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A compiled list of newspaper and magazine writing by Professor Sukhdev Singh, alongside pieces published on this site.

The Tribune

Sarbloh and Sikh Heritage: Gharuan's Artisans Carry Forward a Unique Tradition and Technique

Despite the vagaries of the market, artisans in Punjab's Mohali district have been engaged in making utensils from sarbloh, a metal alloy central to Sikh tradition.

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Daily Excelsior

Trump-Harvard 'DEI' Feud: Lessons for Institutions of Higher Learning

Education is a driver of change, development, and human enlightenment; it helps individuals to question, experiment, and explore, leading to regulated change.

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Daily Excelsior

A Sound Policy Is Essential for Cultural Heritage Tourism

The United Nations Tourism General Assembly, in its 22nd session in 2017, defined cultural tourism as an activity wherein the primary motivation of the tourist is to explore, learn, experience and consume tangible and intangible cultural attractions.

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Khalsa Vox

Guru Ki Maseet: An Emblem of Tolerance and Co-Existence

On the face of it, the phrase 'Guru Ki Maseet' is rather enigmatic — until a visit to a four-hundred-year-old village in Gurdaspur makes clear how a mosque built on a Sikh Guru's orders still stands, protected, four centuries on.

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Khalsa Vox

High Time to Make Akal Takht Jathedar's Appointment Systematised

The sudden resignation, under peculiar circumstances, of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh brought into sharp focus a procedure of appointment and removal that is coloured by politics as much as merit.

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Khalsa Vox

From the Sidelines of the Indian Freedom Movement: Remembering Sewa Singh Theekriwala

On the birth anniversary of Sewa Singh Theekriwala, the hero of the Punjab Riyasti Praja Mandal movement against the despotic rule of the Princely State rulers.

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Khalsa Vox

Brushstrokes of Reverence: Respecting Guru Nanak's Portrait Beyond the Artist's Brush

The physical appearance of Guru Nanak cannot be truly canonized, because no real image from his lifetime exists for any future facsimile, nor should it be — he rejected any single facial identity for the divine.

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