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CA Workplace Religious Freedom bill passes second committee

April 25, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The campaign to pass the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (AB1964) in the State of California cleared another milestone yesterday when it was unanimously approved by the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee. From the Sikh Coalition: April 25, 2012 (Fremont, California) – Less than a week after receiving unanimous support in the Labor Committee in the California Assembly, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (AB1964) again received unanimous support and passed through the Judiciary Committee. The bill now moves forward to the […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: AB1964, California, California State Assembly, Employment Discrimination, Judiciary Committee, Sikh Coalition, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

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Waris Ahluwalia ties his own turban (and tucks in his own shirt)

April 25, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A series of short films by Chris Floyd for MrPorter.com captures how celebrities known for fashion dress themselves. He recently documented the Sikh celebrity Waris Ahluwalia (previously mentioned here) on video: Not every Sikh receives that level of assistance, and sure, there is the bubble bath and actual newspaper.  But, there are certain things many of us Sikhs do ourselves, no matter what our walk of life.

Categories: Style, TV/Movies • Tags: Chris Floyd, MrPorter.com, The Way I Dress, Waris Ahluwalia

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Members of the local New Orleans Sikh community held the annual Baisakhi celebration Sunday (screenshot: wwltv.com)

Pictures of the Day: Vaisakhi celebrations across America

April 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This past weekend, the Sikh communities in several cities enjoyed Vaisakhi celebrations by holding annual Nagar Kirtans.  I’ve enjoyed seeing Sikhs celebrate so openly in their cities. Below are photos from media reports about the Nagar Kirtans in Lansing, Michigan, New Orleans, Lousiana and New York, New York. Lansing, Michigan: New Orleans, Louisiana: New York, New York:

Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Lansing, Louisiana, Michigan, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, New York, Vaisakhi

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The Weekly Beard! for April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Click here for previous editions of The Weekly Beard!

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Two Sikh Americans among recipients of 2012 Soros Fellowship

April 21, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

                  Two Sikh Americans, Jasmeet Ahuja and Sahil Singh Gujral, were among thirty individuals recently awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans for 2012: This fellowship program honors the American immigrant tradition. It has, since 1998, provided 30 fellowships annually to New Americans – naturalized citizens or “green card” holders, or children of naturalized citizens. There are now 445 New Americans who are Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows. Many […]

Categories: News Bits, Profiles • Tags: Jasmeet Ahuja, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, Sahil Singh Gujral

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Picture of the Day: Malaysian Sikh band performs in Lodi, CA

April 20, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Sri Dasmesh Malaysian Sikh Band and California’s Sikhs are becoming well acquainted, as the ensemble performed at the Gurdwara in Lodi, California yesterday.  The photo above is among several from the Lodi News-Sentinel: Jasroop Singh leads the percussion group with his bass drum. A marching band from Malaysia played at the Lodi Sikh Temple on Thursday, April 19, 2012. The last time the band played in Lodi was 13 years ago, when some of the band members were infants. […]

Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: California, Lodi, Sri Dasmesh Malaysian Sikh Band

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Vaisakhi and self-transcendence

April 20, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In a recent talk at the 2012 TED Conference, Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist (and an atheist with an appreciation for religion), talks about the evolution of the human capacity for self-transcendence: “But every known religion has some sort of rite or procedure for taking people out of their ordinary lives and opening them up to something larger than themselves.” His talk is timely, as it comes around the season of Vaisakhi when Sikhs celebrate the transformation of their […]

Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Evolution, Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Granth Sahib, Jonathan Haidt, Khalsa, Self transcendence, TED, TEDx, Vaisakhi

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New Orleans, LA Sikhs to hold second annual Nagar Kirtan this Sunday

April 19, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Sikh community in New Orleans, Louisiana will celebrate Vaisakhi with their second annual Nagar Kirtan – organized by the Sikh Society of South – this Sunday: Beginning from their temple, or gurdwara, at 8433 Morrison Road, they will parade along Morrison Road in both directions, between Crowder Boulevard and Bundy Road, said Navdeep Singh, president of the local association of Sikhs, the Sikh Society of the South. The Sikh Society of South Gurdwara was rebuilt in 2007 after Hurricane […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, Vaisakhi

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CA Sikhs join others to testify in support of Workplace Religious Freedom Act

April 19, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Yesterday, I attended the Labor and Employment Committee Hearing in California’s State Capitol in Sacramento, California, in which the “Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012” (also known as AB1964 and mentioned on this blog recently) was to be considered by that Committee. Members of the California Sikh community and those of other faiths and organizations joined to testify about their support of this legislation that would clarify existing law around accommodation of religious practices in the workplace – and specifically, […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: California, Sacramento, Sikh Coalition, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

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