Youth Slate Victory in Surrey: Beyond Media Interference
Posted by Jodha in Canada on 11 16th, 2009 | 14 Comments
Although Gurdwara elections are usually not celebratory topics, the news surrounding the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey is especially noteworthy. We have covered the topic in the past a few times and the results seem to be in (again). The Youth Slate wins (again).
An overwhelming reason the story...
Sikh Art and Film Festival – Los Angeles
This weekend Sikhlens will be presenting its annual Sikh Art and Film Festival 2009. The film festival showcases the best in Sikh movie-making talents from around the globe. It also presents a forum for aspiring Sikh artists to also come and display their burgeoning talents. A few book launches...
Punjab Bandh – A Nation Never Forgets – 1984
On Tuesday (November 3rd, 2009), various Panthic groups (‘radical’ Sikh organizations, if you follow Indian newspapers) called for a peaceful shutdown of stores, businesses, and state services to protest the continued impunity in which the perpetrators of the Indian Government-orchestrated...
1984 Remembrance Marches in California
Through Sukhmani Sahibs, conferences, scholarships, film festivals, floats, and even ongoing camps, the Jakara Movement adds the next event to its on-going “Remember 1984″ campaign.
This November they begin their Remembrance Marches.
25 years ago there was a government-sponsored pogrom in Delhi...
Yuba City Nagar Kirtan and the Sikh Students Collaborative
This past weekend was the 30th Annual Yuba City Nagar Kirtan (sometimes called the Sikh Parade). Thousands from all over California and beyond gathered for the weekend, doubling the population of sleepy Yuba City.
An estimated 75,000 people filled Tierra Buena and Butte House roads before the beginning...
SikhRI and the Anand Marriage Act – A Critical Appraisal
Posted by Jodha in Sikhi on 10 26th, 2009 | 49 Comments
The Anand MarriageAct has been discussed a few times on The Langar Hall. Years ago, I thought of the passage of the new act in Pakistan was one of the year’s greatest ‘successes’ by the community. In this year of 2009, the Sikh Research Institute plans to observe the ‘centennial’ of the...
Punjabi Lok Saaz
I came across this video from a cultural event in Northern California. It features Ustad Lal Singh Ji Bhatti, among others, live on stage performing Boliyan and Tappe in his famous voice. You get to hear (and see) many folk instruments including the Sarangi, Tumbi, Algozey, Dhad, Chimta, Dhol, etc....
Night of the Demons – Sikhs Remembering the Delhi Pogroms of 1984
Posted by Jodha in Activism, California, Canada, Events, Organizations, UK, USA on 10 19th, 2009 | 48 Comments
20,000 Butchered in Delhi
25,000 Made “Disappeared” in Punjab
A Community Bruised
A Diaspora Tarnished
STILL WE RISE
A Nation Never Forgets
Remember 1984
On The Langar Hall, the fight for justice is rarely far from our minds. While justice remains elusive and mass-murderers promoted, the...
Sanghera is the Pride of Britain
Posted by Jodha in UK on 10 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Although I can think of one commenter that may be angered, but Jasvinder Sanghera has just honored with the “Pride of Britain” award for her pioneering work.
44-year-old Sanghera was instrumental in forcing the British government to take effective steps against forced marriages. The Foreign...
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...
Just one of those days
Posted by Jodha in Humor on 10 1st, 2009 | Comments Off on 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.
Sikh Film Haters – and the trashy newspapers that love them
On many occasions, I have noted my dismay at the joke of journalism that calls itself the Times of India. They never cease to provide stupid nonsensical and ill-researched articles. Here is one more example.
It appears that the writer ‘Divya A’ has recently been making his/her rounds...
On Losing a Historic Sikh Space
When hallowed grounds make way for fairway greens, you have a lens into contemporary elite culture in Punjab. Tales of the loss of our historical materials and architecture form a common topic here in The Langar Hall as throughout conversations of Sikhdom. Destruction of historic Gurdwaras for the...
SIKHOLARS: First Sikh Graduate Student Conference
Sikh scholars have a long and proud history from Bhai Gurdas to Giani Ditt Singh and Sardar Kapoor Singh with too many to name in between. Although in more recent times some academics have been seen as controversial in the community, a confident community celebrates academic conferences that provide...
BC Sikhs – Beyond Elections and Gangsters
Many of the elements that make up this article have been featured in the Langar Hall in the past – Ranj Dhaliwal’s book Daaku about the lifestyle of Punjabi gangsters, thugs, and drug-dealers in BC during the late 1990s and early 2000s that cost the lives of 100+ youth in our community, Mani Amar’s...
Sikhs in the Tube
Posted by Jodha in UK on 08 31st, 2009 | 7 Comments
As all UK Sikhs or travelers to UK know at busy entries to the London Underground, you’ll find various vendors handing out free tabloids. Although everyone groans at the content, still enter the tube and you’ll find most busy Londoners flipping past the latest gossip on Paris Hilton or the recent...
A Bit of Sikh Wisdom
While randomly browsing on the web, I came across this interesting anecdote by a Christian of Amritsar.
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Sikh Digital Heritage Library – Nanakshahi Trust, SikhRI and PDL
The issue of the loss of Sikh heritage sites and documents has long been lamented by many Sikhs. In fact, one of my fellow langa(w)riters blogged about the need to ‘preserve what history we have left.’ One group has been silently seeking to remedy this problem – the Nanakshahi Trust.
Quietly...
Forced Marriages – A Shame on Some Sikhs
The issue of marriage is complex and has as many circumstances as there are combinations of people in the world. Recently, a langa(r)eader wrote:
Hi I as just wonderingif you are familiar at all with a sikh girl marrying a non sikh guy who is caucasian. Her parents banished her forever about 7 years...
Sikh Perspectives on Health Care Reform
The US Congress is on their August recess and most have returned to their home constituencies. The atmosphere throughout the country is becoming increasingly polarized over the issue of healthcare. From Palin’s stupidity in labeling Obama’s plans “downright evil” (I almost don’t know what...
