Where are the Dharam Parchar Committees formed by SGPC & DSGMC

Those, who paid gold coins for Sikh heads in mughal rules, could not finish the sikhs. And today, we are loosing Sikhi, by paying money from our own pockets at the Barber shops. Trimmed beards, caps on head, tambaku & whisky in mouth have become so common in Sikhs that even the movie makers project Sikhs as trimmers and not as bearded. The efforts of our Dharam Parchar Committees are not visible. The leaders are playing political games. The preachers are charging huge sums for Keertan Samagams and we are happy on getting Saropas in the Live relay of those programmes on various TV channels, BUT SHOCKING, nobody cares to count the rising percentage of Trimmers in such Keertan samagams. May i ask from the sikh community that where are the Dharam Parchar committees formed by SGPC & DSGMC.

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Jarnail Singh, the journalist - sacked

Shoe-throw sack after 3 months

New Delhi : Jarnail Singh, the journalist who lobbed a shoe at home minister P. Chidambaram in frustration at inaction against the 1984 anti-Sikh rioters, has been sacked by his newspaper nearly three months later.

In a notice sent to the journalist, the management of Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagaran described his conduct at the April 7 news conference as “an act unimaginable on the part of a journalist and subversive of basic rule of discipline”.

Jarnail, a special correspondent who covered military affairs and states including Punjab, was shocked that the newspaper should react in such a manner so long after the incident. He had lobbed his sneaker in the direction of the home minister but did not mean to harm him.

“As a journalist, I regret what I have done. It was not proper for a journalist to act in that manner. I was emotionally overtaken and exasperated, just like so many Sikhs are,” he said today.

“But I thought the chapter was closed because of the way the home minister had reacted and had accepted that not enough people (who were behind the killing of Sikhs in 1984) had been punished,” Jarnail said.

After the incident, the management of the newspaper had advised him “to take rest at home”, he said. That was followed up with two show-cause notices.

At the April 7 news conference, Jarnail had asked Chidambaram about the CBI “clean chit” to Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots case. He felt the home minister had ducked the question.

“Now I feel that I am being victimised, punished for raising my voice against the injustice of 1984 and the CBI’s and the government’s unwillingness to prosecute those who were responsible for it”, Jarnail said. He said he was even more resolute now.

Sikh political parties had offered Jarnail tickets to contest the Lok Sabha elections but he had refused.

Following Jarnail’s outburst at the April 7 news conference, the Congress high command reconsidered its decision to nominate Tytler and Sajjan as candidates for the general election. Neither was eventually fielded.

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Dr. (Mrs.) Gurdeep Kaur is now a contributor to blog SikhsIndia

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5th July, 2009

We are pleased to inform that Dr. (Mrs.) Gurdeep Kaur is now a contributor to our blog SikhsIndia. Dr. (Mrs.) Gurdeep Kaur is an Associate Professor,(reader), in the Department of Political Science, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University of Delhi, Dev Nagar,Delhi. She has done her PH.D from Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Delhi, with title of Thesis , The Concept of State in Sikhism with Special Reference to Guru Granth Sahib. Currently She is Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Theology, Katholieke University,Leuven, Belgium.

She already has three popular books to her credit. Out of which two books on Sikhism are Political Ideas of the Sikh Gurus and Political Ethics of Guru Granth Sahib.

Her Recent Publications/Papers/Conferences include : 'State in Sikhism’; 'Khalsa, political Implications', with Sunita Puri in Encyclopedia of Hinduism 1999, Univ. of South Carolin;, 'Contribution of Sanskrit to Sikh Scripture; The Nature of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Kingdom; Relevance of Sikh Scriptures in the present context', presented at World Punjabi Conference,United Kingdom, London, 'Environment and Sikhism' , ‘Welfare State Perspective in Sikhism’ In XIXth IPSA ,World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 'Women in Sikhism’, ; Ethics in Religious Scriptures & its Contemporary Relevance 'presented at International Conf. 'Parliament of the World Religions', Barcelona, Spain.

She also Participated as Delegate in the ‘9th World Punjabi Conference’ at Lahore Pakistan, January30-February 1,2004. In August 09,she is going to Limerick, Ireland to present a paper on Sikhism & Ecological Balance in the International Conf. on Interdisciplinary Theological Perspective on Ecology & Economy.

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Plan aims to increase Sikhs' green quotient

Plan aims to increase Sikhs' green quotient
5 Jul 2009, 0407 hrs IST, Narayani Ganesh, TNN

NEW DELHI: EcoSikh is a five-year plan formulated by the US-based Sikh Council of Religion and Education (SCORE) to spread green knowledge
throughout the Sikh community and encourage environmental activism among Sikhs worldwide. "A grid and pledge, named Eco-Sikh, persuades all Sikhs to create a global network of cooperation to help execute an action plan that will help meet today's environmental challenges. It combines spirituality and practical action", says Rajwant Singh, SCORE chairman, who has launched a website, www.ecosikh.org.

Sikh leaders from around the world are committing themselves to reduce global warming, in collaboration with the UN Development Program and UK-based Alliance of Religions and Conservation. Addressing the EcoSikh meeting in Delhi, UNDP's director of development policy Olav Kjorven said "Thro-ughout history religions have helped people and civilizations interpret and understand events around them and to respond to new challenges in light of their spiritual heritage and moral compass... the leadership of religions is now required to meet challenge of climate change." He quoted from Guru Nanak's verse that likened the sky to a platter and the sun and moon to lamps.

Justice Kuldeep Singh said he was delighted that Sikh community was taking upon itself the noble service of forging environment-friendly practices. "As Sikhs we have a responsibility to revere the environment. A Sikh's life is incomplete if he does not revere Nature," he said. "Environmental ethics has always been an inherent part of India's precepts and philosophy and the environment has always been given an honourable place," he said. "But now we are only polluting it."

There are four factors we need to remember, said Justice Singh: that the earth is warming; that this is due to release of increasing volumes of greenhouse gases; that the climate is changing because of human activity and that we can only expect Hell on Earth if we don't take any action now.

with thanks : source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Plan-aims-to-increase-Sikhs-green-quotient-/articleshow/4739378.cms

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Akal Takht says no to gay relationships

Akal Takht says no to gay relationships

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Amritsar: The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism is of the firm view that Delhi High Court judgement on gay relationships could ruin the society as this was against the tenets of all religions.

Reacting to the judgement on Saturday, Takht Jathedar Gian Gurbachan Singh said the Sikh religion or for that matter any religion did not permit sexual relations between individuals of the same sex.

"This is a very serious matter and against religious codes and ethics, "he said while appealing to the Sikhs against maintaining relations with the same sex.

"Any Sikh, baptised, non-baptised or one who believes in the Guru Granth Sahib, need not be influenced by the court judgement and should always refrain from establishing gay relationships," he said.

An edict issued from Akal Takht nearly four years ago had not only prohibited Sikhs from being involved in gay relationships but had described such a relationship as 'anti religious'. This edict was issued when there was a hot debate on legalising gay relationships in Canada, where a large number of Sikhs are settled.

Giani Gurcharan Singh said Sikhs should stick to the edict and set an example by keeping themselves away from such all "unnatural relationships".

"The marriage verses enshrined in the Guru Granth Sahib are meant to solemnise weddings only between persons of opposite sexes," he said.

The Jathedar informed this issue would also be taken up in the Sikh High Priests meeting scheduled for July 8, and if a consensus was reached, they might issue a fresh appeal to Sikhs to follow the Akal Takht edict issued on this subject earlier.

Giani Joginder Singh Vidanti, a former Takht Jathedar who had passed the edict said that it was still valid for Sikhs, no matter what the courts say or interpret.

"Sikhism is against all forms of unnatural relationships," he added while opining there was an urgent need for building a public opinion against gay relationships.

"Religion has got a very important part to play in halting gay relationships and a public opinion must be built against gay relationships," he added.

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