An issue such as this doesn’t just appear out of the blue, there would have to be a triggering point to push a person to the point of having to starve themselves to try to be heard.
Three persons have been arrested so far and police claimed that the accused have confessed to the act.
"The biggest way I am certain this has caught the attention of the Western world is through the amount of media coverage; articles on the BBC, Independent, Vice Magazine, Washington Post - these are major news outlets..."
5 Turbaned Sikh MP's and 5 South Asian Women Win Canadian Parliament Seats. They are among 15 South Asian Liberal MPs elected in the 42nd parliamentary election.
Last month, during heighted community tensions post-Charlie Hebdo, a Sikh was attacked with a machete in a Tesco store in Wales, sustaining what police described as “life-changing injuries.” The attacker was reported to shout “white power.”
On its Facebook page, Basics of Sikhi, a charity for which Jagmeet Singh works, posted a petition that demanded the BBC report on the situation in Punjab. The petition has been signed by over 77,000 people
Sikh community of Washington have organized a relief effort in support of victims of the hundreds of wildfires that have devastated the state since July.
Similar events are also being held in the US and Australia. "This is regarded as a small sacrifice compared with Bapu Surat Singh's hunger-strike to highlight human rights issues in India. I would urge all Sikhs to donate..."
[OP/ED] This opinion editorial speaks to the current crisis in the Punjab from another angle: economics. Punjab relies on rich farm production. What happens when crops fail? And why do they fail?
"Sikh Lives Matter" has now been used more than 40,000 times, has spread to other social networks such as YouTube and Facebook, and was surging again on Monday.