It came on the anniversary of 1984 Sikh massacres. Bachchan later ran as a candidate for the party that allegedy instigated the killings.
Gurdit Singh led the Guru Nanak Jahaz voyage as a Sikh with Punjabi defiance and not as a “South Asian” initiative.
The author and journalist wrote “72nd Avenue” as a reflection on his experience as an immigrant to Canada.
Wraich’s character, Surrey police officer Sabrina Sohal, wears a kara over her left wrist to demonstrate her attachment to Sikhi.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
