Kite Fights: New Report says Regional Proxy Wars and Hindu Nationalist Agenda Linked to Massacre of Sikhs in Kabul

June 18, 2020

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.

SIC Demands Justice for Saka Nakodar 1986 and Release of Justice Gurnam Singh Inquiry Report

August 9, 2018

The Sikh Information Centre (SIC), a California-based advocacy group, issued a statement calling on Captain Amrinder Singh Chief Minister Punjab to table and implement the report of Justice Gurnam Singh’s Judicial Inquiry related to the Nakodar killings during the coming session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Academics and Activists Praise New Book “Captivating the Simple-Hearted: A Struggle for Human Dignity”

March 10, 2018

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.

Sacramento Conference Celebrates 300 Year Legacy of Sikh Martyr Banda Singh Bahadur

June 17, 2016

Gurdwara Sahib Sacramento hosted a conference on the life of Banda Singh Bahadur on Saturday, June 11th, featuring Dr. Jaideep Singh, Navkiran Kaur Khalra, and Dr. Amrik Singh.

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and the Plight of India’s Minorities: Speech by Navkiran Kaur Khalra

June 17, 2016

This speech was delivered by Navkiran Kaur Khalra on June 11, 2016 at the Banda Singh Bahadur Conference hosted by the Gurdwara Sahib Sacramento.

Canada Appoints First Sikh Defence Minister While Winding Down Middle-East Combat

November 6, 2015

After Canada’s Liberal Party rode to victory, newly-minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Sikh veteran Harjit Singh Sajjan as Defence Minister, making him the only Sikh in the world to hold such a position.

Political Motivation Contemplated in Slaying of Chicago Sikh: Sikh Information Centre

August 20, 2015

Family of Satwinder Singh Bhola (53), who was found stabbed to death in the parking lot of his Peoria, Illinois apartment complex shortly after midnight on Monday, are questioning whether his murder could be related to his father-in-law’s internationally-recognized hunger-strike protest in India.

Sikh Information Centre want Sikh Caucus to speak for Surat Singh Khalsa

August 1, 2015

Washington, USA: A US based NGO Sikh Information Centre (SIC) has urged the American Sikh Congressional Caucus to speak up for Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa who is hospitalised by Punjab police in wake of his hunger strike. A written statement issued by SIC in this regard reads as follows: There is no more appropriate way […]

Patrons of Sikh Caucus Request U.S. Congress To Speak For Surat Singh Khalsa

May 22, 2015

As patrons of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus, and members of the community the caucus represents, we urge the 42 U.S. representatives who belong to the caucus to recognize and represent the interests of the Sikh-American community by acknowledging the democratic protest of Californian Sikh Surat Singh Khalsa, a permanent resident of the United States who is on hunger-strike in Punjab, India to demand release of political prisoners.

100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide Illustrates Vulnerability of Minorities

April 30, 2015

“Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.” — Arundhati Roy.