Furrow Thy Mind
A Garden Will Rise

In time, he was able to read and write Gurmukhi. When he first inscribed his name, his joy knew no bounds. He broke into a dance, exclaiming, “Today, Swarna has become Swaran Singh!” by JASWANT SINGH NEKI. Translated from Punjabi by RAVINDER SINGH
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Stolen Glory
Revised History
- Rakesh Krishnan Simha Cooks Up A Story

Indians! What Indians? How did this fellow make the giant leap from the Sikh conquest of Afghanistan to an Indian conquest, for heaven's sake?  by GURMUKH SINGH [United Kingdom]
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Dubai Inaugurates New Gurdwara

Mauve-coloured carpet, chandeliers and modern acoustics lend a distinct touch to the column-free main diwan hall, topped by an 18-metre glass dome that offers generous lighting. by JAY B. HILOTIN
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Black Magic:
Sahiba J. Singh, The Chic Couturier of Chandigarh

The Chandigarh-based designer and stylist who specialises in Sikh trousseau-wear for women and men, has loved working with black in all her collections. by JAGMEETA THIND JOY
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Friends Out Of Thin Air

The pace of life in the last decade has become so much faster and we want to extract information so quickly that it’s become difficult to grow into something or someone. by HARDEV SINGH BHAMRA
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Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin: Miracle Worker

"Nowhere has anyone performed six simultaneous liver operations. This in itself is a record. All the six liver operations were linked to each other, which made it a Herculean, marathon task for us." by SHASHANK SHEKHAR
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The Bard Divine

Describing Guru Nanak’s visit to Baghdad, Bhai Gurdas wrote how his divine song had an electric effect on the residents of the city where music had been banned. by Dr. BALBIR SINGH, Translated from Punjabi & Edited by SANGAT SINGH
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What is Milni?
Sikhing Answers - III

Every Sikh wedding is preceded by an odd event enacted outside the gurdwara, shortly before the commencement of the Anand Karaj - of pairs of men, one from each side, ceremoniously hugging each other. Then the women ...  
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Duleep Singh's Guardian Was As Greedy And Unscrupulous As The British Who Hired Him

John Login was appointed as Duleep Singh’s guardian in 1849 shortly after the cooked-up and so-called Second Anglo-Sikh Wars, when the latter was only 11-years old. by SHYAM BHATIA
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Sikh-Aussies Join Multi-Faith Celebration on Australia Day

Each faith representative walked the length of the hall with his or her own religious “symbol” to soft background music associated with that  religion, while a narrator read out the message signified by the symbol. by GURMUKH SINGH [United Kingdom]
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Man and Superman: The Talking Stick Colloquium # 74

The idea that runs through Guru Nanak's salok is one of self-transcendence, of exceeding oneself, made possible only through the transformative presence of the Guru. Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH
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The Rightful Owner:
A First Novel by Charandeep Singh

This first novel  is a tale of a Sikh soldier, Nihal Singh, and his British senior, Mark Smith, both of whom served in the Army of the British Raj. A Book Review by MAHIPAL SINGH
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A Legacy of Valour:
The Sikh Regiment [1846-2010]

"In war", writes a British Officer, "under stress, there is no one like the Sikh; work him almost to death and he is magnificent." EXCERPT
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Some Soul Searching

I don’t want to be equated any more with most of the amritdharis I see. I don’t want to be equated with the judgmental hypocrites you see running our gurdwaras and elsewhere in the community. by M. J. KAUR
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A Fable For The Easily Offended

The old man felt helpless, smarting from his new injury. There was no one in sight who was willing to help, though there were a number of by-standers. by T. SHER SINGH
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Sikh-Aussie Awarded Medal of The Order of Australia

With a vision for the future, Bawa Singh Jagdev helped establish an umbrella body for Sikhs in Australia, named the Sikh Council of Australia Inc. by MANPREET KAUR SINGH
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