One Last RNC Thought

On Wednesday night I caught only one full speech which lasted about 20 minutes.

The speech was delivered by Zell Miller, a Democratic Senator from Georgia who was supporting President Bush for re-election.

And I was just blown away by this speech!

If someone can speak THAT passionately about politics and for the re-election of someone from a different party than himself, surely Sikhs should be able to produce stronger and more fiery speakers for our Gurdvaras, our youth conferences and other events.

Its actually quite sad. The Christians have so many effective "fire and brimstone" preachers who galvanize hundreds of thousands of youths in large rallies down in America. Even their more mellower "Hippy Preacher" type speakers are really talented as well.

Most of you who might read this blog, should remember Parminder Singh.

Parminder Singh was a really good Gursikh, and the thing that striked me the most about him was his unparalleled ability to motivate and inspire all the youth who he spoke too.

This upcoming year, there are so many conferences, youth events and youth keertans which will be noticeably weaker without his presence.

He was probably the only really talented, and really powerful Sikh Youth speaker that I had ever encountered.

We desperately need someone of his calibre and character in every major Sikh-populated urban centre of North America.