January 2015 Archive

United Sikhs’ activism prevented bill requiring Sikh operators to provide hair sample

An update by the United Sikhs says the Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013 (H.R. 3403) was a bill proposed on October 30, 2013 by Congressman Eric "Rick" Crawford (R-AR) who introduced the Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013. The bill proposed to allow motor carriers to force a Sikh operator to provide a hair sample.

India concludes 66th Republic Day celebrating a constitution Its compiler disowned: OFMI

When U.S. President Barack Obama joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday to celebrate India’s 66th Republic Day, commemorating the January 26, 1950 adoption of the country’s constitution, neither politician mentioned that, just three years after he chaired the drafting committee that wrote the document, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar publicly rejected it.

Dal Khalsa responds to Shiv Sena: Word secular is sham, only to hoodwink the world

Twenty four hours after the US president Barack Obama counselled India for its growing religious intolerance, the Shiv Sena an alliance of the ruling BJP has advised the government to remove the word secular and socialist from preamble of the Indian constitution as the Hindutva family reiterated that India is a Hindu Nation.

World Sikh Organization of Canada assists student barred from wearing Kirpan in LSAT

The World Sikh Organization of Canada has successfully assisted a Sikh student barred from wearing his kirpan into the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).

Aam Aadmi Party still hosts edge over BJP, Kejriwal over Kiran Bedi: says ABP survey

A pre-poll survey conducted by ABP News - Nielsen shows that the Aam Aadmi Party has managed to win back supporters in New Delhi and has now taken a lead over the BJP in the Delhi Assembly polls.

Most Americans know little about Sikhs and Sikhism, revels new study

Most Americans know little or nothing about Sikhs, a new survey shows. The survey, commissioned by a nonprofit seeking to build positive images of U.S. Sikhism, found that 60 percent of non-Asian-Americans said they had no knowledge of Sikhs. Eleven percent said they were close friends with a Sikh person, and 31 percent said they had never interacted with a Sikh.

Obama Affirms Indian Constitution’s Article 25 Over Objections of South Asian Americans

In his final hours in India, U.S. President Barack Obama called the country a “partner,” saying India should not be “splintered along the lines of religious faith.”

Auto-Rickshaw poster irks Kiran Bedi; Sends legal notice to Arvind Kejriwal

The 'political tussle' between former IPS turned Hindutva's CM face in Delhi Kiran Bedi and Aam Aadmi Pary (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal took dramatic turn as Kiran Bedi sent Kejriwal a legal notice for using her photo, without her permission, in posters for his campaign.

Leicester’s first free Sikh school proves good ethos is main ingredient for success

Leicester’s first free Sikh school has shown that a good ethos is the main ingredient in creating a successful learning environment.

How Americans view Sikhs? explains newly released report

Regularly subjected to discrimination and occasionally even the targets of hate crimes, Sikhs number between 200,000 and 500,000 in the U.S., according to AP. There are an estimated 25 million Sikhs worldwide, making their tradition one of the largest organized religions on the globe.

Jagtar Singh Tara’s Police remand ends in Ropar case, Bhogpur police gets custody for questioning

Jagtar Singh Tara, who was extradited by Thailand earlier this month, was yesterday (on January 26) remanded to judicial custody till February 9 by a Ropar court but he was handed over to Bhogpur police on an arrest warrant for questioning in another case registered against him in Jalandhar.

Attacked Sikh farmers in Gujarat too booked by police

Media reports say that Sikh farmers settled in the Kutch area of Gujarat are living in fear following the January 24 attack on some farmers at Loria village, 15 km from Bhuj.

India’s Republic Day Hypocrisy condemned by Diaspora Sikhs and Kashmiris

As US President Obama today sat through the tedium of Indian Republic Day propaganda in New Delhi, he must have wondered how a state that claims to celebrate freedom and democracy and which aspires to fight the poverty of hundreds of millions can manage to pursue an agenda so absurdly contradictory.

Tagore’s view of the faith of a Sikh

Some who hold Sirdar Kapur Singh in high esteem, got together to institute a commemorative annual lecture in the Punjabi University, Patiala to revisit his contribution to history, philosophy, theology, politics and literature. Two lectures went very well because the guests were invited in consultation with the Trust. The third one was somewhat tolerable. The one that should have been held last year (2014) was a disaster.

UK Sikh gets compensation over Prison Turban-pin challenge

A Sikh solicitor has won undisclosed compensation after being barred from entering a prison to visit a client because he had pins in his turban.

Dal Khalsa observed India’s republic day as Black Republic day

Observing India's republic day as Black Republic day, the Dal Khalsa with the support of SAD (Panch Pardani) today organized public rallies to protest against Constitutional wrongs, injustices and discrimination's at Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Kot Isse Khan (Moga).

[Pictorial] Sikh activists mark India’s republic day as “Black Day”

Sikh activists belonging to various organizations and groups observed India's republic day as the "Black day" to register their protest against political subjugation of the Sikh nation in India.

Indians mark “Republic Day”, Sikhs to observe 26 January as “Betrayal Day”

Indian state is going to observe 65th republic day today (on Jan. 26). Indian state had adopted "constitution of India" on this day in 1950. US president Barack Obama is chief guest of Indian state's republic day celebrations.

Sikh Warriors’ Stolen weapons recovered in dramatic and suspicious manner

There is suspicion regarding the "genuineness" of the weapons so recovered. Raman Kumar, curator of Mahraja Ranjit Singh Museum, said the authenticity of the daggers would be checked. He said the daggers had ivory handles.

Canadian Sikhs respond to Vandalism with Understanding

Members of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara found two racist and unpleasant messages spray painted on the outside of the south Edmonton building earlier this month. While anti-Sikh sentiments are not entirely new, this incident is being regarded by most news organizations as particularly disturbing for the area.

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