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Two Vaisakhi celebrations this Sunday in California

April 12, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This Sunday, the California cities of Selma and Stockton will each be holding a Nagar Kirtan in celebration of Vaisakhi, one of the most significant anniversaries on the Sikh calendar. The celebration in Selma is the 18th annual of its kind and will draw from Fresno and surrounding counties: The parade is scheduled to start about 10.30 a.m. from the Sikh Center on Highland Avenue. The parade will go north on Highland, east on Rose Avenue, north on Thompson Avenue, […]

Categories: Events • Tags: California, Nagar Kirtan, Selma, Stockton, Vaisakhi

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KVIE airing “Sikhs in America” tonight at 7 PM

April 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The documentary “Sikhs in America” will be airing tonight at 7 PM on central California’s PBS affiliate KVIE program ViewFinder: The Sikh community is an important part of northern California’s cultural tapestry, yet the Sikh religion and cultural traditions are not widely understood. This documentary captures Sikh social and family life, spiritual life, and economic and work life. Witness a beautiful Sunday service at a gurdwara, a Sikh wedding, the tying of a Sikh turban, and a look at the […]

Categories: Events, Sikhism, TV/Movies • Tags: California, KVIE, PBS, Sikhs in America, Vaisakhi, ViewFinder

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Picture of the Day: Los Angeles, CA celebrates Vaisakhi

April 9, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sikhs in Los Angeles, California celebrated Vaisakhi today with their annual Nagar Kirtan through downtown Los Angeles, led by the Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), representing the first five Sikhs who were initiated into the Khalsa order by Guru Gobind Singh at this time in 1699. The institution of the Panj Pyare – a council of five ordained Khalsa Sikhs – permeates Sikh practices and significant events.

Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: California, Five Beloved Ones, Guru Gobind Singh, Khalsa, Los Angeles, Nagar Kirtan, Panj Pyare, Vaisakhi

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Picture of the Day: Vaisakhi celebrations at WSU in Detroit, MI

April 6, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A Sikh girl in Detroit, Michigan celebrates Vaisakhi (also known as Baisakhi) at Wayne State University. More photos of that celebration is available at the Wayne State University flickr feed. Vaisakhi is the most celebrated event on the Sikh calendar and takes place each April: Vaisakhi (Punjabi: ਵੈਸਾਖੀ or ਵਸਾਖੀ, vaisĝkhī, is, as well, known as Baisakhi), it is a very important day for Sikhs and one of the most colourful events in the Sikh calendar. It occurs during mid-April […]

Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Baisakhi, Detroit, Michigan, Nagar Kirtan, Vaisakhi, Wayne State University

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A Q & A with author Navjot Kaur

June 29, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

My previous post discussed the newly-published Dreams of Hope, a children’s book written by Navjot Kaur.  She was good enough to spare a few moments to answer a few questions I had about her and her inspiration.  Your first book, A Lion’s Mane, is well-known in Sikh circles.  How has the response been from your readers? Our readers are the ones who have inspired me forward.  When they take the time to write and share a special moment with me with […]

Categories: Literature, Profiles • Tags: A Lion's Mane, Children's literature, Dreams of Hope, Navjot Kaur, Vaisakhi

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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

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Vaisakhi celebrations continue across the United States

April 27, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sikhs around the country are continuing to celebrate Vaisakhi and are opening up to their local communities in the process: Lansing, Michigan: Last weekend, the Guru Nanak Sikh Center in Lansing, Michigan organized their seventh annual Nagar Kirtan through downtown Lansing, which included an estimated 2,000 people from around the Midwest to celebrate Vaisakhi, as reported in the Lansing State Journal: Attendees came from as far away as Wisconsin, Ohio and Illinois for the largest Sikh harvest and religious celebration in the Midwest, […]

Categories: Events • Tags: "Washington, Guru Granth Sahib, Lansing, Louisiana, Lynden, Michigan, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, Vaisakhi

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The Sikh identity: the cover and content are not separate

April 20, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Today, the Huffington Post published an essay by Jalees Rehman, M.D. , that discussed the figurative judging of books by their covers, especially in the context of Muslims and their beards: Choosing an outward appearance that is compatible with one’s faith is a personal decision. However, we have to constantly re-evaluate our priorities and make sure that the time, efforts and resources devoted to the outward appearance should be in some measure of proportion to its actual importance within the […]

Categories: News Bits, Reflections • Tags: Baisakhi, Huffington Post, J.D. Cunningham, Jalees Rehman, Sikh identity, Vaisakhi

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Vaisakhi at Rockefeller College, NJ

More Vaisakhi celebrations across the USA

April 19, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I’ve been enjoying surveying all the different Vaisakhi celebrations across the United States among various Sikh communities.  It’s become apparent that many Sikh communities are using these celebrations as outreach efforts to educate non-Sikhs about the religion and the Sikh identity. Princeton, New Jersey: On his website, one Savraj Singh posted a couple of pictures of Sikhs celebrating Vaisakhi at Rockefeller College in New Jersey. The setting for their service appears to be an old college building and gives the sense of […]

Categories: Events, News Bits, Sikhism • Tags: Baisakhi, California, Connecticut, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Foundation, Lawrence, Los Angeles, Nagar Kirtan, New Jersey, New York, Norwalk, Princeton, Rockefeller College, Savraj Singh, Selma, Sikh, Stockton, Vaisakhi

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