because the truth needs to be told
20 Punjab-based bodies -from the left to the middle of the road to those advocating self-rule, farmer and student bodies, religious organizations, and political groups, under the aegis of Dal Khalsa’s Punjab Summit, gathered in Amritsar on the penultimate day ... More »
Barely 8 of the 15 members of the Takht Patna Sahib Committee will meet on 22 March in a last-ditch effort to delay the election process for a new Committee and to pass a budget which it is not entitled to do. As the term of the present Takht Sri Harmandir Ji ... More »
When the G20 gathers in Amritsar to hold the Labour20 summit, the Sikh body Dal Khalsa will hold a parallel Punjab Summit on 19 March, with the participation of representatives of Sikh organizations, scholars, farmer representatives and activists to highlight ... More »
Indigenous Naga people, living in the Northeast of the Indian sub-continent and the North-western of Burma -present-day Myanmar, struggling for the right to self-determination, protesting during the G20 Foreign Ministers meet in Delhi, have sought third-party ... More »
Mumbai-based education activism body EduSikh, supported by Singh Sabha Mumbai launched its new initiative -RISE – Reigniting Sikh Entrepreneurship. Attended by Sikh businessmen, professionals and entrepreneurs at the prestigious Khalsa College Mumbai, the mee... More »
Putting in herculean efforts in garnering support from the Sikh family residents of Punjabi Lane Shillong, funding from far and wide, the beleaguered Sikhs of Shillong, even though living on the edge for the last many years, have managed to build a grand Gurdw... More »
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING about the advent of any new year that people as diverse as the residents of this planet think it imperative to wish each other a Happy New Year. All that really happens is that our planet circum-ambulates the sun, just as it has been do... More »
It is your life, and the law will change it — so watch this debate. India is passing through a period of great unison in every sphere; so exactly when the BJP-led government is all out to bring in a Uniform Civil Code, the Supreme Court of India also starts qu... More »
When Narendra Modi rammed into the country’s federal politics in 2014, Congress was ruling in nine states. Next time, Modi makes a bid for the new Central Vista PMO, Congressmen fear the party might not be in power in any state. With Punjab gone, and its hopes... More »
How does one even begin to understand a verdict as massive as 92 seats in a house of 117 legislators? As the two traditional parties, both more than a century old, fell by the wayside, and a rank outsider rode to power riding a wave of anger, alienation and ve... More »
It’s difficult to match the magic that electoral partisan politics can play upon the people. Without grappling with the question about crisis in peasantry, without even touching the hot-button issue of unemployment, without talking about the issue of Punjab’s ... More »
Hundreds of miles away from the Sikh-centric city of Birmingham, the British High Commission in Chandigarh held a meet to generate interest for Birmingham Commonwealth Games slated for July-August 2022. With the opening of direct air services from Amritsar to... More »