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9 Kaurs and Their Identity
“What is the Kaur’s physical identity? Do we have a universal “look”? What is (or should be) the Kaur image?” Many Sikh women have…
Faith. Inspiration. Exploration.
Kes Archive
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24 Reasons Sikhs Keep Kesh
by Lakhpreet Kaur Why do Sikhs keep long, un-cut hair? Seriously, give me a good reason! What’s the point of my kesh? Kesh, or uncut…
Advice
Can I Ask My Fiancée to Shave Her Pubic Hair?
We started this advice column as a space to hear and attempt to answer questions that our readers may be struggling with. While this…
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….
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Her Outfit. Your Comment. My Rage.
A Kaur’s Rage: Today, I am enraged. I am enraged because I woke up in a great mood, until a friend texted me about…
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Am I My Hair?
“You’ve never cut your hair? Not even a trim? No way…it’s so short!” A phrase I heard my whole life. By some genetic quirk,…
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Challenging Patriarchy in the Sikh Community
You may remember the spoken word poet, Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa from Australia’s Got Talent where she defended the Sikh identity, stood up for Sikh women’s…
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My Kes & Defining My Womaness
“Did you see the hair on that chic’s face?” he says to his girlfriend, walking away. She laughs. “Oh my god, that was so…