Reflections on Sikholars: Day 1
(photo: Twitter user @ksalag) I would like to follow up on Jodha’s recap of the third annual Sikholar’s conference that took place this past weekend at California State University, East Bay (in Hayward, California). I had attended the previous conferences in 2010 and 2011 and was happy...
Roots of Love: Exploring Hair in the Sikh Community
Conversations about hair are often emotional for Sikhs – and therefore they are conversations which we tend to avoid.  For many Sikhs, it is a constant struggle to explain the historical significance of keeping our hair and/or wearing a turban while other Sikhs will argue that simply keeping your...