Even though we feel so frustrated by the present state of Sikh institutions, we continue to create leaders and programs from the top down.
Regarding the Zero Sum Game, our National Social Fabric and the Path to a Positive Future.
Movement on women’s rights has been slow even in progressive societies. In the United States women got the right to vote only in 1920, a good 150 years after the birth of this nation.
Guru Nanak, initiated a monumental project of nation building that took ten generations – a little over 240 years – to complete, before 1699 marked the initiation (birth) of the Khalsa.
What I am going to describe is not unusual and is not so dissimilar from the Republican Party’s mess today. A friend of mine is involved in a Midwestern gurduara that is going through the usual yearly conniptions on managerial structure.
What face do we show the world? How do we define ourselves? These are questions that are vital and fundamental to our sense of self.
Our many religions weave humans into a magically engrossing rich tapestry.
I look at India’s glorious, and at times exaggerated glorified, past and I see that India has given the world many things and important ideas but rarely has it given any effective or productive leadership.
If I had only a few hours or days to live what would I do? Would I spend the next hours mindlessly traveling social media? Would I spend time reading and contemplating something philosophical and uplifting, or would I think and do something that would leave my footprints in the sands of time after I am gone?
It has been over 300 years since the happenings at and about Chamkaur and how well do we remember the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh? Every year without fail!