| Conference on Diaspora issues
begins today |
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Sikhe.com
Fri May 25
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CANADA, Waterloo: A Conference entitled "Sikhs
In the Diaspora: New Century, New Challenges" begins
this afternoon on the University of Waterloo campus
in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
A dozen men and women - scholars and members of the
Sikh community from Canada, the United States and Britain
- have gathered here for three days to look at a variety
of issues of interest to the global Sikh community today.
Each paper will be made available shortly on Sikhe.com
as part of a forum geared to each topic separately,
to enable the cyber-sangat to enter into a discussion
over its contents with its author. The papers, in their
final form, will be published in hard copy in a single
volume and made available to the public in September,
2001.....Go to
topics to be discussed.
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| Lion's
Den |
| The
T. Sher Singh Column |
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Old
age is not a disease
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| T.
Sher Singh
Thu May 24 |
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We,
as human beings, claim superiority in the animal
kingdom and cite human sociability and the ability
to achieve progress as the bases.
There is at least one more significant
distinction, but I am not sure if it is indicative
of any superiority. We are sanctimonious. It is
one trait that sets us completely apart from the
rest of creation.......Go
to Article.
Dr T. Sher Singh is a lawyer,
newspaper columnist and a TV/Radio commentator
on current affairs, based in Canada.
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| Letters |
| Winston Smiths wanted |
| Wed
May 23 |
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Well said ('1984
Revisited', May 22). But alas, we have become
a community of "banias" so to expect
our so-called scholars to exhibit any courage
is perhaps unfair to them.
They are just like the rest of
us committed to no more than making a living.
The Orwellian title is quite apt:
the party slogan in the book 1984 was something
to the effect that he who controls the past controls
the future; he who controls the present, controls
the past. Big brother (GOI) controls the present,
continues to sedate us with lies and we as a community
suffer a collective loss of memory. One can only
hope there are Winston Smiths amongst us to awaken
us.
Ravinder Singh
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| Gurbani |
| Stepping
stone to Gurbani |
| Pashaura
Singh
Thu May 24 |
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going through these books we come to realize the
inadequacy of the translations of the Guru Granth
Sahib. No translation does justice to the original
text.....Go
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| Letters |
| Lest we forget |
| Wed
May 23 |
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Thanks
for reminding every one about 1984 ('1984
Revisited', May 22). We have a class every
year at Lohgarh to discuss this issue. Most children
attending camp were not even born then.
Last year some campers researched
the event and wrote papers. Then one of them presented
the paper at the last days program that is held
for the parents and other guests. The girl who
presented the paper did a great job, she had really
involved herself with the subject.
It is so important to talk about
these events lest we forget our history.
Parminder Kaur
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| News |
| Sikh-Hindu leader sees nothing to fuss
about |
| Sikhe.com
Thu May 24 |
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AFGHANISTAN, Kabul - Even as media coverage
of the Taliban's identification of non-Muslims decree
continued unabated, Inder Singh, a leader of Kabul's
Sikh and Hindu community, clarified that the edict makes
no mention of how Hindu women must dress.
Further, Inder Singh endorsed the Taliban
idea of small badges to be worn by non-Muslims on the
inner sides of their coats to distinguish them from
Muslims. Mr. Singh echoed the official explanation that
identification would save Hindus from harassment by
Taliban religious police who's task it is to enforce
their Islamic interpretation on the nation’s Muslims.
Around 500 Hindus remain in Afghanistan,
compared with the 2,000-strong Sikh community. Most
Hindus left in the mid- 90s, before the Taliban arrived.
Most of those remaining live in Kabul.
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