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Piara Singh (source: CBS 47)

Elderly Sikh man brutally assaulted in alleged hate attack – UPDATED

May 7, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last night, news broke that an elderly Sikh man in Fresno, California, was attacked and beaten severely on Sunday in an alleged hate-motivated assault. Piara Singh, 82 years old, was brutally beaten after leaving the Gurdwara Nanaksar in Fresno on Sunday morning: Piara Singh was beaten with a steel rod. He is currently admitted in the hospital undergoing treatment for severe head injuries, and his condition is said to be critical. His rib was also fractured and a lung collapsed during the […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Anup Singh, California, Florida, Fresno, Gurmej Atwal, hate crimes, Kanwaljit Singh, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Piara Singh, Port Orange, Prakash Singh and Suveg Singh Khattra, Punjab Singh, Ranjit Singh, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Sita Singh, Surinder Singh, Wisconsin

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The victims of the Wisconsin Gurdwara attack

August 8, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Below are photos of the people killed in the murderous rampage that took place at the Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on Sunday. You can read more about each of them in the Los Angeles Times. I marvel at the personal stories of these individuals – all were highly regarded by those who knew them. Their lives serve as inspiration today. Let us hope that we do justice to their legacy.

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Gurdwara, hate crimes, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Prakash Singh, Ranjit Singh, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Sita Singh, Suveg Singh, Wisconsin

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Google Ngram of "Sikh" in books published in America

Use of the word “Sikh” in American and English literature

June 20, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Google Ngram Viewer allows a user to view a trend of the use of a word or phrase in Google’s digitized collection of books. In the chart above, I looked at the use of the word “Sikh” in Google’s collection of books published in the United States from 1800 through 2008. In Google’s collection, the percentage that the word “Sikh” appears among all words in books published in the United States each year (as represented on the Y-axis) is […]

Categories: 1984, Literature, Reports/Studies, Resources • Tags: British Raj, Google, Google Books, Ngram, Ranjit Singh, United States, World War II

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Picture of the Day: Ardas for Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana

March 30, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sikhs gathered at my local Gurdwara to pray for Balwant Singh Rajoana and the two young Sikhs – Jaspal Singh (18) and Ranjit Singh (16) of Gurdaspur, Punjab – who were killed by Punjab police during protests against the death sentence of Rajoana. MARCH 31 UPDATE: Reports are indicating that Ranjit Singh is still alive but is in critical condition in hospital. News reports coming out of Punjab have mysteriously become sporadic since the protests, however the blog The Langar […]

Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: Balwant Singh Rajoana, Jaspal Singh, Ranjit Singh

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