About this video: “Afghan Sikhs – Giani Maskeen Singh” is a 3-minute 8-second talk by Giani Maskeen Singh, published by the Afghan Sikhs and Hindus channel. In it, he discusses Afghan Sikh history, including Guru Nanak’s trip to Kandahar, Baba Sri Chand’s trip to Afghanistan and the Nanak Panthis.
Category: History
Afghan Sikh Kirtani Jatha
About this post: A 1981 photograph of members of the first Kirtani Jatha of the Afghan Sangat — including Gyani Darbari Singh Shant and renowned ragi Bhai Pyara Singh Darwesh — reciting kirtan in the wedding hall of Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar (shared April 2020).
Mehr Chand Kapoor
About this post: A tribute to Mehr Chand Kapoor (April 2020), a prominent Afghan Hindu who passed away in New York — former corporate head treasurer of the Afghan National Bank in Kabul who ran a textile factory employing 5,000 people, remembered for his devotion and regular visits to Gurdwara Bhai Mansa Singh in Kabul.
Interview with Khajinder Singh Khurana
About this video: This 31-minute interview from Punjab Television (aired April 24, 2020) puts S. Ravi Singh of Khalsa Aid before tough questions, including why the organisation stayed silent on the controversy around the Khalsa-network “Jhalla” issue. The conversation also touches on matters affecting Afghan Sikhs and the Afghan Hindu Sikh Welfare Society of New… Continue reading Interview with Khajinder Singh Khurana
Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Hukumnama to Kabul Sikhs
About this post: A photograph of the Hukumnama — the royal command-letter of Guru Gobind Singh Ji to the Sikhs of Kabul, dated 23 May 1699, issued after the inauguration of the Khalsa on Vaisakhi 1699 (shared April 2020).
“Afghanistan is a dangerous place to live in but minorities are more vulnerable”
Source: International Affairs Review It is wrong to assume that Hindus and Sikhs are recent migrants to Afghanistan. Diwan Niranjan Das, an Afghan Hindu, negortiatedindependence of Afghanistan with the British government in India in 1920. Inderjeet Singh is the author of the recently published ‘Afghan Hindus and Sikhs: A History of a Thousand Years’. In the wake… Continue reading “Afghanistan is a dangerous place to live in but minorities are more vulnerable”
Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan – A discussion with Inderjeet Singh and Vikramjit Singh
About this video: In this 74-minute webinar recording (April 12, 2020), Inderjeet Singh — author of ‘Afghan Hindus & Sikhs’ — speaks with Vikramjit Singh Rooprai about the past, present and future of Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan, in the wake of the deadly attack on the Kabul gurdwara.