After US FedEx Shooting, Sikhs In Indianapolis Feel Targeted Again After US FedEx Shooting, Sikhs In Indianapolis Feel Targeted Again Many Sikh families with agricultural backgrounds emigrated from India to the Midwest because of its auto and trucking industries, said Amrith Kaur, the coalition s legal director.
Members of the Sikh community gather in mourning in Indianapolis on Saturday
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Amarjeet Kaur Johal was once a regular at Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis, volunteering to cook and clean up after communal meals.
On Saturday, Johal s family, friends and co-workers gathered at the temple without her.
Johal, a grandmother of five, was one of the eight workers killed when a gunman opened fire at a FedEx warehouse Thursday night. Four of the victims were Sikh, a loss that cuts deep in this tightknit community, connected by faith and a common heritage tied to Punjab.
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US Lawyers Write to President Biden on Farmers Protests, Modi Govt s Repressive Tactics Your administration comes to office at a time when minority communities across India are in peril, notes the letter, urging the US President to act.
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New Delhi: More than 40 lawyers of south Asian descent have written an open letter to US President Joseph Biden, asking him to take note of the farmers’ protests and the methods of repressing it taken up by the Centre.
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It was the hectic week before Thanksgiving, and Amrith Kaur the legal director of an advocacy group called the Sikh Coalition was not prepared for a surprise update from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that could have dramatic consequences for her clients.
With little warning, the EEOC published a 112-page overhaul of its guidance on religious discrimination in the workplace. The feedback period was proceeding with no time to spare she would have to file any comments by Dec. 17.