My Malice and Bias

 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing an accelerated pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who arrived in India by 2014. The eligible minorities were stated as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians.The law does not grant such eligibility to Muslims from these countries. Indian Muslim Protest against CAA " The Citizen Amendment Act is a bigoted law that legitimizes discrimination on the basis of religion and should never have been enacted in the first place ... ", said Aakar Patel, chair of the board at Amnesty International India. Really? I suggest Mr. Aakar Patel reads the constitution of Pakistan which clearly states that the Constitution requires the president to be a " Muslim of not less than forty five (45) years of age ". So a non-Muslim can never be the Presid

 Modi government has implemented or in the process of implementing three new laws that is changing India from how it was conceived in 1947. It is disturbing for some while other welcome these laws as representation of the 'New India'. I am going to give my perspective on three laws: Article 370 of the Constitution of India Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 Uniform Civil Code  Article 370/35A of the Constitution of India  Article 370 of the Indian constitution[a] gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed region between India, Pakistan and China since 1947. Article 370 conferred on it the power to have a separate constitution, a state flag, and autonomy of internal administration. Map of Kashmir Article 35A was introduced through a presidential order (not a legislative process) in 1954 to extend Article 370. It allowed Jammu and Kashmir’s legislature to define who would legally be considered a permanent resident. It also gave the state the power to limit the rights of

Punjabi Cuisine  It turns out we’ve been eating the spiced dish for a lot longer than anyone ever imagined. The Punjabi curry predates European presence in India by about 4,000 years. Villagers living at the height of the Indus civilization used three key curry ingredients—ginger, garlic, and turmeric—in their cooking. This proto-curry , in fact, was eaten long before Arab, Chinese, Indian, and European traders came in touch with India in the past thousand years. While the ancients left behind plenty of broken pots and mud-brick house foundations, they generally didn’t leave us their recipes. And foodstuffs, unlike pots, rapidly decay. But thanks to technological advances, scientists can identify minute quantities of plant remains left behind by meals cooked thousands of years ago. Serving Pot from Harappa They found additional supporting evidence of ginger and turmeric use on ancient cow teeth unearthed in Harappa , one of the largest Indus cities, located in the West Punjab near th

Is Kitchen noise disturbing your sleep/ Is your kitchen noisy? Do your family member complain how the noises from kitchen disturbs their nap time? The clatter of dishes and silverware is frequently cited in professional literature as a source of annoyance by many. “ many of my male friends believe that their wives torture them deliberately by needlessly banging doors, pots and pans in the kitchen .” I had often thought that my wife, otherwise the gentlest of souls, seemed to be uncharacteristically rough with her kitchen utensils. Couldn’t she just handle them more carefully? Rude Awakening I was at oblivious to the noises from kitchen ... till the kitchen noise got highlighted by my daughter. She had just returned from the college and was enjoying the peaceful tranquility (?) of her university residence. By sheer coincidence, her room happens to be the closest to the kitchen. I got up in the morning at 6 am as usual and went straight to the kitchen making myself a genuine cup of India

 Maharana Pratap seeks Blessing of Baba Srichand Maharana Pratap with Baba Srichand Maharana Pratap Singh , the Rajput ruler of Mewar is a legend in Indian history for his exploits against the Mughals. In stark contrast to other Rajput rulers who accommodated and formed alliances with Mughals by marrying their daughters to the Mughals, Maharana Pratap did not yield and fought till his last breath. Mewar had a long standing conflict with the Mughals which started with the defeat of his grandfather Rana Sanga in the Battle of Khanwa in 1527 to Babur and continued with the defeat of his father Udai Singh II in Siege of Chittorgarh in 1568. Did you know that Maharana Pratap was a disciple of and got his inspiration from Baba Srichand ? Here is the legend on the meeting between the two legends:  Maharana Pratap had to face defeat in the field of Haldi Ghati in 1576 A.D. and waged guerilla warfare against the Mughals for next twenty years. He was running out of funds and losing supporters

The term " Khalistan " is in news again thanks to the biased activism of Indian news agencies, newspapers, SFJ, and YouTube channels. But does it have the support in the mainstream Sikh nation? Let me categorically state that I am fundamentally against this 'poorly named' and 'poorly defined' term. The Sikh Nation Why I reject Khalistan? I feel strongly that this term is poorly named and poorly defined and that's why it does not have support of the Sikh nation. Here are six reasons why I reject the concept of 'Khalistan': Reason 1: Is it a Religious Term? Ek Ongkar - Core Concept of Sikhism The term Khalistan does not align well with the Sikh spiritual beliefs. Sikhism is a universal path that reject boundaries in the name of caste, race, region, or religion. Guru Nanak traveled across the globe and gave the message of 'One God for All" to the entire humankind and not just to the Sikhs or Punjabis. In my opinion, the creation of new pol