“60% of young Sikh males who wear patkas say they’ve been harassed and verbally or physically abused because of their faith. Half of those kids, almost 40%, reported being hit or involuntarily touched because of their appearance.”
Primary school student Gurmannat Kaur Grewal’s artwork, which is a combination of Punjabi and aboriginal arts has been chosen for an award by the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools. The Federation caters to 30,000 students from 250 community language schools teaching over 82 languages in New South Wales.
Kiranjit Kaur is a 26 year old trained medical practitioner. In this video she shares her struggle with Depression and how listening and engaging with Guru's Bani via SikhNet's Gurbani Media Center helped her cope and come out of her misery.
“It happens to be the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak who is the founder of Sikhism and it just seems to be a happy coincidence that it’s the same day as I’ve been invited here.
This is a story that will not only ignite the imagination of young ones it will inspire them to act in their lives. Most importantly it will assure them that Guru Nanak is present in their lives, personally loving and guiding them.
Serene Singh is a Boettcher, Truman, and Fulbright at the University of Colorado with majors in Political Science and Journalism and a minor in Leadership Studies. She serves as Chief Justice of her Student Government and President of the Political Science Honors Society.
SikhNet has just completed hosting its second story script competition and the Results are out.
This classic Guru sakhi is brought to life in animation for the first time for the English speaking audience.
The Amphitheater was packed with performances, crafts, food and flu shots Thursday
on the SikhNet Youth Q&A Forum. Your participation is requested.