Source: Governance Now India is home to about 2,00,000 refugees, mostly religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. But the country is yet to have a national policy on asylum seekers, creating an awkward situation for Sikhs and Hindus who seek shelter in India from persecution abroad but do not get citizenship here. Caught in-between Within… Continue reading Taking refuge: How refugees feel homeless in India
Exhibition | Sikh Historical Shrines, People & Places of Afghanistan
About this video: This video from Sangat Television South presents an exhibition on Sikh historical shrines, people and places of Afghanistan. It offers a chance to see rare photographs of historical Gurdwaras in Afghanistan and to share and celebrate that heritage, as described on the video page. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SalaSKcI29I
Afghan Hindu Asamai School in Frankfurt
About this video: “Aasamai Schule in Aasami Mandir FFM” — the Asamai school at the Asamai Mandir in Frankfurt (Kabulnath, August 2015, 12 minutes).
Afghan Sikh sings Patriotic Pashtu song for Bamdad Khush
About this video: Afghan Sikh artist Soni Singh performs the patriotic Pashto song ‘Janan Watana’ as a special guest on Bamdad Khush (May 2020).
Afghans in India
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Afghan Sikhs And Hindus ‘Being Forced Out Of The Country’
Source: Tolo Afghanistan’s once-thriving Sikh community is dwindling fast as many choose to leave the country of their birth to escape what they say is growing intolerance and discrimination. Once boasting as many as 100,000 members in the 1990s, Afghanistan’s Sikh population, according to community leaders, has dwindled to an estimated 2,500. The reason for… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs And Hindus ‘Being Forced Out Of The Country’
On Old Traditions
About this video: A 10-minute conversation (in Persian) with Ms. Mohini Devi Mohan on observing proper traditions and performing religious ceremonies at Kabul’s shrines (March 2015).