Dedicated scholar of Sikhism
Posted on Jul 28th, 2009 in Recent Events
W H McLeod played a major role in establishing and popularising the academic study of Sikhism outside India. McLeod, who died in New Zealand, on July 20, 2009, at the age of 77, is not as widely known as he should have been. However, for all those who study the Sikhs, their religion and culture, he has been the major …
Remembering Ram Narayan Kumar
Posted on Jul 27th, 2009 in Recent Events
With the death of Ram Narayan Kumar in Kathmandu on June 28, I lost a friend whose work inspired me. Many Punjabis also feel the same, because of the tireless manner in which he fought for human rights in the state, and outside it in India and abroad.
