A couple days before the historic People’s Climate March in New York City, I was approached on the street by a woman who was putting up fliers about the march and who asked me if I was planning on p...Read More
Originally Published with Al Jazeera America For the second time in a month, a Sikh-American was physically assaulted in a reported hate crime in New York City. On July 30, a man in a pickup truck dir...Read More
Originally Published in The Huffington Post Two years ago, the nation came together when a white supremacist entered a gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and opened fire on the congregation. It was the ...Read More
This article was originally published on Newsweek’s The Daily Beast. Every April, communities across the world come together to celebrate Vaisakhi. For centuries, Vaisakhi has marked the spring ...Read More
This piece originally appeared on Newsweek’s The Daily Beast Most of us hate the indignities of air travel, but for some Americans, Sikhs especially, airport security is humiliating. One Sikh sa...Read More
This article originally appeared in Newsweek’s The Daily Beast U.S. Army Major Kamal Singh Kalsi comes from a long tradition of military veterans. His great grandfather served in the Royal Briti...Read More
Originally published with Tikkun; Co-written with Dr. Prabhjot Singh As members of an underrepresented community in modern America, we find ourselves in the midst of a double bind. On the one hand, we...Read More
Originally published on The Huffington Post Last night, I received the kind of phone call that everyone dreads: a close friend was hurt, and on his way to the hospital. But the news got worse, as I le...Read More
This interview was originally published on The Daily Beast On August 5, 2012, white supremacist Wade Michael Page wreaked havoc on the Sikh community of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, carrying out the largest ...Read More
This piece was originally published on The Daily Beast. The rash of hate crimes following the Boston Marathon bombings reminds us of the major challenges religious minorities face in this country. Las...Read More