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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 112712" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>harbhansj24 ji</p><p></p><p>Your comments about daughters/women are so loving to read. It did my heart good. After I posted this article, it became one of those pieces that hung around in my mind even as I was going to sleep last night. Yes disturbing.</p><p></p><p>You can tell that for the author his daughters were the apples of his eyes. And he goes back to the economics of daughters. Big dowries paid, that is money going out; and big dowries received, that is money coming in.</p><p></p><p>I am not by any stretch of mind an authority on the culture of India. When I read this kind of thing in article after article on the subject, I think the economics of daughters, well it makes sense. But it cannot be the whole story. Especially when it is the families, who have most, who are most invested in destroying their daughters.</p><p></p><p>A little about me here. First of all India is not the only country/culture where this idea prevails. It is found in one form or another in every patriarchy. Why? Well think of it. If a woman thinks of herself as less, and her mother thought of herself as less, then to have a daughter may simply be another reminder of a lesser status. But a son -- well that is your ticket to status in the eyes of society. It happens here too, and especially in the more patriarchal ethnic groups including my own. My whole life I heard The First Child Should Be a Boy! or, Boys are Easy! So of course a mother to be drinks that in, and she heard it her entire life...and has to answer to her mother-in-law who is at the top of the mountain looking down. </p><p></p><p>Then there is the argument that sons will care for their parents (in India, but also we hear that too). This is a myth in both countries. Even when a son has a big income and a high status job -- he can turn out to be a person of no character and even less heart. For every family where a son is caring for parents, I can tell you of another family where the daughter is carrying the weight of both her husband's elderly parents and her parents as well. I have watched some of them do this to the point where they themselves succumb to serious illnesses. And it is not their sons but their very daughters who come to the rescue.</p><p></p><p>Next point and forgive me for going on too long about this. Ever since I became active in Sikh communities on the Internet (here, Sikhnet, elsewhere) I met and came to admire Kaurs who have important careers. And they leave their children, husbands, jobs 2 or 3 times a year to go to India to look after parents, and even aunts and uncles. Think of the cost to them financially, and think of how exhausted they must be doing this year round. These are Kaurs not Singhs. Others have brought parents here.</p><p></p><p>So here is my conclusion and it will sound like I am some kind of fanatic giving a sermon. Maybe so. Culture and economics are part of the story. But the rest of the story has to do with <span style="color: Blue">what is in your heart.</span> <em>Just as I have met Kaurs who care for their parents</em>, so I have met <strong>Singhs who worship their daughters, brag about their accomplishments and their awards, dote on their sons-in-law and rejoice in their daughters' children. </strong>To them their daughters are Kaurs. They heard Bhai Gurdas speaking in the voice of Guru Nanak. The Singhs I have met are sincere in their Sikhism; and those are the only ones I know. They have heard and are centered on the message of Guru Nanak and their rehat. They feel raised up by it and so do their wives. That is the difference. And anyone else anywhere else has not been blessed with this gift of mercy and love. </p><p></p><p>It will take a long time for culture to adjust to different thinking. But will it adjust if economics is a prevailing consideration? without that other part, the spirit in your heart? Best in my mind is to always look around and be glad to know the people I know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 112712, member: 35"] harbhansj24 ji Your comments about daughters/women are so loving to read. It did my heart good. After I posted this article, it became one of those pieces that hung around in my mind even as I was going to sleep last night. Yes disturbing. You can tell that for the author his daughters were the apples of his eyes. And he goes back to the economics of daughters. Big dowries paid, that is money going out; and big dowries received, that is money coming in. I am not by any stretch of mind an authority on the culture of India. When I read this kind of thing in article after article on the subject, I think the economics of daughters, well it makes sense. But it cannot be the whole story. Especially when it is the families, who have most, who are most invested in destroying their daughters. A little about me here. First of all India is not the only country/culture where this idea prevails. It is found in one form or another in every patriarchy. Why? Well think of it. If a woman thinks of herself as less, and her mother thought of herself as less, then to have a daughter may simply be another reminder of a lesser status. But a son -- well that is your ticket to status in the eyes of society. It happens here too, and especially in the more patriarchal ethnic groups including my own. My whole life I heard The First Child Should Be a Boy! or, Boys are Easy! So of course a mother to be drinks that in, and she heard it her entire life...and has to answer to her mother-in-law who is at the top of the mountain looking down. Then there is the argument that sons will care for their parents (in India, but also we hear that too). This is a myth in both countries. Even when a son has a big income and a high status job -- he can turn out to be a person of no character and even less heart. For every family where a son is caring for parents, I can tell you of another family where the daughter is carrying the weight of both her husband's elderly parents and her parents as well. I have watched some of them do this to the point where they themselves succumb to serious illnesses. And it is not their sons but their very daughters who come to the rescue. Next point and forgive me for going on too long about this. Ever since I became active in Sikh communities on the Internet (here, Sikhnet, elsewhere) I met and came to admire Kaurs who have important careers. And they leave their children, husbands, jobs 2 or 3 times a year to go to India to look after parents, and even aunts and uncles. Think of the cost to them financially, and think of how exhausted they must be doing this year round. These are Kaurs not Singhs. Others have brought parents here. So here is my conclusion and it will sound like I am some kind of fanatic giving a sermon. Maybe so. Culture and economics are part of the story. But the rest of the story has to do with [COLOR=Blue]what is in your heart.[/COLOR] [I]Just as I have met Kaurs who care for their parents[/I], so I have met [B]Singhs who worship their daughters, brag about their accomplishments and their awards, dote on their sons-in-law and rejoice in their daughters' children. [/B]To them their daughters are Kaurs. They heard Bhai Gurdas speaking in the voice of Guru Nanak. The Singhs I have met are sincere in their Sikhism; and those are the only ones I know. They have heard and are centered on the message of Guru Nanak and their rehat. They feel raised up by it and so do their wives. That is the difference. And anyone else anywhere else has not been blessed with this gift of mercy and love. It will take a long time for culture to adjust to different thinking. But will it adjust if economics is a prevailing consideration? without that other part, the spirit in your heart? Best in my mind is to always look around and be glad to know the people I know. [/QUOTE]
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