because the truth needs to be told
Born in village Rabbon, near Malaud in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, the child named Nihal Singh by his parents, later came to be known Bhai Maharaj Singh, in recognition of his humility, dedication and selfless service, which he imbibed while staying for m... More »
Celebrated octogenarian Sikh writer and scholar -Bhai Harbans Lal reviews another well-known author Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba’s painstaking work on the evolvement of the Sikh code of personal and community conduct, called the Sikh Rehat Maryada in Sikh circles,... More »
When was the last time you heard the humbling Akali cry of commitment –“Main maran, Panth jeeve” -Let Panth live, I am ready to die, asks writer-activist Jagdeesh Singh as he pinpoints salient features of the rise and fall of the Akali Dal -from a vibrant, vig... More »
Recently, Indian and Pakistan media and Sikh social media platforms were inundated with news of threat by one Sohail Butt Attari of Lahore to close the historic Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj and open a mosque there. Bhupinder Singh who visited there last year places t... More »
What was the significance of this man called Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale? What did he stand for? Why was he dreaded by the Indian state and why was he feared by the Akali leadership? In life and in death, how did he invigorate a generation of Sikhs to focu... More »
Sir Ganga Ram Agarwal was the father of modern Lahore. A financially rich man, an architect, designer and manager par excellence. His works stand tall even today in Lahore and each monument speaks for his meticulousness and eye for detail. The author, who is a... More »
UK official commemorations are a cruel discrimination and sham, the Sikh acclaim cosmetic, too little too late. When the new Smethwick memorial was vandalised, British Sikhs felt fed up, emotionally tortured and bruised, adding to the continuous exclusion from... More »
As a proud descendant of a family of Sikh soldiers who served in the British Indian army during the World Wars, Jagdeesh Singh expresses his joy at the unveiling of the statue at Smethwick, but at the same time urges the debate to go beyond memorials and look ... More »
Harjinder Singh Kukreja takes his travelling to a new height when he reaches Gallipoli in Çanakkale province of Turkey to pay homage to the Sikh soldiers killed during World War I, as part of the four-year-long worldwide commemoration of their martyrdom. He u... More »
100 years ago, during the month of May 1915, Sikh soldiers and officers, participating in the famous Battle of Festubert in France laid down their lives and won proficiency medals. The author has doggedly worked over the last decades to chronicle the contribut... More »
As the New Year races on, World Sikh News reflects on the year gone by and calls 2017 Year of the Sikh Diaspora. WSN also lists Sikh Newsmakers of 2017 who have been the talk of the Sikh world and who have made a mark in their fields of endeavour. 2017 -Year o... More »
World Sikh News invites readers to join the campaign of British MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi for a National Sikh War Memorial in central London; sign and share on Facebook, Twitter and email the online petition #WeWillRememberThem. #WeWillRememberThem. Spare a fe... More »