More than 10,000 Sikhs from Elk Grove to Yuba City this weekend came out to honor Lt. Brian Murphy, a retired cop they consider their American hero. Murphy took 15 bullets battling a white supremacist who’d already massacred six worshippers and wounded three...
Sardar Pritpal Singh Bindra, winner of Akali Phoola Singh Award, whose works illuminated many misgivings on the literature of the time of Guru Gobind Singh, died on May 14, 2015. He was 85.
Imagine if you could clear out your medicine cabinet and replace almost everything in there with turmeric? Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies.
Sadasat Simran Singh Khalsa is a member of Chardikala Jatha, and he is a Hazoori Raagi at Sri Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar. His Kirtan Jetha has played Kirtan and spoken in many Gurdwaras around the world. They have also been the main feature of Camp Miri Piri which originated in Singapore. This video was filmed to help bring attention to the 2015 Camp Miri Piri in Espanola, New Mexico. June 13-17. You can be with him and many other great teachers there.
This is good for a few laughs. At one point he says to his white friend, "I love your people's food. I mean I couldn't eat it every day but I'd never miss my Friday night fish-n-chips."
Rupy Kaur is a self-taught artist, and her artwork has graced the cover of “Her name is Kaur,” been an emblem of Sikh Love Stories, and branded SAFAR conference materials. She has also done design work for several Sikh youth conferences for the last five years.
This outlet hopes to provide a space where Kaurs can express their ideas, share stories, and learn more about their Sikh culture to empower themselves.
I read an article today from the ‘Telegraph’ of UK that the Britishers were planning to create a ‘Sikh Regiment’ in the British Army. Perhaps the Britishers know something we Indians seem to be forgetting.
A new tumblr called Turban-Esque celebrates the dapper men and women who cover their heads with the Sikh pagdi or dastar.
These developments will take time, maybe even a generation. But they are essential if we are not to continue to wallow in our present situation of being the butt of jokes, distorted images and misconceived perceptions.