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I spent a few more hours staring at the ceiling, crying, reminiscing, and wishing I could have my old life back again. I couldn’t take it anymore. I was going crazy. I needed an escape.

Organized by the Punjabi American Heritage Society, the festival was established to celebrate Punjabi culture. Mrs. Narinder Kaur Dhillon (ensaaf.org), sister of late Kuljit Dhatt (from Shahid Bhagat Singh's family), struck an emotional chord with the audience when she talked about her perspective on Human Rights in Punjab.

To sum up, the past fifteen years have seen us develop a set of core courses around Punjabi, the history of the Sikhs, and the region of Punjab. In 2013-2014, the number of students who took these courses crossed 640. Reception of these courses has exceeded my expectations and I am grateful for the warm response of students.

‘People who want to excel in any field should consider learning transcendental meditation.’ Once the provenance of hippies, the technique claims to wipe away anxieties and fears by helping people let go of their thoughts and enter a state of complete relaxation.

This is the first year of the Kaur Foundation award, which is to be presented annually to a schoolteacher or administrator who demonstrates a commitment to either the development or the delivery of high-quality, cultural diversity education.

Six Sikh organizations submitted a complaint to United Nations' human rights body seeking a tribunal to investigate alleged crimes by the Indian government during Operation Bluestar in June 1984 and also urged it to condemn the operation.