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SikhRI presenters and facilitators appear for live events on topics that are globally important and have local relevance.
SikhRI presenters and facilitators appear for live events on topics that are globally important and have local relevance.
Join us for a special fundraiser lunch hosted by the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI), dedicated to empowering the global Sikh community through Gurmat education.
Join us on 2 November 2024 at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall, where Harinder Singh will speak in commemoration of 40 years of resilience and remembrance of the Sikh Genocide.
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of November 1984, a panel will gather to discuss the events that unfolded after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the ensuing anti-Sikh violence.
Join Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) for our engaging live online classroom sessions centered around the "The 1984 Attack on Sikhi: June, November and Aftermath" course.
Over the past four decades since 1984—marked by "Operation Blue Star" and the Sikh Genocide—various discourses have emerged, often graphic, grave, and heart-wrenching.
International Centre for Sikh Studies, New Delhi in collaboration with The Guru Granth Sahib Project Team from the Sikh Research Institute (USA), and the Nam Sabad Foundation present: Release of Research on Vanjara.
Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, a premier literary and cultural organization in the capital, was established in 1958, in the memory of the father of modern Punjabi literature and Saint-Poet of India Bhai Vir Singh.
To mark the 40th year of the violence of 1984, we will remember the events that unfolded in India and make connections with the ongoing and durable violence against Sikhs, Muslims, and other minority groups in...
Sidak seeks to provide young Sikh adults with a gift of Gurmat-centered leadership learning experience to secure—and transform—the Sikh future.
In ways both open and insightful, the discussion will centre around diversity within the Sikh community. Shattering normative ideas of the ideal Sikh, this event will feature conversations between Sikhs of the Irish-American, Black-American and Punjabi-American communities.
A journey across West Panjab, North-West Frontier and Pakistan Administered Kashmir, delving into the vestiges of a community compelled to move eastwards owing to the partition of the Indian sub-continent.
Jasmine Kaur of SikhRI will be holding a workshop for youth between the ages of 5-14. She will also be talking about Sikhi and What it Means to be a Sikh.
Arpinder Kaur, has put together a PowerPoint presentation which features Sikh history, Panjabi poetry, and emotional stories of the Sikh homeland.
Join us for dialogue and exploration of current struggles Sikhs face in regards to equality and justice. What can we do to face this?
Do you have questions about marriage? How do you know s/he is the one? How do you bridge the gap in expectations between yourself, family, and society. How do you balance professional & family life and yet still be relevant to the world without going insane? Most people don't reflect enough on the significance of this life changing decision. Come participate in an open, nonjudgmental discussion among your peers which will be preceded by a presentation. Must be at least 18 years old to attend and unmarried.
Join us for dialogue and exploration of the Sikh Revolution. Come and discuss the Sarbat Khalsa; its design and framework, plus looking at its relevancy today with current events.
Kultar's Mime is a devised play that blends painting, poetry, theater and music to tell the stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre that was organized in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
Join us this afternoon as Arpinder Kaur, Pilot & Servant, and Pritpal Singh, Mentor, Educator & Physician, will be leading an open, unedited, adult conversation about the struggles, rewards, and essence of marriage.
Dr. Jasjit Singh will talk about his recent research project which examined the idea, context, framing and realities of ‘Sikh radicalisation in Britain’ following media reports about this issue in 2015. Dr Singh gathered evidence by interviewing self-identifying Sikh activists and by analysing historic and contemporary media sources, academic literature, social media and online discussion forums. He also conducted a series of community consultations on the emerging findings which fed in to the final report.
Join us as Inderpreet Singh, Senior Manager, Solutions Architect at IDEMIA, dives into Asa Ki Var. He dissects Guru Nanak Sahib's message and looks at how we can apply his message in today's world, in an attempt to transcend duality.
The month of December takes us to lives of the four Sahibzade, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib and his Gursikhs. We often wonder what gave them such strength to be the ‘warriors’ they were, Join us in this webinar as we explore through Bani and History what it means to be a ‘warrior’ or a ‘complete’ individual. Lets dive into 2 Sabads that will help us understand this and also give us tools to work towards becoming these individuals and get inspired by Gursikhs who lived their life as such.
The talk will focus on the importance of revisiting carnage 1984 and addressing the contemporary concerns of the survivors. The importance and the methodologies both ethnographic and literary (such as collecting oral narrative, life writings and literary writings) to revisit '84 shall be discussed in detail. Also, how writing can be emancipating shall be discussed in light of the attempt made at creating new literatures and rewriting histories by authenticating the experience of Chaurasi will be elaborated with narration of certain short stories and poems.
Join us this afternoon as we work together and explore our understanding of Sikhi. We will be using Bhai Gurdas' Var as a source of information to have open dialogue and discussion on. We aim to connect and understand the Divine through our collective experience as a sangat.
From its peaceful beginnings with Guru Nanak’s proclamation of Ik Oankar – One Creator – in the Panjab region sweeping most of South Asia, the followers of this Path transformed themselves into a theo-political force, personally connected with the Divine and publicly addressing injustices of caste and Mughal hegemony. The person who inaugurated the Khalsa as we know it today was Guru Gobind Singh. The tradition of ‘service’, ‘equality’ and ‘sacrifice’ began earlier than him, the institutionalization of the turban and the 5 K’s, the names Singh for men and Kaur for women, and the Saints-Warriors tradition was his great contribution. What is not often realized are his musical, scholarly, poetical, and spiritual contributions. Inni Kaur will attempt to look at his legacy through the eyes of a believer, and regardless of nationality or background connect you to the beauty of his wisdom.
The Sikh community has faced considerable brutality and trauma as a marginalized group at the hands of oppressive regimes and misguided hatred both in India and in the diaspora. By expressing the narratives and history of the Sikh experience through the arts, broader themes of social justice emerge that speak to similar struggles in other marginalized communities. An understanding of social justice in this context helps to situate the Sikh experience, allowing culturally specific narratives to illuminate global issues of social justice as part of the human experience.
Gurbani gives us a code to help us understand ourselves as human beings on a spiritual journey. The Guru guides us to train the mind to find the Divine in our own hearts and within the entire Creation.
