This time of the year (May to August), all over the globe, is an important land mark for young people and for their families, friends and peers. Thousands of young persons graduate from High Schools, Colleges, Universities, Technical and Professional colleges and institutes. They all are happy to have achieved a land mark in their lives… Read More

25 years ago in Delhi, the Capital of India, a great cruelty was done on the Sikhs. But the greatest amazing fact is that it happened in broad day light. During the times of Nadar Shah, for three days, a massacre took place in Delhi and then next it was in the year 1984 when it was repeated. People remember Nadar Shah till date…. Read More

A statue shop on the side of the Grand Trunk Road on the outskirts of Amritsar. Wealthy Punjabis purchase these statues as a sign of prosperity and place them on the roofs of their homes… Read More

It is with sheer delight that I accept the Sikh Foundation’s request to contribute a short article regarding the history of my own fascination with the Sikh people and the various opportunities and challenges which face those of us committed to the academic study of the Sikhs and the various ways of expressing Sikhness…
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Allow me to introduce myself as a member of the academic community to qualify me for being included in this esteem column of the Sikh Foundation journal. In 1962, I obtained my doctoral degree in Pharmacology from the University of Chicago… Read More

Gurmat Sangeet, also popularly known among Sikhs as Kirtan, is the singing of hymns from the Sikh Scriptures according to the rules prescribed in the Sikh Scripture, Shri Guru Granth Sahib (“SGGS”). The rules prescribed for singing of any particular hymn include the musical measure (Raga) and the rhythm (Tala or Ghar?)… Read More

Images from the Satinder Kaur Kapany Gallery
at the Asian Art Museum San Francisco
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