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To Swim Or Not To Swim:
The Roundtable Open Forum # 63
THE MAN IN BLUE
Most Sikh
parents will allow their daughters to take part in school
swimming during their primary school days. But, in secondary school ...?
Enough is Enough:
A Call To Arms
The Roundtable Open Forum # 62
by JAIKAR SINGH
The time to wait for the other side to act reasonably is over. Now, it is time to make them act reasonably. No matter what it takes!
Why No Halal For Sikhs?
The Roundtable Open Forum # 61
by SONNY SINGH
The most common argument I usually hear to explain the halal ban is
simply that the Rehat Maryada says so. Is this a sufficient reason in and of itself.
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.