Roads were closed down by police to allow riders to drive together towards their final destination. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has backed calls for a memorial in Woolwich to honour the murdered soldier. “It is important to send a message to terrorists.”
I convinced myself that I was indeed an abomination and I began a destructive path of self-hate... I would beg God to take it away, to make me straight. I would give anything, anything for it to go away, anything for me to just be normal, anything to stop being who I was ashamed of being…
[VIDEO] Guru Shabad Singh became a Sikh in his early 20's and has not turned back since. A successful businessman and singer his latest creation is an ode to Hari Mandir Sahib the Golden Temple. In it he expresses his devotion to that holy place where he, like many, had inspirational experiences.
We are noticing more Sikhs being featured in mainstream ads, firstly Waris Ahluwalia appeared in the Gap Campaign and now artists Saira Hunjan and Jatinder Singh Durhailay "in rebellious rococo glamour" for the financial times.
"Memorial Day is the day when we take a pause to say thanks to those who gave their lives for the freedom we have." It’s a US federal holiday to remember men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Sikhs have counted heavily among those who died in wars remembered on this day.
The march, which is expected to be attended by more than 5,000 Sikhs, will start in front of India's Permanent Mission to the UN and will end at United Nations Headquarters.
One newspaper said, "In slovenliness, the Sikh is not surpassed by any human creature I have seen. He inhabits the foulest slums, and the near neighborhood of offal and garbage does not disturb him." Yet others were sympathetic to Singh's cause, "Their color is a little darker than ours now, but they are our equals, if not our superiors, in mental qualities.”
[VIDEO] His first record was when he was three years old, having recognized 105 flags in 52 seconds - a world record. His parents are naturally very proud, he is a dynamo with memorizing. One minute video.
This version of the Winter Soldier wears glasses, a beard and a turban. His real name (sh!) is Vishavjit “Vish” Singh, an American-born New Yorker, and most of us just missed his recent visit to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where he gave the mental digestive tracts of the students there a “sudden blast of a ethnic effervescence never tasted before.”
About 100 people participated in this event, and we heard from 2 introductory speakers and presentations from 9 organizations. Navdeep Singh discusses Turban Myths, a report from SALDEF, with a survey of Americans revealing highly discriminatory attitudes towards Sikhs