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US Population by Race and Hispanic Origin (source: US Census)

US Census forecasts increasingly diverse country

December 12, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

According to a recent forecast by the US Census Bureau, the United States will continue to become more racially diverse and will reach a level of plurality by 2043 in which no racial group will be in majority: “The next half century marks key points in continuing trends — the U.S. will become a plurality nation, where the non-Hispanic white population remains the largest single group, but no group is in the majority,” said Acting Director Thomas L. Mesenbourg. As […]

Categories: Reports/Studies • Tags: Census, Diversity, pluralism, United States, United States Census Bureau

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The Sikh American vs. Sikh Canadian politician

October 3, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last year, Canada went through a federal election in which Canadian Sikhs factored significantly. I asked at that time whether American Sikhs will ever be as important, politically, as our Canadian counterparts: In terms of garnering a higher percentage of the vote, politicians in America would not likely get a lot of bang for their buck in collecting the Sikh vote as they do in Canada.  Accordingly, while taking inspiration from our brothers and sisters to the north, American Sikhs […]

Categories: Politics • Tags: Canada, Harmeet Dhillon, United States, US politics

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Is being American a religion on its own?

July 9, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“Civil religion” is a concept that refers to the religious nature of nationalistic/patriotic practices and beliefs: Bellah’s definition of American civil religion is that it is “an institutionalized collection of sacred beliefs about the American nation,” which he sees symbolically expressed in America’s founding documents and presidential inaugural addresses. It includes a belief in the existence of a transcendent being called “God,” an idea that the American nation is subject to God’s laws, and an assurance that God will guide […]

Categories: Reflections • Tags: Civil religion, Immanent Frame, Philip Gorski, United States

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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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The state of our Granthis is our hypocrisy

May 31, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Dr. I.J. Singh writes about the case of a Granthi (literally, ‘reader of the Guru Granth Sahib’, these are Sikhs – often from India – who are hired by Gurdwaras to run religious services) in the United States who took his own life in despair: Their language skills are rudimentary; their ability to navigate the cultural landscape of America non-existent.  Their skills in music, singing of the liturgy (keertan) and exegesis of Sikh teachings and history are, at best, minimal.  […]

Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Baba Buddha, Granthi, Gurdwara, Guru Ram Das, United States

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Sikh Coalition speaks on Rajoana protests

April 6, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Twenty years ago, the Sikh Coalition did not exist, many of our supporters were not yet born, and an even larger portion is too young to remember that part of our history.  Yet it was the most formative set of events for an entire generation of Sikhs. During that dark period, our community’s history was marked by extra-judicial executions, faked police encounters, disappearances, and torture. — Excerpt from the Sikh Coalition’s Lessons of History and a Responsibility to Never Forget […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits • Tags: Balwant Singh Rajoana, Sikh Coalition, United States

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Keep Calm and Put Your Turban On

Religiosity and perception of well-being

February 27, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

An interesting survey done by Gallup-Healthways suggests that a higher sense of well-being is correlated with how religious a person is: An analysis of more than 676,000 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index interviews conducted in 2011 and 2010 finds that Americans who are the most religious have the highest levels of wellbeing. The statistically significant relationship between religiousness and wellbeing holds up after controlling for numerous demographic variables. The study theorizes that this may be because of the habits and behaviors that […]

Categories: Interfaith, Reports/Studies • Tags: Gallup, Religiosity, United States

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Propelling the American theocracy

February 21, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is well-known for his Christian worldview that forms the basis of his platform, and his recent rhetoric about President Obama and his “different theology” has earned Santorum well-deserved criticism from a variety of faith groups, including Sikhism: There is a point, however, where an emphasis on religion in a political campaign becomes inappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously diverse society such as ours.  Appealing to voters along religious lines is divisive. It is contrary […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, European Union, Rick Santorum, Simon Critchley, United States

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US Army soldier Kamaljeet Singh awarded Bronze Star

December 7, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

From the Sikh Coalition, we learn that Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi (who, last year, along with Tejdeep Singh Rattan successfully gained exemptions to serve in the US Army with their articles of faith intact), has been awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Afghanistan: In support of the award, an official recommendation from Major Kalsi’s superiors cites his resuscitation back to life of two patients who were clinically dead on arrival; his “expert” emergency care of over 750 soldiers and […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Bronze Star Medal, Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, Tejdeep Singh Rattan, United States, US Army

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