Suppose you travel to the city of Amritsar in Punjab, India. There, you will discover a remarkable place. In this unique location, the doors never lock, the fires never go out, and no one is ever turned away. At Sri Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple), tens of thousands of people gather every single day. They…
The digital landscape in Punjab just witnessed a modern-day digital blackout. Initially, director Honey Trehan fought an exhausting multi-year battle against the strict censor board. Fortunately, he finally premiered his powerful film based on the life of human rights activist Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra. However, the movie debuted under the new title Satluj instead of…
If we look at his family background, he was born in 1957 in the city of Jagadhri. His father was Sardar Pratap Singh and his mother was Bibi Jaswant Kaur. Impressed by the Naam Bani and Kirtan of Bhai Fauja Singh, he joined the Akhand Kirtani Jatha. He regularly joined the Waheer of the Akhand…
Beyond the First Number: When Guru Nanak Dev Ji Met Pir Dastgir in Baghdad The travel chronicles of the first spiritual master of the Sikhs feature many remarkable interfaith dialogues. During his extensive travels, known historically as Udasis, he visited various global centers of spirituality. One of the most significant destinations on this journey was…
The Mythical and Historical Origins of Bhat Two sources of evidence explain the origin of the word “Bhat”—one mythical and the other historical. In Indian mythology, scriptures like the Shiva Purana state that during the wedding of Shiva (Shivaji) and Parvati, Shiva’s wedding procession requested something new. They said, “We are tired of listening to…
If the phenomenon of Guru Hurjan Dev Ji’s martyrdom is understood solely within a sectarian narrative, it may retain historical stories and karma principles, but the core historical facts risk being lost. What will be discussed here regarding his sacrifice marks a distinct departure from prevailing traditions. True martyrdom lives in absolute patience and a…
Guru Ji did not die for their own religion & for their own community.
Forty Sikhs. A two-storey mud fortress. And an army that historical sources describe as numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Banda Singh Bahadur is one of the most remarkable figures in Sikh history — a man who changed everything.
It is a great tragedy of history that when many sources are read to prepare a topic, the date, name, and incident of any source are not found same among the sources. There are four main things to present history: The Place (where the event occurred), The Person (with whom the event occurred), The Witness…
