<div>A Decade after 9-11
Tejwant Singh Malik
How time passes in a flash! It will have been 10 years on September 11th since the whole world was shaken on that dreadful day, which showed nothing but hatred, disdain and anger towards the innocent Americans of all hues, creeds and faiths. Why us? This question still rings in my ears daily as a Sikh American. And when I say us, I do not mean those of a particular ethnicity or religion but I am talking about all of us who are fortunate enough to call ourselves Americans.
However, there is a caveat. Some of us suffered the retaliations by our fellow Americans unjustly and Sikhs were the victims of that. We Sikh men wear turbans and we became the punching bags because we were mistakenly seen as Arabs and Muslims and were attacked mercilessly with words and with violence. We became part of
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Tejwant Singh Malik
How time passes in a flash! It will have been 10 years on September 11th since the whole world was shaken on that dreadful day, which showed nothing but hatred, disdain and anger towards the innocent Americans of all hues, creeds and faiths. Why us? This question still rings in my ears daily as a Sikh American. And when I say us, I do not mean those of a particular ethnicity or religion but I am talking about all of us who are fortunate enough to call ourselves Americans.
However, there is a caveat. Some of us suffered the retaliations by our fellow Americans unjustly and Sikhs were the victims of that. We Sikh men wear turbans and we became the punching bags because we were mistakenly seen as Arabs and Muslims and were attacked mercilessly with words and with violence. We became part of
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