Reaching Out To Libraries
AASRA
Punjabi English Magazine
PO Box 5716
Kent, WA 98064, USA
Email: aasra@q.com
REACHING OUT TO THE LIBRARIES
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
Since January, 2006, we have published Punjabi English Magazine from Seattle titled “Aasra”. We wanted to have a media for the Sikhs. Our goal was to educate about Sikh religion and to encourage literature and poetry and other events. We print it every two months. We have received encouragement and response from the community and the public. You will see contributions from American and other non-Sikh community coming to contribute to this magazine. We have plans now to expand it and reach other cities and audience also.
I am happy to inform you that it is now available through the following libraries.
1. Saltfleet Branch Library, Ontario, Canada
2. King County Library System
3. Whatcom County Library System
4. WA State Library
5. Alpharetta, GA Library
6. Roswell, GA Library
Please check it out and help spread the word. You can also help us by requesting your local libraries to subscribe to this magazine. Most of the libraries were referred by our readers. Sometime you have to request the magazine on line by providing your library card.
We want to reach as many libraries to allow us to have a strong media for the Sikhs. At this time we do not have any media to represent Sikhs. The content that targets the wider audience is very little. National magazines, television, radio or other media hardly cover people of other faiths, but rather give message of violence and attack. Top it with discrimination in the work place. Hardly a day passes when there isn’t an incident when Sikhs face hardships to practice their religion freely. Aasra Magazine is an effort to overcome this. It is this lacuna that we are trying to fill. I had dreamed of seeing a Sikh magazine in every library. It is this sewa that Waheguru has given us. We can’t do it alone. A lot needs to be done. We need your help. I look forward to your feedback, advertisement and subscription to help us reach more community.
Thank you.
Sarab Singh
Editor