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Arguably better than an Obama visit to Amritsar

November 11, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

…is this showing up on Yahoo’s main page today on this Veteran’s Day: For US Sikhs, it was hoped that an Obama visit to our central shrine in Amritsar (commonly known as “the Golden Temple“) would have brought us some attention here in America and in doing so help educate our fellow citizens about us.   However, had he reconsidered and actually visited the Golden Temple, Obama’s patronage of the site was already tarnished by the allegations that the White House feared it […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Golden Temple, Simran Lamba, US Army

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How does Obama disappoint the Sikhs? Let us count the ways.

November 10, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Ms. Kaur stated, “For the widows and survivors there is no difference between the Indian government who has been denying justice to the Sikhs for the past twenty six years and the Obamas who ignored their pleas.” It seems Obama can’t catch a break when it comes to disappointing the Sikhs during his trip to India.  First, he wouldn’t visit the Golden Temple, allegedly to avoid muslimish optics. Then, the TSA turban-screening announcement hit just as he was in India.  […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Barack Obama, India, Sikh genocide

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Where the TSA and the Golden Temple intersect

November 7, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

During Obama’s visit to India, Indian Member of Parliament Harsimrat Badal (of the opposition Akali Party) directly conveyed to the US President her concerns about Obama’s avoidance of Amritsar: According to Harsimrat, the US president was gracious enough to acknowledge the sentiment and replying that his present visit was a “rushed affair” and that he would try to come for a longer visit next time, during which he would like to visit Punjab. “The pleasure would be all mine,” is what he […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Air travel, Airport security, AIT machines, Amritsar, Barack Obama, Manmohan Singh, TSA

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