At the International Sikh Youth Symposium (see my previous article), I had the chance to listen to Vishavjit Singh, otherwise known as Sikh Captain America. Born in Washington D.C, Vishavjit Singh grew up in a Sikh family, learning English and Punjabi as his first languages. From the outside they looked like a regular Sikh family…
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2016 International Sikh Youth Symposium
This weekend, I traveled to Pittsburgh, PA for the International Sikh Youth Symposium. The Sikh Youth Symposium is a speech competition. The participants are asked to read a book and answer 3 questions based off of the book. The questions must be answered in speech format and the speech must fit into the allotted time.…
Photography
A couple of weeks ago I attended a photography camp. Before this camp, I had never really thought of photography as something more than just taking photos. But at the camp I realized that the world of photography is so much more than a simple photo. First things first, what is photography? The dictionary definition…
Book Review: Escape Under The Forever Sky
One of my all-time favorite books is Escape Under The Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem, based off of a true story. It is about a thirteen-year-old girl named Lucy Hoffman. She is the daughter of the American ambassador to Ethiopia, and lives in a heavily-secured embassy compound in Addis Ababa. Due to all the security,…
Spring
This is an original piece that one of our students wrote last year. Hope you enjoy! The sounds of spring are in the air. The birds are calling, something to share. The rain is falling in big drops. Over the houses’ big roof-tops. And splish-splash they go, such a beautiful sound to know. The smells of…