Published in 2019 and written by Deanna Singh, Cloth Crown is a children’s book about a Sikh boy bullied on his first day of school.
Categories: Art, Literature, Resources • Tags: Children's literature, Cloth Crown, Deanna Singh, Flying Elephant
While a legitimate conversation can be had around the degrees to which langar is “selfless” among Sikhs in the west, I offer that framing langar as “giving back” is a disservice.
Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Balwand, Guru Angad, Langar, Mata Khivi, model minority myth, seva
As time moves forward, Sikhs should consider how our actions and allegiances today will be looked upon by future generations. In America, the Sikh community finds itself in one of those moments.
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Politics, Reflections • Tags: black lives matter
In response to our letter, Cenk Uygur’s campaign manager sent to us his reply around his comments about Sikh religious practices.
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Politics • Tags: Balpreet Kaur, CA-25, California 25th Congressional District, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks
In light of his comments about Sikh religious practices, we are writing to request CA-25 Congressional candidate Cenk Uygur make a public pledge to protect Sikhs and other religious minorities worldwide from discrimination and violence in the event that he is elected to Congress.
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Politics • Tags: CA-25, California 25th Congressional District, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks
I came to appreciate the significance of this year quite late and quite suddenly. Admittedly, among the daily comings and going of life, I wasn’t paying attention. And so, when the last days of October turned to the advent of November, I found myself unprepared in my unmindful state. This year, by culturally established timekeeping, is the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs. Traditionally celebrated in November, tributes to Guru Nanak on this anniversary began appearing on my social […]
Categories: Art, Reflections • Tags: Arpana Caur, gurpurab, Guru Nanak, Jaswant Zafar
ikh activists in the United States have launched a petition demanding that Kamala Harris apologize for supporting employment discrimination against a Sikh job applicant during her tenure as California’s attorney general in 2011.
Categories: Politics, Uncategorized • Tags: 2020 elections, California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Kamala Harris, Trilochan Singh Oberoi, Workplace Discrimination
A number of American Sikhs won local races in various jurisdictions around the country during the 2018 midterms.
Categories: Politics • Tags: 2018 elections, 2018 Midterms, Ajmar Johal, Anaheim, Bobby Singh-Allen, California, Carteret, Elk Grove, Fresno, Gagandeep Kang, Galt, Gurpal Samra, Harry Sidhu, J.R. Thiara, Jag Bains, Jasbir Judge, Lathrop, Live Oak, Livingston, Naindeep Singh Chann, Natomas, New Jersey, Paul Sandhu, Raj Chahal, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Santa Clara, Sarabjit Kaur Cheema, Sikh candidates, Sim Gill, Simran Kaur, Sonny Dhaliwal, Tracy, Union City, Utah
This month, Sikhs celebrated the appointment of Guru Hargobind as the sixth Guru of the Sikhs in 1606, following the execution of the preceding Guru, Guru Arjun, by the Mughal emperor Jehangir for refusing to convert to Islam. Born to a prophecy that he would crush tyranny, Guru Hargobind represented a metamorphosis for the Sikh people — manifesting more than just spiritual practice but worldly practice as well. The commemoration of his ascension as Guru is a timely coincidence, for […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Politics, Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Bandi Chhorh Divas, Diwali, Guru Hargobind, ICE, Immigration, Jehangir, miri, piri, undocumented immigrants
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