Browsing Tag: Opinion

Is Sugar Toxic?

If Lustig is right, then our excessive consumption of sugar is the primary reason that the numbers of obese and diabetic Americans have skyrocketed in the past 30 years. But his argument implies more than that. If Lustig is right, it would mean that sugar is also the likely dietary cause of several other chronic ailments widely considered to be diseases of Western lifestyles — heart disease, hypertension and many common cancers among them.
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Some Feel USA's Military Religious Exemption is Wrong (OP-ED)

Conservative military watchdogs are unhappy with the Army's recent decision to allow a member of the Sikh religious sect to enlist without adhering to military grooming standards.
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Blinded by Ignorance We fight the battle for Justice

The Sikh community is outraged by what they consider blatant ignorance on part of Judge Sajid Khan when it came down to his verdict on a Gatka Performance done on the Stage of India’s Got Talent.
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Why am I not proud to be a Sikh?

Is our community living in a false paradise of being a global community amidst some serious identity crisis and that too at the threshold of destruction?
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Do we need another Golden Temple? (Opinion)

As you visit various Gurudwaras in Punjab nowadays, you will start seeing a new trend of Gurudwaras adding gold and marble to their infrastructure. Why all of a sudden do we have duplicate copies of Harminder sahib?
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Sikh and Healthy: Only in India - and America (OP-ED)

A couple of untold stories/observations from the Singh-Obama bash last week, now that the punditocracy has essayed its wisdom on weighty matters...
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The Prison of One-Word Labels

I had mentioned some years ago that I became an Amritdhari Sikh. It was a public declaration of a very private intention and action, but it seemed pertinent in context.
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Oregon's Fashion Police (OP-ED)

Should your child's teacher wear a turban or other "religious dress'? The state of Oregon doesn't think so.
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The 'new' desi girl is here, don't mess with her

The worldwide celebration of Women's Day sparks some commentary from Shobhaa De
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The Growing Pains of Sikh Institutions

At the outset I want to clearly state my motives in writing this piece. Let there be no question that I write as a Sikh. In my view, Sikhs have the right and the obligation to talk about these matters for these are issues of internal debate within the Sikh community.
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