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TOP
NEWS OF THE MONTH
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Lessons
We Learned From Hitman 2
Some
Victories, Some Nagging Doubts - But Better Prepared
In Unity
November 30
After
watching one slam after another against the Sikh community
in the form of films and TV shows and what not, Sikhs
finally put up a fight - and made a difference.
But
was it enough?
Those
who took up the gauntlet explain. This is about how
Sikhs fought Agent 47 (Hitman 2: Silent Assassin) and
his creator, video game publisher Eidos Interactive.
The
Hitman2 game that has players traveling the globe wiping
out mafia bosses and ninjas will now be a bit more politically
correct. The original version of the game imitated the
1984 Golden Temple battle in Amritsar when thousands
of Sikhs were killed in an attack by Indian troops...
more
Human
Rights Watchdog Raps US Policy
HRW Report Seeks Proactivity, Flays
Hypocrisy
November
14
Two
issues of concern have surfaced according to Amardeep
Singh, the report's author and U.S. Program researcher
at Human Rights Watch.
The
first is that, given the history of backlash against
people who "appear" Muslim in the United States,
the hate crimes that followed September 11 were all
too predictable... more
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Thoughts
Of A Seasoned Warrior
An Interview With A Former
Jathedar Akal Takht
November 30
Next
morning, the meeting of Sikh leaders, including S. Gurmit
Singh from the Council of Khalistan and S. Paramjit
Singh, then President of DSGMC, took place. S. Gurmit
Singh insisted that the only issue we would discuss
with the President is Khalistan. S. Paramjit Singh objected
and said, "in that case I will not be a party to this
group." ...more
WANTED:
Sikhs In Roop
Sikhe.com, November 12
The Sikh Community in the USA has an
unprecedented opportunity before it. The Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department, the largest Sheriff's Department
in the country, has invited Sikhs to join the agency
and serve as uniformed officers in full Sikh roop ....more
related:
Local
Sikhs want understanding
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GUEST
OPINION
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Imams
of Inanity
Richard Cohen, The Washington
Post
December 3
I think
Falwell is an idiot. I will issue a retraction later... more
India
and Bill Gates
Editorial, The Washington
Post
November 21
But Mr.
Sinha, like many Indians, did not like everything about Mr.
Gates's visit. He was delighted to hear Microsoft's founder
gush about India's high-tech potential, but when Mr. Gates
warned of the potential for an AIDS crisis, Mr. Sinha accused
him of "spreading panic." ...more
Two
Faces of Secularism
Balbir K Punj, mid-day.com
November 27
Congress,
which had played the rabid communal card in Punjab in the
80s with disastrous results for the country, is busy playing
the same game again. However, in the process it has dropped
the fig-leaf of secularism and bared its communal fangs with
the professional secularists looking the other way... more
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PSA
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The
Sikh Foundation
The board
of trustees of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco have decided
to postpone the date of the opening of the museum to March
2003. Accordingly the date for The Sikh Foundation banquet
and lecture series have also been moved to Saturday, 5thApril
2003 Please plan to attend OPENING OF THE FIRST PERMANENT
SIKH ART EXHIBIT at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Banquet
and Lecture Series and to Celebrate the 35th anniversary of
The Sikh Foundation We will send you more details in February
of 2003 Black Tie or Black Achkan
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