because the truth needs to be told
The editor of The Sikh Review for 33 years -Saran Singh recently passed away. In this article published in the historic Sikh magazine -The Sikh Review -around some time after the Indian army attack in June 1984, the celebrated bureaucrat and author talks about... More »
Conservation of art, architecture, archaeology, historical archives, heritage and legacy runs through his veins. There are very few such souls in Punjab and India. He has been squirming on his bed for the last three days reading news, viewing videos of the des... More »
Despite losing heritage buildings, social, religious and Sikh national archive material and artefacts over the decades, the apex Gurdwara management body of the Sikhs, also called the Sikh Parliament, has not learnt anything. There is no effort whatsoever to t... More »
The people of Punjab and the Sikhs across the world live through June 1984 every June. It happened 37 years ago but it feels as if it was yesterday – the heart, body and mind still feel the tremors of the emotional earthquake it caused. The force of those trem... More »
The highest temporal seat of the Sikhs -Akal Takht Sahib, opposite the Darbar Sahib, Amritsar is at the heart of the Sikh religio-political dialogue and its unique status in Sikh theology brings it into the focus of Indo-Sikh relations, especially in the first... More »
Without obtaining any permission from the requisite authorities under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and without citing any notification or order of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Indian government directly or through the pol... More »
June 1984 was an intensely war-like assault on Darbar Sahib, with the systematic killing of thousands of lives by the rampaging Indian army. It formed the first of a two-part part genocidal strike on the Panjaabi-Sikhs over 1984. The second strike in November... More »
Young exponent and vocalist, Delhi-based Dr Harpreet Kaur pays her personal and warm tribute to eminent Gurbani musicologist and singer Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, who recently passed away succumbing to COVID-19 infection. Bhai Nirmal Singh was decorated by the ... More »
In a unique gesture by the Sikh community, the last prayers –Antim Ardas of Dal Khalsa founder Gajinder Singh’s wife Manjeet Kaur will be held at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on 1 February and at Darbar Sahib, Amritsar by Dal Khalsa activists on 5 Februa... More »
On 3 October, when the UN Secretary General Mr Antonio Guterres lands in Amritsar on the personal section of his 4-day visit to India, he would be the first high-ranking UN official to visit Darbar Sahib. As SGPC prepares to honour him during his brief visit, ... More »
In a well-considered reaction on the demise of former Indian Prime Minister and BJP leader A B Vajpayee, Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh said that death was inevitable for everyone. Vajpayee’s death has triggered bitter memories of his attitude towards... More »
World Sikh News editor writes an open letter to Sardar Gobind Singh Longowal, President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) seeking answers to a range of disturbing questions relating to the Sikh Reference Library. Dear Sardar Gobind Singh Lo... More »