By Maria Wirth There seems to be some “defect” in Hinduism, because worldwide, it is clearly not as respected as Christianity and Islam. Hindus struggle to get a fair representation for Hinduism in the media or in textbooks whether abroad or even at home. This is hard to understand, because Hinduism has the best philosophical […]
Does The World Need A Conflict Bailout?
By Amit Srivastava Since the world population crossed 7 billion, there has been a sharp rise in incidents of international conflicts. Not due to a resource crunch but due to diplomatic failures and lack of communication among differing ideologies and states. At present, world peace is being shaken by state and non-state actors right from […]
February 9th – Today in Sikh History
On February 09 1924- 1st Shaheedhi Jatha of 500 Akali Sikhs, under the command of Jathedar Udham Singh of village Verpal, marched from Sri Akal Takhat for Gangsar, Jaito. It reached Jaito on Feb 20-21, the third anniversary of Nankana tradegy. JAITO – village under Nabha, which falls on the Bathinda-Ferozpur railway line. It is 96 […]