by Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Publisher: Lotus BooksClass: All
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AMRITSAR & THE PUNJAB
The Sikh homeland is the Punjab, an area of north-west India which straddles the India/Pakistan border. With the independence of India there was a significant Sikh immigration into India from West Pakistan. Many Sikhs still wish for the Punjab to become an independent state (they call this state Khalistan) as their separate faith and identity is not recognised by the majority governments. The Punjab is an important farming area and produces three-quarters of...
by Alger, Horatio
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Probably the best known citizen of Wyncombe, a small town nestling among the Pennsylvania mountains, was Silas Tripp. He kept the village store, occasionally entertained travelers, having three spare rooms, was town treasurer, and conspicuous in other local offices.
The store was in the center of the village, nearly opposite the principal church���������there were two���������and here it was that the townspeople gathered to hear and discuss the news.
Silas Tripp had one assistant, a stout, ple...
by Altsheler, Joseph A.
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The three, the white youth, the red youth, and the white man, lay deep in the forest, watching the fire that burned on a low hill to the west, where black figures flitted now and then before the flame. They did not stir or speak for a long time, because a great horror was upon them. They had seen an army destroyed a few days before by a savage but invisible foe. They had heard continually for hours the fierce triumphant yells of the warriors and they had seen the soldiers dropping by hundreds, b...
