Lalkaar NY 2014 ReCap
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in General on 07 29th, 2014 | 30 Comments
Guestblogged by Jagga Singh.
It was a hot June day, and I was stuck in traffic. This was the last place I wanted to be today. As the cars in front of me inched little by little, I imagined myself in my frigid air conditioned room reading a book or watching Netflix. Instead I was sweltering in the...
A British Perspective on Lalkaar-CA 2013
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in Activism on 06 28th, 2013 | 10 Comments
Guest blogged by CitizenSoulja, follow him on twitter at @citizensoulja
This year I went to the Lalkaar 2013 conference in Davis California. Lalkaar run by the Jakara Movement, a Sikh youth organisation, is now in its 14th year. This was by far the most interesting and inspiring Sikh educational...
Breaking the Silence: Reflections on Surat-Lalkaar
I spent this weekend in Fort Lee, New Jersey across the river from Manhattan at the Surat-Lalkaar Conference, “Kaur Voices: Exalt, Express, Empower.” As discussed previously, this event was a new collaboration between organizers of the popular Surat Conference in NY/NJ and California’s...
