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Kamal Kalsi testifies before the US Commission on Civil Rights in May, 2013

Why should it be so hard for a Sikh to serve in the US military?

Culture

The first observant Sikh of his generation to join the US military is on a campaign to eliminate the dress code that has blocked all but a handful of Sikhs from serving the country they love.

Darsh Preet Singh stands next to his college basketball jersey on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, part of an exhibition on Indian-Americans. Singh is the first Sikh American to play basketball in the NCAA while wearing his

This Sikh American NCAA basketball player learned from his mother

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