World Dharma News: Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism News and Insight.
By Jagmit Singh Kabul, Afghanistan (CHAKRA) – The recent beheading of Sikhs by the Taliban in Peshawar, bordering Afghanistan, has reminded the community of the hardships they face on both side of the Pakistan, Afghanistan border today. Two Sikhs men were reportedly beheaded by the Taliban in the FATA region of Pakistan, with their heads […]
We can wrangle and preach for religion, fight for it, die for it; do anything but live it. I had heard these lines long and always related it to the situations happening in real life. We turn the pages of newspapers or click any TV channels; we find examples of people doing so. We see […]
Banking and Finances By:Camille I had a long and interesting conversation with a friend of mine this weekend on different attitudes towards finance and charity between different world religions. We noted that both Judaism and Sikhi require a 10% charitable contribution, in addition to service , which has no upper or lower bound and serves a […]
By Sukhdharshan Rohtas Haiti Earthquake Relief Surrey, British Columbia (CHAKRA) – Ramandeep Singh Khaira, has experienced a few sleepless nights, after being selected as a relief volunteer for Haiti. Mr. Khaira, a 29-year-old sales and marketing employee from Surrey B.C., has been selected to be a part of team Kitsilano—a group of 5 Sikh volunteers selected […]
A Typical Sikh Knife London, UK (CHAKRA) – Sikhs should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers to school—this has been brought into the courts by the first Asian Judge in Britain. After numerous cases of Sikhs being banned from wearing their ceremonial daggers, known as kirpans, to school, Sir Mota Singh, QC, has commented regarding […]