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IOSS seminar to focus on Forgotten Sikhs
WSN Network

Chandigarh: A two-day seminar on “Sikhs Living in States Other Than Punjab” is being organized by the Institute of Sikh Studies from October 24 on its premises in Gurdwara Singh Sabha Complex, Kanthala, here.

Dr. Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, will inaugurate the seminar that will also be attended among others by Tarlochan Singh, MP and former chairman of Minorities Commission, Harcharan Singh Josh, also a former member of the Commission, besides many eminent scholars.

World Sikh News editor Jagmohan Singh will be reading a paper based on his first hand field research among Sikligars in Delhi and elsewhere and a years-long engagement with the conditions in which this marginalized section of the community lives.

Institute of Sikh Studies convenor Gurcharan Singh said the seminar on the Sikhs settled outside Punjab was to focus on their minority status, facilities required from state administrations besides the special status of the Vanjaras, Sikligars and Satnamis and other neglected and underprivileged segments of the Sikh society, who are spread all over the country. These minority groups are still maintaining the Sikh traditions with dedication and devotion under difficult conditions.

21 October 2009
 

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