Browsing Tag: Sikhs In Media

Signature event, 500 Festival parade, boasts celebrity and political involvement. The full color procession delighted the over 300,000 enthusiastic spectators and featured Punjabi and Sikh pride.

So today, as we commemorate Vaisakhi at the Pentagon, let us also celebrate that we are still writing our story. Let our uniform of faith - this long hair, these proud turbans, this silver karra - show that we fight for the equality, freedom, and selfless service at the heart of the American ethic.

HuffPost Religion celebrates the Sikh American community and all of its diverse accomplishments. These eight people have made headlines for a wide variety of achievements,...

"This past fall Prabhjot Singh was attacked after dropping his wife off. That's why I couldn't be happier to see recent media advertising depicting Sikh men as desirable, sexy and most importantly American. America is first and foremost a land of immigrants. Every ad that highlights an American ethnic community makes that community less subject to the invincible burden of proving their Patriotic pride.

Axe body spray is now on the bandwagon as well, featuring a turbaned Sikh man and his partner kissing on the New York City subway in its new campaign titled “Make Love Not War.” Social media shows acceptance of the ad among most Sikhs, however others are still not used to turbans and beards in the main stream media.

A documentary is being filmed, showing how Oak Creek responded to the Sikh Temple shootings in that Milwaukee suburb almost a year-and-a-half ago.