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The diasporic boomerang effect: American Sikh inspires Indian Sikhs

February 24, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

While interacting with students of Khalsa College, his alma mater, Rattan said he “faced many ups and downs in life, but emerged victorious on every occasion.” He said “never say die attitude” help him to reach his goal… “Sikhs mean a lot to the world,” he said, adding that in future too he would follow the ethics of Sikhism in letter and spirit. – Tejdeep Singh Rattan describes his experience in becoming a soldier in the US Army to students […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Amritsar, Khalsa College, Tejdeep Singh Rattan, United States, US Army

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Photo of a Sikh among veterans of the American civil war (source: SikhNet)

Picture of the Day

November 17, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The photo below, published on Sikhnet, has garnered some attention: According to the person who released this photo: It is a photo of British veterans of the American Civil War of 1861-65. The British veterans had gathered in London in 1917 to welcome the American troops on their way to Fight in France during World War One. It’s a compelling story, if true. Is it a coincidence that a Sikh happened to be in this photo, or was he truly […]

Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: American Civil War, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sikh empire, United States, World War I

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Lobbying away our rights

November 17, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“…the lobbying contracts of the major distributors of the full-body scanners show a network of lobbyists deeply connected in Washington. For instance, L-3 Communications hired former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.) who was once on the Commission on Aviation Security under President George H.W. Bush.” At the risk of turning this blog’s focus too much at the TSA, the interesting post quoted above from opensecrets.org details the lobby groups behind the installation of AIT machines at American airports.  W.C. Varones goes further […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Air travel, Airport security, AIT machines, Alfonse D'Amato, Lobbying, Michael Chertoff, TSA, United States

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