Browsing Tag: Women

When we follow in the footsteps of Bibi Bhani Ji, we become the true daughters of The Khalsa. We learn to live a life where we put Guru Ji before ourselves, the importance of Gurbani and the value of Parents.

A certain hallowed ritual around the United Nations holds that to ensure a truly auspicious beginning, any new branch of the world body needs a really first-rate acronym...

Subtle signs can be rationalized. Watermelons taking flight are now a little harder for me to ignore. I have to warn you this is a candid piece about hair and gender and defining one’s identity.

Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse. "She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'"

Coming to Sikhi from knowing it to be the truth of me instead of from an understanding of the lifestyle or teachings has been a very interesting evolution that has brought about the following consternation.

For Sandeep, daughter of a peon employed in Morinda Sub-Tehsil, the journey to making it to the IAS was tough. But it was her determination that paved the way.

The whole text of Charitropakhyan deals with different aspects or shades of a woman's nature, some good some bad. The claim by some that these are useless sensual tales arises from incomplete reading of Charitropankhyan with a fickle mind already polluted by the kaamic mud which is all around us.

Dr. Kaur did her Ph. D. in population geography from Chandigarh University. She has also majored in social impact studies and hopes to use her academic expertise in her new role as Parti President

In 1992, the Maritime Sikh Society in Halifax made history by becoming the first Gurdwara in North America - and possibly the world - to have an all-women executive committee to manage its affairs.

Her proudest moment came when she negotiated a discount on a bulk purchase of latrines. Today, Tent, in Haryana State, is one of the few villages in India to boast an indoor toilet in every house.

Bojana Anglin, 33, who grew up in the Bronx and Yonkers, said that her hairy legs had never stood in the way of a fling or relationship. She is now a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley

Michele Gibson sees marriage from a different angle

When forty Sikhs deserted Guru Gobind Singh jee during a Moghul siege, it was chiefly Mai Bhago who rallied them to re-seek the sanctuary of the Guru. This story is a first-hand account of the wife of one of those forty Sikhs

Embrace the modern day Sikh woman in you

A pioneering partnership with the Kaur Foundation will build understanding and appreciation for the Sikh culture, customs, and perspectives in Howard County Public School classrooms and communities.

At its annual General Body meeting held on December 20, 2009 Maritime Sikh Society, Halifax, Canada elected all women office bearers to run the Gurdwara for the year 2010.

The global problems we face today are too colossal and complex to be solved without the full participation of women.

Economic development seemes to have not only failed to help many Indian girls but to have made things worse.

In this realm of mostly male voices, Ms. Kaur-Singh has taken an original position on a much-needed project...

"Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God." Jimmy Carter

A recent spate of articles has made me wish to visit the issue of female Granthis, as an agent of change...

The message to Sikh men of the latest Punjabi music video by artist, Taranampreet: "Don’t come around without unshorn hair and turban!"

The percentage of women who binge drink has doubled since the 1990s, research has found.

Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, came under intense western pressure yesterday to scrap a new law that the UN said legalised rape within marriage and severely limited the rights of women.

In a massive blow for women’s rights, the new Shia Family Law negates the need for sexual consent between married couples, tacitly approves child marriage and restricts a woman’s right to leave the home.

Majority of young women in India country prefer arranged marriages with parents' consent while only less than one fourth opts for the "love" route to choose their life partners, a survey of women age 20-30 says.

What flabbergasted us was how many young men look for "China dolls," and how many young women, otherwise dedicated Sikhs, opt for the "clean-shaven" look.

The problems we face today are too big and too complex to be solved without the full participation of women.

The worldwide celebration of Women's Day sparks some commentary from Shobhaa De

Sex assault trial