Our rich Sikh history is soaked with the battles of strong Sikh Kaur warriors. Our mothers are strong Sikh warriors. Our grandmothers, our aunts, our sisters are all strong Sikh warriors. Yet, according to Merriam Webster, the word “warrior” is “a man engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly : a person engaged in some struggle…
mother/mama/mom all through college she told me she wore her hair in do gutta woke early each morning to twist the two strands together into shiny braids that sat tight on her shoulders as she listened to her professors talk to her about macroeconomics and political science in panjab she married at the age of…
Lakhpreet Kaur is the founder and editor-in-chief for Kaur Life and serves of the board of SAFAR: The SikhFeminist Research Institute. Lakhpreet earned a BA in Political Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where she also received an Honors in the Liberal Arts. She then went on to obtain her MA in International Environmental Policy form…
When Saij was first diagnosed I was angry and upset at God. “Why me? Why him? Why us?” was often the conversation I had with myself. And then I became strong and had faith in knowing that Saij was Babaji’s child before mine. I prayed for the strength to be able to take care…
Sargun Kaur, Japneet Kaur, and Biney Kaur are good friends. They came together to pour themselves into a line of Vaisakhi greeting cards which are available for purchase online for people in the U.S. and Canada! What was the inspiration behind the Vaisakhi greeting cards? Letter writing now is only spoken of in Harry Potter references or our…
Sargun Kaur was raised in the heart of the Bay which has led her to have a penchant for geeky technological breakthroughs, a palate for spicy and innovative cuisine, and a passion for creativity in all types of medium. She attributes her great wit in a large part to the Gilmore Girls and her horrid…
I grew up in a large, Gursikh household that was constantly active in the Sikh community through partaking in langar seva either at our house after akhand paahts, a random Friday kirtan, or at the gurdwara on sporadic Sundays. With my family of socialites, there were always people visiting and with that came lots of…
