Author Archives: Guest Writer

On Gratitude and Grievance: Rethinking Sikh Politics in the US

On the evening of Saturday, September 21, 2013, Dr. Prabhjot Singh was attacked in Harlem, New York, by what is estimated to have been around 20 males riding bicycles. The event has been publically labeled a violent hate crime, as ...

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Gurmukh Singh, Sikh Immigrant Held in Detention Who Became a Cause Celebré, Reunited with Garden Grove Family

California, US: Gurmurkh Singh, an undocumented Indian immigrant from Garden Grove, was released from the California City Correctional Center where he had been detained for the past several months facing deportation. Denied political asylum as an activist in the separatist ...

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Book on Sikh history released

Amritsar, Punjab: A book on the Anglo-Sikh war, “Jang Hind Punjab Da”, was today launched during a function at Khalsa College here. Written by Ludhiana-based Harbhajjan Singh Cheema, the book is an account of Punjab’s history and wars following Maharaja Ranjit ...

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EcoAmritsar steps in to ensure green nagar kirtan

Amritsar, Punjab: Celebrating the 479th birth anniversary of Guru Ramdas with the theme of ‘Nature Preservation and Conservation of Bio-Diversity’, various organisations led by EcoAmritsar, an initiative by US-based EcoSikh, today mobilised volunteers to collect garbage during the entire route of ...

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