By WebMaster Afghan hindus have not been very active in music. They did sing and play “daira” in wedding ceremonies but the community did not produce lots of musicians. Afghan hindus have not recorded any music in their own languages. There was Prannath Ghanimat who was a good singer and performed for Radio Afghaninstan. Another… Continue reading Music and Afghan Hindus
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Funeral Woes for Hindus
Author: Shahabuddin Tarakhel in Kabul Publication: Institute for War & Peace Reporting Date: November 5, 2003 Source Hindu and Sikh community wants to reopen Kabul cemetery for cremations, but locals object. Kabul’s Hindu and Sikh communities are finding it hard to hold funerals because local residents object to open-air cremations. Despite the objections, Afghanistan’s religious… Continue reading Funeral Woes for Hindus
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Tomorrow never dies India as a political role model, Dubai as an economic one. Afghanistan has a future as a democratic, free trade zone. It needs luck. And patience MANJEET KRIPALANI Posted online: Thursday, October 02, 2003 at 0000 hours IST For Indians visiting Afghanistan, there’s comfort to be found among their own. In Kabul,… Continue reading Untitled
Sikhs struggle in Afghanistan
Source By Sanjoy Majumder BBC News Online correspondent in Kabul Nearly two years after the fall of the Taleban, Afghanistan’s Sikh community is once again trying to establish itself. Sikhs and Hindus share the Dharamsal temple The Sikhs were first brought to Afghanistan by the British in the 19th century and once dominated the Afghan… Continue reading Sikhs struggle in Afghanistan
Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul – a Fact Sheet
Source: Foundation for Cultural and Civil Society 6 September 2003 Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul – a Fact Sheet Compiled with information provided by Dr. Andar from the Academy of Sciences and APAMR, the Afghan Professional Alliance for Minority Rights History Hindus have an ancient history in Afghanistan. • The ties go back to the… Continue reading Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul – a Fact Sheet
The life and times of Afghan Sikhs – a book review
Punjabi literature The life and times of Afghan Sikhs Jaspal Singh Source MANY novelists in the world have their favourite locales to situate their novels. Thomas Hardy had his native Wessex (South-west England) and Arnold Bennet and Sholokhov had the Potteries (Staffordshire) and the Don region, respectively. In Punjabi, among others, Gurumukh Singh Sehgal has… Continue reading The life and times of Afghan Sikhs – a book review
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23 June 2003 Source Three Sikh asylum seekers, who were forcibly returned by the UK, were forced to seek shelter in a Sikh temple in Kabul as they had nowhere else to go. Two of them were originally from Jalalabad but had no idea whether they had any relatives still left in that city and… Continue reading Untitled