Browsing Tag: Sikh Identity

I like to think I am serving God and Guru within each person. Last year, Food 4 Kids fed approximately 286 elementary school aged children who are often without food over the weekend and holidays away from school.

Even though each of its three legs is equally critical and indispensible to a stable stool, today, I will zero in on only one of the three legs — giving and sharing. I leave the other two for another day.

Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday evening (Nov 28) paid tribute to the Sikh community, which he said has made significant contributions in many fields since the early days

"We come here because we get food... A hot meal. It's a luxury for me." John Davidson is 55 and homeless. He is one of 250 people who have just received a hand-out of hot soup, drinks, chocolate bars and other supplies...

"How we can say, 'OK, we are safe now,' and stop the other people to come here?" Sodhi asked.

[VIDEO] “We are really excited about the refugees coming and if we can help, why not?” said Balwant Sanghera, one of the organizers.

The Lower Mainland Sikh community has come together to offer housing, schooling, food, clothing and a slate of services to help support to the Syrian refugees who are expected to arrive in the area over the next few months.

Two police officers arrived and asked him to step outside for a chat, and told him a member of the public was concerned about "a guy with some wires in his bag".

the Sikh Coalition and the Los Angeles Clippers hosted nearly 400 members of the California sangat for the pair’s second annual Sikh Awareness and Appreciation game.

Singh’s mission for Wear A Turban day was simple: educate as many people as possible on what Sikh culture is really about. “Once we know each other, it’s much more different,” Singh said.

The alignment between the tenets of the Sikh faith and the precepts of the South African Constitution prompted the invitation of prominent members of government and respected community and national leaders to the unveiling.

The Sikh community in France and UK stepped up to help people in the French capital Paris, by arranging for safe shelter, providing free cab service and blood donation camps.

“I wanted to help the community, and maintain my identity,” said Salva in an interview with HuffPost India.

The Sikh Coalition and the Los Angeles Clippers hosted nearly 400 members of the California sangat on Saturday, November 14th for a Sikh Awareness & Appreciation game.

On November 8th, 2015, UNITED SIKHS launched the Pak-Afghan Earthquake Relief Effort to provide aid and assistance to individuals affected by one of the strongest earthquakes the region has ever seen.

Representatives of the Sikh community say that sharing is part of their teachings and their religion, adding that the Poverello house is one of the best institutions that helps the needy.

As the spectre of global terrorism continues to grow, one of the most effective ways we can defend the Sikh identity is to be even more visible doing service in larger...

Rohan Kalsi’s tweet received immense support, being retweeted over 10,000 times in just a few hours.

The Sikh Coalition is urging Carter to create policy that would allow religiously-observant Sikh Americans to serve unilaterally without additional review.

My father suggested the Sikhs had embraced the “Protestant work ethic” of serving “King and Country”, never asking others for handouts. He was right.

Now, they’ve won some new allies: a group of 27 retired military leaders, including a retired three-star U.S. Army general, have signed a letter...

The Sikh community of Phoenix metro in Arizona has been very active in Arizona Inter-faith Movement. For several years, it has been performing Dinner Langar Seva for all the attendees...

Among the diverse crowd are four ministers of Sikh origin — a conspicuously high number when you consider that India, where most Sikhs live, only counts two Sikhs in current senior cabinet-level positions.

A 2006 letter of appreciation for Sajjan's services from the commander of Canada’s Coalition Task Force in Afghanistan has surfaced, and it reads like a Bourne Trilogy movie script.

People of many faiths were moved to tears and outpoured with gratefulness. This was the vision of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, to associate the turban with oneness...

In 2012, California State Legislature declared November as Sikh Awareness and Appreciation month-a month to recognize American Sikhs, and honor the contribution of Sikhs to American society.

[VIDEO] It was a moment of wonderful feeling of sharing the cultural heritage in one of the reputed universities in Rome, Italy when on 28th April 2009, an occasion on Turban was marked to bring awareness on the cultural heritage from the region of Punjab, India.

On behalf of local Sikh Community, Dr. Jaswant Singh Sachdev, M.D.* was recently provided an opportunity to deliver Sikh Invocation (prayer) at the beginning of the Legislative Session of Phoenix City Council, in Arizona.

[After a girl committed a poverty driven suicide, "We met her family and decided to take care of her sister's education. If she wants to go abroad we are ready to fund her education,".

UNITED SIKHS is humbled to announce the initiation of the UNITED SIKHS food bank in New York City, which covers all five boroughs - Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan, as well as the counties of Nassau and Suffolk in Long Island.