You Never Know Who She Will Become

The other day I came across a very interesting historical antidote regarding our Sikh history. It was one of those moments that the light bulb flickers in your mind and you well up with pride and emotion and trying to hold back the tears when you realize how blessed you are to have Guru ji's kirpa in the form of wisdom and teachings. So taking Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Asa Di Var to heart, I'd like to share a small excerpt and hope that as a Panth we make sure that no Singhni slips through our loving embrace and into the cracks. May the present day practice of female feotocide get abolished for good - the future of the Khalsa and of the Human Race, depend on it.

Inderjot Kaur

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Taken from the book, Sikh Heritage: Ethos & Relics. By Bhayee Sikandar Singh and Roopinder Singh. Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. 2012. pp. 125 - 126.

Raja Gajpat Singh, the ancestor of the rulers of Nabha and Jind, held Bhai Guddar Singh in high esteem. When Bhai Guddar Singh came to know that a girl was born to Raja Gajpat Singh's wife and that the child, according to the evil custom of those days, was being buried alive, he went straight to the couple at their fort in Badrukhan and reprimanded them for their reprehensible act. He took them to the place where the child was buried in a gharha, or an earthen pot commonly used for storing water. The infant was still alive. The Bhai Sahib blessed the baby, who was named Raj Kaur. She was later married to Sardar Mahan Singh Sukarchakia and bore a son, named Ranjit Singh, who established the Sikh State and became the greatest ruler in the history of Punjab.