Spirit Of The Sikh

This coming April, I will celebrate my 26th “birthday”, when I received Khande Ki Pahul. This post is a reflection of that day and the months leading up to it.  ~~~~ I always wondered when m...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2023/03/17/spring-has-come/

Sometimes I look at images from the destruction and bloodshed of the attack on Darbar Sahib in 1984 during the Battle of AmritsarAnd honestly I feel nothing anymoreI’ve been seeing these images...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2023/01/21/defiance/

Years ago, I remember reading poems themed around “If I should have a daughter.” This is my “Now that I have a daughter” poem – lessons and reflections from a father of two amazing Kaur...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2022/12/12/daughters-spoken-word/

Years ago while at a restaurant with my wife, an elderly couple next to us overheard us talking. After some time, the man leaned over to me and whispered, “When are you going to start looking l...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2022/12/12/look-like-an-american-spoken-word/

Before I even open my eyes each morningMy mind is racingI’m dreading to even look at my phone What transpired at work overnight?What the hell happened in the world in the last 7 hours?I doom sc...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2022/08/04/nitnem-spoken-word/

(A reflection during sehaj paath, a complete reading of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib) Finding my rhythm Finding my rhythm Sounds become syllables Syllables become words Words become poetry And poetr...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2020/04/29/ang-spoken-word/

On my recent trip to Punjab, I noticed the Coca-Cola ads of Diljit Dosanjh everywhere.  Twelve years back, I remember Daler Mehndi was on those same Coke ads, and the discussions I had then are ...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2018/08/11/the-problem-with-diljit/

Today we walked through the town of Fatehgarh Sahib Our daughters have read books for years on the lives and deaths of our beloved Sahibzade But as parents, the books were not enough We wanted th...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2017/12/20/bricks-spoken-word/

once I dreamt that I met my Guru face to face he walked over and hugged me it was the kind of hug that old friends do swaying lasting for minutes silently reminiscing of all the ups and downs we�...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2017/12/01/clocks/

On a Sunday night, we visited Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji in Ludhiana It was not gurpurab, or any other special occasion But in our hour there, the flow of sangat entering the darbar hall...

https://spiritofthesikh.com/2017/11/26/sikhi-is-dying-in-punjab/