The process of being listened to in interviews re-members the dis-membered “self” that was severed from an experience during the moment of trauma. By speaking their histories, Sikhs are speaking themselves back into wholeness.
A sense of home does not leave us when we move away from a region or country. It occupies a place in our bodies that preserves what is good in the world...
[VIDEO] Then the 6th Nanak came and built the Akal Takht so the infinite rulership can be established in the site of HariMandir, the temple of God, so things can be ruled in peace.
From Guru Arjun to modern times Sikhs show determination and optimism.
Their devotion to duty and their splendid loyalty to their orders and to their leaders make a record their nation should look upon with pride for many generations.
Today's Incarnation is a poet who established one of the great world religions: Guru Nanak, the 15th century founder of Sikhism.
While the contribution of Sikhs in forming the modern history of this region is now a less known fact but the annals of history are well aware of the sacrifices made by the Sikh army, under Maharajah Ranjit Singh, in these formidable Karakoram region.
I read an article today from the ‘Telegraph’ of UK that the Britishers were planning to create a ‘Sikh Regiment’ in the British Army. Perhaps the Britishers know something we Indians seem to be forgetting.
Has the model of a Sikh changed since the Gurus or have I regressed to a prehistoric place in my head? I remind you that in the post-Guru period the Sikhs (through its 12 misls) knew how to disagree without undermining the nation.
Mann also showed some slides of early Guru Granth Sahib Manuscripts which could now be found in the UK. He finished off his presentation by stating that the auctioning of Sikh history had reached astonishing levels in the west.