Essays

Protect Our Faithful Voices. Protect the Open Internet.

If you recognize my name, it's because we're connected in a magical way. Four years ago, I founded…


First-Ever Sikh Prayer at the Pentagon - My Remarks

Published by Huffington Post. The following remarks were delivered at the Pentagon's first-ever…


How to Make Love, Not Bigotry

Published on CNN. This holiday season, an ad campaign is selling clothes and challenging bigotry in…


My Remarks at the White House Commemorating the Sikh Faith

Published on Huffington Post. The following remarks were delivered by Valarie Kaur at The White…


Sikh Doctor’s Response to Brutal Hate Attack? ‘Love and Service’

Published on Melissa Harris-Perry Blog, MSNBC. Last Saturday night, a young man dropped his wife…


A Year Later, Sikhs Keep Up Fight against Gun Violence

Published on CNN. The other night was one of the most sacred and extraordinary events of my life as…


One Year after Oak Creek: Why the FBI Tracking Hate Crimes Is a Victory

Published on the Melissa Harris-Perry Blog, MSNBC. One year after a gunman murdered six people and…


Sikhs Find Faith in Oak Creek, One Year Later

Published on Washington Post. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Oak…


My Remarks at the Oak Creek One-Year Anniversary Vigil

I had the profound honor to help MC the candlelight vigil held in Oak Creek, Wisconsin tonight. One…


Why We Must Remember Oak Creek

Published on Huffington Post. One year ago this morning, a lone gunman walked into a house of…