By SARAH GARLAND, Staff Reporter of the Sun | March 31, 2008 Strapped into the trunk of a Toyota sedan, the smiling face of a deity draped in plastic flowers rolls slowly down a suburban Long Island street behind a crowd of chanting women in saris. Holding up golden pineapples wrapped in red and gold… Continue reading Hindus Flee Afghanistan, Flourish in New York
Month: March 2008
Status of Sikh refugees from Afghanistan held in abeyance by India
Nearly 4,000 Sikh and Hindu refugees from Afghanistan, who are back due to civil war, are peeved at the lopsided citizenship norms of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Though 205 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Afghanistan have been granted Indian citizenship, many are unhappy, as their families are still living like refugees. The refugees… Continue reading Status of Sikh refugees from Afghanistan held in abeyance by India