As major institutions around the world work to establish equal rights and equal opportunities for all citizens, the military ought to be ahead of the curve, not behind it.
The power of sadhana, ultimately, is something much more gritty; much more earthy and real. It is the power of being able to make conscious choices.
Flowers were laid by the newly installed King of the Netherlands Mr. Willem Alexander and the Queen Maxima, Army Generals, Prime Minister Mr. Mark Rutte and his whole Cabinet of Ministers, Mayor of Amsterdam and many other prominent leaders of the Netherlands. Over 25,000 people participated in the ceremony.
The Rehat Maryada - Why do we have one? Do we even need it? Couldn’t we live without it? The questions are challenging. And provoking; the idea, however, is to start -- not a fight but a conversation, so put on your thinking caps and turbans...
I had never before seen anyone protest an interfaith gathering.
Sikh Americans, who were targets of domestic terrorism in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, this past August have been particularly active in condemning the attack and organizing opportunities for community healing.
One who does not recognize his weakness can never be strong. There is no way to progress and grow other than to first find out the lowest point of you. Then you can start going towards the highest.
Today, Sikhs may not be a geographical nation but they have national characteristics and aspirations. In the Mandla case, the House of Lords afforded protection to Sikhs under the Race Relations law as an ethnic group; the same sort of protection afforded to other ethnic groups and nationalities.