50 PM

Six-Figure Settlement But California Prisons Keeps No-Beards Policy

Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a retired Indian naval officer who is now an American citizen, was working at Walmart before the California state prisons system offered him a settlement he could not refuse: A $61,000-a-year job and $295,000 in damages.

Friday, Dec 02, 2011 | 03:42 PM

Annual Kirtan at the National Cathedral

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Reporting from Washington - Gurbani kirtan filled the gothic arches of the Washington National Cathedral as a Sikh jatha sang Guru Tegh Bahadur’s shabad.

Friday, Nov 18, 2011 | 06:28 PM

TEST

Should the Bible Govern Society?

Should presidential candidates let their religious beliefs form their governance strategy?
by Passion for Truth TV.

Friday, Jan 20, 2012 | 05:19 PM

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Litigations Increase: Yogi Bhajan’s Wife vs. His Secretaries

The Fight For Yogi Bhajan’s Empire

Inderjit Kaur Puri, widow of Yogi Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, stands to win 100 percent of the couple’s living trust, without having to split any of it with her husband’s Caucasian female assistants.

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 | 11:42 PM

President's Wishes on Guru Nanak Jayanti

I send my best wishes to all those observing the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Sikh Guru.

Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 | 11:14 AM

Bandi Chhor Divas at the White House

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President Barack Obama conspicuously recognized the Sikh gurpurab, Bandi Chhor Divas, during the official celebration of Divali, a Hindu festival, and for the first time welcomed a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee representative to the White House, Sikh groups said.

Monday, Nov 07, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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Talent: Arrogance and Modesty

I. J. Singh, 01.18.2012

The pursuit of plumbing is not necessarily inferior to the pursuit of philosophy. If that were the case, a society would have neither good plumbers nor good philosophers. For such a society, neither its pipes nor its ideas will hold water.

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The Incomparable Guru Gobind Singh

Ravinder Singh Taneja, 01.05.2012

In his autobiographical account, Bichitra Natak or "Wondrous Play," we learn that Guru Gobind Singh, whose 346th birthday we celebrate today, viewed his earthly sojourn as a duty to fulfill a divinely ordained purpose -- that of fulfilling the mission of Guru Nanak, who had established the Sikh religion a little more than two centuries earlier.

Columbus, OH | Comment (0)

Community

NIT NAYM: The Daily Grind?

I. J. Singh, 01.04.2012

At a gathering of some young and not so young Sikhs, Ruchie Kaur, a bright young woman -- a doctoral candidate in education no less -- piped up: “Why does the Sikh Code of Conduct (Rehat Maryada) demand the daily grind of reading ad nauseum pages upon pages of gurbani?”

New York, NY | Comment (0)

Community

A Tale of Two Cities: Manhattan and Anandpur

I. J. Singh, 12.20.2011

Many readers would look askance at my exploring parallels between the mega-polis that is Manhattan and the sleepy village of Anandpur. They might prefer the history, gold and glitter of Amritsar that has seized our imagination to fill that spot. But I am really caught up in the disparity between price and value.

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California Governor Considering Reward in Sikh Shootings

Sikhs in Elk Grove, California, are still awaiting Governor Jerry Brown’s decision on posting a reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with the shooting deaths of two elderly Sikh men on March 4.

Friday, Nov 04, 2011 | 01:57 PM

Phoolka: Evidence Against Nath Well Documented

Harvinder Singh Phoolka, a human rights lawyer working for justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms, said he has evidence of Indian Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath’s involvement in the massacre.

Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 | 08:18 PM

U.S. State Department Considering Nath Immunity

Reporting from Washington - The U.S. Department of State is still considering providing a statement of diplomatic immunity for Kamal Nath, Indian minister of urban development, who is facing a civil lawsuit in New York for his alleged participation in the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms in New Delhi.

Friday, Oct 28, 2011 | 11:14 PM

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Rehraas Sahib Recitation

What:
Rehraas Sahib Recitation at Guru Nanak Foundation of America (GNFA), Maryland

Where:
www.gnfa.org
12917 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, Maryland

Contact:
Harpreet Kaur / preeeet4@yahoo.com

Silver Spring, Maryland

Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 9:00am

Reansabayee Keertan by Akhand Keertani Jatha

What:
Reansabayee Keertan by Akhand Keertani Jatha at GNFA, Maryland

Where:
www.akj.org
12917 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, Maryland

Contact:
Gurdeep Singh - 301-785-5105, Surinder Singh - 571-345-4808

Silver Spring, Maryland

Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 7:30pm


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