 I recently was asked to write a review of In the Master's Presence: The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib by Nidar Singh Nihang and Parmjit Singh. This is is a substantial piece of work, both weighty enough for the scholar, and light-hearted enough for the interested individual. richly deserving a very special place in the annals of Sikh and Indian History. The review was published in Des Pardes, the weekly Punjabi newspaper with a circulation of some 20,000 in the UK. You can read the English version on Sikhnet.
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Sikhnet today, Valelntine's Day, published this video, which we recorded when I was last in Espanola, New Mexico, the operating centre of Sikhnet.
In it I talk about how a man can make a woman feel like a woman, and the beauty of marriage. Happy Valentine's Day :)
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See the video here...
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Sikhnet today published this video, in which I talk about the benefits of treating a man like a man, how important it is to stop complaining, and how a woman creates the environment around her. Happy Valentine's Day :)
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See the video here...
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 You can tell a lot about a book by its book launch. The gathering in the Jubilee Room at the House of Commons for the launch of In The Master's Presence, a book by our friends Nidar Singh Nihang and Parmjit Singh indeed omens well for its future. Nidar Singh Nihang is an imposing figure, who looks as though he's just sauntered out of some eighteenth century military camp in the middle of nowhere and just happened upon the bastion of British Democracy for a cup of chai.
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There's a secret open to all, and that's the time early in the morning before the world wakes up. It's called the Amrit Vela. Amrit means nectar, subtle and sweet; Vela means shawl, all embracing; Amritvela are the ambrosial hours earlier than the first light before sunrise when the world sleeps and the devout pray. When Nick and I founded our company we called it Amritvela Limited in honour of this sacred time. Amrit Vela is the title which Sikhchic.com has chosen for an article which I recently wrote about the benefits of getting up early in the morning. Why not have a go?
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 Why do you get up in the morning? To go to work? Have breakfast? Or for yourself? How you answer this question will determine what sort of day you’re going to enjoy ahead of you. We all face those duvet moments. But getting up and getting on with starting your day positively will reap benefits for you way beyond that false security of a few more moments in bed.
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Read more about the delights of getting up in the morning...
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The media is filled with talk of recession, depression and crisis, all in very emotional languageand emotive of panic, insecurity, instability, gloom and doom. Crisis sorts out the wheat from the chaff, the men from the boys, and the warriors from the worriers. Worry and you're sticking your head in the sand.
And most of all, it tests women to rise above their innate predisposition to worry, be emotionally unstable and insecure. At this time, it is women who hold the trump card. If we don't gossip, stick to the facts, don't react, and manage our emotions and affairs with elegance and grace, we will make it through. This is the basis of my latest article for Sikhchic.com....
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There's a lot in the UK news now about knife crime. I have carried a knife since I was a very young girl. My grandfather gave me a penknife with which to sharpen my pencils, peel fruit and tighten screws which I kept all through my schooling in my pencil case, then in my pocket, until I started wearing a Kirpan, the Sikh knife.
A knife is also the symbol of a woman and her power to change situations. When a society is able to respect both a knife and a woman then, indeed, we will live in a community. This is the basis of my latest article for Sikhchic.com....
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Here's the third article for sikhchic.com. I often look back to the time described in this article when I need inspiration to overcome fear when I'm looking it in the face. I hope you're inspired by it too. Read the full article on sikhchic.com |
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This is my second article for sikhchic.com. I've been asked to become a regular contributor and I'm really looking forward to it. This article is all about my time in Punjab. Incidentally, the photo that the Editor has chosen to illustrate the article is of a man who will feature in one of my forthcoming articles. "When I received a piece of advice from someone whom I deeply respected, prefaced by "... and this is going to change your life in India completely", the last thing that I ever imagined it would be...." Read the full article on sikhchic.com |
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SikhChic.com, the leading website on culture and arts of the Sikh Diaspora, picked up an article I wrote about my time with the Nihang Singhs in Punjab, India. Read the article on SikhChic.com here. More information on and photography of Nihangs Singhs is available on my husband's website, www.nickfleming.com |
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Excerpt from the book: "Looking around me at the women whom I came into contact with through my high-powered work, so many of them seemed, like me, to feel dissatisfied deep down within. They were working in a male orientated world and had adapted male values and attitudes to make it. They denied and suppress their innate femininity, killing off what was most precious in them. Worst of all, they had lost not only their self-respect but also that of those they worked with. I realised the answer was not for women to leave the work place. Instead we needed to regain those qualities that made us womanly and integrate them into our daily, domestic and working lives. It was all upside..." |
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Read the full article by Guru Kaur
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