One should not hoard a rare collection of historical value," says Arpana Caur, one of India's best-known contemporary artists. "They ought to be shared." The topic under discussion is that unique Punjabi heritage-the miniature paintings of the Sikh school-of which she is one of the most committed collectors.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti :  UNITED SIKHS' second volunteer team arrived at Port-au-Prince yesterday and started serving langgar (the Sikh tradition of serving hot meals cooked in a community kitchen) to survivors of the earthquake. Harcharan Singh and Amritpaul Singh, both from Brampton, Canada, arrived earlier this week  to join the ongoing  relief efforts in Haiti. The volunteers purchased food, water and supplies in two 20 feet trucks before heading to the UNITED SIKHS AID camp in Haiti.

Rabab researcher and Australian convert to Sikhism, Chris Mooney Singh, has discovered the poet in him. He will be in India this week at the invitation of the National Sahitya Akademy and would be part of a poetry performance session -a unique art which he has mastered in Singapore and is determined to spread it worldwide. Since the last many years, Singapore has seen umpteen competitions of the learners and the competent in this field. Chris will be spending a few days in Delhi and Chandigarh meeting friends and well-wishers and once again igniting the still dormant field of Rabab research and recital.

Anger Causes All Sense To Be Forgotten

A man was polishing his new car; his 6 year old son picked up a stone & scratched on the side of the car. In anger, the furious man took his child's hand and hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father...with painful eyes he asked his Dad, "when will my fingers grow back?"

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, 'How was the trip?'

The Parkash of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

Pir Bhikhan Shah was a devout Muslim religious leader. He lived in village Thaska in District Karnal (now in Haryana). He was a Sayyid (a descendent of Hazrat Muhammed), which commands great respect among Muslims.

This is no justification or excuse for Jarnail Singh's act but time factor did play a major role. Approximate time was 25 years, add the pain plus a few moments of impulse and then Jarnail Singh hurled a shoe at the home minister, P. Chidambaram.

I came accross this very encouraging story of Fauja Singh that make me feel to do more at any stage of life and everytime. Fauja in Adidas 'Nothing Is Impossible' advertising campaign.

Most people know him as the French Jat. With his piercing blue eyes that matches his blue turban strikes a note of familiarity as he keeps hitting the newspaper headlines, sometimes as a ‘once-upon-a-Frenchman-and-now-turned-a-devout-Sikh’ or as a pioneer organic farmer in the region whose Angrez ka farm is a must visit site near Anandpur Sahib.