Falling from grace, former Akal Takhat Jatehdar Prof. Darshan Singh, has today been officially “removed” from the Sikh Panth and been declared, ‘Tankhayia’. While many maybe jubilant at the decision considering the raagi’s remarks regarding Amrit, and Dasam Pathsha’s bani, one can’t also help but to feel a little saddened to see how times have [...]
Categories: Random
Tagged: News, Politics, Sikh
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- December 5, 2009 – 11:01 am
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- By shinda
If you haven’t already heard, the Sikh Youth slate won yesterday, 13, 458 – 7, 257, in sports we call that a blow out, in Canadian media we call it a fundamentalist takeover. I can see the interest that the media may have in such a thing, after all Sikhs ARE the face of Canada. [...]
Categories: Random
Tagged: bc, Media, News, Politics, Sikh, vancover
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- November 17, 2009 – 2:28 am
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- By shinda
Its the season of ghosts and goblins, but nothing scares people more then witches. The power that the religious elite have over people is frightening. If only they all adhered to Uncle Ben’s philosophy that with great power, comes great responsibility.
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: India, News, Video, world
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- October 21, 2009 – 5:10 pm
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- By shinda
I was on my way home today when I heard about a kidnapping, some 58 year old man who was held for ransom, but fortunatly police found him today walking around in Brampton. At first the story just went in one ear and out the other, and I never gave it a second thought. That [...]
Categories: News
Tagged: Brampton, News, punjabi
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- September 11, 2008 – 5:23 pm
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- By shinda
Usually when I think or talk about shots being fired towards Sangat, I would often think its about some verbal attack. But seems like in this case things got a little more literal, and someone actually fired bullets at Sangat in Sacremento. Not sure what the story is, but a Singh passed on the link [...]
Categories: News,Sikhi
Tagged: Cali, News, Shooting, Sikhi
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- August 31, 2008 – 8:59 pm
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- By shinda
One of the biggest blemishes against the Panth in most recent times has had to have been Phoola, who for years paraded around with full immunity; raping, pillaging and murdering while all along masquerading as an Akali nihang. I remember when I first heard about Phoola years ago; about how he was responsible for having [...]
Categories: News,Sikhi
Tagged: Dead, India, Killed, News, Nihang, Panthic Justice, Phoola, Sikhi
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- August 29, 2008 – 9:25 pm
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- By shinda
Check this article from the National Post: Study suggests “turban effect” as a source of Islamophobia Shannon Proudfoot, Canwest News Service Published: Sunday, June 29, 2008 A Muslim-style turban is perceived as a threat, according to a new study, even by people who don’t realize they hold the prejudice, dubbed “the turban effect” by researchers. Research [...]
Categories: News
Tagged: article, Islamophobia, national post, News, Sikh, Turban
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- June 29, 2008 – 2:12 pm
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- By shinda
Check this link that made its way down the grape vines – National Post Commentary – Ontaraio Khalsa Darbaar looses Charitable Status I wouldn’t have been surprised if I read this about Malton, or even New Rexdale, but I have to say that the fact it was Dixie that got its charitable status stripped did [...]
Categories: Politics,Sikhi
Tagged: Gurdwara, News, Politics, Sikh
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- April 21, 2008 – 10:34 pm
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- By shinda
I haven’t heard much about the Laibar Singh case out here on the East Coast. It hasn’t been headline news and it hasn’t been a topic of discussion on any of the popular talk radio programs that I listen to, so all I really know about the case is what I found out while checking [...]
Categories: News,Politics,Protest,Video
Tagged: Laibar Singh, News, Protest, Videos
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- December 12, 2007 – 9:50 pm
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- By shinda
Everyone’s heard the saying, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”, but no one ever said anything about the fury of a punjabi chic who got cheated on. This recent story about the punjabi bibi in the UK probably tops even some of more outlandish Jerry Springer themes and guests, and even though the [...]
Categories: News
Tagged: muslim, News, punjabi, UK
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- December 2, 2007 – 11:22 am
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- By shinda