Browsing Tag: Bullying

We look around us very…emotionally disconnected. We have experienced the same fears, and pains as those in our community yet we are never there to offer a supportive word, a supportive action, then we wonder why or how we are such a fragmented society. Sikhs of the past did this not only for their own, but for others, they would put their life on the line to save someone else

The most senior Sikh officer in the Met yesterday revealed how his bullying hell at a top private school has inspired him to help other young victims.

Where he ends we begin | Bullies won't kill another Singh Unite as CHILDREN make the change | Don't let things stay the same

Gurwinder Singh has graduated from high school and is studying at the State University of New York. The hard times are behind him, but he is more optimistic about the future of Sikh kids. His advice: “Be peaceful and brave. Don’t do anything wrong. And know we have lots of resources and organizations. Ask them for help.”

New research suggests that the road to high school popularity can be treacherous, and that students near the top of the social hierarchy are often both perpetrators and victims of aggressive behavior involving their peers...

"It definitely impacts you, especially for those people who are not in touch with their history," she said. "If they are being made fun of, and they don't have that knowledge, that pushes them away from their identity and their religion."