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Landmark India law to protect children from sexual abuse

guruka — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:49:05 +0000

In a landmark move, the Lok Sabha, Parliament’s lower house, Tuesday passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill 2011 — a move experts say could go a long way in combating the widespread problem of the sexual abuse of children.

What life means to man?

cocosingh — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:29:29 +0000

Life is a force when applied to the right course will lead to satisfactory results. But if life does not take a right course, conflict arises. The conflict gives birth to ego that divides everything.

Highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than are non-believers

cocosingh — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:11:37 +0000

“Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.

May 1710: The Khalsa Flag Fluttered At the Citadel of the Mughal Empire

cocosingh — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:26:59 +0000

The Guru, after having blessed him with temporal authority, adorned him with a sword, a bow, five arrows with golden tips from his quiver, and an insignia of the Khalsa, the Nishan Sahib.

Calendar issue still divides Sikhs

cocosingh — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:54:44 +0000

There seems to be no end to confusion within the Sikh community over observing days with religious importance despite adoption of Nanakshahi Calendar (NC) since 2003 to fix dates of Gurpurabs and other religious festivals...

Guru Arjun’s Martyrdom - Trendsetter for Fearlessness.

guruka — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:09:20 +0000

We Sikhs are rightly castigated for not having made the world know of the spirit and examples of sacrifice by the sikh Gurus and their followers. People say One Jesus died according to the New Testament and his followers made this a major plank of their faith, but the Sikhs have not done so despite innumerable sacrifices

Sikh Human Rights Conference Highlights Challenges

guruka — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:41:30 +0000

During the United Sikhs' Fourth Annual Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Conference held April 24 the United Nations Church Center here, delegates from around the globe discussed pressing issues facing the Sikh community, most particularly the ban on the turban in French schools...

Young Sikhs keep the faith

guruka — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:01:17 +0000

This lack of familiarity with Sikhism can cause problems for young Sikhs. Most of them do not display all of the symbols all of the time, but they often have to explain the ones they do wear every day, usually the kesh and kara.

A Conversation with Delhi’s Wildlife Warden

guruka — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:01:02 +0000

With stray dogs, nobody takes the responsibility of getting them registered. At least pet dogs are supposed to be registered. Not as an official, but even as a common citizen you face a problem. After 10 p.m. you do not want to go out because of the stray dogs. People take a stick to the parks to protect themselves...

Cooperative Banking in the Aquarian Age

guruka — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:54:13 +0000

Today the massive too-big-to-fail banks are hardly doing George Bailey-style loans at all. They are not interested in community lending. They are doing their own proprietary trading—trading for their own accounts—which generally means speculating against local interests.

Solar power in India ~ Waiting for the sun

cocosingh — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:40:44 +0000

ON A salt plain near the border with Pakistan lies half a billion dollars’ worth of solar-energy kit paid for by firms from all over the world. A million panels stretch as far as the eye can see.

Bismillah Khan will not die in poverty

guruka — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:46:12 +0000

No Bismillah Khan will face ignominy now and no Khan Mastan will die begging at the shrine of Haji Ali right in the heart of tinsel town Mumbai. India today moved decisively to secure a lifelong right of artistes over their literary, musical and dramatic creations

Parkash Gurpurb ~ Guru Amardaas Ji

guruka — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:21:02 +0000

Aap sabh nu Guru Amar Das Ji Maharaj de Parkash Gurpurb Di Lakh-Lakh vaadhaai hove ji.

North American Sikh bodies slam Anand Marriage amendment

guruka — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:55:57 +0000

A day after a number of Sikh bodies in the US hailed the recent amendment to the Anand Marriage Act, Sikh organisations and Gurudwara Management Committees across North America have now come together to slam the amendment

Sikhs hail the passage of Sikh Marriage Act in Indian Parliament

guruka — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:51:57 +0000

Welcoming the passage of the law in Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the parliament, Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Washington based Sikh Council on Religion and Education, said, “This is an historic day for Sikhs in the Independent India after a long and hard struggle.

Straight From The Hearth

cocosingh — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:49:21 +0000

Malkiat Kaur, 78, doesn’t buy vegetables anymore. She grows them on a six-by-four foot plot in the backyard of her house.

National Vegetarian Week…and a lifetime of good health

cocosingh — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:08:12 +0000

How do I do it? Simple: firstly, I eat only vegetarian foods – I am told that vegetarians tend to live an average of six to 10 years longer than meat-eaters do. But I also walk or jog every day. Age may bring wisdom, but if you want stamina, endurance and a lifetime of good health, turn to nutritious vegetarian foods.

Book Review: Banda Singh Bahadur- Persian Sources (in Punjabi)

cocosingh — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:36:35 +0000

Banda Singh Bahadur is an edited volume based on 21 original historical sources in Persian. After reading the text in Punjabi, I have come to the conclusion that no historian of Sikh history has taken so much trouble to search for original evidence about the struggle of Banda Singh Bahadur....

Where the Food Is Free

cocosingh — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:48:44 +0000

There is no chit-chat as the assembly line of volunteers works. The group ranges in age from an 80-year-old woman who comes every day (she says in Punjabi that it can get lonely being at home all day) to a 31-year-old man starting a new job as a chef the next day. They cook almost in a meditative silence

Sikhs can register marriages under Anand Act

cocosingh — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:35:39 +0000

Meeting a long-standing demand of the Sikh community, Parliament today passed a law allowing them to register their marriages under the Anand Marriage Act instead of the Hindu Marriage Act.