The other week on the Media Watch show one of my guest’s asked why there is no emphasis on a Spiritual solution to the troubles in the world, a case in point ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Consider also the… Read More ›
Sikhs
Confusing rituals with religion
Back in the day aka in my early childhood I remember my parents would suggest performing a Tikka ritual just near the period of Diwali. Interestingly it does have its origins in another faith. The following suggests: After the high… Read More ›
30 years after 1984 – Why do we keep coming back to Trafalgar Square ?
It is that time again… June sadly spells and reminds every Sikh of the Tīsrā Ghallughara, the Sikh Holocaust, the Sikh Nakhba, the disaster that continues to reveal even more unanswered questions and the thud that resonates in every Sikhs… Read More ›
The danger of rebranding religion into a sub-culture
At Saffron Mic X a few weeks back I asked if Sikhi was getting re-branded as Punjabi, for example a mix of religious and sadly reawakened superstitious practices such as fasting and various wedding rituals. Maybe for some being Punjabi… Read More ›
My latest poem – Hush
Based on recently released UK government papers my thoughts go to the all the innocent lives left to die in 1984. The title of this piece is called HUSH. Its short yet from the depths of a Sikh soul that… Read More ›