About the Book During 2008, Sikhs celebrated the tercentenary of the bestowal - by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last Guru of the title of perpetual Guru of the Sikhs upon Granth Sahib, the holy scriptures of the faith. Guru Gobind Singh also declared his faith to be a self- governing corporate entity. Guru Granth was to provide them with spiritual, moral and temporal guidance. This obviated the need a superimposed religious hierarchy. How successful has been the Sikh faith, the youngest and the only worldwide religion established in the past centuries immemorial. Sikhs thrive best in countries where rule of law is paramount. Unhindered by dogma and self- interest, its followers believe in equality and respect for all people of the world. Sikh faith is a way of life. This book narrates the Sikh faith practices in a contemporary setting. It shows that the faith is compatible with living in the twenty-first century. Readers should benefit from a study of a faith arisen out of self-sacrifice but without enmity towards others.
About the Author Dr Surinder Singh Bakhshi was born in Tanzania in 1937. He received his medical education at Maerere Medical School, Kampala, Uganda. Post-graduate studies took him to the United States, Scotland and England. He was appointed to a consultant post in Public Health Medicine in Birmingham, England in 1977. He was to manage in the city the last case of smallpox in the world in 1978. The World Health Organisation was to describe the control such that there never was any danger of its further spread. Dr Bakhshi was also fully engaged in community affair. He was a City Magistrate and School Governor, among other roles, before his retirement in 2002. Since his retirement he has written a book on tuberculosis. The current book is the first in a trilogy; the second one is a quest for Sikh identity and the third on the relevance of Guru Granth Sahib, not only to the Sikhs but also to the contemporary world. Dr Bakhshi also takes interest in a charity which offers free eye operations in Punjab.
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