400th anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib on September One
The 400th anniversary of the installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh faith's holy scripture will be held on September one in accordance with the Sikh almanac Nanakshai calendar.

Compiled by fifth Guru Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, who installed it in the Golden Temple in 1604, the [Sri Guru Granth Sahib containing] divine knowledge and mysticism was ordained as living embodiment of the Sikh faith by tenth Guru Siri Gobind Singh Ji, the founder of the order of Khalsa in 1699, at what is now the fifth Takht (temporal seat) of Sikhism at Hazoor Sahib (Search) in Nanded, Maharashtra in 1708.

400th anniversary of the installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is being celebrated all over the world by Sikh Gurdwaras and various other organizations.

2004 marks the 20th year since the devastating attacks on the Golden Temple and the carnage of 4000+ innocent Sikhs in Delhi; smaller pogroms were scattered all through India. Using persons foreign to a region, Sikh citizens and other minorities were targeted for rapes, kidnappings, and burnings.

Many see 1984 as a tragedy for the Sikhs. The events of 1984, however, marked a critical turning point in the history of South Asia- ushering in two decades of state-sponsored violence against the citizenry. The importance of 1984 lies not in the establishment of a hostile environment in Punjab or a division between the state and its Sikh citizens, but in the establishment of a new methodology of control..more>>

The Washington-based Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF) has awarded 102 scholarships to needy students in Punjab and neighboring states for the academic year 2005.  Amar Jit Singh Sodhi, Chairman of SHDF and former World Bank official, stated: “I am glad that we have exceeded our target of 100 scholarships for the current academic year. We had started with 22 scholarships in the year 2000-01. We hope to set a more ambitious target in the coming years.”  SHDF, focused to task of poverty alleviation and gender equity, is perhaps the only Sikh organization which grants scholarships to needy students for higher professional education in Punjab. Founded by a group of Sikh professionals in the Washington metropolitan area in 1999, the Foundation has awarded over 300 scholarships to Sikh and non-Sikh students.more>>

His face was repeatedly beamed on virtually all American television networks during prime-time on Thursday night because of his trademark Sikh turban from Stars and Stripes, America’s national flag.

Singh became a potent symbol of this country’s inclusiveness at the convention, only days after a brutal attack on a Sikh in New York drew national attention as a hate crime.

Repeatedly, Sikhs have been attacked in the US since September 11 as many Americans mistake their turbans for some connection with the turbaned images of Muslims.