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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.... Read the full article on 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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