Browsing Tag: UK

The initiative was co-founded by Jasneet Kaur Taak, who is completing her Master’s degree in the department of Physics at Imperial, and Simran Sangla, who has completed her Master’s in Imperial’s Chemical Engineering department.

The odds were always stacked against them due to their small numbers. But their codes of conduct and faith in the scriptures underpinned their resourcefulness.

In 2000, we sought asylum from the Afghan civil war by migrating to the UK. We arrived at an unfamiliar country with a language, customs and a cuisine that was alien to us. Naturally we gravitated to pockets of the country where other Afghan Sikhs has made a similar journey, in an attempt to retain a sense of safety and community.

The letter expresses “concern about the existential threat to religious minorities in Afghanistan, specifically, Sikhs and Hindus.”

The Sikh Empire was composed of many military units each with their own Battle Standards or Flags. There many elite wings of Maharajah Ranjit Singh’s army including the Fauj-i-Khas.

I walk down to bow to my guru which we call to matha tekh and then I sit down for a while and observe and it’s just such a nice feeling of a glow in my heart.