(Part 2) Best products from r/Sikh

If you're looking for a historical, text book type source, then you want A History of the Sikhs Volume 1, 1469-1839 and Volume 2, 1839-2004 by Khushwant Singh. Comprehensive and well researched with plenty of footnotes.

The access to all the online material - texts, videos, audio (kirtan). But it all started with initial understanding via this book -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Writings-Sikhs-K-Singh/dp/8125017909/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505812711&sr=1-4&keywords=Sikh+writings

the first time I was able to understand what Gurbani meant. I was born into a Sikh family - the usual - no in depth knowledge in the family and could not understand what was going on in the Guruduara. Learnt the first 3 banis via memorization (don't know Gurmukhi but am trying to learn now). This memorization helped a lot to learn more about pronunciation, vocabulary and the structure of Gurbani. So when listening to other bani/kirtan, there is better understanding.
So on the path.

If you want a really detailed account of Ranjit Singh’s empire and the downfall. I recommend John Keay’s book, in search of the tartan turban. It’s an account by the American artillery Colonel in Ranjit Singh’s fauj, Alexander Gardner.

If you wish to buy a physical copy, you can get it from amazon for a small price of $270

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!


For books, read "Fighting for Faith and Nation" by Cynthia Keppley Mahmood, and "When a tree shook Delhi: The 1984 Carnage and Its Aftermath" by Manoj Mitta and H.S. Phoolka.

For websites, visit: Neverforget84.com, Sikhmuseum.com, and ensaaf.org

found this online, hope it helps. http://www.gurbanifiles.org/translations/English%20Translation%20of%20Siri%20Guru%20Granth%20Sahib.pdf

and this looks good too. http://www.amazon.com/Shri-Guru-Granth-Sahib-Vol/dp/160620100X/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344421667&sr=1-8&keywords=guru+granth+sahib+in+english

Here is a link to the book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Same-Light-Daljit-Singh-Jawa/dp/1479758442/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380655447&sr=1-1

Here's an amazon link to it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sikh\-Army\-1799\-1849\-Men\-at\-Arms/dp/1841767778/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527156455&sr=8\-1&keywords=the\+sikh\+army

How many low caste (casteism being very much like racism) backs did your family tread on to get to the USA?


https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-karma-of-brown-folk

http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Swami-South-Asians-America/dp/1595589406

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00V7SYUFU/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_5EB5xbEGSFD46

http://www.amazon.com/Granth-Indian-Devotional-Prayer-Religious/dp/B001J4736A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372313386&sr=8-1&keywords=guru+manyo+granth

I bought the digital version for 9 bucks!

A Taste of Punjab by Lali Nayar is my go-to.

I'm reading a translation of the SGGS in English. this one

I would suggest you 2 things to start

1)

Get to know about life of Gurus.

Just buy this one

The Sikh History

http://www.amazon.com/The-Sikh-Religion-Forgotten-Books/dp/1606200992

Why i told you to read Sikh history first.

As you will read life of Guru's you will connect why they said something. In which context they told something and when you will read Gurubani you will get full picture in your mind.

2)

Start reading the Japji Sahib , english translation.

Japji is the daily prayer of Sikhs , just start reading it and understand its meanings.

This step you start after you are done with reading at least life of Guru Nanak from book i mentioned above.

There are many websites from where you can get English translations , you can also download on your mobile.

http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Target-behind-disaster-Second/dp/1550289047

Here's a primer: http://www.amazon.com/The-Saffron-Wave-Democracy-Nationalism/dp/0691006717

some books never get old. a must read for everyone.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Sikhs-History-Religion-Society/dp/0231068158/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1344217958&sr=8-6&keywords=sikhism+mcleod

http://www.amazon.com/History-Sikhs-Volume-1469-1839-Collection/dp/0195673085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344217976&sr=8-1&keywords=sikhism+khushwant+singh

http://www.amazon.com/History-Sikhs-v2-1839-1988-corrections/dp/0195626443/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1344217976&sr=8-5&keywords=sikhism+khushwant+singh

It's tough to be so conclusive of responsibility at this point, but to compare it to Muslims saying 911 was an inside job is a stretch. Yes, this person is reprehensible and given the entire community a stain, but lines are blurred as to exactly where ALL the responsibility lies. Do you honestly think it's beyond the pale for Indian politicians to slaughter their own citizens for their personal gain with false flag operations? If so you might want to look into the Sikh Kashmiri massacre in 2000. Have you read Soft Target written by Brian McAndrew (of the Globe and Mail)?

http://www.amazon.ca/Soft-Target-behind-disaster-Edition/dp/1550289047

"On March 16, 2005, almost twenty years after one of the biggest mass murders in Canadian Aviation history, the Air-India Case concluded with a verdict that authors Zuhair Kashmeri and Brian McAndrew predicted sixteen years ago when Soft Target was first published: not guilty. In this second edition, the two offer a detailed foreword that brings readers up-to-date with some startling new information surrounding the twin bombings on June 23, 1985 in the air over the Atlantic, and on the ground in Japan, which left 331 people dead. They offer key details from the trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri that took place in a specially-built Vancouver courtroom, leads that were not followed up, and more details of India's intelligence service's clandestine interference in Canada."

tl;dr - India (with or without the aid of the accused) bombed Air India, CSIS found out, realized it would put Canada smack into the middle of the cold war, Canada's top investigations unit "accidentally" deleted all surveillance tapes (look it up, that's on the official record) and noped the f**k out of the investigation.