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Jul 30, 2008 - 10:27 AM - by Mai Harinder Kaur | We Sikhs love to brag that our religion sees women and men as equals. All well and good, Sikhi teaches this. But I don't see many of usr Kaurs standing up as equals. We tend to let the Singhs run everything. As marvelous as they are, we are also magnificent! We need to stand up, be visible, be tough and insist on being counted. We even need to stand in front of buses, if that's what it takes.
We who are the daughters of Guru Gobind Singh Ji need to find our voice and... [Read More] | |
247 Replies | 19,283 Views | | » Akal Takhat Says No To Kirtan Sewa By Women At Darbar Sahib | |
Oct 13, 2008 - 5:49 PM - by dalbirk | | The demand to allow baptized Sikh women to perform kirtan and seva inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple raised a controversy again at a seminar organized by the Global United Sikh Women Organization here today. When Dr Mohinder Kaur Gill, a Sikh scholar, wanted the inclusion of baptised women among Panj Piyare ( Five Beloved Ones), Jathedar, Akal Takht, Giani Gurbachan Singh chided her for... [Read More] | |
60 Replies | 5,322 Views | | » So Why Call Her Bad? From Her, Kings are Born! | |
May 28, 2008 - 6:01 AM - by Soul_jyot | Although I often have struggled with my cultural identity in this patchwork nation of Canada, I have always retained a sense of pride and devotion to my religion, Sikhism. The Sikh community's integral contribution to Canadian society in business, politics and philanthropy has helped me to maintain this unbroken connection.
As an ardent feminist as well, I have always been especially proud of the fact that Sikhism, a religion born in patriarchal 15th-century India, holds... [Read More] | |
30 Replies | 4,465 Views | | » Missing Sikh Girl | |
Dec 21, 2005 - 1:04 AM - by hps62 | Why do we Sikhs kill our girls ? Greedy for wealth to be earned from dowry? Scared that we will not be able to save her honor ( strictly speaking it is our own false honor that she should not elope) ? Are we Savage ? Are we foolish ? Short sighted ? An unidentified ENEMY "X"!! Stupid Indian Punjab legacy!!
Are we:
1. Greedy for wealth to be earned from dowry--- ? Is this not an Anti Sikh activity as our... [Read More] | |
21 Replies | 4,758 Views | | » Guru Granth Sahib ji - Torchbearer of Gender Equality | |
Jan 28, 2009 - 6:18 PM - by Gyani Jarnail Singh | | This year we are fortunate to be celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Gurta Gadee – ascension to the Throne of the House of Nanak – of the Perpetual GURU – Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Apart from the fact that the GURU Granth is a Masterpiece of Poetic thought put to music in the sense of its immense and mind boggling 31 Raags, meters, and various literary expressions, vaars, , sloks, dupdas, chaupadas, ashtpadees, paurees, etc. Etc. NO other such Granth exists that can even come near the... [Read More] | |
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