Uttrakhand: the Switzerland of India
The enchanting land of Uttarakhand, with legends of Lord Shiva, Guru Gobind Singh and goddess Nanda Devi, has all the Himalayan assets—numerous snow-clad peaks, enchanting rivers and glacial lakes, ancient…
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Grammer of Life
Guru Nanak was gifted with a reflective vision and a distinct aptitude for pious living. He fully grasped popular, often conflicting creeds and practices of Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and…
How much sleep do we really need?
One difference between an animal and a human being is it makes society better. A good human being engages himself in making a living to run his household and at…
Maharani Jindan
Awal aakheey sift Khudaa-ei dee ji, jehrhaa kudrat de khel banaawdaa ei. Shah Mohammada os taun sadaa daree-ei, badshaahan taun bheekh mangaawdaa ei. (First of all, praise be to God,…
Taking Care of Mother Earth
While the governments of the world move at a snail’s pace in solving the energy crisis, a grassroots conscious movement at the consumer level can turn the tide around. It…
Basic principles of Budhism
Buddhism began as a missionary religion. A few days after the first sermon, the Buddha sent his chosen converts into the world with the exhortation, “Go ye forth, O Bhikkus,…
Mecca of Sikh Faith
Sometime between the years 1510 and 1520 Guru Nanak is said to have travelled to the Arab lands, visiting, among other places, Mecca and Baghdad. Some suggest that he even…
The prophet of devotion: Guru Angad Dev ji
Guru Angad Dev, the first successor of Guru Nanak, did yeoman’s work for the evolution of the nascent community. Over a hundred units of Sangat (local congregation of disciples) came…
Historic Gurdwara Reopened at Abbotsford
The Abbotsford Sikh Temple is a one-and-one-half-storey, wood-frame vernacular structure set on a full raised basement, with a false front parapet, an upper balcony running along three of the facades,…