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Women who wear turbans

August 31, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

An article in the Seattle Times discusses women who wear religious head-coverings in the United States. A Sikh woman who wears a turban, Inderpal Kaur, narrates her experiences when she first began wearing it: “I was very nervous; not sure if my friends would accept me this way,” she says. “But my dad told me, ‘You stepped into this path and you have to put your trust in God. He won’t let you down. Don’t worry about it.’ “ While […]

Categories: Profiles, Sikhism • Tags: Inderpal Kaur, Seattle Times, Sikh women, Turban, Women in Sikhism

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Sikh women: what does your love story look like?

August 29, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

At its core, Sikh scripture – the Guru Granth Sahib – is a testimony to the love and longing of the Divine. Many shabads (hymns) contained within the Guru Granth Sahib use the metaphor of a bride’s devotion to her beloved to express the relationship of human being to the Divine. Consider this shabad written by Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of the Sikhs: The Gurmukh is the happy and pure soul-bride forever. She keeps her Husband Lord enshrined […]

Categories: Literature • Tags: anthology, Guru Amar Das, love stories, Sikh women, Women in Sikhism

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Valarie Kaur’s “10 Sikh Women You Should Know and Why You Should Know Them”

March 22, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

We Sikhs talk a great talk about women’s equality, but we are steeped in patriarchal culture that makes us complicit in the erasure of women, past and present. Even the few famous women in history are defined in relation to their men. Their full contributions as thinkers, poets, warriors, advocates unto themselves are eclipsed by the men they supported. The real life consequence? Sikh girls today are told they’re fully equal, and yet expected to carry out traditional subservient gender […]

Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Huffington Post, Sikholars, Valarie Kaur, Women in Sikhism

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Reflections on Sikholars Sikh Graduate Student Conference: Day 2

March 5, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In a previous post, I reflected on attending the Sikholars Sikh Graduate Student Conference at CSU East Bay in Hayward, California a few weeks ago. I commented on the first day’s presentations and panel discussions and now offer the same for the second day.  As before, I will refer to the blog post on The Langar Hall that provided a recap of the conference and also to the papers that were presented this year made available on the Sikholars website […]

Categories: Events, Reflections • Tags: Anand Karaj, Ashveer Singh, bhangra, Bindy Kaur, California State University East Bay, femininity, Gurpreet Sehra, Hindu Marriage Act, Jakara Movement, Kirpa Kaur, Loveleen Kaur, masculinity, racialization, Sabharwal Chair of Punjabi and Sikh Studies, Sikh art, Sikholars, Women in Sikhism

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