Sikholars 2013 ReCap
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in California, Education on 02 25th, 2013 | 17 Comments
Guest blogged: Mewa Singh From February 16-17, 2013, researchers from throughout the world, focusing on Sikh-related topics, came together at Stanford University for the 4th annual Sikholars Conference, hosted by the Jakara Movement. From Europe to Pakistan, from India to Canada, and throughout the United...
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Fauja Singh to Run His Last Marathon At Age of 101
Posted by Sundari in Activism, Health, Media, Sikhi, UK on 02 22nd, 2013 | 10 Comments
We love Sardar Fauja Singh.  We really, really do. On Sunday, Fauja Singh will run his final race in Hong Kong at the tender age of 101.  Jezebel recently covered Fauja Singh in a piece about  women’s rights, and just today Jordan Conn wrote a compendious and inspiring article for Outside...
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Atlanta, GA, Sikh family found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Posted by AmericanTurban in USA on 02 5th, 2013 | 6 Comments
“The bodies of Shindiver Grover, 52, his wife Damanjit, 47, and their two sons, Sartag, 12 and Gurtej, 5, were found in their first-floor apartment in Johns Creek, Ga., at around 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to local reports.”(Source: NY Daily News. Photo credit: CBS Atlanta) Tragic news...
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Punjabi Stockton, Bengali Harlem
Posted by Brooklynwala in Book Club, History, USA on 02 4th, 2013 | 5 Comments
Most of us are probably familiar with the history of the first wave of Punjabi migration to California in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These pioneers, many Sikhs, set up the country’s first gurdwara in Stockton, formed the Ghadhar Party to overthrow the British Raj, and many ended up marrying...
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