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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Thirty-Eight Pauris. Start With One.

We tell our children to do their paath. We almost never tell them how — and the answer is sitting inside the word "pauri"

Gursharn Singh

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My Daughter Decided to Cover Her Hair

She reasoned her way to it from one chapter of Sikh history — and taught me that identity a child chooses early is stronger than one moulded in late

Gursharn Singh

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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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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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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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