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A poster for the film "Sadda Haq" at an American movie theater.

Keeping the untold story untold

April 5, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Punjabi film “Sadda Haq” (loosely translated as “our rights”) — telling a story about the insurgency in Punjab, India, during the 1980s and 1990s — opens today around the world. Not so ironically, the film has just been banned by the Punjab government, the land in which the film is set. “The Punjab government has imposed ban on the screening of movie ‘Saada Haq’ till further orders. This step has been taken to maintain communal harmony in the state,” […]

Categories: 1984, TV/Movies • Tags: 1984, anti-Sikh pogroms, Ensaaf, Government of India, Sadda Haq, Sikh genocide petition, Sikhs for Justice, White House

Savraj Singh (from "Turbans Do Not Equal Terrorism")

Raising awareness about Sikhs in the northeast

March 28, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A short documentary by Colleen McKown provides a profile of Savraj Singh, who provides presentations around his community to increase awareness about Sikh Americans (via @sikhswim): Savraj Singh gives awareness presentations about Sikhism throughout New York and New Jersey to help combat the estimated 700 hate crimes that have been committed against Sikhs since 9/11. Because of their turbans and beards and because many Americans are unfamiliar with the faith, Sikhs are sometimes incorrectly associated with terrorism. You can view […]

Categories: Profiles, TV/Movies • Tags: Colleen McKown, New Jersey, New York, Savraj Singh

The “I Pledge Orange” movement, one year on

March 28, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This week marks one year since the “I Pledge Orange” movement took hold of the minds and hearts of Sikhs around the world inspired by one Balwant Singh Rajoana, a man on India’s death row who was scheduled to be executed on March 31, 2012, in Punjab, India. Balwant Singh was charged for participating in the 1995 assassination of Punjab’s then-Chief Minister, the tyrannical Beant Singh. After the protests in Punjab and around the world, Balwant Singh’s execution was stayed. […]

Categories: 1984, TV/Movies • Tags: Balwant Singh Rajoana, Beant Singh, Harwinder Singh Mander, I Pledge Orange, India, Naujawani.com, Punjab, Who Killed Bobby Rai?

A boy in a turban during the Sikh Turban Showdown at the Sikh Foundation of Virginia in January. (source: PBS)

Sikh Foundation of Virginia holds “Turban Showdown”

March 13, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A recent piece by PBS’ Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly featured an event at a Gurdwara in northern Virginia in January called the “turban showdown”: In January, the Sikh Foundation of Virginia held a “Turban Showdown” for the pre-school children and older youth of its gurdwara in Northern Virginia. Parents helped the children wrap their turban or keski and then watched them walk down a runway. Youth and education coordinator Surinder Singh explained the meaning of the turban and why it […]

Categories: Sikhism, TV/Movies • Tags: Fairfax Station, PBS, Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly, Sikh Foundation of Virginia, Turban, Virginia

Thank you, Gurpreet Singh Sarin

March 5, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last Friday, a friend and I were catching up with each other as we often do each week. We are a bit of an odd couple: he is a clean-shaven white man with no hair on his head, and I am a brown man with a turban, long hair, mustache and beard. Despite these differences, we have been good friends for almost eight years. During the course of our conversation, he shared with me one that he had with his […]

Categories: Art, Reflections, TV/Movies • Tags: American Idol, Gurpreet Singh Sarin

Guru Singh appears during a skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 26, 2013.

Sikh American actor Guru Singh appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

February 27, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After his role in a GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial earlier this month, Sikh American actor Guru Singh appears in a skit (above) during last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Categories: Humor, TV/Movies • Tags: Guru Singh, Honey Boo Boo, Jimmy Kimmel Live

Meet American Idol contestant Gurpreet Singh Sarin

February 21, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As this year’s American Idol reality show proceeds through its current round in Las Vegas, the singing competition released short videos yesterday of its Top 40 hopefuls. The video above is a self-shot peak into the family and home life of Sikh contestant Gurpreet Singh Sarin. Gurpreet Singh is expected to appear next Thursday, when five of ten male contestants in his group are to be eliminated by the judges.

Categories: Art, Profiles, TV/Movies • Tags: American Idol, Gurpreet Singh Sarin, Las Vegas

American Idol's Top 40 contestants celebrate. (source: American Idol)

American Idol contestant Gurpreet Singh Sarin heads to Las Vegas round

February 15, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last night, the rumor was confirmed as we learned that American Idol contestant Gurpreet Singh Sarin is among the Top 20 males headed to the next round of the competition which takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, next week. In this phase, the top 20 male and top 20 female contestants begin performing in front of a live audience. In a recent interview, Gurpreet Singh talks about his experience thus far in the competition: It’s beautiful to meet so many […]

Categories: Art, TV/Movies • Tags: American Idol, Gurpreet Singh Sarin, Las Vegas, Nevada

Picture of the Day: The first Sikh zombie

February 14, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The movie “Warm Bodies” is a horror-romance-comedy about a zombie who begins to regain his humanity, and features a Sikh zombie who is likely the first of his kind in American cinema (via Look a Singh!). Let this be a lesson to our future — and past — generations: a Sikh can be anything he or she chooses — even a zombie. Watch the full trailer below:

Categories: TV/Movies • Tags: Sikh zombie, Warm Bodies, zombie

Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

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