Sikh students adjust to life at San Jose University

San Jose, California: When he first came to this country from his native Punjab 15 months ago, it didn’t take long for SJSU student Gurjaspal Singh to get a feeling of people in the United States. An hour before he ...

Bay Area Sikhs launch BART ads in Oakland, SF to remember pogrom

San Francisco, California: A nonprofit Sikh organization launched a BART poster campaign this month in hopes that a photograph of an elderly crying woman will spur mainstream riders to learn more about the massacre of people in India 25 years ago. The 20-poster, $10,000-campaign on BART stations in San Francisco and Oakland is spearheaded by the Fremont-based Ensaaf group, said co-director Jaskaran Kaur. Ads appeared Nov. 2, and will last a month. The campaign is in honor of the 25th anniversary of pogroms against Sikhs in India.

Sikh turban-row cop told 'Sorry'

Manchester, UK: A Sikh policeman suing the force in a row over his turban has been told ‘I’m sorry’ by an official who dealt with is complaint. Gurmeal Singh is accusing Greater Manchester Police of racial and religious discrimination. It ...

1984 Sikh Genocide: Victims block rail traffic

Chandigarh, Punjab: While victims of 1984 riots disrupted rail traffic at several places, including Ambala and Jalandhar, to protest against denial of justice to them, their lawyer HS Phoolka has appealed to them to shun such actions. “Our fight is not against the public. Why inconvenience the general public? Our fight is against the Union Government as well as the Delhi government for getting the culprits of the worst-ever carnage in the history of Independent India punished,” says Phoolka.