Sikh Park

This is the work of Dalbir Singh, who has been getting a bit of press in South Asian media for his appropriation of South Park's animation style and blending it with Sikh issues. The comics are on the cute side with one liners. This could be a great way convey issues without seeming like a documentary.



It will be interesting to see how Dalbir's work progresses after all the stereotypes have been exhausted. There are probably an endless supply of Sardarji Jokes, which would be the South Asian equivalent of Polish jokes. Lets hope that this is not the case so that he can keep things in perspective.

You might be surprised to learn that Dalbir Singh, the creator of “Sikh Park,” a new cartoon series that mixes the cute and simple look of a certain notorious animated show with its own distinctive brand of Sikh humor, has “never seen a single episode of South Park.” The 34-year-old Singh, a graduate of Calcutta University, lives in Budapest, Hungary, and works as creative director at one of the world’s largest advertising agencies, Ogilvy & Mather. His cartoons seek to create an “awareness for Sikhs in a post 9/11 world.”

Why hasn’t he tuned into the Comedy Central staple yet? Though he’s seen images from the popular series online and in print, Singh explains that “In the last 10 years I have lived in mostly
non-English speaking countries where they never ran it or it was not popular, so I never really got to see it.”

excerpt from Nirali Magazine by Pavani Yalamanchili