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Under or Over Clothing?Apr 29, 2008 - 04:31 PM
Minority Report |
 Disparate state and local knife laws make it difficult for Sikhs to determine how to wear their kirpans. | |
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Sikh Kids Fall Through Cracks in The Big Apple School SystemApr 23, 2008 - 01:06 PM
Minority Report |
 New York City’s school system is failing to provide a safe learning environment for Sikh kids, half of whom said they have faced bullying, name calling or unwanted touching in their schools, according to a survey released last week on Vaisakhi. | |
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PBS to Air Film on a Sikh’s Perseverance through TragedyApr 11, 2008 - 02:00 PM
Multimedia |
 In losing one brother to a hate-crime murder after Sept. 11 and a second brother to a suspected hate crime, Rana Singh Sodhi tells his story of overcoming grief by embracing his country in a new film, ‘A Dream in Doubt,’ which Public Broadcasting Service will air nationwide next month. | |
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Sikh Women Recognized on BaisakhiApr 08, 2008 - 12:37 PM
Community |
 LOS ANGELES – Public officials showered accolades on the Sikh community during Sunday’s Baisakhi celebration, but the extraordinary part of the day-long event was the recognition of Sikh women who have made great strides in educational outreach. | |
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SGPC to Queen Elizabeth: Stop the AuctionApr 02, 2008 - 02:18 AM
Community |
 PATIALA – The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee SGPC yesterday urged Queen Elizabeth of England to use her offices to stop the auctions of the armor of Guru Gobind Singh and the painting of Guru Harkrishan. | |
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Yanking Turban More Than a PrankMar 31, 2008 - 11:50 PM
Minority Report |
 The three Oregon men had pulled pranks before, like running naked through a store. But they went too far when they yanked off Ranjit Singh’s turban in August. The Sikh Coalition’s Amardeep Singh deemed it a hate crime akin to “burning a cross on an African American's lawn.” Steve Hoddle, the deputy district attorney prosecuting the case, sought hate-crime charges. But the grand jury didn’t see it their way. It dropped the state hate-crime charge. The Coalition is now pressing the federal government to charge the three with federal hate-crimes.
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Kalgidhar Society Seeks Fat FundsMar 24, 2008 - 11:50 AM
Community |
 WASHINGTON - Pavneet Singh, 19, is one of three Akal Academy students studying in universities across the United States. He is a shining example of success achieved by a Sikh educational institution that opened in 1986 with five students and a single school at Baru Sahib in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Now, with more than 24,000 students and 23 academies in northwest India, funded largely by Sikh donations, the institution is looking to expand throughout Punjab by overhauling its organizational structure and professionalizing its operations to go after funding from large foundations and companies in North America, a professional fund-raiser said. “We’re talking Wal-Mart…” | |
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Washington State Sikhs Receive Driver Licenses Valid for IdentificationMar 13, 2008 - 02:11 PM
Community |
 As Sikhs in South Carolina and Ohio continue to have turban issues with driver licenses, Washington state has speedily amended its license-photograph guidelines and recently issued new licenses for three of its Sikh residents that are fully valid for driving and identification purposes, a United Sikhs spokesman said today. | |
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Ajeet Singh Sood has led may lives. His first life was full of privilege as the youngest child in a family that rubbed shoulders with maharajas and the British raj. All that came crashing down during Partition, in his second life. But his desire for education led him to a coveted position on the Bhakra Dam project. In this, his third life, he comes to America and accomplishes even more feets of engineering. But his mind is not satisfied. It longs for something it hasn't seen in 60 years.
By Gurpreet Singh Kahlon - Christie’s, one of London’s most prestigious auction houses, will auction a rare early 
