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Hearts Yearning
2009-12-23 22:24:00 Hearts Yearning Hearts yearning, hearts burning Three wise men searched for one more wise Who opens hearts, who purifies Hearts yearing, hearts burning In sleep no peace, just this tossing-turning On earth no peace, just relentless burning
Sathya Sai Baba?s Ignorance of Basic Scientific Fact, and Devotee Silence o
2009-12-03 00:06:00 Dr Kanwaljeet ‘Sunny’ Anand of Arkansas, USA, was a George W. Bush Administration medical advisor. One might think that a physician of distinction would be on-guard about crowd estimates. Or, again, in treating highly questionable interpretations of sections of various scriptures as though they are established fact. Many, however, are the cases where otherwise intelligent individuals, blinded by their fervent belief systems, abandon reason ...
BBC and Other Film Footage Shows India?s Top Guru Sathya Sai Baba Faking Mi
2009-06-10 23:16:00 The Sathya Sai Baba Organization has tried to stem a major exit from congregations via a role it internally refers to as 'the waverer's committee'. This wealthy and highly authoritarian organization, which seeks to infiltrate mainstream civic, religious, education and political venues, will not be so frank as to show the waverers the following videos. For the Sathya Sai Organizations recruiting drives in luxurious venues, See: ?Secret Swami? Cult Recruits At Prime Public Venues. For the dangers posed in its infiltration of unsuspecting communities, while concealing its agendas, and often from its own rank-and-file, See, Sathya Sai Baba Sect and Its Hidden Agendas. A Caution To truthfully go through these stark video revelations of Sathya Sai Baba cheating with his (so-called) miracles is to see why Sathya Sai Baba defenders like Dr G. Venkataraman and Gerald Moreno have raised profound smokescreens and engineered such markedly distorted 'pictures' of hundreds of former Sathy...
Attacks By Hooligans Against Foreign Students In Australia
2009-06-05 01:06:00 In relation to attacks against foreign students in Australia, there are some tough questions. The issue is complex, and not as portrayed either by certain sections of the Indian media and zealots nor by an isolated but powerful and disgraceful class of radio biggots and their poorly-educated audiences we have in Australia, known as 'shock jocks'. No amount of misrepresentation can alter the facts that most Australians do not engage in nor approve of racism. Many who have migrated to this country from a great many countries attest to this fact. I offer some questions - very preliminary - that I think my fellow Australians will need to consider:
Attacks Against Indian Students in Melbourne, Australia
2009-06-02 00:16:00 There have been attacks against Indian students in Melbourne, Australia. Yesterday's news reported what is alleged to have been a peaceful demonstration waylaid by a small number of anti-social elements. This blog recently reported Channel NineMSN's exposure of security personnel violence against protesting staff and disabled clients at SWARA in Brisbane. Reports that suggest the Melbourne protest was derailed by over-reaction of authorities, brought back eery reminders of those accounts which a number of those involved (including those who remain Sathya Sai Baba devotees) have given.
At least 11 wounded in fight in Vienna temple
2009-05-24 19:30:00 At least 11 wounded in fight in Vienna temple VIENNA (AP) - Worshippers of Indian origin armed with knives and at least one gun fought one another in a temple in the Austrian capital on Sunday, and at least 11 were wounded, police and ambulance staff said. Police spokesman Michael Takacs said the brawl occurred in ...
By: TexasFred's
India?s Chronic Addiction To Anacronistic Gurus. Any Sea-change?
2009-02-07 10:21:00 Can new generations in India's ruling elites meaningfully rid from their lives the powerful and corrupt gurus who have for so long brought her into disrepute? Can India find a solution to the embarrassment that attends the spectacle of a great many foreigners - especially Westerners ? drawn to her shores in search of replacement for their own abandoned belief systems, and, often, being profoundly misled?
?No fear of bombs? in India, Said Sai Baba a Week Before Mumbai Terrorist A
2008-12-01 00:13:00 While India's and the world's self-promised 'Saviour' potters and dithers, just as the Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burnt. A little more than a week before the horrendous terrorist strike on Mumbai, Sathya Sai Baba made yet another of his statements which have been tragically faulted by events seen by an aghast world only a few days later (and, in fact, all along, by a long series of terrorist attacks in India - extraordinarily overlooked by Sathya Sai Baba in his reported statement
Has Sathya Sai Baba Moved An Inch To Clean Up His Yard?
2008-09-14 13:32:00 My years in India furnished moving testimony to widespread harmonious relationships between Indian people of many religious and even non-religious backgrounds. This was no matter of mere tolerance but rather of most genuine acceptance of each other. Many are the instances of Indians visiting each other’s places of worship, family and other social, political and ...
Alleged theft of Sikh?s turban deemed harassment
2008-03-27 11:16:00 The District Attorney?s Office pressed felony charges against three suspects, alleging they had taken the turban because of their perceptions of Singh?s religion or national origin. But last week, a grand jury declined to indict the men on those charges, instead accusing them of misdemeanor harassment and third-degree theft.
Sikhs call for turban tolerance
2008-02-26 17:02:00 The Sikh community in Australia is outraged at what it says is a lack of cultural awareness after two incidents involving the wearing of turbans. [video]
Sikh motorcyclist did laps at 110 km/h to prove turban held tight
2008-02-16 08:55:00 A devout Sikh all his life, Baljinder Badesha never imagined that his religious devotion would compel him to race a motorcycle around an Ontario speedway to test whether turbans unravel at high speeds.
Turban-Wearing Motorcyclist Fights Law That Forces Helmets
2008-02-16 08:48:00 It's an intriguing dilemma in a multicultural society: what happens when the rights of an individual clash with the laws of society? The latest dilemma revolves around a Sikh motocyclist who wants to wear his turban instead of a helmet.
Turban clinics offer new ties for young Sikhs
2008-02-01 16:10:00 North India's Sikh leaders are fretting about turbans. Despite India's line-up of turban-clad celebrities there are fears that young Sikhs are spurning the traditional headgear in growing numbers. [video]
France high court upholds the ban on turbans in schools
2007-12-16 18:00:00 France's highest court, the Conseil Detat, has ruled that the ban against the turban in schools was legal because there was a greater interest to be served in preserving secularity than a religious belief.
Sikh pupil again suspended over Kara bangle
2007-11-14 04:45:00 Sarika Singh, 14, has refused to remove the silver bangle, or Kara, which she regards as a sign of her faith.
UK: School sends girl, 14, home for wearing a Sikh bracelet
2007-11-07 09:43:00 Aberdare Girls School has a strict uniform policy which prevents pupils from wearing any kind of religious symbols. Muslim girls are not allowed to wear headscarves at the school and all pupils are prevented from openly displaying their faith.
Sikhs fight French law on turbans
2007-11-07 09:33:00 Sikhs have gone to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to challenge a French law banning the wearing of turbans for ID documents.
Comparing turban to diaper angers US Sikhs
2007-09-22 14:52:00 Sikhs in Los Angeles are planning a protest against a radio station after one of its radio jockeys (RJs) referred to turbaned Sikhs as wearing a "diaper" on their head.
Sikhs oppose new turban rules
2007-09-22 14:48:00 The turban is mandatory for baptized Sikh men, and optional -- though uncommon -- for women who tend to wear head scarves, at least inside the temple. The turban and the unshorn hair underneath together are considered sacred, said Gurinder Singh Mann, professor of Sikh studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mann said the turban also is seen as a cultural symbol.
Sikh sues US judge over turban dispute
2007-09-01 12:23:00 A Sikh man has sued a Texas judge who allegedly forced him to remove his turban during a traffic citation case.
US in dialogue with Sikhs over ?pat-down? of turbans
2007-09-01 12:20:00 US authorities have initiated a dialogue with the Sikh community to find a "workable solution" to its concerns over new airport security procedures that involve a mandatory "pat-down" of turbans.
Sikh community condemns policy on searching turbans
2007-08-28 11:59:00 A new Homeland Security Department policy singles out Sikh men for rigorous airport security searches at the discretion of screeners, a national civil rights organization says.
Police question dera chief, confiscate offending dress
2007-08-18 12:44:00 A Punjab Police team arrived here Friday morning to interrogate the sect chief who is accused of hurting religious sentiments of the Sikh community by attiring himself like 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh earlier this year.
Sikhs And Sikhism
2007-08-12 19:08:00 Sri Guru Gobind Singh in his childhood sacrificed the life of his own father to save Hindu religion’s existence. Your Highness saved sufferers from the tyrannies of evil-doers. But it’s immensely regretting how fake Sikhs are today doing otherwise; they are not only forcing Hindus for religion conversion, but Hindus are so tired of their ...
Sikhs urged to stop all lavish weddings
2007-07-30 03:46:00 Sikh religious leaders have issued an edict to their community to end lavish weddings that involve days of revelry as a measure to discourage dowry demands.
Canada Allows Sikhs to Keep Last Names
2007-07-27 15:46:00 The Canadian government has reversed a decade-old policy that forced Indian Sikhs with the common last names Singh or Kaur to change their surname before they could immigrate.
Sikhs go to European court to battle French ban on turbans in ID photos
2007-06-17 15:39:00 France's highest administrative court has ruled that for public security reasons, Sikhs must remove their turbans when photographed for driver's licenses. France has also banned wearing conspicuous religious apparel in schools.
Talibanisation of Sikhism
2007-05-31 14:55:00 In an interesting piece written in “The Hindu”, Madanjeet Singh, himself a Sikh and a former Indian diplomat questions the militant outlook of the Sikhs. He says that the Sikh fundoos (people holding extreme views) have distorted out of all recognition the militant order of Khalsa that Guru Gobind Singh instituted in 1699. He says that it is incomprehensible as to how anyone can project nine
By: Discover It
Sikh priests reject apology over guru adverts
2007-05-30 11:48:00 Sikh priests have rejected an apology from a religious sect for adverts showing its leader dressed as a revered guru, which triggered violence in Punjab, a senior cleric said on Wednesday.
Religious sect apologises for Sikh insult
2007-05-28 13:40:00 A religious sect has apologised for adverts showing its leader dressed as a revered Sikh guru, which triggered violence in India's Punjab state, reports said on Monday.
Cult leader sparks Sikh riots with guru stunt
2007-05-21 12:23:00 The Indian state of Punjab has been set alight by some of the worst rioting in a decade after a newspaper advert placed by the leader of a controversial religious sect sparked outrage in the region's Sikh community.
What is behind Sikh protests?
2007-05-19 08:28:00 Clashes between India's long-established Sikh community and a religious sect in the northern Indian state of Punjab have left one person dead and dozens others injured. |
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