Promoting Multilingualism in the Punjabi Community
A few weeks ago I attended the Sikh Education Conference hosted by the Sikh Research Institute that brought together educators from across North America.  One of the presentations focused on the importance of language education.  The presenter made it quite clear – teaching young children multiple...
And Still We Will Fight
Despite tanks rolling into the Guru’s Court (Darbar Sahib) When a Singh’s head, becomes hunted as a sport (Delhi 1984) Despite Kaljug sitting on his throne supreme When the world trembles from tyranny’s regime And Still We Will Fight Although hardly a newsflash, last week a Delhi Court acquitted...
Every Time We’ve Had Our Babies, People Have Almost… Commiserated
Toronto Star reporter Raveena Aulakh, posing as an expectant mother, is handed bags of pills in an industrial area in Mississauga by Kanwar Bains, news editor of a Punjabi-language newspaper. Just in case the rest of the world didn’t know what a sorry state Punjab was in with respect to its gender...
Missing Punjabi Sikh Girl In Reno, Nevada
All help is needed to locate Karamjit Kaur,16, a Punjabi Sikh teenage girl from Reno, Nevada who went missing on Wednesday evening while riding her bike. She had arrived from India eight-months ago and recently started learning how to ride her bike.  On a hot Wednesday evening around 6:30pm Karamjit...
UPDATE: British Sikh Police Officer Humiliated For Practicing Sikhi
Gurmeal Singh, the British Sikh police officer who was humiliated for practicing Sikhi, will be compensated for “indirect harassment” and humiliation.  Judge Murray Creevy ruled that the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) violated his dignity. The BBC reports that the Assistant Chief Officer at GMP,...
Just one of those days
Sometimes you don’t have much to post. I received a link from a friend about the new Yahoo “Anthem” Ad and apparently it is about “you” and I guess at about 10 seconds you get a brief glimpse of “us” (men and women).  Well enjoy your Thursday.
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