One Dead, One Wounded in Sikh Temple Shooting

SACRAMENTO, CA - One man was killed and another was wounded after what authorities called a targeted shooting outside a Sacramento Sikh temple Sunday afternoon. Bystanders were able to subdue one of the gunmen, while a second was able to escape, a Sacramento County sheriff’s spokesman said. The shooting happened near the Sacramento Sikh Society [...]

Apology to acknowledge ‘suffering’.

Passengers on the Komagata Maru steamship who were refused landing in Vancouver in 1914 due to their Punjabi background. Leonard Frank/Vancouver Public Library VPL 6232 Vancouver, BC - The B.C. government will introduce a motion in the legislature tomorrow to apologize for the Komagata Maru incident.House Leader Michael De Jong said the timing [...]

Beats and Beliefs

Going along with the theme of music which has been popping up all over TheLangarHall.com recently, I came across a documentary from the Asian Network discussing (what the presenter calls) the arrival of a new music scene in which religion is playing a large role in the work of British Asian artists. Now, “religious” music [...]

Sikh, and you shall find Zepp

News Source: www.smh.com.au What does a teetotaller Sikh priest have in common with Led Zeppelin’s frontman Robert Plant? Apart from long hair, not much, but this weekend Gurjit Singh, a priest at Turramurra’s Sikh temple, will belt out Stairway To Heaven, Dazed And Confused and Kashmir. With the Tinku Band, a group of Punjabi musicians [...]

Unsung Sikh Freedom Fighter’s Life Now A Play.

TORONTO - Well known Indian playwright Dr. Atamjit is visiting Toronto to read his new Punjabi play ‘Mungu Comrade’ that focuses on the life and work of Makhan Singh, an unsung hero of Kenyan freedom struggle and Trade Unionism. Makhan Singh is the only East African leader who was detained by the colonialist, both in [...]

Sikh Judicial Commission Chairman resigns in protest

AMRITSAR: The Chairman of Sikh Judicial Commission (SGJC) Kashmir Singh Patti who had only yesterday feared  threat to his life from the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Tuesday resigned in protest from his post. Addressing the press conference at  his residence  Patti said that he has sent his resignation to the Chief Secretary to [...]

Sikh Hukamnama May 24

TODAY’S HUKAMNAMA FROM SRI HARIMANDIR SAHIB Download Gurmukhi font - Font Installation Instructions Listen to this Hukamnama Listen to the English Translation