'She would sell most of her jewelry to educate us'

About 15 years ago when the Ishar Singh Bindra family discussed ways to give back to the community some of the family fortune made through its textile import business and real estate, Kuljit Kaur......

Eboo Patel receives interfaith Guru Nanak award

"When you start a prize with the Dalai Lama, how do you keep it going?" asked Thomas P DiNapoli, New York State comptroller, at the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize event in New York, April 18. But, he......

US university sets up chair in Sikh musicology

An endowed chair to study and teach Sikh musical traditions has been established in Hofstra University's Department of Religion, university President Stuart Rabinowitz announced on May 1. The......

Dalai Lama wins Guru Nanak interfaith prize

The Dalai Lama has won the first Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize given out by Hofstra University in New York. The $50,000 prize honours men and women striving for interfaith dialogue. The Dalai Lama,......