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When Fake Becomes Real
A paper bouquet on my desk, the Skin Horse, and the thing I keep getting wrong about my own children.
Gursharn Singh
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Letters from Maastarji
Essays for Sikh Parents in the Diaspora
One letter a week on raising Sikh children far from Punjab — language, identity, Gurbani and the ordinary business of family life. Written by a Sikh father.
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The Win Was the Distraction
My kids entered a STEM competition to win. I quietly entered them to learn something else.
Gursharn Singh
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Are You the Cow or the Crow?
What five Punjabi words taught me about the pressure to change who you are
Gursharn Singh
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He Learned to Tie a Parna from YouTube. I Just Had to Get Out of the Way.
A father’s account of one child’s road from rumal to patka to dastaar — and what I would do differently.
Gursharn Singh
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When the Machine Invents Gurbani
More and more of us are asking AI what a line of Gurbani means. It answers instantly, fluently, and sometimes with words the Guru never wrote.
Gursharn Singh
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Twelve Sikh Kids Picked Six Countries. None Picked Their Own.
Our Kids Know Where Ronaldo Was Born. Do They Know Where They Were?
Gursharn Singh
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Why Our Kids Don’t Speak Punjabi — And What the Research Actually Says
We keep asking our children to speak Punjabi. The evidence says we are asking the wrong person.
Gursharn Singh
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