The Guru’s janeu of compassion

The Sikh tradition shows that diversity rests not on tolerance alone, but on compassion deep enough to defend another’s faith.

Rakhshanda Jalil

Updated At : 06:00 AM Nov 26, 2025 IST

Service: Time and again, we have seen compassion as a lived reality for the Sikh community. PTI

THE singular lesson, for me, from Guru Tegh Bahadur's life and martyrdom is the importance he gave to solidarity and concern for people who were, strictly speaking, not part of his sangat.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language, are the hallmarks of the paper.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

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The Guru’s janeu of compassion

The Sikh tradition shows that diversity rests not on tolerance alone, but on compassion deep enough to defend another’s faith.

Rakhshanda Jalil

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