A sneak peek behind the scenes of 'KAUR'. Find out how we made an animated short Sikh film. Meet the voices and the creators behind this unique project.
News: Behind the Scenes of KAUR
News: Completing The Story: Letters From Espanola
The values of a society, the power structures, the oppression, even, exist in the subtext of the stories that we tell each other.
Video: How SikhNet Made the Animation KAUR
Find out how we made an animated short Sikh film.
News: 10 Badass Sikh Women in History
Oftentimes, women’s contributions are overlooked because, for the most part, it is men who write history. In India, women of the Sikh faith have fought, ruled, taught and served for centuries.
Video: Response to the KAUR Premiere
We recently premiered KAUR in Espanola, New Mexico, USA where the SikhNet offices are located. Check out this video to see the response to the animation.
Video: KAUR - The Inspiration For The Film
It seems that many young Sikh girls don't have a visual role model. We chose to animate the Mai Bhago story, because she represents the Sikh ideals of bravery, spirituality, and equality. We also created a character named "Saibhang" to relate this example to a modern girl with her own social challenges.
News: The Future of the Sikh Tradition
We live in globalized world where people of diverse backgrounds are interacting with one another more than ever, and it is painfully obvious to all of us that too many people are unable to reconcile different religious or ideological viewpoints.
Dr Simran Jeet Singh
Executive Director of the Religion & Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national bestseller The Light We Give
News: Sikh Comic Changes a Life ~ Exclusive Interview Pt 2.
If you told a regular secular American that the way to 100 million dollars was in this text, everyone would know Gurmukhi. People would be reading it as they commute to work, there would be blogs about it, online chats.
Harijot Singh Khalsa
Harijot Singh is a graduate of Miri Piri Academy. He serves as creator of SikhNet Stories. He has also authored several research pieces on Sikh history as well as offered encouraging messages through his articles.
News: Military & Sikh Values are the Same
"Freedom and liberty for all." That phrase, which closely follows the words from our own nation's pledge of allegiance, is one of the basic tenets of Sikhism.
News: Sikh Comic Changes a Life ~ Exclusive Interview Pt 1.
...I was a screenplay writer on the side, and he suggested that I consider making a Sikh character. My pension has always been for outside the box ideas...
Harijot Singh Khalsa
Harijot Singh is a graduate of Miri Piri Academy. He serves as creator of SikhNet Stories. He has also authored several research pieces on Sikh history as well as offered encouraging messages through his articles.
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