Lifestyle
Finding Myself at Harmandir Sahib
I’m from a middle class family, in the developing country of Indonesia. It has a small population of Sikhs (10,000 to 15,000) and the…
Kaur Life
Faith. Inspiration. Exploration.
Lifestyle
Sexual Abuse in the Sikh Community
As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I have been inspired by all the women, and men, who have come forward with their personal…
Lifestyle
How to be a Sovereign Sikh in the Face of Cultural Appropriation & Colonialism
Austin, TX recently hosted the Austin City Limits Festival, an annual music festival where over 450,000 people flock to our version of Central Park….
Advice
Can A Sikh Join a Christian Youth Group?
We started this advice column as a space to hear and attempt to answer questions that our readers may be struggling with. While this…
Equality
Beyond Gender: A Mindset for Freedom
I am writing in response to Anonymous Kaur’s account of how her feelings, her mind, and her spirit were all treated in connection to…
Lifestyle
A Voice Silenced by Tradition
Anonymous Kaur writes about the disconnect she sees in our community – the disconnect between what we practice and what we read in gurbani….
Historical
Fading Photographs
Check out these lovely photos of Sikh women spanning 100 years from 1890 to 1980. As Sikhs, rarely have we been able to make…
Equality
Duality Pulls
B.E. Kaur feels that the frequent opposition of Punjabi social expectations to the egalitarian values of Sikhi have torn at her from the inside….
Lifestyle
Heteronormativity, Gender Perception, & Sikh Culture
Puneet Kaur Dhillon posted a photo on Instagram and unintentionally hailed a firestorm of comments, assumptions, questions, and critiques about her personal life. In…