because the truth needs to be told
As the world celebrates International Mother Language Day, Sikhs worldwide take pride in their mother tongue Punjabi and vow to uphold the language meeting challenges in their homeland Punjab. It is time to take the British government to task for its systemati... More »
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 »
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 »
In 1961 when the residents of Chandigarh and neighbouring areas returned Hindi as their mother tongue and when the masses other than Sikhs returned Hindi as their mother tongue at the behest of anti-Sikh leaders and a section of the anti-Sikh media, a maverick... More »
The founder of Sikhism -Guru Nanak lent unique meaning to the alphabet in his own inimitable style, which was God-ordained and God-gifted. How else could one formulate the meaning of each letter of the alphabet? What a beauty is this Patti Likhi revealed a gro... More »
Punjabi language enthusiasts of the Punjabi Bhasha Pasar Bhaichara make fervent appeals to the electorate to vote for only those candidates who promise not only to respect mother-tongue Punjabi but also make serious efforts to get the language its due in Punja... More »
It is happening. It is really happening. It is happening for sure. As WSN had said some time back, “Punjabis are coming out to battle Punjabi apathy to preserve Punjabi. Engineer and software architect, Atlanta, USA based Gurmeet Kaur has satisfied the quest ... More »
UNESCO has declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous languages. This prompted me to look at Punjabi from UNESCO’s viewpoint. While we are worried about the future of the Punjabi language, Punjabi is not dying writes the author after thorough resea... More »
In her sweet little way, this student shares her understanding of Vand Chhakkna -sharing and giving in the present times. What is Vand Chakana? Vand Chakana is one of the three main pillars of the teaching of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Vand Chakana means to share one’... More »
Enabling the Sikh youth in Indonesia to learn and imbibe fundamentals of the Sikh way of life, the Jakarta based Gurmat School is playing a key role. Since we don’t live in India, and we are Punjabis, it’s not easy to speak and understand Punjabi, read Gurmukh... More »
Sikhs in Indonesia organise an International Sikh Conference early next month to celebrate 25 years of the main Gurdwara Guru Nanak in Jakarta and to take stock of the social, religious and economic life of Indonesian Sikh residents in the island nation inviti... More »
1 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦਿਵਸ, ਵਰਲਡ ਸਿੱਖ ਨਿਉਜ਼ ਦੇ ਸੰਪਾਦਕ ਦੀ ਇਹ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਵਿਤਾ। ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜ਼ੁਬਾਨ ਖਿਲਾਫ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਲਾਪਰਵਾਹੀ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਵਿਚ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਬੁਲੰਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਖਿਲਾਫ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਜ਼ਬਰ ਦੇ ਢੁਕਵੇਂ ਜਵਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਜ਼ਜ਼ਬਾਤਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਅਖਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਦੇਣ ਅਕਾਲਪੁਰਖ ਨੇ ਰਹਿਮਤ ਕਰ ਬਖਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕੀਤ... More »