• Facebook
  • Twitter

Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

Main menu

Skip to content
  • About this blog
  • Contact
  • Copyright Notice

Author Archives: Rupinder Mohan Singh

Show Grid Show List

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts hosts Maharaja exhibit

June 16, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Earlier this year, San Francisco, California’s Asian Art Museum hosted the exhibit Maharaja: The Splendor of India’s Royal Courts.  While this exhibition has closed on the west coast, those on the east coast of the United States now have the opportunity to enjoy the Maharaja exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia: The first exhibition to explore the extraordinarily rich visual culture of India’s last royal families, Maharaja: The Splendors of India’s Great Kings spans the period […]

Categories: Art, Events • Tags: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Maharaja, Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Great Kings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Leave a comment

South-Asian/Sikh blogging and exploring “hybrid” identities

June 14, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I received a message from Priya Kumar, a doctoral student at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and who recently completed a TEDx Talk (see above) about the role of the web in the South Asian diaspora: My name is Priya and I am a doctoral student in Politics at SOAS London. I did a TEDx talk in May about hybrid identities and the web, and I used your blog as an example of […]

Categories: American Turban, Reflections, Reports/Studies • Tags: blogging, London, Priya Kumar, School of Oriental and African Studies, Sikh diaspora, TED, TEDx, United Kingdom, University of London

Leave a comment

The Sikhs and the TSA, with a twist

June 13, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and their issues around apparent racial profiling of Sikhs has been a recurring topic on this blog, however, an interesting twist in the news came out recently where the TSA was found to be discriminating against a Sikh employee: Kulwinder Singh called it a violation of his religious rights, and took his case to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC determined that the Transportation Security Administration was wrong to have Singh hide his […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits • Tags: Discrimination, EEOC, Employment Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Transportation Security Administration, TSA

Leave a comment

Pictures of the Day: Capital Sikhs – Washington, D.C & London, England

June 13, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This past week provided an interesting reflection of the Sikh diaspora, as Sikhs on both sides of the Atlantic gathered in their respective capital cities to take up Sikh issues. As mentioned yesterday, Sikhs from all over the United States attended the first ever White House briefing on Sikh civil rights in Washington, D.C. last Friday: Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, Sikhs in London, England came together in much grander scale this past weekend at Hyde Park […]

Categories: 1984, Civil Rights, Picture of the Day, Politics • Tags: "Washington, 1984, D.C.", England, Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom

Leave a comment

A jakara in the White House

June 12, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last week was a historic moment for the American Sikh community, as the White House held the first-ever briefing to discuss Sikh civil rights issues: For those of us in the audience, it was a deeply moving moment – particularly when the briefing started out with Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akal. Yes, a jakara in the White House! There was something symbolic in that moment. Once, a long time ago, Sikhs would have made the jakara call while raising […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Events, Politics • Tags: Sikh Advocate Academy, Sikh Coalition, The Langar Hall, White House

Leave a comment

LAUGHistan’s “Sikhs and the City”

June 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This is only a parody, but any comedy that features a tiffin is already funny: If this was real, the possibilities would be endless.

Categories: Humor • Tags: Sikhs and the City

Leave a comment

Picture of the Day: Navpreet Kaur, 17, from Lake Stevens, WA

June 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Bellingham Herald in Washington State provides a profile of Navpreet Kaur, a graduating senior at Lake Stevens High School near Marysville, Washington: Navpreet, 17, was born in a village in Punjab, India. Her family moved to California when she was 8 and shortly after moved to Bellingham. The family moved to Marysville a few years later, and she went to school in Lake Stevens. Read more about Navpreet’s goals and her balance of her cultural backgrounds here.

Categories: Picture of the Day, Profiles • Tags: "Washington, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Navpreet Kaur

Leave a comment

Picture of the Day: The Wonder of Darbar Sahib

June 1, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The above photo of Darbar Sahib (Sikhism’s holiest shrine, also known as Harmandir Sahib or the Golden Temple) comes from photographer Ratul Upadhyay who describes this image thus: A Work of Art is not a living thing, that walks or runs. But the making of a life, that which gives you a reaction, certainly is. To some it is the wonder of man’s fingers, to some it is the wonder of the mind, to some it is the wonder of […]

Categories: 1984, Picture of the Day • Tags: Amritsar, Darbar Sahib, Golden Temple, Harmandir Sahib, National Sikh Youth Federation, NSYF, Operation Blue Star, Ratul Upadhyay, United Kingdom

Leave a comment

The state of our Granthis is our hypocrisy

May 31, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Dr. I.J. Singh writes about the case of a Granthi (literally, ‘reader of the Guru Granth Sahib’, these are Sikhs – often from India – who are hired by Gurdwaras to run religious services) in the United States who took his own life in despair: Their language skills are rudimentary; their ability to navigate the cultural landscape of America non-existent.  Their skills in music, singing of the liturgy (keertan) and exegesis of Sikh teachings and history are, at best, minimal.  […]

Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Baba Buddha, Granthi, Gurdwara, Guru Ram Das, United States

Leave a comment

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Search this blog

Topics

Archives

Follow

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • WordPress
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • americanturban.com
    • Join 271 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • americanturban.com
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...