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
Afghanistan refugee returns: ‘Out of sight, out of mind’
Source Amnesty International has today (23 June 2003) singled out the UK, alongside Afghanistan’s immediate neighbours, for criticism for its policy of returning refugees to Afghanistan. The organisation said that the security situation in Afghanistan had deteriorated in 2003, with at least two thirds of the country now in a situation of “generalised instability.” There… Continue reading Afghanistan refugee returns: ‘Out of sight, out of mind’
Homage to Shree Gopal Kukreja
By Ajay Kukreja – May 2003 Shree Gopal Jee Kukreja, a well known and much esteemed member of Afghan Hindu community embarked on his heavenly adobe in Mississauga, Ontario, on Wednesday, the 23rd April 2003. Being a respected member of our community, a very religious man, a virtuous husband, and a devoted father, Shree Gopal… Continue reading Homage to Shree Gopal Kukreja
Hindu School at Asamai Mandir
By Bramdut Sharma- April 2003 I went to Kabul (Afghanistan) on deputation for three years under the first Indian Technical Aid Programme (ITEC Aid Programme) to help the friendly countries to uplift the people in their education, social and economical status, by the Government of India to our friendly countries in 1965 as a Mathematics… Continue reading Hindu School at Asamai Mandir