To be honest there is two answers to your question, The older Sikh population is still practicing the old practices of caste discrimination and gender discrimination, whereas the younger Sikh population as well as western educated Sikhs have become more open minded and accepting of people.
Me: Why did you choose this topic? Son: Baba Fateh Singh was the same age as me and he was so brave. Me: How did he become so brave? Son: He sang Sabad and loved Guru ji. Me: How do you know he loved Guru ji? Son: Because he always followed Guru’s Teachings.
"In 2016, many women are choosing to wear turban. If a man can wear a turban, a woman can wear one too. Hopefully, one day we will see a large number of women wearing turbans".
When a young Singh complained to Giani Sukha about the lack of inspiration for the youth at his local Gurdwara, Giani Sukha asked him a simple question. What are you doing to inspire? What happened next no one expected.
Karanveer Singh Pannu, a Sikh-American high school student from New Jersey, has written a new book that looks at bullying from the point of view of the student.
Perhaps, today, there is an important lesson to be learnt from that incident: that the Sikh response to every situation has to be reasonable, informative and lawful. That has been the Sikh tradition...
A former judge noticed that plenty of resources went to troubled young people — but only once they committed a crime.
Sadly, sexual abuse is a reality many people face, including children. In the United States, about one in 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday, and 30% of these children are sexually abused by family members.
Kids of all ages (and adults, too) benefit from being read to, including even babies and toddlers.