The Weekly Beard! for April 30, 2012
I’ve often been asked how my beard feels. Sometimes, it feels angry. Click here for previous editions of The Weekly Beard!
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Picture of the Day: Utah’s Sikh community
The Salt Lake Tribune, a newspaper based in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides a profile of Utah’s growing Sikh population: There are an estimated 250 Sikh families in Utah, or about 800 to 1,000 people, and their numbers have been growing since a handful of families arrived in the 1980s. Sikhs are respected members of the community, worshipping and working alongside their neighbors of all backgrounds. In Utah, they are engineers, executives and entrepreneurs. In fact, local leaders say, Sikhs […]
Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: Salt Lake City, Sikh Temple of Utah, Taylorsville, Utah
Backhanded compliment of the day
Don’t forget your passport or your shots: Nearby First Avenue is a great place to walk and discover Oak Park. It is home to many Sikh families and smells of onion cooked with an untried spice entice. This aroma, and the extremely friendly children who swarm up with all the gossip of the street, make it seem like a distant country. — writer Guphy Gustafson, in the Sacramento News & Review in Sacramento, California, profiles the city’s Oak Park neighborhood […]
Categories: News Bits • Tags: California, Oak Park, Sacramento, Sacramento News & Review
CA Workplace Religious Freedom bill passes second committee
The campaign to pass the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (AB1964) in the State of California cleared another milestone yesterday when it was unanimously approved by the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee. From the Sikh Coalition: April 25, 2012 (Fremont, California) – Less than a week after receiving unanimous support in the Labor Committee in the California Assembly, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (AB1964) again received unanimous support and passed through the Judiciary Committee. The bill now moves forward to the […]
Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: AB1964, California, California State Assembly, Employment Discrimination, Judiciary Committee, Sikh Coalition, Workplace Religious Freedom Act
Waris Ahluwalia ties his own turban (and tucks in his own shirt)
A series of short films by Chris Floyd for MrPorter.com captures how celebrities known for fashion dress themselves. He recently documented the Sikh celebrity Waris Ahluwalia (previously mentioned here) on video: Not every Sikh receives that level of assistance, and sure, there is the bubble bath and actual newspaper. But, there are certain things many of us Sikhs do ourselves, no matter what our walk of life.
Categories: Style, TV/Movies • Tags: Chris Floyd, MrPorter.com, The Way I Dress, Waris Ahluwalia
Pictures of the Day: Vaisakhi celebrations across America
This past weekend, the Sikh communities in several cities enjoyed Vaisakhi celebrations by holding annual Nagar Kirtans. I’ve enjoyed seeing Sikhs celebrate so openly in their cities. Below are photos from media reports about the Nagar Kirtans in Lansing, Michigan, New Orleans, Lousiana and New York, New York. Lansing, Michigan: New Orleans, Louisiana: New York, New York:
Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Lansing, Louisiana, Michigan, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, New York, Vaisakhi
The Weekly Beard! for April 23, 2012
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Two Sikh Americans among recipients of 2012 Soros Fellowship
Two Sikh Americans, Jasmeet Ahuja and Sahil Singh Gujral, were among thirty individuals recently awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans for 2012: This fellowship program honors the American immigrant tradition. It has, since 1998, provided 30 fellowships annually to New Americans – naturalized citizens or “green card” holders, or children of naturalized citizens. There are now 445 New Americans who are Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows. Many […]
Categories: News Bits, Profiles • Tags: Jasmeet Ahuja, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, Sahil Singh Gujral
Picture of the Day: Malaysian Sikh band performs in Lodi, CA
The Sri Dasmesh Malaysian Sikh Band and California’s Sikhs are becoming well acquainted, as the ensemble performed at the Gurdwara in Lodi, California yesterday. The photo above is among several from the Lodi News-Sentinel: Jasroop Singh leads the percussion group with his bass drum. A marching band from Malaysia played at the Lodi Sikh Temple on Thursday, April 19, 2012. The last time the band played in Lodi was 13 years ago, when some of the band members were infants. […]
Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: California, Lodi, Sri Dasmesh Malaysian Sikh Band
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