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Today, within and without, I struggle for peace

March 29, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Raag Bihaagraa, Chhant, Fourth Mehl, First House: One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul; as Gurmukh, meditate on the invaluable Name of the Lord. My mind is pierced through by the sublime essence of the Lord’s Name. The Lord is dear to my mind. With the sublime essence of the Lord’s Name, my mind is washed clean. Under Guru’s Instructions, hold your mind steady; […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits, Reflections • Tags: Balwant Singh Rajoana, Beant Singh, Canada, Gurdaspur, India, Jaspal Singh, Johnathan Kay, Punjab, Terry Milewski

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Sources of visits to American Turban on March 28, 2012

Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana and the indomitable Sikh spirit, cont’d.

March 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After international protests by Sikhs around the world (including the United States – demonstrations have been held in San Francisco, New York and Washington, DC) and especially in Punjab, it was announced today that the execution of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana has been stayed. The “campaign of orange” has become a worldwide movement among Sikhs expressing solidarity in pursuit of justice and/or clemency (the latter of which is something Balwant Singh is not himself interested in) around the world has […]

Categories: News Bits, Sikhism • Tags: Balwant Singh Rajoana, Beant Singh, Capital punishment, India, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Punjab

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Missing Jarnail Singh, 69, of Lathrop, CA apparently found dead

March 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

It seems the search for Jarnail Singh, 69, of Lathrop, California, and who was missing since late February, ended earlier this month with the apparent discovery of his body, though the circumstances around his passing has not been reported. Jarnail Singh’s name is also listed in the “Area Deaths” section of the local newspaper, The Stockton Record. This news is tragic and my condolences go out to his family.

Categories: News Bits • Tags: California, Jarnail Singh, Lathrop

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Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana and the indomitable Sikh spirit

March 22, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

What manliness you have shown by extinguishing a few sparks. You have made the fire brighter and more furious. ~ Guru Gobind Singh, in Zafarnama – his letter to the Mughal emperor of India in 1705. Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana is scheduled to be hanged on March 31 for his role in the 1995 assassination of Beant Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab at that time. Balwant Singh’s story is available all over the web, but as a short synopsis, I […]

Categories: News Bits, Sikhism • Tags: Balwant Singh Rajoana, Beant Singh, Bhagat Singh, Guru Gobind Singh, Punjab

US civil suit against Kamal Nath dismissed

March 14, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The US judge presiding over the civil suit launched under US law by the group Sikhs for Justice against Kamal Nath, an Indian politician accused for organizing the anti-Sikh pogroms in November 1984, has dismissed the case on the basis that the summons was improperly served: U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet found that this was not adequate service and that personal jurisdiction over the defendant was therefore never established. “Conclusory statements are not sufficient to overcome a defendant’s sworn […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits • Tags: 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Kamal Nath, November 1984, Robert W. Sweet, Sikhs for Justice

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Jarnail Singh, 69, missing around Lathrop, CA

March 1, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Lathrop, California police are searching for Jarnail Singh, aged 69 and newly arrived to Lathrop, California, who has recently gone missing: LATHROP, CA – A man new to the country has gone missing in Lathrop, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department. Jarnail Singh, 69, does not speak English and has only been in the United States for two months, said Deputy Les Garcia. Singh was last seen Monday at 3 p.m. when he left his home on the […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: California, Jarnail Singh, Lathrop, sikhchic, sikhchic.com

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Picture of the Day: MITPT next to POTUS

February 22, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Navroop Mittar, an entrepreneur, was invited to stand behind President Obama at a White House event yesterday. He went with a bold pink turban so that he might get noticed: Mitter wore the pink turban, figuring he’d be lost in the back of the room, because it matched his tie and also because he hoped it would help him stand out. “I had no idea I would be standing behind the president,” he said. “I said, Mom, you’ll be able […]

Categories: News Bits, Picture of the Day, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Navroop Mitter, President of the United States

Washington, D.C.’s National Gurdwara closes

February 21, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

About six months ago, we received news of the dire financial situation surrounding the National Gurdwara located in the US Capitol district in Washington, DC. The Gurdwara has apparently finally succumbed to its financial issues and closed, but not without objections from its sangat (congregation): Said Sardar Bakhshish Singh, President of the Gurdwar,a in a communique, “I want to inform the Sikh sangat all over the United States of some very sad news that the National Gurdwara, DC has been […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: "Washington, D.C.", National Gurdwara, Washington D.C.

‘Evil clown’ escaped Sikh grandfather, but not police

February 17, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

You will recall the story about the Sikh grandfather who thwarted a robbery attempt of his family’s convenience store in Sacramento, California three weeks ago. Eighty-year-old Baldev Singh had a history of fighting crime: That wasn’t enough to scare 80-year-old Baldev Singh, a retired cop, when the robber hit the family’s convenience store last weekend. “Yes, I am a policeman in Punjabi [sic], India,” Singh said. The suspect popped off one shot, but it didn’t hit anyone. Looking down the […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Baldev Singh, California, Convenience store, KISS Bandit, robbery, Sacramento

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Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

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Today, within and without, I struggle for peace

Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana and the indomitable Sikh spirit, cont’d.

Missing Jarnail Singh, 69, of Lathrop, CA apparently found dead

Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana and the indomitable Sikh spirit

US civil suit against Kamal Nath dismissed

Jarnail Singh, 69, missing around Lathrop, CA

Picture of the Day: MITPT next to POTUS

Washington, D.C.’s National Gurdwara closes

‘Evil clown’ escaped Sikh grandfather, but not police