Harbans Lal, Ph.D., D. Litt. (Hon) My last visit to Pakistan was in February 2006, when I led a delegation of Sikh scholars on a pilgrimage tour of our holy shrines. I also co-organized a conference there as Executive Vice President of the Sri Nanakana Sahib Foundation. The late Sardar Ganga Singh Dhillon was the… Read More Nanak’s Legacy of Interfaith Engagement: Lahore International Conference
By Dr. Harbans Lal A debate has recently sprung up on the imposition of restrictions on the Guru’s travels abroad. One recent write up was about the unpleasant experience of Col Anand, who attempted to bring a copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) from India to Canada. Letters following an article by the Sikh… Read More Thou Shalt Not Hide the Light
By Dr. Harbans Lal In a recently published essay “Ivory Towers or Towers of Learning” (IJ Singh, 2010, Sikh & Punjabi Language Studies, November 10th, 2009), the author deplored the widening gap between Sikh Studies programs (and the Sikh academics who run them), and the Sikh community at large. Dr Singh, an academic himself, albeit… Read More The Revival of Elitism in Sikh Academia
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