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New Archive Provides One-Stop Access to Vital Resources on California’s Punjabi American Community

New Archive Provides One-Stop Access to Vital Resources on California’s Punjabi American Community

In the late 19th century, men from the Punjab region in north India, known as the Land of Five Rivers, began settling in the Sacramento Valley and other parts of ...
Why is the Maharaja Holding a Flower?

Why is the Maharaja Holding a Flower?

By Rupy C. Tut In my experience, a painting that is difficult to make sense of, to put in order, to relate to, is often dismissed as abstract. In many ...
Drinking From Love’s Cup Surrender and Sacrifice in the Vars of Bhai Gurdas Bhalla

Drinking From Love’s Cup Surrender and Sacrifice in the Vars of Bhai Gurdas Bhalla

Edited and translated by Rahuldeep Singh Gill Drinking from Love’s Cup translates and put forth new theories on composition and subversive content on poetry done by Bahi Gurdas Bhalla. Bhai ...
Documenting the Holocaust of 1947

Documenting the Holocaust of 1947

Local Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs recall the life-altering Partition of India by Chris Kenrick Now in his late 80s, Palo Alto businessman Narinder Singh Kapany holds searing memories of the days ...
$100,000 Gift to Grow Sikh and Punjabi Research

$100,000 Gift to Grow Sikh and Punjabi Research

Dr. Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon endow award to fund Ph.D. research in Sikh and Punjabi culture and history By Bettye Miller RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Dr. Harkeerat S. and Deepta Dhillon, ...
Satinder Kaur Kapany Gallery of Sikh Art – Emily Eden

Satinder Kaur Kapany Gallery of Sikh Art – Emily Eden

In 1999, Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany, chairman of the Sikh Foundation, made a gift of $500,000 along with 100 Sikh Art objects to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco ...