Gary Chahil recalls making trips back and forth to India every year as a child and treasures those visits as something special. Now, as humanities adviser for the Sikh Youth Project in Fresno, he will be helping others from his community document the Sikh and South Asian culture across the...
Sikh Communities Across US Traumatized by Yet Another Mass Shooting
INDIANAPOLIS — Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four members of Indianapolis’ tightly knit Sikh community. “I've been scared to go back," Singh said....
Ad Calls Gandhi a Racist, Pedophile. Urges Removal of Fresno State Bust.
A movement to remove a bust honoring Mahatma Gandhi from the Fresno State campus has grown from an online petition to a radio ad campaign. Listen to the ad here or below. However, Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro says the bust will remain in the university's Peace Garden. Commercials recently...
Local Sikhs Hold Vigil for Slain Texas Police Officer
The slaying of a trailblazing Houston area deputy sheriff last week has prompted renewed calls of tolerance and justice from the Fresno Sikh community. Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was fatally shot Friday while conducting a daytime traffic stop. He was among the first police officers in the country to wear a...
Tracy Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of Sikh Man
TRACY — Police in Northern California say they have arrested a man suspected in the stabbing and killing of a Sikh man who was on nighttime walk at a park in Tracy. The Tracy Police Department says officers arrested 21-year-old Anthony Kreiter-Rhoads at his Tracy home Saturday in the killing...
'Turban Man' Is Latest Slur as Sikh Politicians Near & Far Fight Prejudice
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is on a mission to serve as a voice for minorities and fight federal legislation that negatively impacts U.S. immigrants. Along the way, he's encountering the same prejudices other Sikhs face. For example, on Wednesday, two talk-radio hosts in his home state repeatedly referred...
Clovis Unified Denies 'Mindfulness' Charter School. What's Next?
It’s back to the drawing board for a group that wanted to form a "mindfulness" charter school in Clovis Unified School District. The school board followed staff recommendations and voted 7-0 to deny the One & Only Academy a charter Wednesday night. The staff report said, among other things, that...