Historically, Mai Bhago and Gadri Gulab Kaur, a freedom fighter from Sangrur who left her husband and the prospect of a safe life in the West to join the Ghadar movement and fight the British often come to mind.
This period is a special time to remember and celebrate our 7th Guru.
"He is perhaps the first environmentalist in South Asia who during his reign from 1644 to 1661 started and promoted herbal gardens and wild life refuge and exhorted Sikhs to care for nature," EcoSikh said.
Perhaps the most glaring example to demonstrate the struggle is a cultural one and it is between authoritarianism vs the will of the people is that of Nodeep Kaur.
The fine work of the EcoSikh organization (which also lead a campaign to plant gardens of trees in honor of the 550th incarnation remembrance of Guru Nanak) established a new Sikh holiday:
The special medicines were given to the Emperor’s messenger with the addition of a pearl that was to be ground up into powder and added to the remedy.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji clearly states that both love and respect should be at the foundation of every relationship. The 16th Hukam reads, "Istri da mooh nahi fitkaarnaa" – do not subject your wife to cursing or verbal abuse.
Ignorance is the result of absence of light of divine wisdom within.
Thankfully each year things have gotten better and better (gods grace).