The recent incident in South Auckland, New Zealand, where a peaceful Sikh Nagar Kirtan was temporarily stopped by protesters, has sent an uncomfortable reminder to Sikh communities around the world that religious freedom cannot be…
The recently introduced Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, which replaces India's longstanding rural employment guarantee program MGNREGA, has triggered fierce debate across political and policy…
The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) strongly expresses concern over the recent tussle reported during a Nagar Keertan in New Zealand, where a sacred community gathering was disturbed by unnecessary confrontation. NAPA believes that Nagar…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded an unsolicited $1.6 million grant for vaccine research to Danish researchers whose studies have been challenged by mainstream scientists but championed by anti-vaccine activists,…
The recent Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections have, to a certain extent, reignited political interest in Punjab’s rural areas. That interest is understandable. With the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections due as early as February…
The piece is triggered by the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 put out by the Ministry of Power for public consultation, and by the immediate pushback in Punjab—from power engineers and employees’ organisations, joined by…
The results of Punjab’s recent Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections have been celebrated, dismissed, spun and counter-spun by all political parties. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) calls it an endorsement. The Opposition calls…
Amritsar —Punjab BJP spokesperson and Sikh thinker Professor Sarchand Singh Khayala met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Foreign Minister Dr. S. By writing a letter to Jaishankar, he has appealed to the New…
Modesto(California)A 36-year-old Keyes resident, Jaspal Singh, was taken into custody on Dec. 9 by the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit following allegations of child sexual abuse.According to investigators, the victim is under the…
[caption id="attachment_17976" align="alignleft" width="500"] Narveen Singh Aryaputri, PhDIndependent Scholar.Presented atIndependent Scholars’ Evenings,[/caption] Let us look at definitions first. Definitions are good as historic evidence. They are structured arrangements of words, calculated to strike an exact…
