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
Category: History
Asamai School in Kabul
About this video: Kabulnath (March 2015, in Dari, 13 minutes) on the founding and teaching of the Asamai School in Kabul.
The history and current position of Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs
Click here to read a research paper by Roger Ballard on Afghan Hindus and Sikhs which was written in 2011
Nim-Rukh Hindus History in Afghanistan
About this video: 1TV Kabul’s Nim-Rukh (October 2014, 41 minutes, in Dari) on the history of Hindus in Afghanistan.
Explainer: who are the Afghan Sikhs?
Source: The Conversation Jasjit Singh – 20 August 2014, 3.59pm BST The recent discovery of 35 men, women and children in a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex is shocking for many reasons. Few had known that people were being brought into the UK in shipping containers and even fewer knew the kind of dangers… Continue reading Explainer: who are the Afghan Sikhs?
The plight of Afghan Hindus & Sikhs
Source: Punjabi 17th August, 2014By Reet Virk Click here to listen to the audio segment
The Other Fold of the Turban: Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs
Source: Afghanistan Analysts Network Author: Fabrizio Foschini Date: 23 September 2013 Recent efforts to reserve a seat in the Wolesi Jirga (the lower house of the parliament) for the Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan have rekindled some interest in this tiny religious minority. Included in the draft of the electoral law, the issue was… Continue reading The Other Fold of the Turban: Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs