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No record of Jay Leno’s history of insulting Sikhs

February 2, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I hate to perpetuate this story, but in regard to issue around Jay Leno’s joke depicting Darbar Sahib on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, I think it is important to note that, for the record: A thorough search of Jay Leno’s monologues show that claims by two California Sikhs that the comedian insulted the community with his monologues in 2007, in which he allegedly called Sikhs ‘diaper heads,’ and in 2010, in which he allegedly embellished about the president’s […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Darbar Sahib, Jay Leno, Mitt Romney, NBC, Tonight Show

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Jay Leno and the Golden Temple: we are missing the opportunity

January 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Comedian Jay Leno’s recent reference to Darbar Sahib (aka “the Golden Temple” in Amritsar, India, Sikhism’s central Gurdwara) a few days ago on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has caused a bit of a ruckus in Sikh and Indian circles (and on this blog) and has turned into an international incident. There are even petitions on the web demanding that Jay Leno or NBC offer an apology for his “derogatory” remarks. I don’t share in this over-reaction by many […]

Categories: Humor, TV/Movies • Tags: Darbar Sahib, Mitt Romney, NBC, the Golden Temple, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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“Outsourced” out?

December 20, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

According to Time Magazine, the NBC’s new sitcom Outsourced was one of the ten worst TV shows in 2010: The idea–naive American middle manager is shipped to India to manage a call center–had all the makings of a, ingenious, timely sitcom about culture clashes and the new global economy. Outsourced, which decided to go the funny-accents and food-poisoning-jokes route instead, was not that comedy. Outsourced received a lot of attention in Sikh circles because on its cast was a Sikh […]

Categories: Humor • Tags: 30 Rock, Guru Singh, NBC, Outsourced

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