Sikh

Travelling has always been an exercise of great toil and enthusiasm. Travelling and visiting new places have fascinated everyone. The seed of interest in travel and information is sown during the bed time stories narrated by grandparents. Travelogues whether inspired by pleasure, pilgrimage, official duty and geographical explorations emerge as a prominent genre. In an era of globalization and information technology people from the different corners of the world are getting closer to each other…

has allowed me to appreciate the importance of listening to and respecting differing opinions and ideas. I learned and grew over the years in a community of people who were so different from me. My small grade of forty alone consisted of Muslims, Sikhs, Atheist, Jewish People, Black Muslims, Buddhists, Asian Americans, Korean Americans, and all kinds of awesome people. Over the years, I have learned how to respectfully offer my opinion and listen to those of others. This high school experience…

From the 12th to 20th centuries, the Ottoman, Mughal, and Qing empires conquered and dominated Asia Minor, the Balkans, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and China. During the height of their power, they faced many challenges that they had to overcome in order to rule their people successfully. The Ottomans, who were Muslim, had to deal with the Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims in the empire. They also had to deal with the Mongols as the Ottomans moved in tribal groups from the…

I had caught an assault charge in middle school, I was in Juvey for a couple days. Then I went home, after getting put on a short probation. About 4 years later, everything started to collapse. I had another assault charge put against me. Someone had spit on me, so I pinned them against a wall by their throat. I immediately let go, because I was about to black out. I knew what was about to happen, I had dealt with the police before. As they arrive, I had my thoughts together and was calm.…

The class lectures and discussions in Cultural Anthropology have enhanced my observation of the past, present and future of the many nations of our tiny planet. The semester has left my little grey cells intoxicated with a deeper understanding of how the dynamics of culture continues to change the world. Here is my brief Etic view of the globalization of the African continent. The Afri people have endured many changes throughout its seven million year history. Over the course of time,…

One’s personality, character, values and attitudes are developed and influenced by people around them. These could be either the parents, siblings, friends or other people we interact with. It is the same in my case as well. To start off with the most influencing people in my life, my parents have an imprint of their individual personalities on me. My father inculcated in me the values of hard work, determination and patience. While my mother is responsible for making me emotionally aware and…

My family represented the lower middle class of the social hierarchy. Specifically, we were part of the working class of society. My mother worked as a nurse’s aide at Flushing Hospital for many years while my father worked as an attendant for a BP gas station in Fresh Meadows. Both working positions did not pay much. My mother was being paid 10 dollars and hour while my father was being paid 9 dollars an hour. The total income my mother and my father made was relatively low. In addition, the…

Empire united until his death. Aurangzeb was the most authoritarian Mughal ruler and ordered the destruction of several Hindu temples during his reign. He imposed a religious tax, Jizya on non-Muslims and prosecuted Hindus and Sikhs on flimsy charges. He executed the Sikh preacher, Guru Tegh Bahadur on charges of blasphemy. By 1660, there were rising incidents of rebellion in the Deccan as Shivaji Bhosle, a great Maratha warrior, assumed de facto control over several forts in the region and…

data is drawn from a small scale study done at an inner city school in London conducted by Archer and Yamashita. 11 boys between the ages of 15 and 16 with different ethnical backgrounds (three African boys, three Caribbean boys, two Bengali boys, one Sikh boy, one Cypriot boy and one white British boy) and grades ranging from D to F, were all interviewed and asked a series of questions on the topic of masculinity. A common thread between the interviews…

The act of racial profiling could be abolished if special interest groups would join forces to push Congress to do what is not only right, but constitutional. Unfortunately racial profiling is as American as apple pie and has always been part of American history. American citizens are being subjected to unfair police actions by the same people that are supposed to be protecting them. Although strides have been made in the right direction, the end of racial profiling has not been seen.…