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It is nearly lunchtime at the gurdwara and a group of women are busy preparing food in the large kitchen. The smell of onions and Indian spices fills the large room. The kitchen is open from 05:00 each morning and will feed langar - the free meal available to all worshippers - to nearly 300 people throughout the day. Peter Lowe is a non-Sikh and is one of the people here this lunchtime, sitting on the carpeted floor of the langar hall with the worshippers. Mr Lowe, 28, starting coming to the gurdwara when he was homeless a few years ago. ''I didn't have a job and I couldn't access any benefits, and I was struggling to feed myself'', he recalls while eating the langar…
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WJKK WJKF I need an image of Hola Mohalla released under the Creative Commons license. If someone has take a picture of the festival could you upload that picture to Flickr and under owner settings change the copyright license to Create Commons and then send me a link of that picture. Waheguru
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sikhi-Events/570050406339988 to keep up to date about sikhi related events in the uk please join that page and please share on ur fb - safe - wjkk wjkf
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Once I went to the town market and came across a market stall with two Sardaars standing there. I was so happy as seeing a Sardaar is not a usual sight where I live. As I looked closer I realised that they were selling tobacco! Actually most of their stock was tobacco related products and there were big signs on the side of the stall saying"TOBACCO PRODUCTS SOLD HERE." Sri Guru Granth Sahib jee states: ਪਾਨ ਸੁਪਾਰੀ ਖਾਤੀਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਬੀੜੀਆ ਲਾਈਆ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਜਮਿ ਪਕੜਿ ਚਲਾਈਆ ॥੧੩॥ "Those people who eat and chew "Paan" (nicotine betel nuts), and smoke tobacco (meaning that they those who in indulge in intoxicants), and, do not contemplate or do Simran of Vaheguru - (the cyc…
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A new SIKH CLUB is starting for those aged 5+ at Nanaksar Thath Gurdwara, Mander street, Wolverhampton (in the tea hall), every SATURDAY from 13th April 2013 @ 3-7pm! This FREE club is being organised by sevedar to provide a FUN and FRIENDLY environment, for our younger SIKH community across Wolverhampton (AND other areas TOO!) POOL, SNOOKER, AIR HOCKEY..plus much MORE will be on offer, so please spread the MESSAGE!
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I was actually researching the baby naming ceremony and came across this: Taken from the OFFICIAL Sikh Rehat Maryada (THE CODE OF SIKH CONDUCT AND CONVENTIONS) published on the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee website: " k. Persons professing faiths other than the Sikh faith cannot be joined in wedlock by the Anand Karaj ceremony. " Source: http://www.sgpc.net/rehat_maryada/section_four_chap_eleven.html
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IANSLAST UPDATED: 10.27 AM IST 03.19.2013 Colors decided to tweak the title of their new show Gurbani keeping in mind the sentiments of the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee and the Jathedar Akal Takhat SahibThe title of new show Gurbani has been replaced with Bani – Ishq da Kalma, said an official statement from channel Colors on Monday. The decision comes after various Sikh organisations reportedly expressed concern over it. “With utmost respect and humility, we request the complainants to viewGurbani as merely a name and in context of a fiction show that endeavours to bring a social issue to the fore. However, to respect the sentiments of the people, we have d…
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Ban on Turban in France issue. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh kept quiet, But Kathleen Wynn Premier of Ontario (Canada) raised this issue with Prime Minister of France in a meeting. He is on his trip to Canada. Kudos to her. ਕੈਥਲੀਨ ਵਿੱਨ ਨੇ ਫਰਾਂਸ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਕੋਲ ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਾਂ `ਤੇ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਦਾ ਮੁੱਦਾ ਉਠਾਇਆ ਓਨਟਾਰੀਓ ਦੀ ਪੀ੍ਰਮੀਅਰ ਕੈਥਲੀਨ ਵਿੱਨ ਨੇ ਫਰਾਂਸ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਜੀਨ ਮਾਰਕ ਆਇਰੋਲ ਨਾਲ ਆਪਣੀ ਮੀਟਿੰਗ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਫਰਾਂਸ ਦੇ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਸਕੂਲਾਂ ‘ਚ ਦਸਤਾਰ ਸਮੇਤ ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਪਹਿਨਣ ‘ਤੇ ਲੱਗੀ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਦਾ ਮੁੱਦਾ ਉਠਾਇਆ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਇਹ ਮੁੱਦਾ ਯੁਨਾਈਟਡ ਸਿੱਖਸ ਦੇ ਡਾਇਰੈਕਟਰ ਰਣਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਲਿਖ ਕੇ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਕੈਥਰੀਨ ਵਿੱਨ ਤੋਂ ਦਸਤਾਰ ਦਾ ਮੁੱਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਆਇਰੁਲ ਦੇ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਿਆਉਣ ਦੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੀ। from bh…
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With Guru Sahib’s and Sangat’s kirpa, Basics of Sikhi was invited to Calgary, Canada to do katha and deliver our One day course called, “Re-Assessing the Fundamentals – Vaheguru, Guru and You” on Sunday 17th March 2pm-7pm. More than 100 youth and elders attended the course, which was in English and designed build up from core concepts. All the talks from the pilot One Day Course are already on .The talks were: (1) What is Vaheguru? (2) What is Guru? (3) What is a Sikh? (4) The Breadth and Depth of Sikhi (5) The science of connecting to Vaheguru (6) How to unite as a Panth? (7) How could we explain Sikhi to someone? We also devoted time for questions and enjoyed …
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What started off as a voluntary scheme without parliament approval is now being made mandatory for the most basic of citizen's rights in India: Registering land, pensions, bank accounts, medical treatment, ration, claiming benefits/tax relief etc, still without any legislation (indeed, it was rejected by parliament standing committee and the Supreme Court has challenged this as being unconstitutional). India's UID (Universal Identification) scheme, popularly known as 'Aadhaar' (entitlement) begun to roll out in 2010 on executive order, without parliament approval and with projected costs of billions of dollars (which will no doubt rise). In November 2012, the Supreme Co…
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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Just though I'd Share an essay that i wrote in my previous year as a law student; concerning the right to self determination for minorties; closely looking at the onslaught of Sikhs. Also attached is a powerpoint that I lectured to my peers. IHR Assignment.docx Would love if fellow brothers and sisters would give their comments Fateh! Sorry PP wouldnt attach!
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I need an article from a reputed author/publisher which highlights the positive status women enjoy in Sikhism. Essentially, it should discuss about how Sikhism stresses against gender inequality and rather focuses on equal status for women.
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Hi, everyone please check this link, and everyone please try and attend. The location is, the Old Palace Yard, House of Parliament, SW1A 0AA, London http://www.kesrilehar.co.uk/index.html
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back then was waaaay different. ppl didn’t attend higher education or have much to do after the age of like… 13, lol. you’d have 13 year olds boys and girls that know how to do kethi, cook entire meals, etc nowadays even 22 year olds are extremely immature and can be sheltered. the average person doesn’t know how to do anything except their 9-5 which they are probably half arsing as well. -
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Seriously?? The Dhadi is trying to be cute. For those who didn't get it, he said: "Some say Maharaj killed bakras (goats). Some say he cut the heads of the Panj Piyaras. The truth is that they weren't goats. It was she-goats (ਬਕਰੀਆਂ). He jhatka'd she-goats. Not he-goats." Wow. This is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to Sikhi.
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