This year's SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival gave voice to the concerns of the Sikh women.
Harpreet encourages us to make films for this years SikhNet online Film Festival.
Shanti Kaur Khalsa talks about the philosophy of gender equality in Sikhism and the deep tradition of female leadership in the Guru's time.
Shanti Kaur Khalsa says that, during the Guru's times, women were equal on all levels of life, including leadership. But discriminatory practices against women came into the Sikh life later on when different groups were in charge of places like the Harimandir Sahib.
Sadasat Simran talks about the reaction in India about him having a daughter. People tell him "don't worry". However, having a daughter is a blessing.
I was often wondering myself what the heck I was supposed to be doing, representing Sikhi but feeling so often like a weird outsider, no longer belonging to any people or country, just knowing I needed to be my Guru’s Sikh out there. I walked into so many gurdwaras not knowing the language or the culture even in the English speaking ones and feeling so inadequate. But you empowered me without hesitation....
This part of a series from MrSikhNet.com. This first video is Arjan Kaur
This is number 14 in the SikhNet relationship series. Our couples panel talks about some of the cultural male chauvinism. Some women actually feel like a slave to her inlaws. The Khalsa broke these norms and started equality for women.
The role that kesh (and thus Sikh identity) plays in the lives of Sikh women is totally different from men.
