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Gurinder Singh Khalsa was destined to make a difference in the lives of others.
urinder Singh Khalsa was destined to make a difference in the lives of others.
Positively impacting those around him was something he literally began doing the day he was born.
“At one point when my mother was pregnant with me, there were some relations with my father and they were not that good. She was on the verge of getting a divorce,” explained Gurinder Singh Khalsa.
The year was 1972 and in a village about 100 miles north of New Delhi, India, it was law that only men could inherit property. The Singh Khalsa family’s first child was a daughter. With her marriage at a crossroads, Surjit Kaur Sandhu worried if she had another female child, she would lose everything. “My mother was praying for a son,” Singh Khalsa said with his distinctive and heavily-accented voice. “She was so much under depression and stress.”
INDIANAPOLIS â Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis April 20 for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four members of Indianapolisâ tightly knit Sikh community.
âIâve been scared to go back,â Singh said. âI donât know why this happened still. Was it random, or was it because of who I am?â
While the motive for the April 15 rampage remains under investigation, leaders and members of the Sikh community say they feel a collective trauma and believe more must be done to combat the bigotry, bias and violence they have suffered for decades in the country. Amid intense pain, theyâre channeling their grief into demands for gun reform and tougher hate crime statutes, and calls for outsiders to educate themselves about their Sikh neighbors.
“We are time and time again disproportionately facing senseless and often very targeted attacks,” said Satjeet Kaur, executive director of the Sikh Coalition, a New York-based group that has urged investigators to examine bias as a possible motive in the shootings.
INDIANAPOLIS – Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four members of Indianapolis’ tightly knit Sikh community.
“I’ve been scared to go back,” Singh said. “I don’t know why this happened still. Was it random, or was it because of who I am?” While the motive for last week’s rampage remains under investigation, leaders and members of the Sikh community say they feel a collective trauma and believe more must be done to combat the bigotry, bias and violence they have suffered for decades in the country. Amid intense pain, they’re channeling their grief into deman
Trauma lingers for Sikhs in state
CASEY SMITH and LUIS ANDRES HENAO | Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS – Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four members of Indianapolis tightly knit Sikh community.
“I ve been scared to go back,” Singh said. “I don t know why this happened still. Was it random, or was it because of who I am?”
While the motive for last week s rampage remains under investigation, leaders and members of the Sikh community say they feel a collective trauma and believe more must be done to combat the bigotry, bias and violence they have suffered for decades in the country. Amid intense pain, they re channeling their grief into demands for gun reform and tougher hate crime statutes, and calls for outsiders to educate themselves about their Sikh neighbors.
INDIANAPOLIS Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four members of Indianapolis tightly knit Sikh community. I ve been scared to go back, Singh said. I don t know why this happened still. Was it random, or was it because of who I am? While the motive for last week s rampage remains under investigation, leaders and members of the Sikh community say they feel a collective trauma and believe more must be done to combat the bigotry, bias and violence they have suffered for decades in the country. Amid intense pain, they re channeling their grief into demands for gun reform and tougher hate crime statutes, and calls for outsiders to educate themselves about their Sikh neighbours.