Sikhi has been around for over half a millennium and, like people of many other faiths, Sikhs, too, are people of a book. It seems self evident then that the intellectual process cannot be divorced from the pursuit of Sikhi.
In our existence now in a global village the needs of an ongoing dialogue with our non-Sikh neighbors mandates elaboration of Sikh history and tradition…Read More
This personal narrative owes its inspiration to Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany who is internationally acclaimed as “the father of fiber optics.” Being the Chairman of Sikh Foundation he is the moving force behind the endowment of Chairs in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at various campuses in the University of California system. He encouraged me to pen down my experiences while working in the newly emerging field of Sikh Studies in the western academia…Read More
The V&A’s autumn exhibition, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, will be the first to comprehensively explore the world of the maharajas and their extraordinarily rich culture. It will bring together over 250 magnificent objects, many on loan to the UK for the first time from India’s royal collections. The exhibition will include three thrones, a silver gilt howdah…Read More
Guru Granth Sahib Coloring Page from our Guru Granth Sahib Ebook
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Manjit Kaur Coloring Page from our 2009 Sikh Sportspersons Calendar
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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
This articles is part of the Opportunities & Challenges for Sikh Academics series.
In the mid-1990s, the newly-created Global and International Studies Program at UCSB, directed by Mark Juergensmeyer, requested the allocation of a position in Sikh and Global Studies…Read More
This articles is part of the Opportunities & Challenges for Sikh Academics series.
A Chair of Sikh Studies in any University will have to be designed as a catalyst of scholarly investigation, and not mere basking in the glory of Sikh history and the triumphs of Sikhs over the last five centuries…
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