US Sikh community traumatized by yet another mass shooting Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four members of Indianapolis’ tightly knit Sikh community. World 21 Apr, 2021
Guru Nanak Jayanti being marked today KATHMANDU: The Guru Nanak Jayanti is being observed today by organising different programmes in Kathmandu. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in Punjab of present day Pakistan on the day of Kartik Shukla Purnima (full moon day during the... Horoscopes 30 Nov, 2020
India's once-gleaming Golden Temple dulled by air pollution AMRITSAR: The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull. There is little to be done short of replacing... Art & Culture 01 Apr, 2016
CREDOS: Greed — II Yudhisthira said: “I desire, O bull of Bharata’s race, to hear in detail the source from which sin proceeds and the foundation on which it rests.”Bhishma said: “Hear, O King, what the foundation is of sin. Covetousness alone is a great... 17 Jul, 2006
CREDOS: Sikhism — V Some major Sikh festivals fall and are held on the same day as Hindu festivals, such as Holi and Diwali. However, for Sikhs they have a different meaning altogether, that is commemorating special events in the lives of the Gurus. In addition, the Sikh... 08 Feb, 2006
CREDOS: Sikhism — III The Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhism, contains hymns written by the Gurus as well as hymns by Hindu and Muslim writers, and provides the teaching and guidance no longer available from a human Guru. It is also called the Adi Granth (first... 06 Feb, 2006
CREDOS: Sikhism — I The Sikh community is referred to as the Guru Panth and spiritual guidance is provided by the holy scriptures of the Guru Granth Sahib.The founder of Sikhism and its first Guru was Nanak who was born in CE 1469 to a Hindu family in Punjab, which was... 02 Feb, 2006
CREDOS : Faith in frames — II Vibhuti Patel The destruction of the Babri mosque by Hindu mobs in 1992 affected me deeply. Later, when the Gujarat riots occurred (in 2002, after Muslims attacked a train carrying Hindu activists), I was so disturbed, I told my publisher, “I don’t... 05 May, 2004
Visiting history Dr P Ravi ShankarPokharaMy very good friend, Sheik Akbar Hussain is a dynamic young man. He is hard to beat when it comes to organising tours and outings. It was the beginning of March and the fog that had cloaked North India for the better part of... Travel Abroad 13 Feb, 2004
