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Sikh Community Center volunteers serving hot meals in the Far Rockaways, via AP. (source: Gawker)

NY Sikhs respond during Hurricane Sandy

November 26, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The BBC provides a listen on the response by New York’s Sikh community in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: The group United Sikhs has been coordinating storm relief activities with various city agencies to identify areas of greatest need, and they have been cooking and distributing up to 1,500 meals a day. [Volunteer Jagjit] Singh says the Sikhs were among the first group to bring hot meals into hard hit Far Rockaway in Queens. The efforts by the local Sikh […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: BBC, Far Rockaway, Hurricane Sandy, New York, Queens, United Sikhs

Missing NY resident Rajwinder Kaur found in TX

July 13, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Rajwinder Kaur, a resident of Queens, New York who was reported missing earlier this week, was located in Dallas, Texas: Rajwinder Kaur, 26, was located in Dallas after a friend went to police and informed them of her location, a law enforcement official said. The friend had purchased a bus ticket to Dallas for Kaur. It wasn’t clear why Kaur was in Texas. During the week, the news of her disappearance spread quickly through social media and across the South […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Dallas, New York, Queens, Rajwinder Kaur, Texas

NY police searching for missing Rajwinder Kaur

July 10, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The New York Police Department is looking for Rajwinder Kaur, 26, who is a resident of Queens and who has been missing since Sunday: HOLLIS (WABC) — Police and family members are asking for help locating a missing woman in Queens. Rajwinder Kaur, 26, has not been seen or heard from since leaving her home on 198 Street Sunday night, according to investigators. “She always comes home. She always lets us know where she is,” Gurpreet Kaur, her sister, said. […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Crime Stoppers, New York, Queens, Rajwinder Kaur

Vaisakhi celebrations across the country close out April

May 11, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

While Sikhs usually celebrate Vaisakhi in the middle of April, there were several celebrations around the country that took place on the April 30 – May 1 weekend, and we are given the opportunity to read the local coverage about these celebrations: “Free Meals at Sikh Day Festival on Madison Ave. ” – New York’s “Sikh Day Parade” was covered by the New York Times, who unfortunately was more enraptured by the concept of free food than the opportunity to educate […]

Categories: Events • Tags: "Washington, Anderson, California, Marysville, New York, Queens, Redding, Vaisakhi

Gurdwara conflicts: When Sikhs live down to the stereotype

April 26, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The internet is abuzz today with the reports and video of the violence at the Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Sikh Center, a Gurdwara in Queens, New York. The reports of this incident paint a disgusting picture. When Sikhs are dealing with an ignorant public (and I mean “ignorant” in its literal definition and not in a condescending way), these all-too-common conflicts only reinforce the stereotypes that are promoted in the media. However, while there are those who legitimately object to how the violence […]

Categories: News Bits, Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Sikh Center, Gurdwara, Gurdwara conflict, Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Ram Das, New York, New York Post, Queens

Sikh Parade in Queens, NY

November 13, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sikhs took to the streets in Queens, NY today in their own Sikh Parade to celebrate the birth of Guru Nanak (the founder of Sikhism, born in 1469). See ny1.com for the video of the story.

Categories: News Bits • Tags: New York, Queens, Sikh Parade

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