Every black person I know who is (or has been) apart of the Sikh community have experienced some form of anti-blackness from their brown brothers and sisters. More specifically, there are three types of racism that usually occur.
Guruchanan Kaur tells her story of being introduced to Sikhi: Yoga class, Mool mantra, Mool mantra composition, Guru Granth sahib, Sikhiwiki, Japji.
Their gruelling role in the railway's construction remains a little known story
I walk down to bow to my guru which we call to matha tekh and then I sit down for a while and observe and it’s just such a nice feeling of a glow in my heart.
I am closer to my faith, and stronger because of it. My faith has helped me wake up each day and, despite everything around us, feel grateful
In a moment when so much is at stake, it feels critical that we make space for diverse approaches that move us in the right direction. When we can do that together, then we really have a chance to make the substantive change in our policing that so many of us deem to be critical.
Investment by elders in the young will always yield a better humanity.
Similar to Guru Nanak Dev Ji who won over Babar, the king who imprisoned him without right cause. Instead of complaining, Guru Ji remained in Sehaj and continued to recite Gurbani and work hard. He led by example and inspired other prisoners to do the same, who started to perform their daily duties without complaining even a bit. Babar was so impressed by Guru Ji and the change he had brought, that he freed him from jail along with all the other prisoners.
Truth and re-conciliation is always a possibility. However, that will also require setting the record straight.
This June marks the 36th anniversary of the invasion of the Golden Temple in India