Caberwal, a last name, the proper pronounciation is (cub-er-wal) but the other used version is (kab-er-wal), thus it is also spelled Kaberwal which has no association, whatsoever with the totally different last name, Sabharwal.

Still, sharp looking ad.

I am sorry if I misrepresented things, but I was going off of a few statements that I’d seen.

Brother, I can only speak for myself but I don’t think you need to apologize. I’ve heard other people say the same thing as you have and I think Camille may have hit upon a explanation, how the issue has been framed by the press and how the message has been lost.

Let me add my own mea culpa of sorts though I haven’t been called for it, I reread my earlier post and (as usual) there were a few things that made me wince. One of the more important things, I would rather have deleted the last 2 lines in the 3rd para. I just don’t feel comfortable judging anyone for choices they make in how they practice their religion especially since I don’t view myself a paragon of religion let alone of all things sikhi (for many reasons, including kesh) and I’d rather not cast anything resembling a stone.

Hey – don’t forget Rosy and Pinky…

Rahul, you’re not the only one who finds it troubling. I got the impression that he was speaking off the cuff and didn’t really get to wordsmith everything (but who knows how much was left on the cutting room floor?)

There has been outcry re: the treatment of Muslims in the Sikh community (i.e., “People mistake us for Muslims, and even if we were Muslims it is WRONG to target them for violence”), but news outlets don’t tend to pick up the second part of the argument. I think the initial reaction was “but we’re not Muslims.” I don’t think that was meant to legitimize hate violence against Muslims; I think folks did not know how to respond and were genuinely confused/confounded. As the Sikh advocacy community matures we’re getting more savvy about our framing. We’re not as organized as other communities have been, and despite generations of violence, we’re still pretty new to this.

I am sorry if I misrepresented things, but I was going off of a few statements that I’d seen. I’ll see if I can find them, but probably the most prominent one is a movie made by a Sikh woman about hate crimes against Sikhs (don’t remember the name now) and its associated coverage on CNN. The coverage on CNN focused on the ignorance aspect of the hate crimes on Sikhs, as did all the excerpts of the movie that I saw (haven’t seen the full movie).