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...
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