Preparations are on for the four-day festival of Barsi, said to be the largest Sikh event outside of the Punjab state in India, in Gurdwara Sahib Malacca in the Malaysian state of Malacca, starting May 30.

Prasad, a sweet, doughy pudding, is distributed to wedding guests at the Dasmesh Darbar gurdwara.

Sydney, May 23 : Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the turban while at work and also while riding motorcycles.

An engineering academy for children as young as four was one of three free school applications given the Government's seal of approval yesterday.

The annual Prince George Sikh Vaisakhi parade took place Saturday, May 19. The Vaisakhi festival is the Sikh new year celebration, usually celebrated in April.

Bramalea-Gore-Malton NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh's Private Member's Bill entitled Sikh Heritage Month passed second reading in the legislature today.

Toronto, May 16 : Britain's Fauja Singh, believed to be the world's oldest marathoner, will be among those participating in the first ever marathon being organised by the Sikh community of the Greater Toronto Area in Canada May 19.

Years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed four fundamental freedoms that all people everywhere ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.

Canada may recognize the Sikhs' right to propagate the idea of Khalistan from its territory, but it seems unaware of the problems it can cause.

Several of these town halls have taken place over recent months including one following the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.

As I mentioned in a PE article I wrote , the conference will feature panelists with a wide variety of viewpoints.

The three-day conference - expected to be the largest of its kind ever in North America - comes amid continuing criticism of one of the event's organizers, Pashaura Singh, the chairman of Sikh and Punjabi studies at UCR.

CAMPAIGNERS against a new secondary academy in Stoke Poges staged a silent protest during an open evening for prospective pupils and parents last week.

Fresno police arrested a 29-year-old person in connection with a brutal attack on an 81-year-old Sikh man, on Sunday, with a steel rod outside a gurdwara in central California.

Trashing SGPC's objections over dedicating the Bluestar Memorial at the Golden Temple to Sikh militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale, members of Sant Samaj, led by Damdami Taksal head Harnam Singh Khalsa, on Monday handed over a memorandum to Akal Takht chief Giani Gurbachan Singh urging him to check any "tampering" with the "martyrs' memorial".

Moga, May 7 : The 'Sarbat Da Bhalla', which had taken the job of cleaning a well in historic Kathmandu Gurdwara in Nepal with the help of Sikh community there, has now completed its job.

Scores of Sikhs demonstrated in New Delhi on Monday against the acquittal of a senior Indian ruling party politician on murder charges in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

I WAS immensely proud to speak at the opening of the new Glasgow Central Gurdwara, the first purpose-built Sikh temple in Scotland.

The parking lot of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Malton Gurdwara Sikh Temple was bursting with resplendent cultural attire for today's Khalsa Day celebrations.

There are five ways that many Sikhs embody their religious commitment daily. These are considered "articles of faith," publicly identifying the bearers as Sikhs.