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“You Bring Out the Punjabi In Me”

March 9, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Preeti Kaur, a Sikh American writer, takes us on a journey of Punjab and Punjabis through time and space in her poem entitled “You Bring Out the Punjabi In Me”. An excerpt: mithu you mix up the mexidu forbidden out of me i crave your territory alien land law imperial over my valley break into yuba city root peach trees a thousand san joaquin spawn our only proof of that angel island tryst grown into millionaire agro turbans on tractors […]

Categories: Art, Literature • Tags: Boliyan, Gurpreet Sehra, Preeti Kaur, You Bring Out the Punjabi In Me

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A Q & A with Daljeet Singh Sidhu of sikhcomics.com

February 7, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In a previous post, I reviewed the Sikh history comics published by Gyan Khand Media.  The author of these comics, Daljeet Singh Sidhu, was kind enough to answer a few questions about his project.

Categories: Art, Literature, Profiles • Tags: Daljeet Singh Sidhu, Sikh Comics, sikhcomics.com

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"Some of the Hindus driven from the United States to Canada", from "The Hindu of the Northwest" (1907) - http://saadigitalarchive.org/item/20110714-238

The Sikh diaspora: Sikh history doesn’t end in India

July 20, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

When one refers to “Sikh history”, quite often we take that to mean the history of Sikhs from our inception with the birth of Guru Nanak (the founder of Sikhism) in 1469 through to the near-present, but of that which occured in India.  The history of the Sikhs who began leaving India around the end of the 19th century for farther eastern and western lands is not as commonly known or acknowledged. The Sikh diaspora tends to be spoken of in broad terms, but […]

Categories: Literature, Sikhism • Tags: Bellingham riots, Bruce La Brack, California, Sikh diaspora, Washington State

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A Q & A with author Navjot Kaur

June 29, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

My previous post discussed the newly-published Dreams of Hope, a children’s book written by Navjot Kaur.  She was good enough to spare a few moments to answer a few questions I had about her and her inspiration.  Your first book, A Lion’s Mane, is well-known in Sikh circles.  How has the response been from your readers? Our readers are the ones who have inspired me forward.  When they take the time to write and share a special moment with me with […]

Categories: Literature, Profiles • Tags: A Lion's Mane, Children's literature, Dreams of Hope, Navjot Kaur, Vaisakhi

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Navjot Kaur, author of A Lion’s Mane, releases second title, Dreams of Hope

June 29, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Navjot Kaur (mentioned on this blog before) is the author of the acclaimed and award-winning children’s book A Lion’s Mane (2009), which, as she describes on her website, educates and engages young children in the concepts of identity and interconnectedness.  It is regularly cited as a great resource to teach both Sikh and non-Sikh children about the Sikh identity. With the success of her first book, Navjot Kaur has now announced the release of her second children’s book, Dreams of Hope: In Dreams of […]

Categories: Literature, Resources • Tags: A Lion's Mane, Children's literature, Dreams of Hope, Navjot Kaur, Saffron Press

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