Dear Fahad
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in Activism on 03 6th, 2010 | 33 Comments
Guest blogged by Brooklynwala
This week the South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection (SAMAR) along with Theaters Against War (THAW), published several letters of support they solicited for Syed Fahad Hashmi, a US citizen who has been held in solitary confinement since May 2007 in the Metropolitan...
REVIEW – 1984: A Sikh Story on BBC
Guestblogged by Joo Kay Singh
I’ve just spent the past hour watching 1984: A Sikh Story on BBC1 in the UK, and came away mildly disappointed, but not altogether surprised.
The documentary was framed as a “personal journey” for the presenter, Sonia Deol, to “unravel the events...
Exclusive New Haagen-Dazs in Delhi: Sorry, No Indians Allowed
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in India on 12 16th, 2009 | 14 Comments
Guest blogged by justasikh
Every so often you come across news that your mind struggles to believe is real.
Is this real? A joke? Either way, the reaction is likely as interesting as the cause.
Haagen Dazs, a prolific producer of ice cream the world over approves a new location to be opened in Delhi,...
Ambivalent About Amnesty
Blogged by: Amol Singh
In events and programs highlighted at remembering 25 years since 1984, the most vocal criticisms of these remembrances revolve around a desire to forgive or forget. For many it seems regressive and contradictory to highlight these tragedies while India hoists its Sikh Prime Minister...
Unraveling Riddles
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in Musings on 12 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Guest blogged by sikhpulse
Before a beaded string of musical melodies lies a riddle. This riddle, composed by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, provides much clarity and purpose when revealed.
Mundavani, one of the final hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib, is sometimes translated as “riddle.” It precedes Raagmala,...
Maharaja of Firangi
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in UK on 11 9th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Guest Blogged by: Harinder Singh
Last week I walked into the first exhibition to “comprehensively” explore the extraordinarily rich culture of the maharajas. “Maharaja – the splendor of India’s Royal Courts” is the feature exhibit at the Victoria & Alberta Museum in London and will...
Sukha & Jinda
Guest blogged by: Amol Singh
Harinder Singh Jinda and Sukhdev Singh Sukha were hanged to death in Pune Jail for the assassination of General Arun Vaidya, the architect of Operation Blue Star. In the wake of their impending hangings, Sukha and Jinda sent an open letter to the President of India in which...
North American Sikh Medical and Dental Association (NASMDA)
Guestblogged by Mewa Singh
This past weekend the North American Sikh Medical and Dental Association (NASMDA) held their 17th annual conference in San Diego, CA. The organization’s website provides a brief description:
Started in the summer of 1992 at Poncos, Pennsylvania, NASMDA has grown to an organization...
Where is Ramadan in Sikhi?
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in Sikhi on 09 24th, 2009 | 53 Comments
Blogged by: Amritpan
The presence of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib and its message of universal fraternity of the human race and ultimate destination of oneness with the Supreme Being imparts an unparalleled serenity and contentment on its disciple. When I listen to the chants of Om-mantar in a Mandir,...
Sikh Boys Stranded in Ceuta
Blogged by: Amol Singh
For many of us, the ability to live our lives in the diaspora is a direct consequence of journeys emanating from Punjab. Our fathers and mothers left economic insecurity and political uncertainty and set sail on ships and planes to far off backwaters in hopes of finding routes...
A new kind of Joan of Arc/(Punjab?)
Blogged by: Amritpan
For many years UNICEF India has attempted to survey and document the declining sex ratio and female feticide in India. And for many years the government of India has maintained that Punjab (and thus Sikhs) consistently registered the highest number of ‘kuri maar’ cases, as...
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...
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...
Blue Beret Kanhaiyas
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in News on 07 23rd, 2009 | 5 Comments
Blogged by: Amol Singh
Virunga National Park lies in Eastern Congo adjacent to Rwanda. Throughout the past fifteen years, the region has been embroiled in communal strife and has become the backdrop for some of the most wanton killings of peoples in recent history. In the battle over the area’s vast...
Growing Up with Inderjit Bains: On Sikhi, Bhangra, and even Jazzy B
Guest Blogged by Mewa Singh
No, I didn’t actually grow up with Inderjit Bains, but by the end of the post, you’ll get it.
For those that have been following the North American bhangra scene, since its inception (remember, DJ Sunshine, DJ Guru, – I never liked DJ Jiten’s Hindi remixes...
Genocidees Anonymous: Armenians and Sikhs
Blogged: Amol Singh
On the night of April 24, 1915, over 200 of Constantinople’s Armenian intellectual and civic leaders were taken from their homes and boarded upon trains headed eastward toward the city of Ankara. What followed over the next few months would be a concerted, systematic Ottoman project...
A Witness in a Culture of Complicity – Part 1
Posted by Mehmaan (Guest) in Human Rights on 04 20th, 2009 | 18 Comments
Blogged by: Mewa Singh
I haven’t written in quite a bit of time. Once in a while I share personal pieces, but as I like to protect my privacy I don’t do it too often.
However, this one is fresh (occurring just this weekend) and in some way I am soliciting the readers’ opinions as...
