because the truth needs to be told
On the eve of the holy month of Ramzan, sharing his gratitude and empathy, editor of The World Sikh News and human rights activist Jagmohan Singh writes an Open Letter to Abdul Wahid -the son of Mahram Ali Shaghasi -the Muslim protector of the Gurdwara in Kabu... More »
Taking full advantage of the lockdown in the country and the rest of the world, with protests and condemnations limited to online media, the government of India through its administration in Kashmir is working overtime to follow up on its agenda of assimilatio... More »
How does one celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib -the Ninth Master, in these times, locked inside the comfort of our homes? World Sikh News believes that it is time to say a prayer and stand up for the rights of those who in this hour of... More »
According to the latest reports available at this hour, as many as 23 Sikhs have been killed in the militant attack on the Gurdwara Sahib in Kabul. The names of those killed in the attack include many women. Many more are fighting for life in hospitals. WSN re... More »
Amidst the coronavirus scare, it will be unforgivable not to review the aftermath of the anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi in the last week of February 2020. While bodies of Muslims were being discovered from the drains of North East Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal and his c... More »
53 lives lost and still counting. Indian Parliament silent. Indian judiciary engaged in pride and semantics. Assaults on women. Ear-marked houses, shops and mosques targeted and destroyed. Police and politicians complicit with acts of commission and omission. ... More »
The Tripura Peoples Front led by iron-lady Patal Kanya Jamatia, fighting the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 since the passing of the draconian legislation by the Union government of India, has whole-heartedly welcomed the amicus curiae intervention by the UN H... More »
In a first, the Office of The High Commissioner for Human Rights knocks India’s Supreme Court against the maintainability of CAA, putting Narendra Modi’s BJP-government on the back foot. For donkey years, human rights groups, national and regional identities h... More »
In the twilight hours of the day today, the voice of Kashmir in Delhi, a true friend of Sikhs, the defender of human rights of Kashmiris, Sikhs, Tamils and everyone else, teacher of Arabic at the Delhi University, Professor S A R Geelani passed away after a m... More »
Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom, 76- year-old Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association President is in prison since 5 August when India decided to take control of Kashmir. Incarcerated earlier in Central Jail Agra and now in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, this veteran law... More »
लड़ाई सच बनाम झूठ की, प्यार बनाम नफरत की, इज्जत बनाम झूठी तरक्की की, विरोध बनाम दवाब की, अलग विचार बनाम जबरदस्ती की। उन्होने बना दी है शाईन बाग बनाम अयोध्या मंदिर की। आज रात सोचना है और फैसला करना है। अपने दिल और दीमाग से काम लेकर होश के साथ नफरत की आंधी को रोक... More »
ਲੜਾਈ ਸੱਚ ਖਿਲਾਫ ਝੂਠ ਦੀ, ਪਿਆਰ ਬਨਾਮ ਨਫਰਤ ਦੀ, ਇੱਜ਼ਤ ਬਨਾਮ ਝੂਠੀ ਤਰੱਕੀ ਦੀ, ਵਿਰੋਧ ਬਨਾਮ ਦਬਾਅ ਦੀ, ਵੱਖਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਬਨਾਮ ਜ਼ੋਰ ਜਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਦੀ। ਹੁਣ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਬਣਾ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ ਸ਼ਾਹੀਨ ਬਾਗ ਬਨਾਮ ਅਯੋਧਿਆ ਮੰਦਿਰ ਦੀ। ਅੱਜ ਰਾਤ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਸੋਚਣਾ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਫੈਸਲਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੈ। ਆਪਣੇ ਦਿੱਲ, ਦਿਮਾਗ ਤੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਹੋਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਨ... More »