Someone who abandons his duty will do so again and again. Is life really that simple? Do we not sometimes have to do things in life that appear to be disastrous, but later turn out to be blessings in disguise?
Of the countless sakhis told to me during my childhood, I don’t recall a single powerful one about a Sikh woman. Neglected was the role of Mai Bhago in shaping my Panth and serving my Guru...
The meaning of the word Kaur is princess. And the namesake film is the world’s first animation focusing on 18th century legendary Sikh warrior, Mai Bhago.
Launched recently worldwide, KAUR tells the story of a young Sikh girl, Saibhang Kaur, who loves science but feels the social pressure that “girls don’t belong to the science club”. -Hindustan Times
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Mai Bhago became the Guru’s personal body guard and an important military leader for the Sikh armies of the day. I shared her inspiring story with my children through a short animation called “Kaur.”
Watch Free Online. You can also download for free or purchase the DVD. Subtitles are available: Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Finish, Punjabi, Hindi, German & English so feel free to spread the film among your international friends.
The magic, the meaning and the measure of a life - indeed of history - are found not in the celebration of an individual or an event, but in the interpretation. History is a narrative. What does it tell us about the time that Guru Nanak trod this earth, particularly about the place of women?
"I realized we don't really have a very clear identity for Sikh women. Some women wear turbans, some wear chunnis but often times if you were to go on the street you wouldn't know who's a Sikh woman and who's not."
A series of illustrations of women whose stories wouldn’t make the cut for animated movies, illustrated in a contemporary animation style. Nope, but I think we can assume that nobody’s going to want to do kids’ movies about a lot of these people. They’re either way too awesome, way too awful, or way too weird.
Mata Bhag Kaur Ji was the best sister any brother could ask for because she not only came closer to Waheguru but she helped her brothers too. A sister is one that doesn’t fight for her rights but in subtle ways earns it.
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
