April 12th, 2010 by Sikh Foundation | 2 Comments

I was honored when Dr. Kapany invited me to contribute to the “Opportunities and Challenges for Sikh Academics” series. I have been committed to the field of Sikh and Punjab studies for almost twenty years now, and it is a pleasure to share both the experiences that brought me into this field and my thoughts… Read More
April 12th, 2010 by Sikh Foundation | 7 Comments

If Mian Muhammad Bakhsh — one of the most profound thinkers of the nineteenth century — should see his exhilarating career as devoid of merit, then those like myself have very little to celebrate indeed. Autobiographical accounts, no matter how brief, are usually written in the autumn of one’s life… Read More
March 18th, 2010 by Sikh Foundation | No Comments

The Sikh community has successfully set up eight chairs of Sikh Studies in various universities all over the U.S.A. Four of these Chairs have been set up/supported by the Sikh Foundation. Moreover numerous Punjabi language teaching programs are also been run at various US campuses…Read More
March 18th, 2010 by Sikh Foundation | 2 Comments

It gives me great pleasure to be asked to participate in this series, “Opportunities and Challenges for Sikh Academics,” particularly since I represent the first cohort of students who have benefitted directly from the Sikh Studies programs created with the community’s investment in the early 1990s…Read More
March 18th, 2010 by Sikh Foundation | No Comments

It gives me great pleasure to be asked to participate in this series, “Opportunities and Challenges for Sikh Academics,” particularly since I represent the first cohort of students who have benefitted directly from the Sikh Studies programs created with the community’s investment in the early…Read More
February 18th, 2010 by Sikh Foundation | No Comments

The Sikh community has successfully set up eight chairs of Sikh Studies in various universities all over the U.S.A. Four of these Chairs have been set up/supported by the Sikh Foundation. Moreover numerous Punjabi language teaching programs are also been run at various US campuses…Read More