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Sikh Soldier: Battle Honours, Gallantry Awards A Book Review by T. SHER SINGH

The monumental work by Narindar Singh Dhesi has finally been published and is now available to the public.

1947 - The Forever Wandering A Poem by MICHELE GIBSON

"A tangle of people / Trying to unravel the knotting of history / Trying to secure the frayed ends of family / ... "

The Message
Living Sikhi - Lesson Twenty by VERONICA SIDHU

A review of the Guru Nanak's Golden Rules and his teachings on social justice.

Dastaar Bandhi: The Why & The Wherefore by I.J. SINGH

It is not a mere cultural eccentricity but the cornerstone of a Sikh's existence, essential to the very definition of self.

Malik Bhago
Living Sikhi, Lesson Nineteen by VERONICA SIDHU

How did Guru Nanak change Malik Bhago and, at the same time, revolutionize society and the way people looked at work?  

The Month of Bhaado(n)
[August 16 - September 14] Poems translated from Punjabi by GURMEET KAUR

" ... Dark nights/ Pour of/ Restlessness/ Frogs and peacocks bellow/ Confusion maddens ... Rainbird cries 'O Beloved/ Show me the way!' "  

The Caste System
Living Sikhi, Lesson Eighteen by VERONICA SIDHU

What is the Hindu caste system, why it is deemed evil in Sikh practice and is strictly prohibited in Sikhism?

Many a Slip 'Twixt The Cup and The Lip by I.J. SINGH & MANJYOT KAUR

The only true way of honoring our icons is by emulating their message. Is our dedication strictly theoretical, then?

True Leadership by UDAYAN DRAVID

The leader has to create a greater noble cause for inspiring his/ her followers.

Desperately Seeking Patna by T. SHER SINGH

All day, every day, we hear the delightful clip-clop of hooves approach and recede as the horse-drawn buggies ride by ...