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Lord Indarjit Singh declines invitation to NY Sikh International Film Festival

October 26, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Reports today indicate that Lord Indarjit Singh, the first turbaned Sikh to serve in the British House of Lords, has declined the invitation to attend the opening event of the 2012 Sikh International Film Festival in New York — the Heritage Awards Gala (in which he was to be awarded) — in objection to the attendance of representatives of the Government of India. As posted on the website SikhChic, Lord Indarjit Singh writes to the organizer of the film festival: […]

Categories: 1984, Events • Tags: 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Indarjit Singh, Lord Indarjit Singh, New York, Sikh International Film Festival, sikhchic

The incomprehensible New York Sikh International Film Festival

October 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In just over a week, Sikhs in the United States and around the world will be commemorating the 28th anniversary of the anti-Sikh pogroms of 1984 — quite often described as a genocide — in which thousands of Sikhs were pulled from their homes and butchered in the streets of India during the aftermath of the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. In the decades since, Sikhs and human rights organizations have attempted to […]

Categories: 1984, Events, TV/Movies • Tags: boycott, Canadian Sikh Coalition, Ensaaf, Film Festival, New York, Sikh International Film Festival, sikhchic, The Langar Hall

Jarnail Singh, 69, missing around Lathrop, CA

March 1, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Lathrop, California police are searching for Jarnail Singh, aged 69 and newly arrived to Lathrop, California, who has recently gone missing: LATHROP, CA – A man new to the country has gone missing in Lathrop, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department. Jarnail Singh, 69, does not speak English and has only been in the United States for two months, said Deputy Les Garcia. Singh was last seen Monday at 3 p.m. when he left his home on the […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: California, Jarnail Singh, Lathrop, sikhchic, sikhchic.com