A Year Later, Sikhs Keep Up Fight against Gun Violence
Published on CNN. The other night was one of the most sacred and extraordinary events of my life as an advocate. A gathering of people from all around our country with one thing in common: a desire to...
View ArticleSikh Doctor’s Response to Brutal Hate Attack? ‘Love and Service’
Published on Melissa Harris-Perry Blog, MSNBC. Last Saturday night, a young man dropped his wife and one-year old at home and went for a walk in Harlem. Soon thereafter, he heard “Get Osama!” Twenty...
View ArticleMy Remarks at the White House Commemorating the Sikh Faith
Published on Huffington Post. The following remarks were delivered by Valarie Kaur at The White House on November 20, 2013. Waheguru Ji Ka Kalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Thank you to President Obama and...
View ArticleHow to Make Love, Not Bigotry
Published on CNN. This holiday season, an ad campaign is selling clothes and challenging bigotry in America. A poster of a turbaned and bearded man in Gap clothes with a woman hanging on his shoulder...
View ArticleFirst-Ever Sikh Prayer at the Pentagon – My Remarks
Published by Huffington Post. The following remarks were delivered at the Pentagon’s first-ever event to commemorate the Sikh faith on April 25, 2014. Hosted by the Pentagon Chaplain, the program was...
View ArticleA Sikh Sermon at the Pentagon: Seva, The Call of Our Times
Originally published in the Huffington Post. The following are my remarks from the Pentagon’s second-ever commemoration of the Sikh faith on May 1, 2015. I spoke alongside Simran Jeet Singh and Inni...
View ArticleThe Sword & Dilruba: Spiritual Activism in an Era of Rage
On January 5th, millions of people around the world celebrated the 350th birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth teacher of the Sikh faith. We honored him with pilgrimages, services, stories, and...
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