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Members of Sikh community during a sit-in protest outside Gurudwara Sant Kutiya, demanding an immediate release of Balwinder Singh who was arrested in BJP's recent protest rally, i...

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Members of Sikh community during a sit-in protest outside Gurudwara Sant Kutiya, demanding an immediate release of Balwinder Singh who was arrested in BJP's recent protest rally, i...

PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra
Members of Sikh community during an agitation, demanding the immediate release of Balwinder Singh who was arrested by the police during BJP's rally to Nabanna (State Secretariat) f...

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Shiromani Parbandhak Gurdwara Committee (SGPC) President Gobind Singh Longowal during Sikh bodies annual budget session for the financial year 2020-21, in Amritsar.

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Members of various Sikh organisations including the Dal Khalsa, United Akali Dal, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and Satkar Committee hold placards during a demonstration demanding...

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Members of the Sikh community during the concluding of a three-day religious event to mark the ‘Jyoti Jyot’ (death anniversary) of first Sikh master Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara ...

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Women wing of Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi along with several people from the Sikh community stage a candle light protest against the abduction of a 17-year-old Sikh girl in Pakistan'...

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Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Managment Committee President Manjinder Singh Sirsa along with office bearers addresses media after a meeting with Joint Secretary of Foreign Affiars, Incharge ...

PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan
National Commission for Minority Chairman Manjeet Singh Rai meets Sikh people who have come from Afghanistan, at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, in New Delhi.

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Stranded Indian national Kultar Singh meets with his grandchildren after arriving from Afghanistan, at IGI airport T3 in New Delhi.

PTI Photo/Vijay Verma
Chobal Singh, addresses the media on his arrival at T3- airport from Kabul, in New Delhi. Delhi-based philanthropist Vikramjit Singh Sahney is also seen.

PTI Photo/Vijay Verma
Devotees arrive at Harmandir Sahib on the occasion of 416th anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib, in Amritsar.

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Devotees offer prayer at Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) on the occasion of the 416th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, in Amritsar.

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Sikh devotees take part in a 'Nagar Kirtan procession at Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) on the occasion of the 416th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, ...

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Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple, illuminated on the eve of 416th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib(Sikh holy book), in Amritsar.

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Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple, illuminated on the eve of 416th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib(Sikh holy book), in Amritsar.

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Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple, illuminated on the eve of 416th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib(Sikh holy book), in Amritsar.

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Sikh devotees pay obeisance at the Golden Temple decorated with flowers on the eve of the 416th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy book), in Amrits...

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Members of the Sikh radical organisation Dal Khalsa take part in a protest to observe India's Independence Day as 'Black Day', in Amritsar.

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Sikh volunteers distribute food among homeless people, during Unlock 3.0, in New Delhi.

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Guru’s Army Of Outsiders

They revere the Sikh gurus. Their annual calendar is an itinerary of Sikh history’s sacred sites. In the everyday life of Sikhs, though, the Nihangs are mostly a quaint curiosity.

Dec 05, 2019

| Paramjit S. Judge
Thou Art Here, Nanak!

Iconoclast and pacifist, the first of the Sikh Gurus belongs to all humanity

Nov 20, 2019

| Amandeep Sandhu
Fashion Unlimited: Sikh Community Gives Pugree Jewel-In-The-Crown Treatment

The Pugree or the turban is a gift of the Sikh gurus. Fashion designers are having a ball playing around with colour, textures and styles

Nov 13, 2019

| Lachmi Deb Roy
Road To Khalsa

Talk of a ‘pacifist’ Guru Nanak and ‘militant’ Gobind Singh oversimplifies Sikh history

Nov 07, 2019

| J.S. Grewal
The Kaur Of Patriarchy

Guru Nanak, ‘almighty’s bride’, battled patriarchy in the 15th century. But the older mindset found its way back.

Nov 07, 2019

| Reema Anand
How Khalistan Movement Scarred Punjab's Very Soul -- Wassan Singh Lives To Tell Horror Tales

Still an icon of sorts, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's ideology still attracts Punjabi youths. That's a worrying sign

Nov 07, 2019

| Jyotika Sood
Will Pakistan Ride Kartarpur To Revive Sinister Call For Khalistan?

Video on Sikh pilgrims visiting a Pakistani gurdwara with a poster of 'Khalistan 2020' written on it has irked India

Nov 07, 2019

| Pranay Sharma
Sikhism Teaches Us The Oneness Of God: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

In an interview, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh tells Outlook that he believes Sikhism can provide a healing touch to strained relations between India and Pakistan.

Nov 06, 2019

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
The World As Word, By Guru's Grace

Sikhism’s ethics is pursuit of truth by obedience to the authority of the ‘name’—source of all knowledge

Nov 06, 2019

| Simi Malhotra
'Bhindranwale Distorted Guru Nanak's Teachings And The Congress Encouraged Him'

Bhindranwale, who campaigned for the Congress in the 1980 general elections, was one of the many weaknesses of the Indira Gandhi government, writes ex-BBC journalist Mark Tully

Nov 06, 2019

| Mark Tully
From Amritsar To Toronto, How Designers Captured Punjab's Vast Landscape

It took three years for graphic artist and designer Orijit Sen and his team to create a vast permanent mural for the introductory gallery at the Virasat-e-Khalsa Museum in Sri Anandpur Sahib

Nov 06, 2019

| Orijit Sen
Sufism Prevails In Guru Nanak's Islam, No Place for Mullah Or Qazi

In spite of its limitations, Guru Nanak loved the Sufi way of life. Good deeds, truth and good actions were paths to God

Nov 06, 2019

| J.S. Grewal Indu Banga

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Biden Campaign Launches Initiative To Woo Sikh Voters In US

The Sikh American National Leadership Council is an advisory council to the Sikh Americans for Joe Biden.

Sep 28, 2020

| PTI
Sikhs, Hindus 'Endangered Minorities' In Afghanistan, Says Resolution Introduced In US Congress

The resolution supports resettling Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan in the US under the United States Refugee Admissions Programme pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Aug 18, 2020

| PTI
Pro-Khalistan Slogans Raised At Golden Temple On Operation Blue Star Anniversary

Around 100 activists led by Imaan Singh Mann, son of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former MP Simranjit Singh Mann, raised the slogans at the Akal Takht -- the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.

Jun 06, 2020

| PTI
54 Cases, 426 Murdered And None Convicted: How Police, Judiciary Ensured 1984 Rioters Are Not Punished

The SIT concluded that the “lack of interest shown by the police...” during the early stages and the manner in which judges “routinely” handed out acquittals to accused ensured that “there is no possibility of further investigation” in any of the 199 cases it scrutinized.

Jan 24, 2020

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
'Strongly Condemn Targeted Killing Of Sikh Community Member In Peshawar': MEA

The MEA said Pakistan should act in defence of its own minorities instead of "preaching sermons" about it to other countries.

Jan 05, 2020

| PTI
India Condemns Attack On Gurdwara Nanakana Sahib, Pakistan Says 'Untouched, Undamaged'

Attempts to paint this incident as a communal issue are patently motivated. Most importantly, the Gurdwara remains untouched and undamaged, Pakistan foreign office said.

Jan 04, 2020

| Outlook Web Bureau
Air India Pilot Asked To Remove Turban At Madrid Airport, Sikh Body Writes To Jaishankar

Asking to remove turban is 'an offence in the eyes of Sikhs', says Sikh body asking for the matter to be raised with the Spanish government.

Nov 28, 2019

| PTI
Devotees Throng Golden Temple On 550th Birth Anniversary Of Guru Nanak Dev

People offered prayers and took a holy dip in the 'sarovar' to mark the celebration.

Nov 12, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
Kartarpur Corridor Opening Is A Testimony To Pak's Commitment To Regional Peace: Imran Khan

The Kartarpur Sahib Corridor linking Dera Baba Sahib in Gurdaspur in India and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan will be thrown open on Saturday, in a historic people-to-people initiative sparking a glimmer of hope for improvement in ties between the two countries.

Nov 09, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
Resolutions Introduced By US Lawmakers In Congress Honouring Sikh Community

Being introduced ahead of the 550th birthday of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, the resolutions said that Sikhs in the US and around the world live the values and ideals of equality, service, and devotion to the God, first preached by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak.

Nov 09, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau