because the truth needs to be told
In this historical piece, Late Justice Ajit Singh Bains dwells on the yearning for justice, calling it one of the biggest concerns of humankind through the ages. He says, “Of all the things which man seeks, justice ranks among the first. The question of socia... More »
How is this not a ban on Sikh students wearing turbans in educational institutions in the areas served by this Karnataka High Court interim judgement? Just because the rulers of the day have not decided to go after Sikhs, the institutions haven’t decided to ba... More »
The National Education Policy (NEP) of 2020, which replaced the NEP of 1986, is set to radically change the Indian education system, starting with improving the Gross Enrollment Ratio to 50% from the present 28%. NEP-2020 tries to bring in the US model of educ... More »
ਜਿਵੇਂ ਆਧੁਨਿਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਨੇ EH Gombrich ਤੋਂ ਪੇਂਟਿੰਗ ਬਾਰੇ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ, ਇਵੇਂ ਹੀ Susan Sontag ਤੋਂ ਫ਼ੋਟੋਗ੍ਰਾਫੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ। ਆਪਣੀ ਮਸ਼ਹੂਰ-ਏ-ਜ਼ਮਾਨਾ ਕਿਤਾਬ, On Photography, ਵਿਚ Sontag ਲਿਖਦੀ ਹੈ – “All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another per... More »
It is a crime that occurs in our streets, in our towns every night. The problem is that the law does not consider it a crime. There is a significant section of the populace that defends this crime. It is called Marital Rape – and an appropriate translation d... More »
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended some parties during the first Covid lockdown when such parties were prohibited. Now that certain pictures and details of these “socially-distanced parties”, held months ago have become public, he is being asked to ... More »
Every new year supposedly brings hope. British columnist Jagdeesh Singh, begins 2022, with nagging anguish, pain and a strong opinion about the lasting and continued effects of the historic British conquest and subjugation of Panjaab. Even though the British e... More »
To preserve Sikh heritage, the Panjab Digital Library is doing what Sikhs have not done in their 552-year-old Sikh history. On a mission of digitization of rare social, cultural and historical resources of Punjab, especially in Panjab and also at various other... More »
The World Sikh News narrates how a miscarriage of justice is now being furthered with administrative lack of concern in the case of Prof Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar whose case for premature release sits tightly in the files of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriw... More »
Former President of the DSGMC, former Delhi MLA of the BJP-SAD, newly-accepted member of the BJP, covert friend of the Indian Home Minister and all things BJP, the new confidence-trickster and fraudster of the Sikhs and scamster of DSGMC funds, as many cases o... More »
Though it came as a surprise to many, it was actually with an eye on the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh and Punjab elections that early morning today in a televised address to the people, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm la... More »
The Panjaabi nation’s indigenous Khalsa grit and determination have once more defeated the rotten, draconian Indian establishment and Indian empire! The untamed, unbending Indian aggressive state has been forced to relent to the sacrifices and persevering oppo... More »