Source New Delhi, October 18: Asef has a degree in engineering from the Polytechnic University in Kabul and had a good life back home. A refugee now, he ekes out a living by supplying food to restaurants and can barely make ends meet. After the Taliban took over, Asef had to flee in 2006. But… Continue reading Refugees in Delhi: ‘Fewer chances of subsistence, jobs’
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Despite Protests City Stands By Inmate Haircut Policy
POSTED: Monday, October 6, 2008 UPDATED: 9:59 pm EDT October 6, 2008 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Members of the Sikh religion and the America Civil Liberties Union marched outside the Duval County Jail Sunday, claiming an inmate’s religious rights were violated when he was forced to cut his hair and have his face shaved. Sikhs said… Continue reading Despite Protests City Stands By Inmate Haircut Policy
Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear
RPT-WITNESS-Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:00am EDT By Sanjeev Miglani KABUL, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The rows of bombed-out and upturned Soviet era-planes that littered the ground at Kabul airport when I left five years ago are gone. But returning to the Afghan capital, which I last saw… Continue reading Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear
Sikh Prisoner’s Hair is Cut Against His Will
On or about July 1, 2008, Sikh prisoner Jagmohan Singh Ahuja suffered an egregious violation of his religious rights when jail officers forcibly cut his hair in Duval County Jail. It is against a Sikh’s religious practice to cut his/her hair, as kesh (unshorn hair) covered by a dastaar (Sikh turban) is one of five… Continue reading Sikh Prisoner’s Hair is Cut Against His Will
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JAGMOHAN SINGH Monday, 11 August 2008 AMRITSAR : Former Parliamentarian and president of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simarnjit Singh Mann here today has urged the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to do the needful to get unlocked the Sikh Gurdwara (Sikh shrines) in Afghanistan. Talking to the media persons here Monday Mann said that being… Continue reading Untitled
Experiences in Afghanistan: Arrival in a new country with different language and culture
In Northern India in seventies there was a craze among women to observe fast on Fridays to appease the goddess Santoshi Maa. They would eat only once a day and that too just fruit and vegetables. Even non-vegetarians observed this rule. My family is a purely vegetarian one and my wife and teenager daughter both… Continue reading Experiences in Afghanistan: Arrival in a new country with different language and culture
Sikh temple inaugurated in Afghanistan
Pakistan Daily Friday, 25th July, 2008 Ghazni governor inaugurated a temple for adherent of Sikh religion after completion of the construction work on this holy place of Sikh followers in Ghazni province. Accomplished on over 27 acres of land the Sikh temple had been completed by $151000 assistance from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Ismail Jahangir… Continue reading Sikh temple inaugurated in Afghanistan