because the truth needs to be told
Like everybody else, Punjabis across the world will celebrate with gusto International Mother Language Day on February 21. For the author, a reminder of the same struck much earlier when he read the news item about the Canadian Government agreeing to settle a... More »
Dr Jernail Singh Anand’s modern epic “Lustus The Prince of Darkness”, presents a vivid depiction of the present global situation as opposed to the good old world of the God-fearing and moral law-abiding. Dr Anand is moving very close to the realities of the Gl... More »
Sardarni Inderjit Kaur recently passed away in Chandigarh at the ripe age of 99 years. Wife of illustrious savant-scholar Giani Gurdit Singh, she was a person of innumerable capacities and abilities. On her 98th birthday on September 1, 2021, a Festschrift hon... More »
Whenever there is a death in a Sikh family, the bereaved family takes recourse to Bani -revealed word of the Ninth Master -Guru Tegh Bahadur, for solace and comfort in the difficult hour, especially the concluding composition in Guru Granth Sahib comprising of... More »
As time goes by, newer and serious topics come to the fore in man-woman relationships. In today’s day and age, when everything is in the open, it is but natural that families, societies and lawmakers must debate the difficult and personal-sounding issue of mar... More »
ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਦੇ ਬਾਬਾ ਬੋਹੜ ਪ੍ਰੋ: ਕਰਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ 94 ਸਾਲ ਦੀ ਉਮਰ ਪੂਰੀ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਰਤਾਰ ਦੇ ਦੇਸ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ। ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ- ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਤ, ਇੱਕ ਮਿਸਾਲੀ ਸਿੱਖਿਅਕ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ -ਸ਼ਬਦ ਸ੍ਵਰੂਪ ਵਿਚ ਰੱਬ ਦੀ ਵਿਲੱਖਣ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਤੰਤੀ ਸਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਗਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਸਦੀਵੀ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਦੇ ਗਏ।... More »
Doyen of Gurbani music Prof Kartar Singh passed away at the ripe age of 94 years. A messenger of traditional Gurbani musicology, an exemplary teacher and a unique exponent of playing stringed instruments while singing Gurbani -the revealed word of Shabads. A s... More »
Indianism and connected Hinduism is a colonialist, imperialist mindset. Insecure, paranoid and all centred on power, control, consolidation and centralisation. Most academics, journalists, media sources and politicians are too fearful, opportunist, ignorant an... More »
Tamils being an ancient ethnic community, have close connections with the Palmyra Tree. The palm tree is weaved into the life, language and culture of the Tamils. The qualities and specialities of the palm are mentioned in the Sangam period historical texts in... More »
Two men who needed help up a steep rock in British Columbia were saved thanks to a group of Sikh men who unravelled and removed their turbans to create a makeshift rope. The steep rocks led to rough, raging waters near a waterfall. This reminded me of the role... More »
EXACTLY when Punjab’s Left comes together for its annual revolutionary jamboree called ‘Mela Gadari Babiyan Da’, the world’s calendar of shame marks the anniversary of the massacre of Sikhs in India’s capital and other cities in 1984. But the two narratives do... More »
As the Sikh world celebrates the Parkash Purab -Birth Anniversary of the Fourth Master -Guru Ram Das, World Sikh News brings for its readers one of the most significant contributions of the revealed word –Lavan -the four Shabads which form the core of the Sikh... More »