Article: Sikhs give blood, recall past

ASHLEY KINDERGAN, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-22-2009

Sikhs give blood, recall past -- Honor victims of 1984 attack
By ASHLEY KINDERGAN, STAFF WRITER
Date: 06-22-2009, Monday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions

GLEN ROCK Giving blood has long been a biannual community service event at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple, but a large blood drive Sunday had special significance for the Sikh congregation.

This drive also served to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, a deadly 1984 attack by the Indian army on the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines. Prime Minister Indira Ghandi was assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards in October several months after the ...

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