Jathedars’ absence sparks anger on calendar change

A proposal to align some sacred dates on the Nanakshahi calendar with those on the traditional Bikrami calendar has been given final approval by Giani Gurbachan Singh, the jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh community.
But it has lit the fuse to another row between segments of India’s oft-divided Sikh [...]