Vision

The view of Wanjara Nomad is to understand, preserve, and share a collection assembled from diverse sources and continents, in order to examine how Sikhs have understood the past, lived the present, and oriented themselves toward the future. This work is approached across horizontal, vertical, and thematic dimensions, attentive to both collective history and individual experience. The collection brings together books, medals, maps, albums, and ephemera, held with care and intention. While modest in scale, these materials are shared in the hope that they may serve as a catalyst for preserving history at the individual and community level. The scope of the collection centers on Sikh history and experience, including how Sikhs were shaped by and responded to Mughal rule, British colonial power, and local structures within the subcontinent. It reflects not only struggles for Sikh self-determination, but also the ways Sikhs resisted injustice in defense of broader principles of freedom and dignity. Through this work, we seek to understand how Sikhs have seen the world around them, and how the world has, in turn, seen and named Sikhs. The long-term vision of Wanjara Nomad is to continue collecting and, by Waheguru’s grace, to establish a museum as a repository of Sikh heritage. Alongside this aspiration, Wanjara Nomad seeks to extend its presence across the Sikh diaspora through artifact collections and traveling exhibitions.

Wanjara Nomad will further develop and augment its presence and outreach throughout Sikh diaspora, through artifact collections and traveling exhibits.