Category Archives: Picture of the Day
Sacramento Valley Charter’s first day of school
Today marked the first day of school for many children. For most kids and parents, there’s always a sense of nervousness and excitement as students take on the next year of their education. For the Sacramento Valley Charter School – the first Punjabi charter school in the United States – the excitement coming from the side of staff and administrators would be understandable. It was their first day, too.
Categories: News Bits, Picture of the Day • Tags: California, Sacramento Valley Charter School, West Sacramento
Sikhs protest Bhullar death sentence at United Nations
Yesterday, in New York, Sikhs held a rally (organized by Sikhs for Justice) outside the United Nations to protest the death sentence of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar in India. American Sikhs have now joined their counterparts in India and around the world in objecting to the miscarriage of justice that could lead to the judicial killing of Devinderpal Singh. Devinderpal Singh’s sentence has not only been objected to within India, but it has also garnered international attention as other governments and world […]
Categories: News Bits, Picture of the Day • Tags: Amnesty International, Capital punishment, Davinderpal Singh Bhullar, Devender Pal Singh Bullar, Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, judicial murder, New York, United Nations
The “burly, tough and slightly grim” Sikhs
They are the burliest men on the face of the planet – tough and capable and slightly grim. If human life survives the present chapter of Man’s history, the Sikhs, for sure, will still be on the map. — An excerpt from a post on SikhChic of an interesting essay from 1958 by British historian Arnold J. Toynbee in which he wrote about the partition of the Sikh homeland in 1947. The partition of Punjab was carried out by the departing British rulers […]
Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: Arnold J. Toynbee, India, Margaret Bourke-White, Pakistan, Partition of India, Punjab
Sikhs of Salem, Oregon, commemorate martyrdom of Guru Arjan
This past weekend, the Sikh community in Salem, Oregon – centered around the Dashmesh Darbar Sikh Temple in Salem – held their fifth annual Nagar Kirtan (religious procession) in commemoration of the martyrdom of the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, in 1606. This is a very significant event in Sikh history, and one from which many Sikhs draw inspiration even today. The commemoration was recognized by Salem’s mayor: During the event, Salem Mayor Anna Peterson issued a proclamation recognizing the remembrance of Siri Guru […]
Categories: Events, News Bits, Picture of the Day • Tags: Anna Peterson, Guru Arjan, Jehangir, martyrdom of Guru Arjan, Nagar Kirtan, Oregon, Salem
Picture of the Day: American Sikh Day in Sacramento, CA
I am among the hundreds of people attending American Sikh Day on the steps of the California state capitol building. Such a great show of support, solidarity, and patriotism by all the speakers and in the crowd.
Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: American Sikh Day, California, Capitol, Sacramento
Picture of the Day: California Senate President Darrell Steinberg
Read the full story at the Sacramento Bee.
Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits, Picture of the Day • Tags: California, California State Senate, Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento, Senate, Turban
Picture of the Day: Bhagat Singh Thind
From The Mutinous Mindstate of the Desi Diaspora: United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, who was a Punjabi Sikh, settled in Oregon, could not be a naturalized citizen of the United States, because he was not a “white person” in the sense intended in the relevant 1790 statute governing naturalization. Although Thind argued that as an Indian he belonged to the […]
Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: Bhagat Singh Thind, US Army
Photo & video: Candlelight vigil for Elk Grove, CA shooting victims
Last night, the Sikh and local community gathered for a candlelight vigil at the scene of the shootings of Surinder Singh and Gurmej Atwal in Elk Grove, California. Reports indicate that there were from 500 to over 1,000 people who attended. Police are still looking for the attacker(s). Read more about the vigil in the Sacramento Bee. The vigil was also presented on local TV news programs: KCRA video News10 video
Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits, Picture of the Day • Tags: Amanpreet Kaur, Bhagat Singh, Candlelight vigil, Elk Grove, Gurmej Atwal, hate crime, Sacramento, Surinder Singh
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