Creating Oneness by Transcending Duality. A gurbani-based workshop that explores history and background of Asa Ki Var. Sessions will delve into how to go beyond duality in thought conduct, and action at both personal and community level.
Understand relationship between Panjab empire & British state and explore the historic relationship of the diaspora Sikh community & British rule.
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 assasination.
Author, Inni Kaur, will take children through a journey of various sakhis of the Sikh Gurus. Join us for an educational and interactive experience with Q&A and discussions. (For ages 5-15)
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 D
Author, Inni Kaur, will take children through a journey of various sakhis of the Sikh Gurus. Join us for an educational and interactive experience with Q&A and discussions. Journey with the Gurus is a three volume set of "retold" stories based on the life and travels of Guru Nanak Sahib. Each chapter includes discussion points to stimulate young minds! This is sure to become a favorite bedtime read! (For ages 5-15)
Join us as Harinder Singh, Thinker, Educator & Activist will be talking about the third Ghallughara in Sikh history and it's relevance to Sikhs today.
Join us as Amardeep Singh shares his journies and experiences on Exploring the Sikh Legacy in Pakistan & the Social-Cultural Impact of the Partition. During a personal visit to Pakistan in 2014, a journey that took him across 36 cities and villages, Amardeep felt it was important for posterity to document his explorations. In Jan 2017, he undertook another journey, traveling extensively to 90 cities and villages across Sindh, Balochistan, Pakistan Administered Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Panjab.
Join us as Harinder Singh, Thinker, Educator & Activist, will be talking about Khande-ki-Pahul. What is it? Why is it important? Why did the Guru's initiate this? This discussion will be followed by a Q&A.
Join us as Harinder Singh, Thinker, Educator & Activist will share key learnings flowing from the bani of Sidh Gosti.
Inni Kaur, Poet, Author & Storyteller and Harinder Singh, Thinker, Educator & Activist will be speaking at the Sikh Collegiate Conference 2018. They will be speaking on the topic of “How to Become Movers and Shakers” in the community (locally, nationally or internationally) while maintaining your Sikhi in modern society. The conference aims to provide a wide-scale intellectual and social platform for youth to create Guru-inspired aspirations & connections in their personal journies.
Join us as Inni Kaur, Poet, Author, Storyteller, shares her experience with Love in Sikhi. Experience the fragrance of Gurbani and the lovers of Panjab - Explore your inner creativity through poetry in this workshop.
Join us for a conversation with Jaspreet Kaur, Maneet Kaur, Jasmeet Kaur, Amarpreet Kaur, and Rapinder Kaur as they explore how being a Sikh can influence your career choices. How does your Sikhi impact what you do for a living? Regardless of whether you have a ‘traditional’ career (ex. doctor, lawyer, engineer) or something more unexpected (ex. therapist, tradesperson, writer), how does your relationship with the Guru influence the decisions you make in your job?
The event will focus on how we can incorporate Sikhi into our Professional lives and Business practices. The programs aim is to develop increasing knowledge & growth by providing real-life examples from successful Sikh business entrepreneurs.
Join us as Inni Kaur, Author, Poet & Storyteller, shares the life & legacy of Mai Bhago. She touches on the incredible inspiration Mai Bhago has had on the lives of all Sikhs.
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.