A Tribute to Dr. Baldev Singh A Sikh Extraordinaire With a Roving Mind
By G.B. Singh & Sarjit Singh Sandhu
This November 2009 issue is dedicated to his memory and I sincerely hope that this tribute will inspire more individuals to come forward, and challenge the intellectual inquires to further heights from a hallowed spot at where Dr. Baldev Singh left us.
How Far Can the Kashmir Conflict Be Attuned to Fundamentalist Religious Empowerment?
By Gurtej Singh
This study develops a framework of understanding how India and Pakistan are constantly perched on the precipice of war since 1947, caught in “a paired-minority conflict”, engaging occasionally in the battleground but increasingly in games of stealth and intelligence. Indian strategic culture does not accept the legitimacy of Pakistan while the latter is entangled in the mindset of strategic inferiority and displaying a lack of professionalism.
Malacañang slams UN report on extrajudicial killings
By Danny Chan
The Philippine government has denounced a United Nations report that censured it for failing to end extrajudicial killings in the country. Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez dismissed the report by Philip Alston, a UN special rapporteur, while questioning its fairness.
Need for Reforms in Eduction in India
By Randeep Kaur
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to the other. Next in importance to freedom and justice is education without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained for long.
Lama Sikhs
By Col (retd.) Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal
In 1986-87, I was posted as a Major at an army outpost in the village of Segang-Menchukha in the north western corner of West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. One night I was woken by a loud and persistent knocking on my door. “Who could it be at this time?” I wondered.
Reverand Hew McLeod as I Knew Him
By Jasbir Singh Maan
Reverend/Professor Hew McLeod, a Christian missionary and his associates initiated Sikh Religious Studies in North American universities such as University of Toronto and University of California, Berkley. He spent a lot of time in Punjab where he got interested in Punjabi language, Sikhs and Sikhism.
Guru Granth Sahib and Interfaith Understanding to World Peace
By Sangat Singh
Another element that stands out is that in Indian context, to Guru Nanak, no one was a Hindu or a Musalman but that every one was a human being. Guru Nanak advocated a social revolution, or humanitarianism, wherein a person’s religion, caste or status in life was irrelevant and not of consequence.
Dr. Baldev Singh (1939 - 2009)
In memory of Dr. Baldev Singh we are providing you with links to his articles published on this website.
