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A glorious past and present THE GREAT GLORY: SIKHISM (Rupa, Rs 1,950) does not quite believe that pictures can speak for themselves. Malkiat Singh’s poignant shots of Sikh life and religion are thus accompanied by some very jarring captions that try to unnecessarily sentimentalize the faith and the figure of the faithful. An effort to understand the world’s youngest religion could not have been possible without a discussion of its history, tenets, traditions and practices. Sandeep Goswami’s text tries to live up to that need, but perhaps a bit too earnestly. Most of the pictures here are of Sikhs in association with their faith — the kar sewa at the Golden Temple or the Hemkunt Sahib (picture). But there are also vignettes of Sikh life, old and young. These two young girls have been shot in a gurdwara in Pakistan. In fact, there are shots of everything Sikh except the bhangra.