Published in Hindu Deep as community news.
Sindhi community
Bahirano Day 2025
A trip to Shirdi and Nasik was a satiating pilgrimage recently and I got to witness much more than I had anticipated. In Nasik I was informed by the Chairlady of the women’s wing of ABSPP Padma that the Sindhis Worldwide are marking January 1st as International Bahirano Day and requested me for a Sindhi … Continue reading Bahirano Day 2025
Sindhi New Year
This auspicious day symbolizing the New Year of Hindu Sindhi community worldwide observed with huge fanfare coincides with Gudi Parva, Ugadi, and Vishu as per the Vikram Samvat calendar.
Guru Purab!
Floral Ik Onkar designed at the darbar of Baba Ishwr Singh Community Center of the Nanaksar Gurudwara in Nairobi. Picture : 26/11/23 Guru Purab Eve at the darbar sahib of Baba Isher Singh Ji Community Center of Gurudwara Nanaksar in Nairobi. 26/11/23 Guru Purab celebrations can be very extravagant and ritualistic in some places and … Continue reading Guru Purab!
Guru Nanak Jayanti!
Published in The Asian Weekly, Edition 690 ( 24th to 30th November 2023) Guru Nanak Jayanti By Sikiladi Guru Nanak Jayanti also popularly mentioned as GurPurab is marked on the full moon of the Kartik month of Hindu calendar each year. The word Jayanti generally refers to a birth anniversary hence most of us have … Continue reading Guru Nanak Jayanti!
The second partition!
wonder how the worship of idols is termed as being ritualistic but worship of a book is not. In my perspective it is equally ritualistic. It is sad that the world of differences is gaining strength and the way the religious intolerance is spreading. Read on for more on the second eminent partition between two factions of society.
Cheti Chand 2005 in Nairobi (News from the archives)
The pictured news article is scanned from the July 2005 edition of "The Indian" magazine that was published in Hong Kong. Monica Gokaldas served as a voluntary correspondent from Kenya until the magazine ceased publication.
Asian Scene- Sindhi Post Dinner, New Year, The Star, 23rd April
Revisiting A Sindhi community celebration as covered by the media in 2013.
Thadri 2022
Thadri is a festival celebrated by the Sindhi community world over. The festival is also called Vadi Sattain by some. Some other Hindu communities celebrate the festival on the same day by various other names such as Saatam. The festival is in reverence of the Goddess of cooling known as Sheetla Mata. The Sindhis prepare … Continue reading Thadri 2022
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