Category: Americas

:dateline:From the Netherlands to California and London to Washington, DC, statues of Mohandas Gandhi are being defaced with spray-painted accusations of “racist” and “rapist” in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests which were sparked by the May 2020 murder of George Floyd. In mid-June, “rapist” was spray-painted at the base of a Gandhi [...]

:dateline:While the United States of America is facing ire over racial murder of George Floyd, another incident of racial attack on an elder Sikh in Jefferson county has come to fore. A...

:dateline:Instagram has confirmed that the #Sikh hashtag had been blocked by their team since 7 March "following a report that was inaccurately reviewed by our teams" they wrote in a Tweet. In a...

:dateline:Amid sparking of violent protests across the United States of America after George Floyd's death, US Sikh Naval Petty Officer Geena Kaur Sidhu has shared several incidents of her life when she...

:dateline:World Sikh Parliament (WSP) on May 26th released two videos, one in English and one in Punjabi, with advice for Gurdwaras around the world on considerations they should take when reopening their...

:dateline:A number of world leaders and renowned personalities greeted the Sikh Nation on Vaisakhi. Where this message was appreciated by the Sikh community worldwide, a number of internet trolls did not spare...

:dateline:The Calgary’s Gurdwara Dashmesh Culture Centre has arranged a Sikh Food Bank to help the needy people in this hour of need. This Food Bank has been arranged in commemoration of Khalsa...

:dateline:Adama Dieng, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide has expressed his condolence to the Sikh community on Kabul Gurdwara attack. In a formal response to...