A Tale of Two Baisakhis in Britain: This is the second Baisakhi in a row without a Nagar Kirtan in Punjabi Britain. The usual annual Baisakhi event through Southall past all the gurdwaras is quite an event. Many thousands come, to celebrate and to join the langar served by hundreds. Baisakhi last year became an occasion for sewa in crisis. The gurdwaras were the first, unsurprisingly, to prepare langar and then to take it to the homes of the needy when the first Covid crisis hit like an avalanche at this time last year. That langar sewa from gurdwaras continued all through the year — no one has quite the stamina for sewa that could even distantly match what the Sikhs do. This year cases have plunged to a record low, half the nation is vaccinated already. Now the caution is more about being circumspect. Rightly of course.
Reaching out to Sikhs: “I am very much hopeful that this is the last time we will have to undertake these distanced forms of celebration,” Home Secretary…