Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
Sikhism hasn't been with us that long, but hundreds of years, to be with you.
Sikhs , Jains, sometimes Jews, and about half are Hindus.
In Sikh heritage and Sikh philosophy, the number one challenge to your peace is your ego.
Punjabi Sikh specifically in India right now only represent 2% of the population.
to Sikh Indian politics.
A Sikh man drove through Mississippi-- he's a commercial truck driver.
The Sikh man hired some lawyers, NAACP and a few other organizations, and he got those cases written off.
The Sikh American who was shot in Washington fixing his car in his own driveway was told to go back to his country on March 3rd.
After the Sikh temple shooting, I was doing media for like eight to 10 hours a day, and it was at a point
And he also-- Sikh by religion, and we have the holy book.
He's a Sikh , and thus a vegetarian, which in the US is probably not a bad way of staying that bit healthier,
There's a Sikh guy, there's a Hispanic man, there's a Muslim man, there's a white man.
It's a Sikh hot air balloon.
Half of Sikh boys and girls are bullied in schools in New York City.
He spotted a Sikh man who looks like my father.
I am a Sikh American.
He was a Sikh American wearing a turban and beard.
to know the Sikh community.
to know the Sikh community.
My parents force fed Sikhi as a dogmatic religion to me as a kid the same way parents force their kids to play the piano.
I hope more Sikhs come to the country.
There are Sikhs who have been here for three or four generations.
And a lot of Sikhs were-- there was a bit assault and everything.
the whole institution of Sikhism is based on that everyone is equal.
I didn't know anything about what Sikh was about, but I did know that because of who Sikhs were, because they were so visibly different than even
And a guy from the Sikh coalition came up to me, Jasmit Singh, and he thanked me.
So I mentioned I happened to be Sikh .
I happened to be of Sikh faith.
We were allowed to film in a Sikh temple, not long after Sikhs were shot in their own temple.
I feel that if you know one Sikh gentleman, you know them all, because there's something extraordinarily consistent
And I set up a company called Sikhya Entertainment 13 years ago.
two groups of Christians and Sikhs , and Muslims.
Because there's a lot of civil disobedience in Sikh heritage.
If you read any of the writings in the hymns in Sikh scriptures, there's no talk about growing your beard or wearing a turban.
I was just so in awe of the Sikh community, and really, just, I wanted more Sikhs everywhere.
My faith at the time happened to be a Sikh faith, a young religion from India.
So Jewish kids, Sikh kids, Christian kids, not allowed.
And they used to shout on trying to find if any Sikh families, ..
There's a lot of people who have had hardships before Sikhs came here.
I go, Indian Sikhs wear turbans.
and hell, even Sikhs , and everything.
The philosophy in itself-- Sikh means student.
to the gurdwara, which we call the Sikh temple.
Like our society, we got to Sikh it up.
Charlottesville has this unique sort of fact about itself that it had a Sikh mayor.
And when you think about the Sikh families who took care of us, giving us milk, fruit,
It was a religious identification that didn't even align with my grandfather's Sikh identity.
And so my call right now is I want a new generation of Sikh and South Asian and Asian American activists to rise up as warriors.
And the story tells the story of Mai Bhago who was the first Sikh woman warrior in the 17th century in South