A Tale of Two Baisakhis in Britain: This is the second Baisakhi in a row with out a Nagar Kirtan in Punjabi Britain. The ordinary annual Baisakhi occasion by Southall previous all of the gurdwaras is sort of an occasion. Many hundreds come, to rejoice and to affix the langar served by a whole lot. Baisakhi final yr grew to become an event for sewa in disaster. The gurdwaras had been the primary, unsurprisingly, to organize langar after which to take it to the properties of the needy when the primary Covid disaster hit like an avalanche at the moment final yr. That langar sewa from gurdwaras continued all by the yr — nobody has fairly the stamina for sewa that might even distantly match what the Sikhs do. This yr circumstances have plunged to a report low, half the nation is vaccinated already. Now the warning is extra about being circumspect. Rightly after all.
Reaching out to Sikhs: “I am very much hopeful that this is the last time we will have to undertake these distanced forms of celebration,” Home Secretary Priti Patel stated whereas wishing a completely happy Baisakhi to Punjabis in Britain, in India, and all over the world. British Sikhs, she famous, have been “a keystone of British lives for 160 years. Baisakhi, she said, is a great occasion to “take time to reflect on the birth of Sikhism and celebrate the diverse and successful British Sikh community in the United Kingdom.” Many will welcome the trace of a political undertone to the festive greetings.
Warning in opposition to Khalistanis: Lord Rami Ranger, chairman of the British Sikh Association, despatched Baisakhi greetings with a suggestion that individuals “shun misguided Sikhs.” The misguided absolutely are a handful of Khalistanis who’ve been more and more shrill of late in pushing their suspect case. Lord Ranger believes that their form of agenda is not only in opposition to India however in opposition to Sikhism. “They are going totally against the teaching of Sikh Gurus, and their actions diminish the respect of Sikh Gurus and their followers in the world.” He added that Baisakhi is not only for Sikhs however for all of India to rejoice as a result of “it was the Brotherhood of Khalsa that stopped the relentless invasion of India via the Khyber pass and saved Indian civilisation.”
Complaints Pour in for ‘Too Much’ Coverage of Philip’s Death: It’s simply attainable that the passing of Prince Philip has been mourned in some locations greater than in Britain. The BBC is reported by The Sun newspaper to have obtained greater than 100,000 complaints about its protection of Prince Philip. The complaints weren’t that the protection was too little, however that it was an excessive amount of. BBC dropped lots of its ordinary programmes throughout its channels for in depth protection of Prince Philip, to delve into his many-layered life. But as protection continued, viewing dropped. And with that, complaints rose. The mourning additionally didn’t fairly dampen the keenness with which the British rushed to outlets that opened Monday after a lengthy lockdown.
Cairn Energy vs Government of India: Cairn Energy is alleged to be in superior talks with the Indian authorities to settle an ongoing dispute underneath which it has been awarded a 1.2 billion greenback cost from the Indian authorities by a world tribunal in The Hague. The cost was awarded over the sale of Cairn shareholdings by the Indian authorities in order to assert what it says had been tax dues payable by Cairn. The Indian authorities misplaced the argument earlier than the tribunal and has now appealed in opposition to it. But talks to hunt an out-of-court settlement proceed. One proposal on the desk is for the federal government to be spared 500 million {dollars} in prices and curiosity that was moreover awarded by the tribunal in The Hague. Another proposal reportedly on the desk, in need of any settlement, is that Cairn would make investments in India what the Indian authorities pays.
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