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...
Miss World Punjaban 2008
Posted by Phulkari in General, Images, Media, Punjabi, Sikhi, World News on 08 28th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I found this video of the Miss World Punjaban 2008 contest interesting because the contestant chose to highlight her Sikh identity that is intimately linked to Punjabi culture. I find that it is easy for us to “intellectually” talk about the separation of the two identities. However,...
True Saint, Fearless Soldier: Bhai Taru Singh
For those of you who enjoyed Vismaad Productions’ work with Sahibzadey, Rise of the Khalsa and Sundri, there is now a new animated movie to look forward to this fall. Bhai Taru Singh: True Saint. Fearless Soldier, is the latest production and will be premiering around the world over the next...
Half The Sky
The issue of forced marriages and domestic violence clearly struck a chord with many of the TLH readers. But somewhere deep in the comments over titles, or whether these are Sikh or Punjabi issues, or whether or not we should air our “dirty laundry” in the first place – I feel some of...
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 Heritage Film Festival in NY
East coasters and others with expendable income: the Sikh Art & Film Foundation is bringing you the 2009 International Film Festival to be held at the Asia Society and Museum.
The Festival will kick off on Friday September 18th with 3 films (My Mother India, Flying Sikhs – A History of Sikh...
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...
Elderly Not A Burden But A Source Of Cohesion
Often times the elderly are considered “high-cost” because they take money out of American system. They are seen as a “liability” because they withdraw medicare and social security benefits. Foriegn elders are similarly viewed as a group that “takes” through government...
New immigration option for battered Sikh women
It used to be the case that women who came to the US as dependents on their husbands’ immigration status were sometimes caught between a rock and a hard place. In cases where one spouse was abusive, the other spouse wouldn’t leave the relationship for fear of losing their immigration status...
The Wheat Of Compassion
I’ve always enjoyed a good story…and amongst all the depressing news lately of our declining economy, raucous town hall meetings, and corrupt politicians…I often turn to StoryCorp’s podcasts for a quick “pick-me-up”. A few months back, I came across a beautiful piece titled “Finding...
What’s Your Inspiration?
Posted by Sundari in Art on 08 18th, 2009 | 4 Comments
We live in a global world and there are images around us that constantly stimulate us. Once in a while we’ll see images that also inspire us – whether it be musically or artistically. For Lucas Ossendrijver, Dutch-borh Lanvin’s men’s wear designer, a familiar image appears...
So You Think You Can Serve Your Gurdwara?
Blogged by: sikhpulse
The Christian community is confronting the development of the “Sixth American:” those individuals who do not exist in or identify with any particular space and ultimately congregate together. These integrated congregations are hopeful signs that the elements of discrimination...
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...
The Punjab Project
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in Punjab on 08 14th, 2009 | 8 Comments
Blogged by: Amol Singh
A new generation of Sikh youth is coming up to age in a diaspora still unable to decently reflect or respond to the tragedies that have befallen the Panth. Although, cognizant of the injustices done to Sikhs, we have categorically failed at identifying a half-way legitimate vision...
Yudh Gatka Tournament
Gatka is becoming popular amongst Sikhs and non-Sikhs in the West. Raveena Aulakh writes that this resurgence in the Toronto area is primarily because of The Annual International Yudh Gatka Tournament that originated in Toronto in 2003. This year the tournament is being held in New Jersey. The...
Solar-electric rickshaws in Delhi
On your next trip to India, how will you travel? Train, car, metro? How about in a solar-electric powered cycle rickshaw? Because now you can.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, a government body, made a motor powered by a solar powered battery to decrease the effort required to pedal...
Amandla!
Years ago, I watched this beautiful documentary called Amandla (Xhosa word for “power”)
It chronicles the struggle of the Black South Africans when the apartheid government came to power in 1948. It also covers the decades of increasing violence and repression, then finally “victory”...
Moving Beyond Folk Tales – Sikh Children’s Books
Posted by Sundari in Art, Canada, Education, Environment, Literature, Sikhi, USA on 08 11th, 2009 | 18 Comments
African American publishing houses were born out of a need – the need to fill a void in the industry. Bookshelves needed to share stories of their struggles and to give children a stake in their evolving identities. In turn, they gave rise to a new generation of diverse voices, with Asian-Pacific...
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...
Civic Engagement And Sikh Community Leadership
We are seeing how political power is harnessed and used by the Sikh community as we engage in more civic engagement projects initiated by our own Sikh institutions. Civic engagement is not new to our community per se. The first Asian congressman was a Sikh-Dalip Singh Saund. As a child I remember local...
