Sikligar Sikhs in Jaipur bring their presence on record by installing a 15 feet tall Khanda at a road roundabout near their dwelling, now named as Guru Tegh Bahadur Circle by the mayor of Jaipur. The Sikligar Sikhs of the area called Jalana Dongri in Jaipur ha... More »
Taking cognisance of the possible mischief and potential danger of the offensive videos of Sakshi Bhardwaj on YouTube, the Delhi Small Causes Court of Jasjeet Kaur has ordered Google to remove these blasphemous videos and all other offensive content denigratin... More »
8 years ago, journalist Jarnail Singh, now an activist and politician, flung his shoe at former Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in reaction to comments about forgetting November 1984 at a press meet. Enamoured by his act, WSN Editor Jagmohan Singh wrote a... More »
The World Sikh News goes through the annals of contemporary history of November 1984 through the Sikhtoons of artist Vishavjit Singh, who himself is a victim-survivor. November 1984: 33 long years. 33 years of injustice. 33 years of impunity. 33 years of India... More »
WSN Editor writes an Open Letter to RSS Chief protesting and challenging the attempts by the RSS and its affiliates to interfere in Sikh affairs and smudge Sikh philosophy and history through subterfuge and misinformation. He congratulates the Sikh social medi... More »
Indian Supreme Court has ordered the state of Sikkim to maintain status quo at Sikkim’s historic shrine Gurdwara Nanak Llama Sahib at Chungthang, near the Gurudongmar lake till 13 September on a petition filed by Advocate Amritpal Singh Khalsa, Mumbai and soci... More »
Indian Supreme Court to hear case of Gurdwara Gurudongmar after disturbing reports on social media about removal of Sikh items of worship from a seven-decade old shrine in Sikkim by Buddhists wanting to convert it into a monastery. On his second day as the Chi... More »
Art engages reality in this satirical poem on present-day society. Mob mentality is a stark phenomenon from Charlottesville in USA where whites wanted to be domineering over leftists to Ballabgarh in Haryana, India where right wing Hindutva zealots wanted to b... More »
Tracing the origins of the song, Vande Mataram, which transitioned from a pro-Bangla praise to a pan-India patriotic fervour, the author questions the logic of enforcing nationalism through hooliganism, political rhetoric, executive fiat and judicial orders an... More »
The activist dismisses the possibility of any change in the social or political status of the Dalits in India or reduction in hate crimes against them even with the election of right-wing oriented Shri Ram Nath Kovind as the President of India. WWith a Dalit i... More »
Singh Sabha Mumbai general secretary Manmohan Singh writes a detailed missive to Education Minister of Indian state of Maharashtra protesting the distortion of historical facts of June 1984 culminating in the attack on Darbar Sahib, popularly known as Operatio... More »