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Sikhism

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Soft Drink Companies Fight Food Stamp Ban; Sunchokes Back in Season, Baby

    ​Soft drink companies are trying to block the mayor's efforts to ban the use of food stamps to buy "sugar-sweetened beverages" as a way to fight obesity. Lobbyists say the plan would stigmatize people using food stamps. [NY Times] Emeril Lagasse visited Peter Luger's as part of his new Cookin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Vikas Khanna's Holy Kitchens: A Look at God and Food

    Vikas Khanna​Last week, our own Sarah DiGregorio talked to chef Vikas Khanna about his forthcoming restaurant, Junoon, and his other labor of love: Holy Kitchens, a documentary film series about food and religion. The first film, called True Business, looks at langar, the Sikh tradition of off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Vikas Khanna: Good Diwali Eats, Where to Get Mithai, and the Best Ingredient You Probably Don't Know

    Chef Vikas Khanna​Yesterday, we brought you part one of a Q&A with chef Vikas Khanna, chatting about the dishes he'll offer at his new restaurant, Junoon, and what foods he misses from his childhood in the Punjab. Khanna juggles many projects, including a catering company, cookbooks, and makin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Vikas Khanna on his Soon-to-Open Junoon Restaurant, and Growing up in Amritsar

    Chef Vikas Khanna​Vikas Khanna has been busy of late working on a documentary about Sikhism called Holy Kitchens--the short film explores the Sikh tradition of Langar, which is a meal provided by temples which anyone, regardless of belief or social standing, can can attend. The chef also runs ... More >>

  • Film

    May 4, 2010

    Sarab S. Neelam's Ocean of Pearls

    Chef Vikas Khanna​Vikas Khanna has been busy of late working on a documentary about Sikhism called Holy Kitchens--the short film explores the Sikh tradition of Langar, which is a meal provided by temples which anyone, regardless of belief or social standing, can can attend. The chef also runs ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 26, 2010

    BAMBOO BANGAS

    An almost-Indian wedding party in the poisson

  • News

    November 24, 2009

    A Thanksgiving Honor Roll: NYC's Unsung Heroes

    Lauding the oft-overlooked people in a city of celebrity

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Pols Stand With Sikhs Against MTA's Forced Branding of Turbans

    On Tuesday several city councilmembers signed a letter of protest against an MTA policy that requires Sikh workers to have the MTA logo sewn into their turbans. In 2005 the council filed but never enacted a bill that would prevent city agencies from making employees "comply with a uniform code tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Battle of the Dishes--Hole-in-the-Wall Samosa Smackdown

    Left: Desi Deli Punjabi Dhaba, Right: Punjabi Deli and Grocery Battle of the Dishes: In which we pit the same dish from two different places against each other to see which one will emerge victorious. Ah, the samosa--beloved gut-bomb, starter Indian food, and perennial cheap eat. There are plac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Sikh Day Eats

    This is a PSA, calling your attention to Joey DiStefano's fantastic coverage of the Sikh Day parade and associated enormous buffet of free food to serve 50,000 in Madison Square Park. I really wish I could have been there myself to sample those roti and pakoras--although the heat and the large crowd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Sikh Unwantedly Trimmed in Med Center, Family Gets $20K

    Respect the diversity, motherfucker, or pay up! Pyara Singh Sahansra (pictured) was an elderly Sikh gentlemen suffering from Altzheimer's and staying at Westchester Medical Center. Owing to their religious strictures, his family put a sign up requesting that, no matter what, even in death, Pyara Si ... More >>

  • Film

    May 15, 2007

    'Amu'

    Respect the diversity, motherfucker, or pay up! Pyara Singh Sahansra (pictured) was an elderly Sikh gentlemen suffering from Altzheimer's and staying at Westchester Medical Center. Owing to their religious strictures, his family put a sign up requesting that, no matter what, even in death, Pyara Si ... More >>

  • Music

    February 28, 2006

    Rhythm Uproar

    Brooklyn genre-mixers rage blisteringly against the machine

  • Theater

    January 11, 2005

    D'Amour's Labor of New Orleans Love

    Brooklyn genre-mixers rage blisteringly against the machine

  • Theater

    January 11, 2005

    Subdued New York Outcry for a Censored British Artist

    Brooklyn genre-mixers rage blisteringly against the machine

  • Film

    September 28, 2004

    Silent Discontent: A Portrait of the Jihadist as a Young Man

    Brooklyn genre-mixers rage blisteringly against the machine

  • Music

    May 13, 2003

    Bhangra Over Bombs Over Baghdad

    Rhythmic Dialogue Where Duplicity Exists

  • Music

    April 16, 2002

    Skipping on Air

    Rhythmic Dialogue Where Duplicity Exists

  • Specials

    August 7, 2001

    Letters

    Rhythmic Dialogue Where Duplicity Exists

  • News

    July 24, 2001

    On the Corner

    New York’s Undocumented Day Laborers Fight for Their Piece of the Big Apple

  • Dining

    December 12, 2000

    The Specials

    New York’s Undocumented Day Laborers Fight for Their Piece of the Big Apple

  • Long Island Voice

    December 21, 1999

    From India, With Love

    New York’s Undocumented Day Laborers Fight for Their Piece of the Big Apple

  • News

    December 15, 1998

    Sikh and You Shall Find

    The American face of arranged marriage.

  • News

    May 5, 1998

    Under Wraps

    Merging the Modern and the Ancient at the 11th Annual Sikh Day Parade

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