{"id":1370,"date":"2016-05-09T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/indocanadianstudies\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2016-05-09T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T22:52:08","slug":"may-31st-talk-at-the-cics-looks-at-the-sikh-legacy-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2016\/05\/09\/may-31st-talk-at-the-cics-looks-at-the-sikh-legacy-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikh Legacy in Pakistan Comes to Life at the CICS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Invite-for-Abbotsford-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1371\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Invite-for-Abbotsford-large-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Invite for Abbotsford large\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/DSC_0067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1381\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/DSC_0067-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0067\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1482\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Amardeep 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-Singh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1483\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-Singh-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Amardeep Singh\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-Photography-2-s-665444_185x185.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1484\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-Photography-2-s-665444_185x185-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Amardeep-Photography-2-s-665444_185x185\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-Photography-2-s-665444_185x185-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2016\/05\/Amardeep-Photography-2-s-665444_185x185.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over 70\u00a0community members from a diverse mix of cultures, backgrounds, history and heritage were given a unique opportunity to partake in a poignant history of Sikh Heritage in Pakistan on May 31, 2016. Amardeep Singh, author of\u00a0<em>Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan\u00a0<\/em>addressed the audience by sharing his experience of visiting hundreds of sites in Pakistan related to Sikh history and heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mark Evered, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Fraser Valley was struck by the breadth of the subject and presented Amardeep with a gift and token of appreciation for his dedication and work. The Consul General of Pakistan in Vancouver, Dr. Muhammad Tariq also shared some generous words on the significance of Amardeep&#8217;s collection and work.<\/p>\n<p>Amardeep&#8217;s book can be purchased online through Amazon by visiting:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/LOST-HERITAGE-Sikh-Legacy-Pakistan\/dp\/8170021154\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464898691&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lost+heritage\">https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/LOST-HERITAGE-Sikh-Legacy-Pakistan\/dp\/8170021154\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464898691&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lost+heritage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 70\u00a0community members from a diverse mix of cultures, backgrounds, history and heritage were given a unique opportunity to partake in a poignant history of Sikh Heritage in Pakistan on May 31, 2016. Amardeep Singh, author of\u00a0Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan\u00a0addressed the audience by sharing his experience of visiting hundreds of sites in &#8230; <a title=\"Sikh Legacy in Pakistan Comes to Life at the CICS\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2016\/05\/09\/may-31st-talk-at-the-cics-looks-at-the-sikh-legacy-in-pakistan\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}