April News

*New* Communal tensions: Nankana tense after Sikh Youth's murdered



*New* Le Golden Temple in Glorious Technicolour
Beautiful Coloured photographs taken of Darbar Sahib, by a Frenchman over 100 years ago!!



Fauja Singh: 101 and running strong.
Even at 101, Fauja does not want to give up his latest love - running. "Latest", because it came late in life, when he was 89! He has definitely proven that 'age is JUST a number'.


 Sikhs rally against death penalty
Between 750 and 1000 people gathered at South Fletcher's Park ball diamonds on Friday March 30 to express their concerns over the death penalty in the Punjab region of India. 

 Turbans are cool. Picture yourself in one!

March News

*New* Solar Gurudwara
The love for the environment taken to a whole new level. Langar hall/kitchen run by solar energy!

Sharing Our Journeys - A Young Woman's Leadership Conference

As a young woman do you wonder where your journey is taking you? What career possibilities are open to you? Would you like to meet women who are already navigating their career paths?

Come and share journeys with inspiring women leaders!

This conference welcomes all young women in Peel Secondary schools to:
• build leadership capacity;
• forge connections between their own creative inspiration and career paths;
• benefit from the networking opportunity and seek potential Sikh women mentors from within the community.

Where: Louise Arbour Secondary School
365 Father Tobin Road
Brampton, ON
L6R 0R4

When: Sunday, March 18, 2012
9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Please register at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sharingourjourneys
For more info: http://www.sikhfeministresearch.org/sikh-feminist-review/

FEBRUARY NEWS

*New* Only 7.2 Sikh Students reach college.

*New*India protests to U.S over T.V host's Golden Temple joke.

*New* Nishkam. (A beautiful video on the concept of Nishkam)
 The terms Nishkam consists of two components - "Nish" and "Kam".

1. The word "Nish" means "Without" or "free from".
2.  The word "Kam" refers to "desire" or "wish for".

So "Nishkam" refers to an action for which one has no desire for reward of any sort.

OCTOBER NEWS

 Meet an Italian-American Sikh female taxi driver!

 

 A different kind of wrestling at a Sikh Temple

"The festivities even included a 71-year-old Sikh man lifting a 125-pound weight".



A decision on the razor's edge

"In Sikhism, the body is a gift to be honored by leaving it in its natural state. Maintaining kesh, or hair, is one of the five articles of faith".

  100 years old and still running for records.

"In the Punjabi language, there is no such word as impossible", he says. There's no age limit to anything. His story is truly inspiring.