Source: Sikhnet This has been published by Abstracts of Sikh Studies, a journal run by Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh.ABSTRACTS OF SIKH STUDIES: OCT-DEC 2020/ 551 NS——————————————————————————- AFGHAN SIKHS – TRACING THEIR ORIGINS AND HISTORYINDERJEET SINGH INTRODUCTION The deadly attack on Gurdwara Guru Har Rai Sahib at Shor Bazar in Kabul on 25th March 2020 which… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs – Tracing Their Origins And History
EMINENT AFGHAN SIKH – Late Khajinder Singh Khurana (1953-2020) [Obit]
Source: SikhNet by Inderjeet Singh he President of Afghan Hindu & Sikh Welfare Society, Khajinder Singh Khuranapassed away last month in Delhi. He was forefront in arranging accommodation, securing funding and other facilities for the recent Afghan Sikh refugees. I am sharing his short biography which I have translated from the upcoming book in Punjabi on Afghan… Continue reading EMINENT AFGHAN SIKH – Late Khajinder Singh Khurana (1953-2020) [Obit]
SIKHS FLEE AFGHANISTAN IN WAKE OF ISIS ATTACK ON PLACE OF WORSHIP
Source: South Florida Times Gagandeep Singh Soni, 13, was attending school at the Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this year when he heard gunshots outside his classroom. Joginder Singh, his friend and classmate, had left to fetch tea for the entire class. A gurdwara is a place of assembly and worship for… Continue reading SIKHS FLEE AFGHANISTAN IN WAKE OF ISIS ATTACK ON PLACE OF WORSHIP
Harpreet Kaur and her 31 rings, an Afghan Sikh refugee’s tale
Source: The Tribune Harkiran Kaur Sodhi HARPREET Kaur was a young girl in Delhi when she married her love and moved to Kabul. “At first, I couldn’t understand where I had come. I used to cry in my room,” she recalls. Slowly, the community’s irresistible warmth touched her. “Phir mera bahut dil lag gaya and… Continue reading Harpreet Kaur and her 31 rings, an Afghan Sikh refugee’s tale
Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
Source: Concord Monitor, Star Tribune, Mint By TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press Published: 9/27/2020 KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is shrinking to its lowest levels. With growing threats from the local Islamic State affiliate, many are choosing to leave the country of their birth to escape the insecurity and a once-thriving community of… Continue reading Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
Mukish Pran
About this video: Haroon Yousofi in Studio 19 with Mukish Pran (September 2020, 38 minutes).
A tale of love, sacrifice and devotion: How the last Hindu of Ghazni stayed back in Afghanistan to take care of his Temple, even after his family came to India
Source: pIndia Not too long ago, India provided refuge to twenty-one Hindu and Sikh families from Ghazni in Afghanistan. The constant threat to their lives and the hardships they have to endure is not something that is secret. Islamic terrorism and extremism has made the lives of ethnic and religious minorities in the war torn… Continue reading A tale of love, sacrifice and devotion: How the last Hindu of Ghazni stayed back in Afghanistan to take care of his Temple, even after his family came to India