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Sandeep Kaur of Fort Wayne, Indiana Sends a Message of Love and Unity in Nirbhau Nirvair Anthology

September 14, 2015 by American Turban Guest Contributor

After the news of another hate crime against a Sikh American last week, American Turban contributor Lori Way shares a timely poem from a young author from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Many thanks to Lori and author Sandeep Kaur for sharing this reflection. Sandeep Kaur is currently a pharmacy student at Manchester University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but she was just 18 in the summer of 2013 when she wrote “A Land of Love.” The poem was selected for publication in […]

Categories: Art, Hate Crimes, Literature, Profiles, Reflections • Tags: "A Land of Love", Chicago, Fort Wayne, hate crime, hate crimes, Illinois, Inderjit Singh Mukker, Indiana, Lori Way, Poetry, Sandeep Kaur

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Congregation at Sikh Religious Society of Chicago commemorates the passing of HR 1193 in Illinois (credit: SAAPRI)

IL South Asian community commemorates state anti-hate resolution

December 17, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On Sunday, the South Asian community in Chicago, Illinois, came together with local and state officials at the Sikh Religious Society of Chicago to commemorate the passing of HR 1193 by the Illinois House of Representatives, an anti-hate resolution that was a collaboration between the South Asian American Public Research Institute (SAAPRI), local groups and State Representative Daniel Biss, condemning recent hate crimes against Sikhs, Muslims and other South Asians (and specifically, the mass shooting by a white supremacist in […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes • Tags: Chicago, Daniel Biss, HR 1193, Illinois, Illinois House of Representatives, Oak Creek, SAAPRI, Sikh Religious Society of Chicago, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, South Asian American Public Research Institute, Wisconsin

Dr. Eboo Patel awarded 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize

May 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Interfaith activist Dr. Eboo Patel, from Chicago, Illinois, and founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, has been awarded the 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize: Dr. Eboo Patel is a man of peace in a time of violence. At a time when a Muslim name is automatically equated with terrorism and Islam itself is misunderstood, this young Muslim Indian-American shows the power of interfaith dialogue. This month he was honoured in New York with the 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, established […]

Categories: Interfaith, News Bits • Tags: Chicago, Eboo Patel, Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, Hofstra University, Interfaith Youth Core, Ishar Singh Bindra, Kuljit Kaur Bindra, New York

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Those pesky Sikhites

May 9, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Near Chicago, Illinois, former Republican candidate for President of the United States, Herman Cain, speaks at Northwestern University about the foreign oil crisis: NU College Democrats Co-President Lauren Izaak said although she found Cain’s dismissal of global warming troubling, she took particular issue with his skewering of some sensitive words. While discussing the foreign oil crisis, Cain seemed to purposely mispronounce the religious follower names “Sikh” and “Shiite,” quickly adding, “Yeah, I said it,” when the audience gasped. “I definitely […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: Chicago, Herman Cain, Illinois, Muslim, Northwestern University, Shiite

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Dipanjot Singh plays for the UIC Flames basketball team, and recently participated in the NCAA basketball tournament.

American Sikh plays in the NCAA

April 7, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

From the SALDEF twitter account: Story of young Sikh American, playing Basketball in the NCAA with his identity intact! Thanks to Jaspreet Singh… http://fb.me/FsOMhews — SALDEF (@SALDEF) April 7, 2011

Categories: News Bits, Profiles • Tags: Basketball, Chicago, College basketball, Dipanjot Singh, Horizon League, Illinois, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, SALDEF, UIC Flames, University of Illinois

“One of the most interesting religions”

December 7, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“They don’t believe in conversion, so instead of them trying to convert us we just talked about theological similarities and differences,” Lee said. “They also explained to us their hardships living in the U.S. like being perceived as terrorists after 9/11 even though they have no affiliation to the Middle East.” — Harding University student Amy Lee, on her visit to the Sikh Religious Society Gurdwara near Chicago, IL as part of her comparative religions class.

Categories: Interfaith, News Bits • Tags: Chicago, Harding University, Illinois, Sikh Religious Society

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Sandeep Kaur of Fort Wayne, Indiana Sends a Message of Love and Unity in Nirbhau Nirvair Anthology

IL South Asian community commemorates state anti-hate resolution

Dr. Eboo Patel awarded 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize

Those pesky Sikhites

American Sikh plays in the NCAA

“One of the most interesting religions”