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  1. spnadmin

    Preparing Women To Fight Against 'Eve Teasing’

    It was just another day for Brinda Dasgupta when she set off for her classes at Jadavpur University on September 16. But as she made her way to the auto-stand at around 9.45 am, a cyclist rode towards her from the opposite direction, groped her and whizzed past her. Though the stunned young girl...
  2. spnadmin

    Heritage Dedicated To All Sikh Women: A Photo Essay From History (by Ranjit Singh 'Freed')

    Photos in this set in order are *taken from Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Steek (Fareedkot Wala Teeka) - Bhasha Vibhag -4th ed 1992 - page 1005 The birth of Guru Nanak - from a Baba Atal Tower fresco - showing Mata Tripta and Bibi Nanaki *from Punjab Painting - RP Srivastava - Abhinav -...
  3. K

    UK Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Asian Men, White Women And A Taboo That Must Be Broken

    http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-asian-men-white-women-and-a-taboo-that-must-be-broken-2146251.html I've been goaded into writing this column by the barbs and taunts, by the blame and racist toxins filling my inbox this week. At least...
  4. R

    India Women Cops Bash Up Men In Delhi Metro

    http://www.timesnow.tv/Women-cops-bash-up-men-in-Delhi-metro/videoshow/4359217.cms In high drama in the capital, women cops on Friday (November 26) bashed up trespassers in a Delhi metro. The men were assaulted for entering the ladies comparment of the train. Reports suggested that women in...
  5. K

    Many Punjab Women Entering Greece Illegally, Say Gurdwaras

    http://www.mynews.in/News/many_punjab_women_entering_greece_illegally_say_gurdwaras_N111701.html Many Punjab women entering Greece illegally, say gurdwaras Jalandhar: Many young women from Punjab in search of jobs abroad end up illegally in Greece, where they are forced into the flesh...
  6. spnadmin

    India SGPC Slips On Women Quota Resolution

    SGPC slips on women quota resolution Gives them a miss in executive committee poll G S Paul Tribune News Service Amritsar, November 17 The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which had resolved to reserve 33 per cent seats for women and which was the launching platform of the...
  7. Archived_Member16

    India NO WOMEN Nominated Or Elected To SGPC?

    NO WOMEN nominated or elected to SGPC Punjab Newsline Network Tuesday, 16 November 2010 By Jagmohan Singh AMRITSAR:On being Nominted by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, the General house of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday re-elected Avtar Singh Makkar as...
  8. K

    Why ARE So Many Modern British Career Women Converting To Islam?

    Why ARE so many modern British career women converting to Islam? Tony Blair’s sister-in-law announced her conversion to Islam last weekend. Journalist Lauren Booth embraced the faith after what she describes as a ‘holy experience’ in Iran. She is just one of a growing number of modern...
  9. Randip Singh

    UK Jonathan Aitkens Girl Alexandra Sikhs New Lifestyle

    Jonathan Aitken’s girl Sikhs a new lifestyle . . . Last updated at 2:04 AM on 27th October 2010 Old Etonian *Jonathan Aitken has made a career out of re-*inventing himself, from war correspondent and TV mogul to Tory MP and jailbird — and, last but by no means least, a born-again...
  10. spnadmin

    Women As Religious Leaders: Breaking Through The Stained Glass Ceiling

    As we scan the political, economic, judicial and academic landscape these days, women are ascending to leadership positions in unprecedented numbers. Think of it: the first woman Speaker of the House, three women serving as Secretary of State and the first credible woman candidate for President...
  11. Chaan Pardesi

    Hail The Woman Power - India Wins Athletics Gold After 52 Years

    India win second track gold medal after a 52-year wait India surprisingly won the women’s 4x400m relay yesterday at the Commonwealth Games, with Ashwini Akkunji overtaking a Nigerian opponent just before the final handoff and Mandeep Kaur sprinting to victory. The gold was only the second on...
  12. Archived_Member16

    United Sikhs True Sikhi: UNITED SIKHS Helps ‘Taliban’ Victims Sikh Women Find Asylum In Canada

    TRUE SIKHI: UNITED SIKHS helps ‘Taliban’ victims Sikh women find asylum in Canada   Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 07 October 2010 WINNIPEG, Canada: A Sikh woman and her daughter flew into Winnipeg last week, after her husband was brutally killed two years ago by a group suspected to be...
  13. K

    S Asia Women Break Male Stranglehold Over Pakistan Politics

    Wed, Oct 6 12:12 PM Islamabad, Oct 6 (IANS) Women are now making a mark in Pakistan's male-dominated political arena as seats have been reserved for them and candidates have to hold a graduation degree to contest polls. There is reservation for women in the federal parliament as well as 33...
  14. Ishna

    Hard Talk Trouble Understanding This Shabad With Reference To Women

    Sat Sri Akal and hi everyone After reading another thread here a while ago about another religion and what it's scripture has to say about women, I proceeded to search for references to women in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to see what the Guru has to say. I am already very well aware of all the...
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    HELP! Sikh Guy With White English Girl

    White bloke in a relationship with a Sikh girl, without her family knowing Good afternoon all. I am new to this site and this is my first thread, so please be kind. Right where do I begin. I've been dating this girl for around 6 months now, but we've had to keep our relationship secret from...
  16. Archived_Member16

    Naming "honour Killings" Necessary To Prevent Further Violence Against Women

    Naming "honour killings" necessary to prevent further violence against women September 14, 2010 By Richelle Wiseman Executive Director Centre for Faith and the Media CALGARY, AB, Sept. 14, 2010/ – The death of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez in 2007 was neither the first nor last honour killing in...
  17. spnadmin

    How Do The Positions Of Men And Women Differ In Your Faith Tradition?

    How do the positions of men and women differ in your faith tradition? How are we to understand the seemingly subordinate position that many religions impose upon women By Balpreet Singh, Citizen expert Read more...
  18. Admin

    Desperate Housewives, Is This Where Sikh Women Have Failed

    Desperate Housewives by SOUTIK BISWAS Turban or no turban, this is where Sikh women have failed ... Joining such demonstrations in Indian-administered Kashmir these days is fraught with risks. Security forces have often fired on stone-pelting protesters, killing over 50 people, mostly...
  19. Admin

    Christianity Women Take On Gender Apartheid In The Catholic Church

    If doubts remained about the relationship between the Catholic Church's spectacular failure to address the clerical child sex abuse crisis and the church's glaring system of gender apartheid, the Vatican put them to rest in July. Engendering a firestorm of criticism, their new canonical...
  20. R

    India Status Of Widow, Divorced And Deserted Women

    [/FONT] As per the 2001 census, there are 34.3 million widows and 2.34 million divorced / separated women in the country.[/FONT] This information was given by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child Development (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question...
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