Humanity Restored! Sikhs In US Feed Protestors Marching In Outrage Over #BlackLivesMatter

With the world loosing its faith during this hard time when everything seems to be coming to an end, there is still hope! While the world is fighting through the coronavirus pandemic, there is so much other stuff going around and we can’t ignore it.

Some of the Sikh Gurudwaras in the US are feeding the protesters marching in outrage over the killings of George Floyd and other black Americans by the police.

Guru Nanak started the Sikh concept of langar over 500 years ago as a child. Translating as ”communal kitchen”, langar sees every Gurdwara (Sikh temple) in the world have an open kitchen that distributes free meals all day, every day, to anyone, regardless of faith, gender, age. pic.twitter.com/Wov3rjCsTJ

— In the Service of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (@dashmeshpita) June 11, 2020

Last week, a dozen of volunteers from the Queens center served 500 portions of matar paneer, rice and rajma, a creamy, comforting dish of red beans stewed with tomatoes, and 1,000 bottles of water and cans of soda to demonstrators in Sunnyside. They also offered dessert: kheer, a sweetened rice pudding.

Impressed by this Punjabi singer actor Diljit Dosanjh posted the same on his social media handle, where other Pollywood celebs commented on the post.

 

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@nytimes #Sikh #blacklivesmatter The centuries-old Sikh tradition of nourishing anyone in need has found new energy and purpose in the face of America’s turmoil. Since the coronavirus pandemic has halted religious gatherings in most of the country, gurdwaras — the places of worship for Sikhs — are mobilizing their large-scale cooking resources to meet the skyrocketing need for food aid.⁣ ⁣ An essential part of Sikhism is langar, the practice of preparing and serving a free meal to promote the Sikh tenet of seva, or selfless service. The Sikh Center of New York, in Queens Village, has served more than 145,000 free meals in the past two months. Many gurdwaras have served meals even as soup kitchens have had difficulty keeping up with demand during the pandemic. And some are feeding the protesters marching in outrage over the killings of George Floyd and other black Americans by the police.⁣ ⁣ Last week, in Sunnyside, Queens, a dozen or so volunteers from the center served demonstrators 500 portions of matar paneer, rice and rajma, a dish of red beans stewed with tomatoes. They also handed out 1,000 bottles of water and cans of soda. “Where we see peaceful protest, we are going,” said Himmat Singh, a coordinator at the World Sikh Parliament, an advocacy group providing volunteers for the Queens Village efforts. “We are looking for justice. We support this.” @ryanchristopherjones took this photo of the Queens Village group feeding people at a Sunnyside protest last week.

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We salute the work done by these people and hope that each of you is safe and sound in their homes.