
Ding Dong, Osama bin Laden is Dead.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past three days, you’ve all heard the news: Osama bin Laden was killed in a hail of gunfire, his body buried at sea in a well orchestrated CIA operation over the weekend. Moments after the news was official, it was a very bitter sweet moment when my wife...
Media and the Sikhs
Posted by Navdeep Singh Dhillon in Education, Entertainment, General, Musings, Sikhi on 04 25th, 2011 | 21 Comments
In the 1990s (that seems so long ago!), I was a linguist and photographer for the U.S. Navy and the aircraft carrier I was on stopped for a few days in Romania. Me and a Nigerian friend decided to deboard our ship and go explore the town. Don’t worry, we didn’t get kidnapped and become reluctant protagonists...
Ik Si Chiri, Te Ik Si Kaan: The Slow Death of Punjabi Folktales
Posted by Navdeep Singh Dhillon in Education, Entertainment, Literature, Punjab, Punjabi on 04 18th, 2011 | 7 Comments
My father reading to my daughter
I don’t know if telling stories is part of the DNA of Punjabis, but virtually every member of my immediate and extended family can spin a good yarn. From the educated to the uneducated, city folk to rural farming stock, all of them can take a mundane story and turn it...
The Sikh Coalition Denounces the King Hearings and Stands Up for Human Rights
Posted by Navdeep Singh Dhillon in Activism, Events, Featured Articles, Human Rights, Law, News on 03 16th, 2011 | 18 Comments
A week and a half ago I posted a blog entitled, Anti-Muslim Hate Comes to Orange County. In it, there was a video showing Muslims attending a fundraiser for homeless shelters being viciously screamed at by members of a local Tea Party group. Racial epithets and a horrific display of disrespect towards...
Anti Muslim Hate Comes to Orange County, California
Posted by Navdeep Singh Dhillon in Activism, California, Featured Articles, General, Human Rights, Musings on 03 4th, 2011 | 88 Comments
The above video took place on February 13, 2011 in Orange County, California in protest of the ICNA, an American-Muslim Relief Organization, holding a fundraiser towards money for women’s shelters, homeless shelters, and other such terrorist activities. While it is disturbing that the incident took...
Santa (Singh?) at the Akal Takht
Posted by Jodha in General on 12 27th, 2008 | No Comments
Although other bloggers have touched upon different aspect of Christmas and the holiday season, while viewing Sepia Mutiny I saw an interesting video of the NORAD-tracked Santa at the Taj Mahal.
However, at the end of the video (cue to :24), I couldn’t help but notice a very familiar Sikh site. ...
