Browsing Tag: Feminism

They are living miri and piri: actions in this temporal world infused with spirituality and love of Waheuguru. The Kaurs present at the conference are all striving to create a more just and compassionate world.

Distinguished keynote panelists, Dr. Nikky-Gurinder Kaur Singh, Dr. Inderpal Grewal, and Palbinder K. Shergill will launch the discussions and introspections for the day while exploring the topic "What Do We Know?"

Palbinder Kaur Shergill, Canadian litigator, once stood in court and heard opposing counsel argue that lawyers and judges with religious “symbols" such as turbans should not be permitted. In 2012, Palbinder was appointed Queen’s Counsel, still donning her classic black turban.

“Guru Nanak is to me a feminist,” says Sikh scholar Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. That’s why the Punjabi professor can’t accept how her religion has become so patriarchal; filled with “machismo” and a “warrior” mentality that often contradicts its original teachings.

The feminine aspect of Gurbani with in the Guru Granth Sahib