The March 25, 2020 massacre of Sikhs at Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan sent shockwaves through the global Sikh community, yet the violence was not the only shocking thing about the vicious attack.
Over 200 people gathered in Northern California on December 15 to protest a controversial new citizenship law in Indian subcontinent which is sending shockwaves across that region.
The book probes what it means to be Sikh and brings important questions of Sikh resistance into the forefront with a wide spectrum of historical accounts that rupture hegemonic discourses.
An all-day seminar claiming to honor Guru Gobind Singh at Loyola Marymount University was interrupted at the outset when a Singh raised his voice in protest as the event organizers attempted to place a turban on Indian Consul General Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok.
Bhajan Singh, director of Organization for Minorities of India, speaking personally as a Sikh during the 30th anniversary of the October 31 - November 3, 1984 Sikh Genocide, comments on the background of the atrocity — “In June 1984, the Indian state used tanks, chemical weapons, paratroopers, and other weapons to attack our holiest shrine, the [Darbar Sahib]. They killed women, innocent women, children, all under the pretext of wiping out terrorism. [...]
Lathrop, CA, USA (November 17, 2013): Bhajan Singh Bhinder, Founding Director of Sikh Information Centre, issued the a hard hitting statement about Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten (2013), a new book by Rajmohan Gandhi.