[VIDEO] Q: "If Guru Gobind Singh wanted women in the Panj Piare, why didn't it happen then?" A: If a women would have stood up at that time, Guru ji would have accepted.Women are equal. Khalsa is beyond gender. Khalsa has no gender.
The Khalsa Panth has a Mother, her name is Mata Sahib Kaur. The love she gave her child Khalsa cannot be captured into words, however as good children of that mother we should sit and listen to her story.
Kamaljeet Kaur spent almost 10 years hand writing a Savrup of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib in Lareevaar. She is the first woman to hand write the SGGS since the Guru's times. This is her story.
This year's SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival gave voice to the concerns of the Sikh women.
Harpreet encourages us to make films for this years SikhNet online Film Festival.
Shanti Kaur Khalsa talks about the philosophy of gender equality in Sikhism and the deep tradition of female leadership in the Guru's time.
Shanti Kaur Khalsa says that, during the Guru's times, women were equal on all levels of life, including leadership. But discriminatory practices against women came into the Sikh life later on when different groups were in charge of places like the Harimandir Sahib.
Sadasat Simran talks about the reaction in India about him having a daughter. People tell him "don't worry". However, having a daughter is a blessing.
I was often wondering myself what the heck I was supposed to be doing, representing Sikhi but feeling so often like a weird outsider, no longer belonging to any people or country, just knowing I needed to be my Guru’s Sikh out there. I walked into so many gurdwaras not knowing the language or the culture even in the English speaking ones and feeling so inadequate. But you empowered me without hesitation....
This is number 14 in the SikhNet relationship series. Our couples panel talks about some of the cultural male chauvinism. Some women actually feel like a slave to her inlaws. The Khalsa broke these norms and started equality for women.