Buddhist sect attempts to convert Sikkim Gurdwaras into monasteries

Published 9y ago - Col Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal

With two petitioners in the Sikkim High Court and one in the Supreme Court granted stay till 13 September, DSGMC meeting Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, five-term-in-a-row CM-Pawan Kumar Chamling meeting SGPC-DSGMC team, the district DC and SDM colluding w... More »

ਰੰਘਰੇਟੇ ਵੀਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਪੰਥਕ ਪਿਆਰ, ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਤੇ ਸੇਵਾ-ਸੰਭਾਲ

Published 9y ago - Giani Jagtar Singh Jachak

ਪਿਛਲੇ ਕੁਝ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਸਿੱਖੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ “ਨੀਚ ਜਾਤੀ” ਕਹੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੌਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਥਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਪ੍ਸ਼ਨ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਲਗਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਕੌਮਾਂਤਰੀ ਪੱਧਰ `ਤੇ ਮਸ਼ਹੂਰ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਆਖਿਆਕਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਮਰਿਆਦਾ ਦੇ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਪਹਿਰੇਦਾਰ ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਜਗਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜਾਚਕ ਇਸ ਲੇਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਸੰਵੇਦਨ... More »

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Case: Heroes and Villains

Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh

WSN Editor salutes the heroes of the Gurmeet Ram Rahim case, chastises the villains who fell in line and appeals to the Sikh community to get its act together by rediscovering its true ideals. Read the text and view the videos to know the whole truth. I salute... More »

Khalsa Panth needs to evolve code for appointment of Jathedars

Published 9y ago - Kanwarpal Singh

Panthic consultancy and consensus has been a long-standing tradition for appointment of Jathedars which has been disregarded by the present SGPC leadership by its unilateral appointment of Jathedars, thereby eroding the authority of Sikh institutions writes th... More »

Harvindar Singh Sikligar-a short but extraordinary life

Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh

All but 27, Harvindar Singh was a dynamic education counsellor and activist, aspiring to be a leader, who envisioned to ameliorate the conditions of Sikligars through education and training, passed away fighting a rare kidney ailment. WSN editor, who champions... More »

On the Sikligar Sikhs’ Trail

Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh

WSN editor Jagmohan Singh, an education activist, in a two-part series presents a research monograph on Sikligar Sikhs, amongst whom he has been working for the last eight years pioneering educational and training programs for their children. Sikligars have no... More »

Manjinder Singh Sirsa -You are not my representative

Published 9y ago - Jaswinder Singh

As feared by WSN, DSGMC Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa crosses the Sikh line and makes stupid comments supporting UP Chief Minister Adityanath on Taj Mahal not being part of Indian culture. The author supports the Sikh voice that Manjinder Singh Sirsa is not ... More »

Gurdwara Lakhpat Sahib Ji in Gujarat, India

Published 9y ago - Gurpreet Singh Anand

Intrepid traveller, who braved the cold of the North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest, takes us on a journey in the footsteps of the travels of the first Master, Guru Nanak Sahib Ji in Gujarat. Exclusive to WSN, first published in January 2010, this first pe... More »

Mumbai Commissioner rejects Singh Sabha proposal for Sikh crematoriums

Published 9y ago - WSN News Desk

Singh Sabha plans to go to higher authorities and the Minorities Commission against the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner’s order not allowing the addition of the word “Sikh” to crematoriums in Sikh majority areas of the city. Singh Sabha Mumbai plans to go to hig... More »

Modified “Italian Kirpan” not acceptable, says World Sikh Organisation Canada

Published 9y ago - WSN News Bureau

World Sikh Organisation Canada rejects the modified “Italian Kirpan” proposal and urges Jathedar Akal Takht to set aside the case in toto, offering legal and logistical assistance to Sikh Italians on the Kirpan and connected religious issues. Intervening in th... More »

Banda Singh Bahadar -the Social Revolutionary who was brutally martyred

Published 9y ago - Dr. Surinder Kaur

In this second part of the two series article on the first ruler of the Sikhs -Banda Singh Bahadar, the author narrates the social revolution ushered in by him and the brutal torture meted out to him and his companion warriors Banda Singh treated the entire op... More »

Global Sikh Council committed to resolve Panthic issues

Published 9y ago - Harsaran Singh

The author delineates the genesis of the Global Sikh Council and its determination to resolve Panthic issues through dialogue, discussion and debate. Locally, countrywide and globally, forums are being formed to rediscover the sheen and glory of Sikhism, appea... More »