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## 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.](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.


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## Simran Jeet Singh


* ![INDIA-CANADA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-RELIGION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ffdb0245bd0e693/698a42f416d884f551c3c8bd/GettyImages-1697427657.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Punjab Police Clear Sohana Chowk In Mohali Of Amritpal Singh's Supporters](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt436cec2107dc3447/698a3b7886f68e769a6f2459/GettyImages-1249024843.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Cropped hands reaching out to help each other against sky,Thailand](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a99d6ce1eb63904/698a340786f68e1cd06f1739/GettyImages-1301079871.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Corporate boardrooms are still overwhelming white and male](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58b690779992c4ff/698a1e3d22fb85b95fe2cafb/GettyImages-521953914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 29, 2021  
### [Why America's Corporate Boards Keep Failing to Diversify](https://time.com/6110631/corporate-boards-diversity/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Tim Williams, warehouse assistant for Medisys, Ray Fredericks, assistant director for Medisys, Dr. Abhu Kaur with Khalsa Aid, and Michael Stack, healthcare account representative for Grainger, load dozens of electrical transformers onto a pallet to be sh](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb92b7671e8acfa3c/698a199301168222109809d9/india-covid-19-oxygen-aid-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)  
* ![Farmers Continue Blockade Of Highways Leading Into Delhi](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd01c7601e85792/698a1727e76ad283d86389e7/india-farmer-protests-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad brings faith and fearlessness to this summer’s Olympic Games](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f15e3c7d52dea6d/6988800b196cf4dd2203a99e/olympic-team-usa-fencer-ibtihaj-muhammad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
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/)
* ![125th Rose Parade Presented By Honda](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee53cbdbb86800d4/698777b35f570fc522b147a5/460056579-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Holiday Love, Presence](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6220e3967d3db75/6987770b524fc0d875deb996/155153445.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)  
* ![NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 7: Protesters hold a banner during a protest at Grand Central Terminal after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer involved in the death of  Eric Garner in July on December 7, 2014 in New York, N.Y. Protests are bein](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b924a819dc5cd29/69876dc306f2c1e21e332c52/460136376.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![BRITAIN-INDIA-POLITICS-SIKHISM](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1603fe6cac183483/69876326cd684822540975d7/450276288.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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, ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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