because the truth needs to be told
After being pulled up by the Delhi High Court while adjudicating a public interest litigation filed by Buddhist activist Abhay Ratan Bauddh, India’s Union government has appointed former Indian Police Service officer from Punjab and spokesperson of the Bharati... More »
One would like to think that with the omnipresent social media through smartphones, there would be some sense of decorum and dignity in the conduct of religious leaders, elected to be custodians of historic Gurdwaras and Sikh institutions. Sadly, instead of se... More »
How would the Sikh community, Punjabis at large and, in fact, all right-thinking people, react if the Government of Punjab was to make a law that it was legally mandatory for people to visit the Gurdwaras to pay obeisance to a Sikh Guru? Don’t try and jump to ... More »
In a clear violation of the spirit of dedication to God and Guru, repeated ad nauseam, through Ardas and public promises delivered door to door during electioneering and utter disrespect of the mandate of the Sikh Sangat, DSGMC newly-elected Shiromani Akali Da... More »
‘ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਆਸ’, ‘ਇਮਾਨਦਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਪੁੰਜ’ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਕਾਰਗੁਜ਼ਾਰੀ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਝੰਡਾ ਚੁੱਕ ਕੇ ਬਗ਼ਾਵਤ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਸਰਦਾਰ ਨਵਜੋਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿੱਧੂ ਹੋਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਅੱਜ “ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਘੁਲਾਟੀਏ” ਅਤੇ ਸੂਬੇ ਦੇ ਮਰਹੂਮ ਮੁੱਖਮੰਤਰੀ ਬਿਅੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਫੋਟੋ ਅੱਗੇ ਮੱਥਾ ਟੇਕਿਆ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ... More »
In the mid-term polls of office bearers of the Managing Committee of Takht Sri Harmandir Ji, Patna Saheb, a team owing allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal sweeped the elections defeating some key post holders. Incumbent President Delhi-based Avtar Sing... More »
With a brute majority in Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party is in a grand hurry to foist its divisive agenda and political tactics across the country. While announcing its new cabinet, the Narendra Modi government declared the home address of Union Ministe... More »
The squeeze is getting tighter by the day. NDTV’s campaign to eulogise Manjinder Singh Sirsa as a larger-than-life Sewadar of the Sikh community will not be able to save his image of being a corrupt president, the likes of which the DSGMC has not seen before. ... More »
Injustice to Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy will remain as an indelible blot on the Indian justice system and the gross political injustice to dissidents by the Indian state machinery. Swamy died on a ventilator while in judicial custody at a hospital in Mumbai... More »
ਮਨਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿਰਸਾ ਇਸ ਭੁਲੇਖੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾ ਰਹਿਣ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਕੋਈ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਜੰਗ ਜਿੱਤ ਗਏ ਹਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਰਤਾਰੇ ਨੇ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੌਮੀ ਪਹਿਚਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਡੂੰਘੀ ਸੱਟ ਮਾਰੀ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਕਾਬਿਲੇ ਮਾਫੀ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ ਤੇ ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖਤ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀ ਵੀ ਚੁੱਪੀ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਲਮਿਲਾਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਪਿਛਲੇ ਪੰਜ ਦਿ... More »
हाल ही में, जम्मू और कश्मीर में पिछले पांच दिनों में सामने आई घटनाओं में, दिल्ली स्थित दिल्ली सिख गुरुद्वारा कमेटी के नेतृत्व ने, विशेष रूप से गुरुद्वारा कमेटी के अध्यक्ष मनजिंदर सिंह सिरसा ने खतरनाक रूप से घृणित भूमिका निभाई है और सिख समुदाय को उपहास का पात्र... More »
Twisting Quranic terms to suit their political ambitions is the pastime of Islamophobists in India and elsewhere. The term Jehad or Jihad is being given a totally twisted meaning by those who suffer from Islamophobia. There is no doubt that some scholars and p... More »