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Thinking about that day in September, eleven years later

September 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In the morning of this day eleven years ago, I was in a hotel preparing to attend the second day of a technical conference.  It was a rather mundane and typical data users meeting.  In retrospect, the topic of this meeting became insignificant in comparison of the terrorist attacks on the United States that morning. That morning, as I was about to walk out the door of my room, the television news broke to images of a tall building on […]

Categories: Reflections • Tags: 9/11, Balbir Singh Sodhi, National September 11 Memorial Museum, New York, New York City, One World Trade Center, September 11 attacks, World Trade Center

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New York City Sikhs to hold Nagar Kirtan next Saturday, April 21

April 13, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In celebration of Vaisakhi, Sikhs in New York City will be holding a Nagar Kirtan on Saturday, April 21: New York City will celebrate the occasion of Vaisakhi as part of the Sikh Day Parade on Saturday, April 21. The parade will begin at 1 p.m., leaving from 39th St and Madison Avenue, proceeding downtown to 24th St at Madison Square Park where there will be a langar with free food in keeping with the spirit of Sikh hospitality. Please […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Huffington Post, Jallianwale Bagh, Nagar Kirtan, New York City, Vaisakhi

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Ridiculous Question of the Day: Does Nikki Haley give Sikh cab drivers bigger tips?

April 5, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

One wonders if TIME reporter Belinda Luscombe would ask such a question to a Christian politician about Christian cab drivers as she did to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: “In New York City, which you’re visiting for a couple of days, a lot of our taxi drivers are Sikhs,” Luscombe observed. “If you get one, are you going to give them a slightly bigger tip?” Haley nervously laughed, and shot down whether she would give special treatment to people of […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: Belinda Luscombe, New York City, Nikki Haley, South Carolina, taxicab

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Religious rights defended in New York

November 16, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“In the past 20 years, New York state has become much more pluralistic. We have more diversity in religious practices,” Schneiderman said at an Anti-Defamation League luncheon Wednesday in New York City. “The growth of our Hassidic and other Jewish communities, of the number of observant Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists, has been staggering, and frankly, we need to adjust things in the office of the New York State Attorney General to deal with this new, more pluralistic reality.” — […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits • Tags: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CDCR, Eric Schneiderman, John Kerry, New York, New York City, Religious Rights Initiative, Trilochan Singh Oberoi, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

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