The Sikh Renaissance

Irrespective of its various historic manifestations, Cancel Culture is not a Sikh phenomena nor a Sikh oriented ethic. We explain why.

A general look at the Leadership principles enshrined within the Guru Granth Sahib and how best to live them today.

We explore how current Sikh academics betray the trust reposed in them by the Sikh masses to pander to distorted perceptions of Sikh doctrines and the Sikh past with a particular focus on the fallacy of Sanataan Sikhi.

Bhai Sukha Singh (1721-1753) was an eighteenth century convert to Sikhi who became synonymous with the Khalsa military ethos during his lifetime. Stoic in the face of pain, he was a man of high dynamism who straddled both the military and political spectrums effortlessly. Famed, and somewhat stereotyped, for his sterling role in the assassination of Massa Ranghar we revisit him to see what lessons...

The Guru Granth Sahib provides us with a template to raise our children; our future generations. The Guru expects us to raise our offspring as Sikhs. After all, we are not raising our own children in the sense we are giving them our own ideology to follow. Rather, we are aiming to raise GurSikhs and Khalsas of the future. However, we are also witnessing a digression in the current period where Sik...

We define the Spartan-Testudo complex as being the entrenchment of particular cultural, political, social and other alternative traits which hamper one's mental and interactive mobility in the world today. For the Sikhs this complex is exemplified by the current wave of hyper-excessive woke liberalism as well as the polar opposite of traditional living with tradition being living as we did in the...

As we somberly observe the 20th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks (2001), we also reflect on the countless Sikhs who were targeted by xenophobes worldwide owing to their turbaned appearance. With the current Laissez-faire attitude adopted towards Sikh doctrines, it has become commonplace to criticize and even vilify those Sikhs who differentiate between themselves and fundamentalists given...

Nawab Kapur Singh-the charismatic but equally enigmatic 18th century Sikh leader who captained the Khalsa Panth during its darkest days in the post-Banda Singh period. What we know of him is derived from a few scant references in the Sri Gur Panth Prakash of Ratan Singh Bhangu, the oral histories of the remnant Nihang bands or the testimonies of his enemies. So who was Nawab Kapur Singh who histor...

Exactly! Who was the real Guru Nanak? A hyper-liberal pacifist? A renunciative Buddha-like Saint? A Vedic sage? Some Pooran Tam Avatar? Or was he something radically different? We are joined by Professor Balwant Singh Dhillon (GNDU) to seek out Baba Nanak's own testimony as to who he was within the Guru Granth Sahib and to prove that Baba Nanak envisioned the rise of the Khalsa and the Panth's sov...

We are joined by special guest Dr. (Prof, Retd.) Balwant Singh Dhillon of GNDU and also Retired Director of Centre For Studies in Guru Granth Sahib (Amritsar) in discussing the life and betrayal of Baba Banda Singh Ji Bahadur as per contemporary Persian sources recorded by eyewitnesses and military/political personalities conversant with the rise and fall of the first Khalsa state. Dr. Dhillon, in...

What can Sikhs learn from Israel? Listen to find out.

A pointed discussion on the five cognitive rebirths of the Sikh upon entry into the Khalsa and what they mean in today's context. 

Sikhi is rivalled with atrophied South Asian cultural norms which are hampering its progression. One of these norms is the direction of violence against women and anyone else classified as being 'weak.' We discuss the inimical affect of this tendentious cultural nefariousness in Sikh families and how it is high time we obliterate it from within Sikh society.

The Devolution of Sikhi's emphasis on gender equity.

A wake-up call for all Sikh men: stop giving lip service to the concept of gender equality. Actually implement the gender equality which our Gurus envisioned and gifted to us! We are joined by Sikh activist Simran Kaur in this episode as we chart where we went wrong in regards to protecting our sisters' rights and why they are falling prey to grooming gangs today. 

How much selflessness is too much selflessness? And does selflessness only consist of spending consumable/financial resources for global notice? What is our overarching strategy here, and is it paying off? What is the cost to benefit ratio in everything we are doing on a worldwide scale? Or are we, Sikhs, wasting our hard earned resources as a Panth to only receive unwarranted hatred in return?

Is Reincarnation a Sikh belief? What is the rationale behind it and what is an effective alternative to both heaven-hell and Reincarnation quandaries? 

In Zameer we discuss the significance of Shahidi (martyrdom) in Sikhi and how it directly relates to Gurbani's emphasis on living a conscientious life. We answer many long-held myths about the concept in Sikhi while also providing a correct and conscience translation of the oft-mistranslated and misnomered Babur Vani which-in actuality- is a clarion call to arms for all Sikhs by Guru Nanak. 

The title says it all, are Sikhs idolaters and how does Sikhi philosophically view idolatry and are Sikhs guilty of committing the practice when they bow to the Guru Granth Sahib?

Are the Panj Kakkars a means to an end or the ends themselves? How is it that Sikhs are fooled via infiltrators retaining their Kakkars? Have we misunderstood the Kakkars ? Listen to find out as we discuss this relevant and also tendentious issue. 

The Gaza conflict annually polarizes the Sikh community on social media into pro-Israel vs. pro-Palestine. Our stance is that while Sikhs should decry the human cost of the conflict, they should not be swift to take sides as the issue is more nuanced than they would care to admit. 

Thought Crimes and how they led to the development of Sikhi.

We discuss the theo-political status of Darbar Sahib and its original purpose intended by the Gurus and how best to restore it to its pristine state. 

Why is Punjab afflicted with drugs? And how can it be made drug free? Listen to our discussion as we tackle this most thorniest of issues.

We discuss the life, legacy and martyrdom of the Ninth Nanak with a particular focus on his legacy and its misappropriation.