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Egypt - River of Freedom
The Roundtable Open Forum # 60 by THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

A bearded man who is galloping up and down Tahrir Square, literally screaming himself hoarse, saying: "I feel free! I feel free!"

Cultural Myopia?
The Roundtable Open Forum # 59 by I.J. SINGH

I regret that our Punjabi Sikh culture remains suspicious of professionally successful women and particularly so if they have a history of marriage and divorce.

Challenges for This New Year
The Roundtable Open Forum # 58 by GURMUKH SINGH

While our central institutions are weakening and remain out-dated regarding their method of operation, the Sikh community is becoming more widespread.

Sikh Misls, Part II:
Rights & Obligations of Citizenship by I.J. SINGH

What I am asking is this: Wouldn't it be better to design institutions that are open to women and all shades of Sikhs as well?

Sikh Misls, Part One: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow by I.J. SINGH

Sikhs are nation builders and history-making people. We can neither repeat the past nor can we bury it, but we can reshape the present with it.

Conferences: The Good, The Bad ... And The Useless
The Roundtable Open Forum
# 55 EDITOR

At any given moment - night or day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year - somewhere in the world, there's a Sikh conference being held.

Arranging Marriages
The Roundtable Open Forum
# 54 EDITOR

There is no systematic attempt by community elders or institutions to build forums which will facilitate our young to find Sikh partners.

The Symbolic Turban?
The Roundtable Open Forum # 53 by I.J. SINGH

Dastaar Bandhi has rightly evolved into a meaningful rite of maturity for Sikh boys. Would then any young Sikh be entitled to the same joyful public ceremony?

Living in The Diaspora
The Roundtable Open Forum # 52 EDITOR

The decision to move, and the choice of a country, was consciously made, with a lot of planning, risk and soul-searching.

Who Can Do Kirtan In A Gurdwara?
The Roundtable Open forum # 51 EDITOR

The first kirtaniya in Sikhdom was Bhai Mardana, Guru Nanak's friend who accompanied him on most of his extensive travels.