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

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

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

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

Modesto is known as the bible belt of California. It has deep conservative roots in farmland and a vocal Evangelical community. But increasingly, some less familiar notes are echoing through California’s Central Valley. Like many other places, Modesto is becoming more religiously diverse…Read More

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

In primary school, tasting insults about my appearance and background, I was made to understand the nature of my difference. It would be an error to dismiss such taunts as the ignorant cruelty of children, for, as I grew, I found that these condemnations did not cease, but rather increased in number and subtlety….Read More