“60% of young Sikh males who wear patkas say they’ve been harassed and verbally or physically abused because of their faith. Half of those kids, almost 40%, reported being hit or involuntarily touched because of their appearance.”
Primary school student Gurmannat Kaur Grewal’s artwork, which is a combination of Punjabi and aboriginal arts has been chosen for an award by the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools. The Federation caters to 30,000 students from 250 community language schools teaching over 82 languages in New South Wales.
“It happens to be the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak who is the founder of Sikhism and it just seems to be a happy coincidence that it’s the same day as I’ve been invited here.
SikhNet has just completed hosting its second story script competition and the Results are out.
The Amphitheater was packed with performances, crafts, food and flu shots Thursday
on the SikhNet Youth Q&A Forum. Your participation is requested.
The camp, which was one of multiple grassroots community programs conducted by the NBA in the lead-up to the first-ever NBA India Games, includes 18 of the top female prospects from across the country.