Here we see an example of a story from the Bible & Qur’an being understood by Guru Gobind Singh Ji in the Sri Dasam Granth. The story is popular in Panjabi literature through the Qisse written in Persian by Jami. This story is retold in modern day Pakistan, India, and Kashmir.

Spent the last 2 days in Oxford as part of research training provided by the OOC-DTP. I really enjoyed the last session in particular, learning about strategies in which we can implement better self-care practices as [new] researchers

About this time tomorrow I’ll be flying out to India ✈️ so excited to be able to mentally and physically switch off, and be present.

Spending Gurpurab in India has been such a beautiful experience, the sangat, the atmosphere, seeing the amritvela programme. Truly blessed

Anandpur Sahib is a beautiful place, so rich with amazing history and significance

Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji

On the way to London (KCL), to share what Sikh activism on university campuses might look like, as well as sharing my research on decolonisation and Sikhi. Todays session is a Seminar held by INFORM on ‘New Religiosity on Campus’

Trying to decide if watching ‘Bend it like Beckham’ falls into watching it for research or watching it for pleasure 😅

Finally wrote a blog after a really long time. I am trying a new style which is a lot shorter and a lot more personal, I would love to hear what people think: vishsangu.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/loo…

How very cool

What does Khalsa actually mean? And where does it originate from, read my blog as I try to understand: vishsangu.wordpress.com/2025/01/07/und…

Our webinar series is back! 🎉 Join us on 31st Jan at 12 PM (GMT) for our first session with Roonaq un Nisa, PhD from TISS - Tata Institute of Social Sciences , discussing the 'Experiences of Women Prisoners & their Families in Conflict-Affected Kashmir' 🗓️ Save the date & register now: tinyurl.com/dcnseminar

The first time I’ve come across this. Here is an example of the Colonial administration using Panjabi Folksongs to encourage overseas recruitment: Maybe it’ll be interesting to trace anti-colonial songs and pro-colonial songs in this era…

I am giving a public lecture (online) on the 8th May. I will be talking about my research (please see the picture for more details). You can sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6eb4871c…

Spent an hour this morning coming up with a bunch of pseudonyms… just academic things 😅

First international conference, done 🇵🇱✅

My friend is doing research on Muslim marginalisation and at this time this research is more important than ever. Their research is in their final stage and is looking at how non-Muslims face marginalisation. This research might be particularly interesting for Sikhs!