taboos

Honour killings: Young Indians defy outdated taboos IANS Tuesday, 06 July 2010 By Shilpa Raina NEW DELHI: Sixty-five-year-old Suhkdev Singh Darswal, a Rajput, is a happy man. His four daughters have settled down with men of their choice, making their family as diverse as India is as a...

The first response to the title of this essay is predictable: certainly there are no food taboos in Sikhism. This is after all a young, modern, vibrant faith, very practical in its doctrines and sensible in its beliefs. But there is always a hooker. What set me thinking about food restrictions...