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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. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Simran Jeet Singh  ## Simran Jeet Singh Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close 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.](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623324/the-light-we-give-by-simran-jeet-singh/) 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.  ## Simran Jeet Singh Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 5, 2023 ### [Why India Is Targeting Sikhs Around the World](https://time.com/6342873/india-sikhs-persecution/) At home and abroad the Modi government is targeting Sikhs, a continuation of a dark history in India... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 29, 2023 ### [India Turned a Manhunt Into Mass Repression](https://time.com/6266461/india-manhunt-amritpal-singh-mass-repression/) India's hunt for Sikh activist Amritpal Singh has upended basic human rights [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 26, 2022 ### [The Sikh Idea of Seva Is an Antidote to Our Current Malaise](https://time.com/6200562/sikh-seva-antidote-to-our-current-malaise/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 29, 2021 ### [Why America's Corporate Boards Keep Failing to Diversify](https://time.com/6110631/corporate-boards-diversity/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 14, 2021 ### [India’s Civil Society Groups Fighting COVID-19 as Gov Fails](https://time.com/6047859/india-covid-19-civil-society-groups/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 12, 2021 ### [The Farmers' Protests Are a Turning Point for India's Democracy](https://time.com/5938041/india-farmer-protests-democracy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 18, 2016 ### [Hijabs and Turbans Are Not a Threat to Sports](https://time.com/4456128/hijab-ban-basketball-fiba-olympics/) Recent headlines may inspire change in the rules of professional basketball *  Mar 10, 2015 ### [We're Not Doing Enough To End Hate Among Our Children](https://time.com/3739330/racial-slurs-education-hate-speech/) If we don't fix prejudice when our kids are young, the next generation has no hope of a better count... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 31, 2014 ### [Why I Decided to Join the First Sikh Float at This Year's Rose Parade](https://time.com/3650426/why-i-decided-to-join-the-first-sikh-float-at-this-years-rose-parade/) The story of Sikhs in America is compelling because it is the quintessential American story [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2014 ### [This Holiday Season, Let's Give the Gift of Being Present](https://time.com/3645601/this-holiday-season-lets-give-the-gift-of-being-present/) It's about time we give one another the presence that we all want and deserve [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2014 ### [Obama Administration Renews Lease on Racial Profiling](https://time.com/3626264/racial-profiling-eric-garner-michael-brown/) The updated guidelines fail to acknowledge that deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner stink of wha... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 31, 2014 ### [It's Time India Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide](https://time.com/3545867/india-1984-sikh-genocide-anniversary/) Thirty years later, the government stubbornly refuses to admit its fault in the religious massacre, ... 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