This past weekend was the first annual Sikholars: Sikh Graduate Student Conference. From Toronto and Vancouver, from New York and Boston, some leading young researchers converged upon Stanford University.
Beginning with the topic of the scholar in Sikhi… Read More

Guru Hargobind’s fourteen year old grandson Har Rai, born on 30th January, 1630 A.D. at Kiratpur, succeeded his grandfather Guru Hargobind to the Gurugaddi after he passed away in 1644….
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Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth Guru of Sikhism. He was born as Gobind Rai in Patna, Bihar in India to the ninth Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur and his wife Mata Gujri….
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A new documentary charting the history of Sikh pilots in the Royal Flying Corps, RAF and Indian Air Force. With contributions from the last remaining Sikh pilots and rare archive footage of the sole Indian pilot to survive World War 1, this is an intimate portrait of the forgotten Sikhs who so valiantly risked their lives…Read More

From Lost Childhood to Uncertain Future
A photo essay by Sanjay Austa
1984, India – Anti-Sikh Riots Victims
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Sikh Diwali is called ‘Bandhi Chhor Divas’ meaning ‘Prisoner Release Day’. This year it falls on 17th November. This is the day when Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, the sixth Guru, was released from Gwalior fort along with 52 other prisoners… See Slideshow