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Lord Indarjit Singh declines invitation to NY Sikh International Film Festival
Lord Indarjit Singh (source: BBC) Reports today indicate that Lord Indarjit Singh, the first turbaned Sikh to serve in the British House of Lords, has declined the invitation to attend the opening...
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Sikh International Film Festival postpones opening gala due to “community...
(source: Sikh International Film Festival) Over this weekend, the New York Sikh International Film Festival announced that they are postponing their opening Heritage Awards Gala, originally scheduled...
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Lord Indarjit Singh defends NY Sikh Film Festival organizers
After declining the invitation to attend the (now postponed) opening gala of the Sikh International Film Festival in New York, Lord Indarjit Singh reportedly objects to the criticisms leveled towards...
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Organizer of last week’s NY Sikh Film Festival speaks
At the Sikh Art & Film Foundation, we believe Sikh values are American values, and we know that film is a powerful medium. Through choosing the best films and gathering together every fall, Sikh...
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Sikhs in US petition White House to recognize 1984 genocide
The group Sikhs for Justice is currently collecting signatures to petition the President of the United States to recognize the organized pogroms against Sikhs in India in 1984 as a genocide: During...
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Picture of the Day: Winning artwork from Ensaaf’s “Decade of Disappearances”...
Decade of Disappearances Art Contest first place winner by Priya Handa (source: Ensaaf Facebook page) Ensaaf, a human rights organization focusing on state crimes that were perpetrated in Punjab and...
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2012 murder-suicide in Selma, CA, has origin in Kashmir human rights crimes
Artwork by Khushboo Gulati for Ensaaf’s ‘Decade of Disappearances’ Art Contest (source: Ensaaf Facebook page) An article in Guernica by Shubh Mathur tells the story behind last year’s murder-suicide in...
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Support Ensaaf’s “Appear for the Disappeared” Fundraiser on April 6
Appear for the Disappeared 5K Walk — April 6, 2013. (source: Ensaaf Facebook page) Ensaaf (meaning “justice”) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to “end impunity and achieve justice for...
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Receive an original painting for sponsoring Ensaaf’s Appear for the...
As mentioned last week, I will be participating in an event in Fremont, California, on April 6, called “Appear for the Disappeared“, a five-kilometer walk to raise funds for Ensaaf, a non-profit...
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The “I Pledge Orange” movement, one year on
This week marks one year since the “I Pledge Orange” movement took hold of the minds and hearts of Sikhs around the world inspired by one Balwant Singh Rajoana, a man on India’s death row who was...
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An irony for April Fool’s Day
Photograph of the damage done to the Darshani Deori after Operation Blue Star in 1984. The Darshan Deori housed priceless artifacts. During the military attack on the Harmandir Sahib complex and 40...
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Keeping the untold story untold
A poster for the film “Sadda Haq” at an American movie theater. The Punjabi film “Sadda Haq” (loosely translated as “our rights”) — telling a story about the insurgency in Punjab, India, during the...
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One year later, another Sikh faces execution in India
(source: @jakaramovement) About a year and half ago, the story of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar was shared on this blog. Devender Pal Singh, a university professor, has been on India’s death row after he...
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“Free Bhullar” protests scheduled tomorrow in SF and NY
“Free Bhullar” protests will be taking place at the Indian consulate offices in San Francisco and New York on Thursday, April 18. Tomorrow, Sikhs in San Francisco and New York will be protesting...
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Picture of the Day: “Free Bhullar” rally in San Francisco, CA
A protestor holds up a sign during a “Free Bhullar” rally in San Francisco, CA, April 18, 2013. (source: Sikh Roots) Yesterday, demonstrators assembled outside the Indian consulate offices in San...
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The Indian Disconnect
In a process that took three decades, Sajjan Kumar, a leader in India’s Congress Party, was recently acquitted for his well-documented involvement in the anti-Sikh pogroms during November 1984 in which...
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Remembering June, 1984
A graphic by the National Sikh Youth Federation in the United Kingdom describes the initiating events during the Indian government’s attack on Darbar Sahib (aka the Golden Temple) in June 1984,...
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New MA theater company debuts play about 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms
(Source: United for Justice with Peace) The Boston Globe features a young theater company in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (30 miles west of Boston), called Two Paths Productions. Started by a group of...
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A survivor of the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom reflects
“A witness of the 1984 pogrom. More than 10 members of her family were killed before her eyes. She testified in a court that the Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was present at the site of the killings...
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The Veep visits India
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill lay a wreath at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on July 23. Gandhi’s granddaughter, Tara Gandhi, is at right. (Source: Deccan Chronicle) As...
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