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A new patient recently asked me that and I was dumbfounded. Like a movie on a projector, my pre-teen years flashed before my eyes. I held back my tears and responded, "let us talk about it another time."

I was only eighteen years old when the Oak Creek mass shooting happened. When the smoke cleared, I felt frustrated, sad, and terrified. I was unsure of how to react or respond. Although Sikhs had faced hate crimes for decades...

"When held up to the light, the Army’s reasons for denying Mr. Singh’s religious accommodation crumbled," said Heather Weaver, Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU's Program on the Freedom of Religion and Belief.

[VIDEO] "I've practically become a Sikh. Those of you who know me, know the extent to which this is true. What I mean is, the quest of the Sikh community has become my quest as well."

EkOngKar Singh Khalsa, or “EK,” calls the problems of the Mystic the problems of prosperity. He’s executive director of the Mystic River Watershed Association, which is working to reverse the ravages of industrialization that almost killed the river.

In the UK, politics does not pay. Most well qualified next generation Sikhs, otherwise doing well in many professions, have shown hardly any interest in political careers. That can change over the next few years.