Simran Jeet Singh

Singh is Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Religion & Society Program and author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life. He is an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity with Columbia University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and a Soros Equality Fellow with the Open Society Foundations.

Recent Articles

Why India Is Targeting Sikhs Around the World

At home and abroad the Modi government is targeting Sikhs, a continuation of a dark history in India.

By Simran Jeet Singh and Gunisha Kaur

India Turned a Manhunt Into Mass Repression

India's hunt for Sikh activist Amritpal Singh has upended basic human rights

By Simran Jeet Singh

The Sikh Idea of Seva Is an Antidote to Our Current Malaise

I remember how dishonest I felt in high school volunteering at a soup kitchen, just so I could mention it in my college applications. Decades later, the memory still gnaws at me. All of us...

By Simran Jeet Singh

Why America's Corporate Boards Keep Failing to Diversify

Corporate America is making some gains in expanding its commitment to diversity. According to a new study from The Conference Board and ESG data analytics firm ESGAUGE, 2021 marks the first time that a majority...

By Simran Jeet Singh

India’s Civil Society Groups Fighting COVID-19 as Gov Fails

Ravi Singh is no stranger to relief efforts. His organization, Khalsa Aid, led humanitarian support to the embattled Yezidi in 2015, to Rohingya refugees in 2017, and to tsunami-stricken Indonesia in 2018. What he did...

By Simran Jeet Singh

The Farmers' Protests Are a Turning Point for India's Democracy

For decades, the world has turned a blind eye to India’s abysmal human rights record. This approach draws from a broad perception of India as a strategic ally.For one, the United States, like much of...

By Simran Jeet Singh

Hijabs and Turbans Are Not a Threat to Sports

Recent headlines may inspire change in the rules of professional basketball

By Zainab Chaudry and Simran Jeet Singh

We're Not Doing Enough To End Hate Among Our Children

If we don't fix prejudice when our kids are young, the next generation has no hope of a better country.

By Simran Jeet Singh

Why I Decided to Join the First Sikh Float at This Year's Rose Parade

The story of Sikhs in America is compelling because it is the quintessential American story

By Simran Jeet Singh

This Holiday Season, Let's Give the Gift of Being Present

It's about time we give one another the presence that we all want and deserve

By Simran Jeet Singh

Obama Administration Renews Lease on Racial Profiling

The updated guidelines fail to acknowledge that deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner stink of what goes wrong when law enforcement has the right to discriminate against its citizens based on how they look

By Simran Jeet Singh

It's Time India Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide

Thirty years later, the government stubbornly refuses to admit its fault in the religious massacre, despite enormous evidence to the contrary

By Simran Jeet Singh
More from TIME
More From TIME