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Comedian Jay Leno during his Jan. 19 monologue in which he equated Darbar Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, to Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney’s, lavish summer home. Claims that he insulted Sikhs in 2007 and 2010 were inaccurate.
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 | 11:33 PM
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Jay Leno, in his Tonight Show monologue on Jan. 19, flashed this image of Darbar Sahib as the narrator said: "And here’s a look a Mitt Romney’s summer home on Lake Winnipesaukee.” Applause. He and the show's parent organization, NBC, is being sued for libel.
Monday, Jan 30, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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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
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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
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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
BREAKING NEWS
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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
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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
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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
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A thorough search of Jay Leno’s monologues show that claims by two California Sikhs that the comedian insulted the community with his monologues in 2007, in which he allegedly called Sikhs ‘diaper heads,’ and in 2010, in which he allegedly embellished about the president’s cancellation of the Darbar Sahib trip because he had to wear a turban, were inaccurate.
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 | 11:33 PM
A libel lawsuit filed last week by a California Sikh against comedian Jay Leno is being called an over-reaction by some Sikhs, but Sikhs on both sides of the controversy agree the incident is being exploited by Indian politicians during this election season.
Monday, Jan 30, 2012 | 06:56 PM
Satyendra Singh Huja is the new mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Monday, Jan 16, 2012 | 04:50 PM
Should presidential candidates let their religious beliefs form their governance strategy?
by Passion for Truth TV.
Friday, Jan 20, 2012 | 05:19 PM
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
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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
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
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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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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.
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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?”
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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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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.
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Rehraas Sahib RecitationWhat: 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 JathaWhat: 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
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