Rakind Kaur reflects the feelings she experienced with pressure from her Sikh community members to get married. Through her poetry, she challenges the idea that women should be flattered at unwelcome advances.
Kaur Life shares notes and worksheets from the Gurbani Vichar session held by guest speakers Balpreet Kaur, Japman Kaur, and Ramandeep Kaur at the Kaur Life Virtual Retreat in early August 2020.
Dr. Jaspreet Kaur she shares her 15 year fitness journey and the amazing Sikh women who have helped her along the way. She reached out to four Kaurs and asked them to talk and train with her. The third Kaur is Kiranpreet Kaur.
Sirjan Kaur, a volunteer at the Singhu Border of Delhi supporting the Farmers Protest, shares her thoughts and observations at the 90 day mark of the protest.
Pooja Kaur reflects on her experience growing up as a Sikh in Indonesia, and facing years of bullying and identity struggles that led her to reject her roots. After visiting Harmandir Sahib, she begins to rediscover pride, faith, and acceptance in her Sikh identity.
In this article, Lakhpreet Kaur discusses the crisis of female feticide and gender-based violence in India, citing statistics that reveal the severity of discrimination against girls beginning before birth. Kaur also highlights the work of artist Jagdeep Raina, whose artwork brings attention to the realities of female infanticide and women’s rights.
Harbani Kaur Malik-Chaudhry shares her experience volunteering at the farmers protest sites in Delhi, India and interviewing Kaur farmers. These are a few of her conversations. She interviews Jasbir Kaur Nat, Punjab Farmer Union Leader, Kuljit Kaur from Sangroor District, and several Kaurs from the Karnal Bypass.
Kaur Life interviews Wendy Aujla & Heidi Erisman who started the project, Faces of Domestic Violence, an art-research endeavor around the topic of domestic violence and the South Asian community.
B.E. Kaur shares a poem reflecting on the tension between Punjabi societal expectations and Sikh ideals of equality. In her poem, she reclaims her autonomy through her vision of spiritual and personal sovereignty.
Kaur Life shares excerpts of a conversation with Wendy Aujla, about her research findings regarding domestic abuse and her interviews with survivors in the South Asian community.
