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Cover of "Guru Nanak Vol. 1" from Gyan Khand Media.

Sikh Comics releases Guru Nanak graphic novels

December 10, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Back in February, I had the opportunity to review two graphic novels published by Gyan Khand Media (http://www.sikhcomics.com), a publishing house that creates comics based on Sikh history. The two I reviewed were stories of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Baba Deep Singh. The author behind Sikh Comics, Daljeet Singh, was also good enough to share the story behind the project as well. Recently, I was contacted by Daljeet Singh who indicated that two new novels have been released. I was […]

Categories: Art, Literature, Resources, Sikhism • Tags: Daljeet Singh Sidhu, Guru Nanak, Gyan Khand Media, Sikh Comics, sikhcomics.com

Sikh Awareness Month being celebrated across California

November 8, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

With the California state legislature designating November as Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month in California, there has been significant activity across the state to commemorate the month and increase awareness of the Sikh American community. The declaration by the State of California has provided a unique opportunity for the public to learn more about the Sikh American community in the state and beyond. To that end, the Sikh Coalition has provided a wealth of resources and support to facilitate […]

Categories: Events, Resources • Tags: California, Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month, Sikh Awareness Month, Sikh Coalition

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Know Your Rights on Election Day (source: SALDEF)

Tomorrow is election day: know your voting rights

November 5, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

With tomorrow being election day in the United States, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) offers voting advice and resources oriented towards the Sikh American community through their “SikhVOTE” campaign: Why should you? In 1923 the Supreme Court said Sikh Americans could not become citizens — we could not vote and were denied a voice in our country. Today, we have the right to vote, the right to share our voice and determine the direction of our […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics, Resources • Tags: SALDEF, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, SikhVOTE, Voting

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Soliciting applications for IVACC College Scholarships for South Asians in Northern California

October 18, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As last year, the northern California-based Indus Valley American Chamber of Commerce is soliciting applications for their IVACC Scholarship program: The Indus Valley American Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the third year of the IVACC Scholarship Program. Scholarships are being awarded to high school and college students that have shown a commitment to the South Asian community and culture. The IVACC Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications with a deadline of November 25, 2012. Please download the scholarship […]

Categories: Resources • Tags: California, Education, Financial Aid, Indus Valley American Chamber of Commerce, IVACC, Northern California, scholarship

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Jakara Movement launches Sikhiya – graduate/professional school application service

September 25, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Jakara Movement, a grassroots Sikh youth organization (and the one behind the Sikholars Sikh Graduate Student Conference), has launched a free graduate and professional school application counseling service, called Sikhiya, to encourage the growth of the Sikh academic community by leveraging the experience of successful applicants to help those who are in the application process for admittance to graduate/professional school programs. As described on The Langar Hall: …the Jakara Movement is proud to announce the creation of Sikhiya, a free […]

Categories: Resources • Tags: Academia, Education, Jakara Movement, Sikhiya

Helping children understand the WI Gurdwara tragedy

August 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

During the week, I was interviewed by the editor of masalamommas.com Anjum Choudhry Nayyar, in which she discusses the use of social media by mothers to help children deal with the tragic shooting last week at the Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin: Many of us, as moms, can play a role in raising awareness about different cultures and tolerance right here in our own homes. While time isn’t always on our side, common sense is. If we can arm our […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Resources • Tags: Gurdwara, hate crimes, Masala Mommas, Oak Creek, resources for children, Sikh Coalition, Wisconsin

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Historian identifies Oregon’s forgotten Sikhs

July 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Johanna Ogden, in the Center for Columbia River History, brings together data from a variety of sources to map the Punjabi – and predominantly, Sikh – communities that lived along Oregon’s portion of the Columbia River at the turn of the century. In doing so, she sees evidence of the framing of early Sikh Americans as the “other”: Historical silences occur through the exercise of shared assumptions and work in devastatingly simple and effective ways. White pioneers are Oregon Country’s […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Resources • Tags: Columbia River, Johanna Ogden, Oregon, Punjabi, Sikh diaspora

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Google Ngram of "Sikh" in books published in America

Use of the word “Sikh” in American and English literature

June 20, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Google Ngram Viewer allows a user to view a trend of the use of a word or phrase in Google’s digitized collection of books. In the chart above, I looked at the use of the word “Sikh” in Google’s collection of books published in the United States from 1800 through 2008. In Google’s collection, the percentage that the word “Sikh” appears among all words in books published in the United States each year (as represented on the Y-axis) is […]

Categories: 1984, Literature, Reports/Studies, Resources • Tags: British Raj, Google, Google Books, Ngram, Ranjit Singh, United States, World War II

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Blog for South Asian mothers seeks Sikh mom writer

March 18, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The blog I Am Moms is a discussion space dedicated to supporting and providing advice to South Asian mothers in the diaspora. They are currently looking for a Sikh mother as a guest writer. If interested, you can contact the administrator of the blog at iammomsblog [at] gmail [dot] com.

Categories: Resources • Tags: iammoms, Indian American Moms blog

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Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

Category Archives: Resources

Sikh Comics releases Guru Nanak graphic novels

Sikh Awareness Month being celebrated across California

Tomorrow is election day: know your voting rights

Soliciting applications for IVACC College Scholarships for South Asians in Northern California

Jakara Movement launches Sikhiya – graduate/professional school application service

Helping children understand the WI Gurdwara tragedy

Historian identifies Oregon’s forgotten Sikhs

Use of the word “Sikh” in American and English literature

Blog for South Asian mothers seeks Sikh mom writer