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Saturday
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3
May
2025
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Saturday
,
24
May
2025

Babarvani: Guru Nanak Sahib on War & Tyranny

Online
,

The four sabads of Babarvani form the foundation of this course, with each week dedicated to one sabad. Alongside textual analysis, we will explore the historical context of Babar’s invasion and engage in...

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South Parks Road
Thursday
,
15
May
2025
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Thursday
,
15
May
2025

Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society

Online
Oxford
,
United Kingdom

Join Harinder Singh at the University of Oxford for a presentation and Q&A on Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society.

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Park Avenue Gurdwara
Saturday
,
17
May
2025
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Saturday
,
17
May
2025

Intellectual Sikh Lecture Series

Online
Southall
,
United Kingdom

Join us for an inspiring evening of learning and reflection at our next session in the Intellectual Sikh Lecture Series!

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24 Alexander St
Saturday
,
31
May
2025
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Saturday
,
31
May
2025

Vanjara: From Worldly Trader to Spiritual Seeker

Online
Brampton
,
Canada

This presentation explores Guru Ramdas Sahib’s Vanjara, situating it within its cultural framework and lived experience. We will reflect on the composition's foundational themes and their relevance to our daily...

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14100 Stave Lake Rd
Sunday
,
20
Jul
2025
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Saturday
,
2
Aug
2025

Sidak 2025

Online
Mission
,
Canada

Sidak is a transformative educational experience designed for young Sikh adults aged 18 to 39. It brings together seekers from all over the world to learn, grow, and lead with purpose.

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South Parks Road
Thursday
,
15
May
2025

Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society

Oxford
,
United Kingdom
Online

Join Harinder Singh at the University of Oxford for a presentation and Q&A on Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society.

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Park Avenue Gurdwara
Saturday
,
17
May
2025

Intellectual Sikh Lecture Series

Southall
,
United Kingdom
Online

Join us for an inspiring evening of learning and reflection at our next session in the Intellectual Sikh Lecture Series!

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24 Alexander St
Saturday
,
31
May
2025

Vanjara: From Worldly Trader to Spiritual Seeker

Brampton
,
Canada
Online

This presentation explores Guru Ramdas Sahib’s Vanjara, situating it within its cultural framework and lived experience. We will reflect on the composition's foundational themes and their relevance to our daily...

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14100 Stave Lake Rd
Sunday
,
20
July
2025

Sidak 2025

Mission
,
Canada
Online

Sidak is a transformative educational experience designed for young Sikh adults aged 18 to 39. It brings together seekers from all over the world to learn, grow, and lead with purpose.

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Saturday
,
3
May
2025
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Saturday
,
24
May
2025

Babarvani: Guru Nanak Sahib on War & Tyranny

The four sabads of Babarvani form the foundation of this course, with each week dedicated to one sabad. Alongside textual analysis, we will explore the historical context of Babar’s invasion and engage in...

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Saturday
,
17
September
2022

Border Crossings

,
Online

We will reflect on the enduring effects of Partition through a conversation with third-generation Partition descendants from India and Pakistan, who are also oral historians doing the work of memory. 

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Saturday
,
13
August
2022

1947: South Asia, Panjab & Sikhs

,
Online

Several new South Asian nation-states were born as the British Raj ended in 1947. The Panjab of the Indus Valley civilization (3300-1300 BCE) and the Sikh Rulers (1710-1849) was annexed by the British in 1849 and partitioned by their Radcliffe line in 1947. Akalis have been representing the Sikh political consciousness since 1920.

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14100 Stave Lake Rd
Sunday
,
24
July
2022

Sidak 2022

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Sidak seeks to provide young Sikh adults with a gift of Gurmat-centered leadership learning experience to secure—and transform—the Sikh future. 

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Saturday
,
28
May
2022

The Guru: Connecting with 1-Light

,
Online

This Sidak event provides participants aged 18-39 a 2.5-hour glimpse into the 2-week Sidak summer leadership program. Prospective Sidakers will get a chance to preview learning and sharing via the curated content and the inspired facilitators.

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Saturday
,
30
April
2022

Vaisakhi: Reviving Panthic Leadership

,
Online

We will discuss Panthic leadership through Sikhi ideals and historical models. We will also explore the current deficits in leadership and their code of conduct.

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15850 24 Avenue #Suite 300
Sunday
,
24
April
2022

The Beautiful Vaisakhi

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

The session explores Vaisakhi in the Panjabi and Sikh context, the relevance of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib’s Nash doctrine, and the collective aspiration to nurture the characteristics of the Khalsa.

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300 Connell Drive, 5th Floor
Saturday
,
26
March
2022

The Real Guru Nanak

Berkeley Heights
,
United States
Online

This session attempts to understand the vision and personality of the Guru based on Guru Granth Sahib as well as secondary texts.

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Saturday
,
12
February
2022

Love, Devotion & I

,
Online

Love is understood as an intense feeling or emotion of deep affection, attachment, commitment, and sacrifice. 

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Saturday
,
29
January
2022

Dan: Sikhi & Giving

,
Online

Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) has released its eighth report in the State of the Panth series titled Dan: Sikhi & Giving, exploring what it means to give in a Sikh context, how giving is understood throughout Sikh history, and how it is understood by Sikhs today.

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565 Chakkraphet Rd, Wang Burapha Phirom, Phra Nakhon,
Sunday
,
2
February
2025

Guru Teghbahadar Sahib: Shristi ki Chadar

Bangkok
,
Thailand
Online

Join Harinder Singh on 2 February at Gurdwara Siri Guru Sahib in Bangkok as we commemorate the 350th year of Guru Teghbahadar Sahib’s Shahidi.

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Sukhumvit Soi 13
Saturday
,
1
February
2025

The "Real" Guru Nanak

Bangkok
,
Thailand
Online

Explore Guru Nanak Sahib’s personality and principles through Gurbani, historical anecdotes, and insights from Bhai Gurdas.

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70 Elgar Road
Sunday
,
12
January
2025

Guru Nanak's Medicine for Life

Burwood
,
Australia
Online

Join Harinder Singh as he discusses Guru Nanak Sahib's Medicine For Life.

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15 Hickey Ct
Friday
,
10
January
2025

Guru Nanak's Medicine for Life

Weston
,
Australia
Online

Join us for an Insightful Talk with an Educator and Thinker, Harinder Singh.

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Doran Dr,
Thursday
,
9
January
2025

Sikh History: The Ghallugharas Sacrifices

Castle Hill
,
Australia
Online

Join us for a thought provoking evening of Kirtan and Vichar with Harinder Singh (USA) and Veer Manpreet Singh (UK).

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15-27 Blaikie Rd
Wednesday
,
8
January
2025

Guru Nanak's Medicine for Life

Jamisontown
,
Australia
Online

Join Harinder Singh as he discusses Guru Nanak Sahib's Medicine For Life.

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4-18 Meurants Lane
Monday
,
6
January
2025

Saltanat-i-Daham: Guru Gobind Singh Sahib

Glenwood
,
Australia
Online

This talk will attempt to present the life and legacy of The Tenth Sultanate as described by Bhai Nand Lal 'Goya,' a court poet of the Guru.

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8388 128 Street
Saturday
,
9
November
2024

SikhRI Impact Luncheon

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Join us for a special fundraiser lunch hosted by the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI), dedicated to empowering the global Sikh community through Gurmat education.

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Guru Nanak Rd
Saturday
,
2
November
2024

40 Years of Resilience

Southall
,
United Kingdom
Online

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.

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Saturday
,
13
June
2015

Rethinking 1984 and the Indian State’s Relationship to Hindu Nationalism

Online

The attack on the Darbar Sahib in the June of 1984 was a defining moment in contemporary Sikh history. The standard narrative promoted by the media and the Indian state in its White Paper on the attack have largely ignored the communal motivations of the state as they relate to its inextricable relationship to Hindutva. We will survey contemporary conflicts, in particular the desecration of the Babri Masjid in 1992 and Gujarat in 2002, to understand the significance of the state-sponsored terror in 1984.

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Saturday
,
16
May
2015

Inqlab Kaur: Activist & Sikhs in Panjab

Online

What does being Sikh means in Punjab in ethical terms? If you happen to be an unwanted girl and then assert your choices to make Punjab an honorable space for humankind, what will patriarchy do to you? How will Sikh institutions respond to you who invoke sacrifices made to oppose injustice and intolerance? Let us discuss with reference of Inqlab Kaur who is in jail for a crime every Sikh is supposed to commit every moment. 

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Saturday
,
9
May
2015

Liv - Gurduara Dera Sahib, Lahore: Past and Present

Online

Guruduara Dera Sahib, Lahore, is one of the most important Sikh holy sites in Pakistan. The building of the gurdwara stands next to the Shaheedi Asthān or memorial of Guru Arjun Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, hence is also known as the Gurduara Panjvin Patshahi.

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Saturday
,
11
April
2015

Vaisakhi | Khalsa | Panth

Online

The presentation looks at the roots of the word, idea and institution that Khalsa is, in the context of Vaisakhi and beyond. It explores the Sikh canon, and other near contemporary sources of the ten Guru Nanaks period to trace its position and significance in the Sikh Panth. We survey its current state, functionality and understanding within the global community and offer suggestions to revive the Khalsa tradition in today’s context.

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Monday
,
16
March
2015

Radio Talk Show : Dialogue with Harinder Singh

Radio Sher E Punjab 1550AM
Online

In collaboration with Radio Sher E Punjab 1550AM.

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Saturday
,
14
March
2015

Liv - Do We Really Need an International Day for Women?

Online

A week after the celebration of International Women’s Day with reaffirmations of equality, the recognition of women role-models, expressions of love for women in our lives, we turn to ask: Why do we mark an international women’s day? Does such a “day,” simply allow for hollow congratulations in a world that is deeply divided on gender lines, as illustrated every other day of the year? Why not have a “men’s day”—are we reinforcing inequality? And does this day reflect an acceptance that all women, everywhere, across the globe, are simply the same?

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Saturday
,
31
January
2015

Liv - Human Understanding and Animal Behavior

Online

Nature is a diverse source of life forms; their unique identity and nature. Gurbani extensively uses symbolism derived from Nature to convey a particular thought or feeling. This presentation looks at major animal symbols evoked in Gurbani and how they are utilized to impart lessons in outlook and attitudes for life.

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Saturday
,
13
September
2014

Spirituality and Mental Health

Online

Dr. Kala Singh will be discussing topics like the role of culture and migration on mental health and suicide of South Asians, the role of South Asian spirituality on mental health and suicide, a new South Asian Spiritual Model of Counseling, and how to use this model not only for South Asians BUT for everyone.

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Monday
,
1
September
2014

Igniting the Spirit

Online

A special weekend of Parent/Youth workshops with Sardar Harinder Singh of Sikh Research Institute.

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