HARVINDER SINGH PHOOLKA"...not only the leadership but even the community failed the victims." |
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Wednesday February 22, 2012 11:36 PM EST |
SIKHI: The Global Vision That Was
Sikhi, to me, is a message that is unique, universal, timeless, and a thinking person’s way of life. But today we seem to have reduced it to Sikhi by inheritance and limited to Punjabi culture, cuisine, music and ambience.
Friday, Feb 10, 2012 | 04:58 PM
Talent: Arrogance and Modesty
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.
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 | 09:48 AM
The Incomparable Guru Gobind Singh
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.
Thursday, Jan 05, 2012 | 03:10 PM
NIT NAYM: The Daily Grind?
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?”
Wednesday, Jan 04, 2012 | 03:40 PM
A Tale of Two Cities: Manhattan and Anandpur
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.
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 | 04:50 PM
Betwixt and Between Good and Evil
Like clockwork every year, November occupies us with both or one of two realities: either the Gurpurab (birth anniversary) of Guru Nanak who was born in 1469 half a millennium ago, or the horrendous and ineptly attempted genocide of the Sikhs in India by mobs and hooligans of the Indian government.
Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 | 09:28 PM
Walking Away From Power
What I find absolutely mind blowing is that, ignoring the claims of his own sons, when Guru Nanak handed the torch to his successor, Guru Angad, he also directed him to move his center some miles away to a different township. This makes it a very modern process of transfer of power and authority.
Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 | 06:49 PM
Disgracing Sikh Travelers in Polish Airports
Warsaw, Poland - A Sikh has taken the Polish Airport Security to court for disgracing Sikh travelers passing through Poland.
Friday, Nov 04, 2011 | 08:47 PM
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: A Way Forward
Let’s cut to the chase via a hypothetical case: An amritdhari Sikh, holding a responsible office within the community’s gurduara, gets arrested for drunk-driving. The facts are clear and can’t be denied. The law will surely take its course.
The question for us: How should the local Sikh community respond?
Friday, Oct 21, 2011 | 03:57 PM
Moving Forward From 9/11
I had survived through the Partition of India 64 years ago, and we escaped with our lives on the morning of September 12 1947. The communal madness killed more than two million people and dislocated about 15 million on the Indian subcontinent. That was long ago, but the agonizing images of 9/11 are manifest before our minds eye as if it took place yesterday. The scars run deep and our emotions are painfully raw. We must move forward.
Monday, Sep 26, 2011 | 10:36 AM
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