Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s hymn “Deh Shiva Bar Mohe” beautifully sung by Gorkha Regiment.

ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਦਾ ਇਕ ਰਿਕਸ਼ਾ ਚਾਲਕ ਬਣਿਆ ਨਾਮਵਰ ਲੇਖਕ, ਹੁਣ ਤਕ ਦੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਰੋਜਾਨਾ ਖੱਟੇ ਮਿੱਠੇ ਤਜਰਬੇ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤੋ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ

Penning down his experiences with the passengers, a rickshaw puller from Amritsar has released a unique book ‘Rickshaw tey Chaldi Zindagi’ (Life on a rickshaw). Written by Rajbir Singh, 40, who has just studied till Class X, the book is a compilation of short stories on his experience till now.

Twenty years ago, his father’s deteriorating health had forced him to leave studies and start pulling a rickshaw on roads of Amritsar. “With no other source of income visible to me then, I left studies and sat on the rickshaw of my father. It wasn’t that we were ancestrally poor, it were the circumstances that landed me into this profession,” says Singh.

The 14-chapter book, priced at Rs 200, has been published by a Rajpura-based publisher.

ਸਿੱਖੀ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਦਿੱਤੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੁੱਲ ਅੱਜ ਦੇ ਜਵਾਨ ਦਾੜੀਆਂ ਮੁਨਾਈ ਫਿਰਦੇ ਨੇ ਤੇ ਸਿੱਖੀ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਾਨ ਪੱਗਾ ਛੱਡ ਟੋਪੀਆਂ ਪਾਈ ਫਿਰਦੇ ਨੇ

Nick Cannon, an American rapper, actor, comedian, entrepreneur, record producer, radio and television personality, speaks to The New York Times on the reason behind the donning of a ‘headgear’ which he corrects the terminology to a turban and dastaar – and one inspired by his study of the Sikh faith which regards it as a sign of royalty, respect and responsibility.

Though what he wears is nothing like a Sikh turban, his reason for wearing it is surely sincere and a clear understanding on why the Sikhs wear it and what message they send by crowning themselves with it.

Dr Kamal, who ran a field hospital while serving with the US army in Afghanistan in 2011, has been promoted to a Lt-Colonel.

He serves in the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as a disaster medicine expert in the Army Reserve. He is also a member of the Truman National Security Project’s Defense Council.

Lt-Col Kamal has been frequently mentioned in cases where Sikhs serving in the US army battle to be allowed to serve with their turbans and beards intact, as per the requirement of their faith.

“This is a shared promotion,” said Lt-Col Kamal, referring to his wife Chinar Kaur Kalsi and his family and friends.

In the battle to serve with their turban and beard, some major developments were announced early this year.

On 3 Jan 2017, the US army issued a directive that requires brigade-level commanders to grant religious accommodations for hijabs, beards, and turbans with unshorn beards and hair for soldiers in all roles unless the requester’s religious belief is not sincere or if the Army identifies a specific, concrete hazard.

The directive makes it easier for Sikhs to serve with their religious articles of faith intact.

“Sikhs have served honorably in the US military since the early 1900s—with their religiously mandated turbans and beards. More than 80,000 Sikh soldiers died fighting alongside Allied forces in WWI and WWII, but a policy change in the early 1980s effectively banned Sikh articles of faith from entering into the military. In 2009, I became the first Sikh in nearly a generation to receive a religious accommodation that allows me to serve with my turban and beard, and more soon followed,” Kamal, then a major, wrote in article for The Hill in March 2016.

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