Analytical Essays
Some More News Items from The Times, London in 1830s
Maharaja Runjeet Singh’s Army
Reproduced from The Times (London), August 27, 1833. [Page 6; Column 2]
A discussion has recently been revived by one of the up-country newspapers regarding the means at the command of Russia for an invasion of India. However farcical the scheme may at first sight appear, it is as well not to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Late Jagjit Singh (author of The Sikh Revolution) on “Dasam Granth”
THE HISTORICAL IDENTITY OF “DASAM GRANTH”
by Jagjit Singh
[Reproduced from Abstract of Sikh Studies, July 1994]
The first and foremost prerequisite for the historical study of a document is to verify its identity and veracity; for, otherwise, if the foundation becomes questionable, the superstructure built upon it automatically loses its validity. So, let us begin with the [...]
An Academic Look at Contradictions in Story of “Dasam Granth”
DASAM GRANTH – ITS HISTORY
by Daljeet Singh
[A brilliant exposition on history of "Dasam Granth" by Late S. Daljeet Singh, founder of Institute of Sikh Studies.]
INTRODUCTION
Since the time the writings or pothis, to be later compiled and called the granth of the Tenth Master, were originally found, there has been a controversy about their authorship, authenticity [...]
Response to Some Misstatements About Dr Hew McLeod – Part 1
[The following response, to some of the statements made about Dr McLeod in tributes paid to him after his death, has been made using Dr McLeod's own methodology of a "skeptic" — that we believe the statements in question are hagiographical in nature rather than objective. I am sure those who worship Dr McLeod would [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )An Analysis of Western Academic View of Sikhi & Sikhs
ISSUES OF SIKH STUDIES
By DALJEET SINGH
It is a welcome sign that in the last few decades interest in the study of Sikh religion, its institutions and history has grown both in India and abroad, both among Sikh and non-Sikh scholars. It is indeed a healthy development. But, partly because of the variant background from which [...]
Dr Noel Q King on Dr W H McLeod
Orientalism, Critical Scholarship and the Sikh Religion
[Excerpted from Perspectives on the Sikh Tradition, Ed. Justice Gurdev Singh, 1996, Amritsar, ISBN 81-7205-178-6]
(From pages 70 to 73)
…..Whatever Dr. McLeod intended many readers will ask his books the wrong questions and get the wrong answers. The books to an uninitiated reader seem to reiterate the notion that a [...]
An Acute Observation on “Bhai” Harbans Lal
[The following write-up dates back to at least 2003, when a friend had emailed it to me.]
Veer Harbans Lal — A Chronic Sahajdharee
by Kirpal Singh, USA
Sikhism is a great school of learning. Therefore, like any other school it also has its Admirers (Sahajdharees), Cheerleaders (Keshadharees), actual Students (Amritdharees), and Dropouts (Durpokes).
Admirers of any School of [...]
“Losing my religion. Why I recently walked away from Christianity.”
Sr no.
theBEattitude
the Sikh Centre
http://thebeattitude.com/2009/05/28/losing-my-religion-why-i-walked-away-from-christianity/#comments
For those wondering, here is a condensed “Top 20 List” of the things that led to my rejection of Christianity.
Here is a Sikh perpsective (an insider’s view) on the “20 list”. I am happy to debate any of the points as long as it is done in an impersonal and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Brief Account of the Sikh History of 18th Century
THE KHALSA DURING 18TH CENTURY
Dr Kirpal Singh
[Then editor of Abstracts of Sikh Studies, Jan-Mar 2003]
The 18th century history of the Sikhs is seen as historically significant and religiously so glorious and inspiring that it is repeated in every Gurdwara in the daily Ardas in the morning and evening.
“Hail those Sikhs who meditated on [...]
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