Media Diversified Sanmeet Kaur shares her personal experiences of life as an Afghan Sikh in the UK When you type the words ‘Afghan Sikh’ into a search engine, you will most likely be presented with the following headlines: ‘Why are Afghan Sikhs desperate to flee to the UK?’ ‘Afghan Sikhs: one of the most vulnerable minorities… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs: persecution, resistance and life in diaspora
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Afghan Hindu and Sikh Communities in London – VOA Ashna
About this video: VOA Ashna (July 2017) on the Afghan Hindu and Sikh communities in London.
رسم زندگی ـ رسم و رواج سیک ها و هندوها در افغانستان
Afghan Hindus and Sikhs: Continuity and Change in the Diaspora
Click here to read the research paper A research paper on the Afghan Hindu and Sikh diaspora community in the West and how it has changed in recent years in regards to topics such as language, religion, and social customs. Abstract: Whether it was due to conflict or in search of better opportunities, migrating populations… Continue reading Afghan Hindus and Sikhs: Continuity and Change in the Diaspora
Afghan Hindu Asamai School in Frankfurt
About this video: “Aasamai Schule in Aasami Mandir FFM” — the Asamai school at the Asamai Mandir in Frankfurt (Kabulnath, August 2015, 12 minutes).
On Old Traditions
About this video: A 10-minute conversation (in Persian) with Ms. Mohini Devi Mohan on observing proper traditions and performing religious ceremonies at Kabul’s shrines (March 2015).
Ways of speaking in the diaspora: Afghan Hindus in Germany
Click here to read the thesis by Chitra Venkatesh Akkoor who completed this work in 2011 as part of her PhD degree in University of Iowa. Chitra made multiple trips to Germany and spent significant amount of time with Afghan Hindus in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Cologne to complete this work.