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Sikh community in Connecticut run unique Vaisakhi billboard campaign

Staff Writer, Posted On : April 10, 2017 5:50 pm

 

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NEW YORK: A Vaisakhi billboard campaign was run by Sikh Sewak Society International all over Connecticut, to mark the festival of Vaisakhi and create awareness of Sikhs and their religion Sikhism.

The campaign mainly focused in Norwich, Montville, Lisbon and New London County areas, in which they rented bus shelters locations by Lamar Company to educate fellow Americans about Sikhism and Vasakhi.

The billboards mainly focus on “Happy Vaisakhi” and “National Sikh Day” messages with the picture of a turbaned Sikh and website www.sikhs.org

The billboard pictures of Sikhs included Army officer “Kamal Kalsi” in his camouflage turban, “Sanatam Kaur Khalsa” in kesgi (turban), fashion designer Waris Aluwalia and other Sikhs who are successfully contributing in society.

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Other pictures used were of Sikh boys with wearing patka (cloth children use to cover their head).

Swaranjit Singh Khalsa, Member, Sikh Sewak Society International, said, “Our main goal is to make our fellow Americans feel comfortable when they see turbaned Sikh. They should know we are Sikhs and we have our distinct identity. They should know we are from Punjab state which is in India and Sikhism is not branch of any other religion”.

Khalsa added, “It is very important that everyone should know that message of Guru Nanak Dev ji was for whole mankind and not for one faith and Sikhs are follwers of Guru Nanak”.

A total of 100 signs were posted to create Sikh awareness with focus on lines that “99% people in America who tie Turban are Sikhs and not anyone else”.

“Our big Sikh organization like United Sikhs, SALDEF, Sikh Coalition etc. are doing great job in Sikh Awareness but it’s never enough. This is duty of each and every Sikh to help them as well as organize activities on their own to create Sikh awareness,” sdaid Khalsa.

The billboards were designed by Rootsgear company, based in New Jersey.

Swaranjit Singh Khalsa also requested all Gurudwara Parbandak Committees to take initiative and participate in Sikh awareness activities.

Source - http://www.newsindiatimes.com/sikh-community-in-connecticut-run-unique-vaisakhi-billboard-campaign/26033

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Nice effort by the Connecticut Sikhs. I'm always amazed that our advocacy organizations refuse to say "We're not Muslims". The reason for this, I think, is that these organizations have become or see them selves as SJW organizations.

These posters don't mention Islam by name, but do say that we're not a part of any other faith, we follow Guru Nanak from Punjab region of South Asia, and that 99% of the people with turbans in the US are Sikh.

Minor quibble: Most non-desi people don't know what "South Asia" is, so it might have been better to say "India". I understand that the part of Punjab that Guru Nanak Ji was from is now in Pakistan, but "India" doesn't only signify the "Republic of India" (created in 1947), but also a subcontinent, which was always there -- similar to how "Europe" does not mean just the European Union, but also a continent.

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5 hours ago, singhbj singh said:

Sikh community in Connecticut run unique Vaisakhi billboard campaign

Staff Writer, Posted On : April 10, 2017 5:50 pm

 

Vaisakhi2-195x300.jpg

NEW YORK: A Vaisakhi billboard campaign was run by Sikh Sewak Society International all over Connecticut, to mark the festival of Vaisakhi and create awareness of Sikhs and their religion Sikhism.

The campaign mainly focused in Norwich, Montville, Lisbon and New London County areas, in which they rented bus shelters locations by Lamar Company to educate fellow Americans about Sikhism and Vasakhi.

The billboards mainly focus on “Happy Vaisakhi” and “National Sikh Day” messages with the picture of a turbaned Sikh and website www.sikhs.org

The billboard pictures of Sikhs included Army officer “Kamal Kalsi” in his camouflage turban, “Sanatam Kaur Khalsa” in kesgi (turban), fashion designer Waris Aluwalia and other Sikhs who are successfully contributing in society.

Vaisakhi3-225x300.jpg

Other pictures used were of Sikh boys with wearing patka (cloth children use to cover their head).

Swaranjit Singh Khalsa, Member, Sikh Sewak Society International, said, “Our main goal is to make our fellow Americans feel comfortable when they see turbaned Sikh. They should know we are Sikhs and we have our distinct identity. They should know we are from Punjab state which is in India and Sikhism is not branch of any other religion”.

Khalsa added, “It is very important that everyone should know that message of Guru Nanak Dev ji was for whole mankind and not for one faith and Sikhs are follwers of Guru Nanak”.

A total of 100 signs were posted to create Sikh awareness with focus on lines that “99% people in America who tie Turban are Sikhs and not anyone else”.

“Our big Sikh organization like United Sikhs, SALDEF, Sikh Coalition etc. are doing great job in Sikh Awareness but it’s never enough. This is duty of each and every Sikh to help them as well as organize activities on their own to create Sikh awareness,” sdaid Khalsa.

The billboards were designed by Rootsgear company, based in New Jersey.

Swaranjit Singh Khalsa also requested all Gurudwara Parbandak Committees to take initiative and participate in Sikh awareness activities.

Source - http://www.newsindiatimes.com/sikh-community-in-connecticut-run-unique-vaisakhi-billboard-campaign/26033

First photo with the family doesn't represent Punj Pyare giving their heads and taking Amrit.  The man has a cut bread and the woman has her hair uncovered.  

Punjabis need to stop oppressing Sikhs true identity.   

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19 minutes ago, Akalifauj said:

cut bread

I was reading this and felt like spell-check really needs to improve. (Unless that's how non-Americans spell "Beard", since we spell everything differently).

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1 hour ago, Akalifauj said:

First photo with the family doesn't represent Punj Pyare giving their heads and taking Amrit.

I think the point is not to tell about Baisakhi to people who already know who Sikhs are but rather to tell people who Sikhs are in the first place. The text they have written is between 90% to 98% good.

1 hour ago, Akalifauj said:

The man has a cut bread and the woman has her hair uncovered.    

I don't think it can be ascertained from the photo he's cut his beard, only that it's a gelled and tied beard.

1 hour ago, Akalifauj said:

Punjabis need to stop oppressing Sikhs true identity.   

Huh? 99% of Sikhs, even Amritdhari Sikhs, are not dumalla-wearing, blue-chola-wearing Singhs without pajamas and with a 3-ft kirpan and 4 other shastars. Are you not a Punjabi?

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1 hour ago, Jacfsing2 said:

I was reading this and felt like spell-check really needs to improve. (Unless that's how non-Americans spell "Beard", since we spell everything differently).

Does that really matter as a punjabi community has misrepresented the Sikh community.  This image of the man with the cut beard does not represent Vaisakhi.  Neither does the woman who is portrayed as his wife.  Next these extremist punjabi will put up more propaganda like two men kissing, each wearing a turban and this time they will make sure both have a full flowing beard, just so they can attempt to change Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji teachings.

 

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55 minutes ago, Akalifauj said:

Does that really matter as a punjabi community has misrepresented the Sikh community.  This image of the man with the cut beard does not represent Vaisakhi.  Neither does the woman who is portrayed as his wife.  Next these extremist punjabi will put up more propaganda like two men kissing, each wearing a turban and this time they will make sure both have a full flowing beard, just so they can attempt to change Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji teachings.

 

Oh please there are just as many SJW type of amritdhari Sikhs, can't pin it all on "Punjabis."

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1 hour ago, KhoonKaBadlaKhoon said:

Oh please there are just as many SJW type of amritdhari Sikhs, can't pin it all on "Punjabis."

This has nothing to do with who acts in what way.  This poster is about representing Vaisakhi day in an accurate way, objectivity.  Read the poster title in the biggest lettering; HAPPY VAISAKHI. this demonstrates the intent of the poster.  Yet the picture does not represent Vaisakhi at all.  The people who don't know anything about Vaisakhi will not get an accurate picture about Vaisakhi from the pictures depiction.  These punjabis are destroying the image of Sikhs.

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