In my new book, Faith, Gender and Activism in the Punjab Conflict: The Wheat Fields Still Whisper, I attempt to capture how the conflicted past continues to live on, how Punjab continues to rustle with the stories that women & communities supposedly don’t want to tell.
Amarinder Singh expressed concern over media reports suggesting that the Sikh families were being displaced after living in Uttar Pradesh for three generations.
From a young age I felt like I wasn’t worthy, wasn’t deserving of goodness and should be happy with the scraps that I get.
I walk down to bow to my guru which we call to matha tekh and then I sit down for a while and observe and it’s just such a nice feeling of a glow in my heart.
Guru Ji was never an aggressor, nor did he ever fight for wealth, land, property or for women. The battles were all essentially in self-defense. The success in these battles instilled Sikhs with new found zeal, and self-confidence which was lacking earlier.
The hashtags have been unblocked after three months, but Sikhs unhappy with explanation given by Instagram and Facebook.
His company is now one of India's top 10 solar installers, and his solar kit design is optimized to reduce maintenance costs due to a non-invasive method of installation.
I am closer to my faith, and stronger because of it. My faith has helped me wake up each day and, despite everything around us, feel grateful
In a moment when so much is at stake, it feels critical that we make space for diverse approaches that move us in the right direction. When we can do that together, then we really have a chance to make the substantive change in our policing that so many of us deem to be critical.
Investment by elders in the young will always yield a better humanity.