It Takes a Massacre: The Sikhs are Really Americans Now
When the news came out that “an unidentified gunman” had murdered five members of the Sikh faith within the confines of their temple in a Milwaukee suburb, most Americans, and even most members of the press, had no accurate idea of who and what the Sikhs are. Media reporters couldn’t pronounce the community’s name properly [...]
U.S. Congressman McClintock Trumpets Sikhi’s Principles of Liberty and Tolerance
On Tuesday, California Congressman Tom McClintock declared: “There is no religion more attuned to the principles of the American Declaration of Independence than the Sikh religion.” The congressman’s remarks, an extended version of those he delivered in person at the October 13 celebration of Gurdwara Sahib Stockton’s centennial anniversary, were formally inserted in the Congressional [...]
Who Really Runs the World? Conspiracies, Hidden Agendas and the Plan for World Government
So, who runs the world? It’s a question that people have struggled with since people began to struggle. It’s certainly a question with many interpretations, and incites answers of many varied perspectives. Often, it is relegated to the realm of “conspiracy theory,” in that, those who discuss this question or propose answers to it, are [...]
Bureaucrat Empire: India’s Long Road to Catching Up With the West
London — A deep gloom has settled in here: Europe’s glory days, it’s feared, are over. Private bank excesses and public-sector legacy costs are poised to drag the continent — and America — down for generations. Only India and China are seen as the rising stars in the global firmament. Their young economies have stalled [...]
Bill of Rights in the Constitution of India
Introduction Many admirers of India often go out of the way to depict India as the “world’s largest democracy” and a “secular” state, which through its constitution guarantees fundamental human rights to all Indians — the implication being that such rights are in practice as a matter of routine. Yet, dismaying as it may seem, [...]
Free Trade: The Litmus Test of Economics
Free trade is the litmus test of economic reasoning. It has been ever since David Hume wrote his 1752 essay on commerce. Foreign trade, by its imports, furnishes materials for new manufactures; and by its exports, it produces labour in particular commodities, which could not be consumed at home. In short, a kingdom, that has [...]
President Obama and the Drones of Satyagraha
The reality of the world is not in our control. In ancient times, mythical modes controlled it, and in modern times the mass media has it all. President Barack Obama, the most powerful in the world, once felt powerless; 18% of Americans still believe he is Muslim. The same powerlessness dawned on him when he had [...]
Unconstitutional Use of Drones Must Stop
Click to listen to Dr. Ron Paul delivering this address. Last week I joined several of my colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama requesting clarification of his criteria for the lethal use of drones overseas. Administration officials assure us that a “high degree of confidence” is required that the person targeted by a [...]
Is There a Rising Fascism?
As human creatures, we naturally figure into all that is in the world. Fascism is an ideology that denies man has a place, instead viewing him as a hostile intruder upon the world and therefore treating his existence as a problem needing management and, eventually, a final solution. The fascist state, first seizing total control [...]
Who is a Punjabi?
Later that year when the Queen of England visited India, she expressed her desire to pay homage at Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) and the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial. But Gujral tried his best to persuade her to cancel the visit. Jallianwalla Bagh Memorial was built in honor of all Punjabis who were massacred by Genral Dyer on the day of Baisakhi, April 13, 1919.
Tribute To My Brother: Sardar Nirmal Singh Thind
On November 11, 1987 he was arrested by the central reserve police (CRP) after a raid at his house in Amritsar two days before his marriage to Rajwinder Kaur, the daughter of a well-respected and prominent farmer of Lohara Partapappura village on the Jalandhar Nakodhar road.
Interview with Colonel G.B. Singh
Colonel G.B. Singh, holds the distinction of being one of the few high ranking Sikh officers in the U.S. Military. He comes across as a man that stands defiant of the odds against him, and unafraid to speak out against commonly accepted thought and practice.
Why Did We Fast?
Traditional subsistence cultures are seen as inadequately ‘productive’ and socially anachronistic, as a diversity of cultures named indigenous share the ongoing reality of cultural and physical genocide. International institutions and national governments polarize the debate, as they claim to represent the nation and its best interest, and assert that the resisting disenfranchised are anti-nation, anti-development, anti-technology.
On Apology and Courage
Take the case of Sultana Begum. Did Sikhs ask for her to apologize? Not that I know of. She was not the person who perpetrated atrocities against Sikhs. She had nothing to gain by apologizing. She was not standing for public office.
Letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
We congratulate you for achieving a new pinnacle in your already distinguished career. With immense optimism we welcome the news of your appointment as Prime Minister of India. We are sanguine foremost because of your competence and integrity, and only secondarily because you are a Sikh. With your remarkable appointment as the Prime Minister of India, we are hopeful that India will be more faithful to the rule of law.
Interview With Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the founding chief of Hizb-e-Islami, is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s most wanted Afghan warlord who carries $25 million on his head. He used to be the Central Intelligence Agency’s blue-eyed boy during the United States’ proxy war against the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s.
Rehman Faiz: RPRO and Inter-Faith Issues
It was the first demonstration of its type by the Shias in the history of the country. Following this, the Anjuman Sipah-e Sahaba (later called the Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan or SSP) was set up in 1984, with the support of the then Pakistani establishment, in order to counter the rising force of certain Shia groups, who were said to have been backed by the Iranian intelligence.
Why I Disagree
However, when his work was subjected to in-depth scrutiny, he took it as a personal attack on him. Instead of responding to the criticism of his work in a professional manner — through publications or defending his work at conferences and seminars — he started attacking his critics through decoys- his students and supporters.
Bhagavad Gita and Management
Management is a systematic way of doing all activities in any field of human effort. It is about keeping oneself engaged in interactive relationship with other human beings in the course of performing one’s duty. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their weaknesses irrelevant – so says the Management Guru Peter Drucker.
The Way Things Are
A journalist searches for truth and stand for truth and justice, whereas a businessman’s goal is to expand his business to increase profits. Journalistic ethics are not compatible with business ethics, as in business it is the bottom line which matters, whereas in journalism truth is the bottom line.
Pope to NCM chairman
This is the message from the Pope to Sardar Tarlochan Singh, Chairman National Commission for Minorities (India) regarding the proposed ban by French authorities that would force Sikh students to give up wearing a turban, which is an integral part of the Sikh identity.
Justice for Surjit
Family and campaigners of missing Briton Surjit Kaur Athwal, have welcomed Jack Straw’s commitment to now raise Surjit’s case directly at a senior ministerial level with the Indian government.
Debate – Anand Marriage Act, Indian Parliament December 2003
Sir, I am speaking and building up my case to be separated from the Hindu Marriage Act and by so doing, why should the Congress people always oppose us? You have trespassed into our Golden Temple, you have destroyed our culture, you have committed our genocide.
Looking back on 2003
In the civil portion of International Law, the role of World Trade Organization is commendable, and it must be strengthened. It is unfortunate that Nuremberg Tribunal, even though it did an excellent job, could not transform itself into a credible and Permanent International Court of Criminal Justice.
My prayer and song
In sharing our individual and collective Light and Labors in a kindred spirit, we are certain to enhance the promise and gifts of all Americans. The power of our common cause and the transforming spirit of our times must triumph over the formidable negative forces: unfortunate indifference, intolerance and cultural insensitivity, unpardonable ignorance and stereotyping, unfriendly attitudes and discrimination of yesterday.
A people’s gratitude
Humaneness and gestures of charity build bridges between peoples of divers and even hostile persuasions. Mankind needs such bridges more today than it ever before did. We, in India and Pakistan, need them much more. Our tempers are frayed, our moods dark.
Swiss ruling paves way for release of looted Marcos funds
A Swiss government agency has approved a $683-million transfer of seized Marcos funds to the Philippine government. The Swiss Ministry of Justice’s ruling paves the way for the Philippine government to begin compensation payments to victims of Marcos-era crimes.
Would the real Gandhi please stand up?
While researching the historical documents, however, I found that Gandhi’s participation had nothing to do with “humanitarian concerns” for Black people. He was more concerned with “allying relationships” with the colonial Whites living in Natal colony.
Setting strategic sights
Another war between India and Pakistan would be physical suicide for Pakistan, economic suicide for India, and a catastrophe for the Sub Continent. The ordinary people of India and Pakistan have realized the truth of that statement.
Lacson inquiry into Miguel Arroyo dismissed
Lawmakers have dismissed allegations from an opposition senator that the husband of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo illegally embezzled at least P270 million in campaign contributions. The House’s deputy speaker, Raul Gonzalez, cited insufficient evidence in rejecting Senator Panfilo Lacson’s allegations against the First Gentleman.
Terrible toys to play with
While Pakistani and Indian hawks, who pose as strategic analysts and experts, loudly trumpet that deterrence has been proven to work, events since 1998 have completely falsified their predictions. Their published claims had been that overt nuclearization would create a stable balance of terror, making it impossible for either country even to think of attacking the other.
Closure
Life is a flowing stream. It goes on in Chapters. Various chapters may be delightful or sordid and even deadly. Unless we close the chapter, we cannot move on to the next chapter and on with the life.
Unification Theory: How the marriage of technology brings us all together
First, allow me to bring some background. I’m Anglo-Saxon with Irish-German-French-Portuguese blood who has recently become Amritdhari on January 25th of 2003. My knowledge of Punjabi language is near nonexistent and my knowledge of the Guru Granth Sahib is only a smidgen better. However, my experience both in technology and with many religions combined with my wife’s yearning for the truth in spirituality has brought forth a perspective not often witnessed in the Sikh community.
Healthy lifestyle and weight reduction
Most people recognize that a healthy lifestyle is important for a pain free and illness free body and for the long-term happy state of well-being. However, most of us repeatedly choose short-term pleasure or reward while ignoring its long-term impact on the body. How does lifestyle relate to health?
May your spirit be strong in face of unfriendly forces
At a recent forum on American Indians in Indiana sponsored by the Central Indiana Community Foundation, one of the presenters greeted the audience in her native language. The greeting translates as “How are you?” and “How strong are you today?” As I thought about this unusual greeting and its possible significance, my mind reflected on other greetings exchanged upon meeting people.
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