Her Ghadar GrandfatherRani Johnson, who traced her roots back to an Indian revolutionary talks about her journey to Arthur J. PaisRani Johnson, daughter of an American couple, grew up hearing only a few things about her maternal grandfather.But this much she knew: he was a famed Indian revolutionary whose fight against the British took him […]
Continue readingDr. R. K. Janmeja SinghIn the Western literature, the picture of a revolutionaryis a discontented neurotic who is fanatically pursuing a political end. Meeting two of the Ghadarites left me with the feeling that the Ghadarites were loving, warmand dedicated human beings. The Ghadar movement was a flood that was caused by the political barriers […]
Continue readingDalip S. Saund, The First Asian in U.S. Congress By Inder Singh (Contact him via email: [email protected]; via phone: (818)708-3885) Congressman Dalip Singh Saund was the first Asian American to be elected to the US Congress and to date remains the only Indian American. He was elected in 1956 from 29th Congressional district comprised of Riverside and Imperial […]
Continue readingSikhs from Punjab and India started migrating to the North American West Coast in 1899? Twenty-two million Sikhs worldwide trace the origin of their religion to Punjab. Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world. 99% of the people who wear turbans in America are Sikh. Introduction In 1899, Sikhs from Punjab region of India started migrating to Pacific […]
Continue readingProf. Onkar S. Bindra California Sikhs have been unhappy over the fact that the K-8 textbooks for History-Social Science in current use have nothing about […]
Continue readingHere is a link to the PPT for the background on Sikhism: Sikhism
Continue readingWhat is Sikhism? Sikhism is one of the youngest of world religions. It is barely over 500 years old. Its founder, Guru Nanak, was born in 1469. Guru Nanak spread a simple message of “Ek Onkar”: we are all one, created by One Creator of all Creation. This was at a time when India was […]
Continue readingIn Yuba-Sutter County, Sikh farmers account for: 95% of the peach farming60% prune farming20% almonds and Walnuts In the Bakersfield & Freson area 20% of the table grapes are grown by Sikh farmers. A Sikh Family Pioneer Asian Indian Migration to North America The Punjab province, which is part of present-day India and Pakistan, was a great source of […]
Continue readingLink to the essay on Sikh Experience by Sonia Hansra: SikhExperience
Continue readingReport on the International Conference on the Sikh Diaspora, April 21-22, 2001, University of California, Santa Barbara [Report written by Shinder S Thandi, Visiting Professor in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA] The Sikh community, now numbering around 20 million, is scattered across the globe. Whilst the majority of Sikhs still reside in the Punjab […]
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