In the News
Mindful Baking Feature in Spirit & Destiny Magazine
Friday, 12 April 2013
I love that this Mindful Baking feature in the new May 2013 Issue (out today) of Spirit & Destiny magazine brings together so many aspects which are close to my heart: the Nihang Singhs, photographed by my husband, Nick Fleming, the Sikh tradtion of being known for the highest calibre food, and Cheese Leaves and oh-so-English Scones, a homage to my Grannie, and the Be the Woman First Wednesday High Teas we host here at home in London.
The Guardian Weekender
Thursday, 08 November 2012
Read the full article here where you'll learn what I used to do, where I shop, why and what for, and what the most important ingredients are for cooking (and life) and be surprised by what I'm most famous for...
For those of you who want to know these things, I'm wearing a cream long Alpaca dress by Toft Alpaca, the Botticelli cardigan I knitted a few years ago in Rowan yarn, and a now-vintage Georgina von Etzdorf scarf (well, I bought it over 20 years ago from Picketts), my karas (iron and steel bangles) and kirpan (Sikh knife) are from the Clock Tower Bazaar by the Golden Temple, Amritsar, and no shoes ;)
Painting in the Park - Docklands News
Monday, 22 August 2011
Painting in the Park is just one of the events which is happening this summer in Russia Dock Woodland, the green sanctuary which runs along the spine of the Rotherhithe Peninsula, London SE16. It's where we go most days to walk and feel good in the bosom of nature, a small droplet of Kent in zone 2. Docklands News' feature on it says:
The event, designed to encourage community use of the site, is being organised by the Friends of Russia Dock Woodland (FRDW) and is part funded by the UK Lottery Awards for All. Guru Kaur, a Rotherhithe resident and FRDW supporter, said: "Russia Dock Woodland is a jewel in the crown of urban London." I passionately know that we all need access to green spaces whose silence is birdsong. Painting, just like photography and meditation, the other events this summer, is just such a perfect way to appreciate this space. Never take anything for granted.
Meditation in the Park
Wednesday, 06 July 2011
Meditation in the Park was featured in our local Southwark News and you can read all about it on the Meditation in the Park web site .
My Chocolate Secret
Friday, 15 April 2011
On Friday 8th April we bicycled along the river Thames from home on a pilgrimage to the Chocolate Festival at the South Bank.
Vaisakhi on BBC Radio Network
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Happy Baisakhi!
This morning I was a guest on Sonia Deol's Morning Show on BBC's Asian Network. We talked about how I came to live a Sikh lifestyle, what it means to live by Sikh values and the transformation in attitude which Baisakhi symbolises for me, all interspersed with some celebratory Bangra-dance music.
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It was the music which first carried me back to my year living in Punjab, in the run-up to the Baisakhi Tercentennary Celebrations of 1999 when we spent many evenings dancing to its traditional rhythms with its updated beat. Its contrast with the devotional music heightened the build up of the celebrations creating an exuberance such as I'd never previously witnessed.
Vaisakhi on BBC1
Friday, 08 April 2011
Sunday, 10th April, I on BBC1 in the programme "The Story of Vaisakhi". Vaisakhi is the Spring Festival which is especially significant for Sikhs. It was at Vaisakhi 1699 in Anandpur Sahib, a small, beautiful town in Punjab in 1699 that Guru Gobind Singh created the Sikh identity that we continue to enjoy today. He gave all those who have the courage to stand up and be outstanding the majesty and humilty to serve.
A Different Breed
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Yes, that is Millie-Pup and me in our Sacred Space! It's all rather incongruous and surreal but in the midst of all the rather extraordinary canine love-ins there's a description of the embodiment of a graceful being:
"She doesn't complain;
she does't explain;
she doesn't blame;
she doesn't claim;
she doesn't shame;
and she doesn't aim".
I'm talking about Millie-Pup but also, I hope, all women who aspire and are inspired to be graceful.
Here's the short form of the trailer, there's a longer version too if you want the full impact:
Page Three Girls
Friday, 25 March 2011
The Art and Science of Turbans
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
It's literally years and years since someone asked me why I wear a turban, it's just part of who I am. Anyway, for those of you who always wanted to know, but never asked, you can see here the full, extended interview Jay did with me for his forthcoming documentary programme called Turbanology. The programme is being broadcast on Digital TV and is also available as a DVD.
The Tercentenary of The Guru Grandth Sahib
Wednesday, 03 December 2008
On Thursday 20th November my husband Nick (yes the cool photographer with a beard in the Microsoft advert) and I attended the celebrations to mark the 300 years of The Guru Grandth Sahib at the House of Commons. It was a wonderful event with highlights of music, tea and guests, and speeches. In particular, I enjoyed meeting Simon Hughes MP, who, as well as being the local Member of Parliament for the constituency I live in, is also the Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Sikhs. You can read about the event as reported on Sikhnet.
Launch of Regally Graceful™ Telseminar Series
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Regally Graceful™ Teleseminars launches a weekly series, starting Tuesday, June 17th, of globally accessible interviews with guests from around the world. I'm looking forward to hosting it and bringing a different perspective together with the expertise of the guests to issues such as relationships, careers, sleeping, eating, health and well-being.
read the news release here
Be the Woman... featured in Knit Today June 2008
Friday, 16 May 2008
"I've always been put off by self help type things thinking them faddy and aged hippie, but this course makes me smile every time I think of it", that's Nicki, one of our first Be the Woman... Alumnae writing in her monthly column in Knit Today's June 2008 issue.
She's totally got the whole vibe of the Be the Woman You were Born to Be... ...
Prosperity, Passion, Power of Enterprising Women
Friday, 16 November 2007
On 14th November here in London, during Enterprise Week, The Pink Shoe Club, of which I am an ambassador member, organised a summit for 100 phenomenal, enterprising women. During the afternoon I hosted 10 outstanding women in David Cameron's office at the Conservative Central HQ to discuss how our passion has inspired us. I so enjoyed that Theresa May MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons joined us. In the evening we adjourned to the Royal Society of Arts where I presented the outcome of all the 3 passion discussions to the All-Party Parliamentary Entrepreneurship Group and Emma Harrison, Chairman of A4E, who gave the keynote speech.
Opening the Living Divinely Photography Exhibition
Wednesday, 07 November 2007
In May 2007 the Nehru Centre, London, hosted the Living Divinely exhibition of photographs by Nick Fleming. It was the culmination of 8 years of his work, during which time he spent many months living with various spiritual communities recording their daily lives. In this opening address I answer the two questions that are most asked about Living Divinely: what started the whole idea, and how did it keep going. The answers may surprise you. At the end I daringly called a fabulous Nihang Singh (Sikh Spiritual Warrior) in full regalia up to lead everyone in a Sikh Battle cry. We nearly brought the roof off. It was probably the first time that something like that's happened in Mayfair. Click here to see it on YouTube. You can skip the introduction of it and go straight to the speech.
Guru Kaur at the House of Lords
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
On June 25th, 2007, London England, Lord Ahmed and Lord Harries, hosted the All-Party Parliamentary Interfaith Group on behalf of The Global Programme for Introducing the Prophet of Mercy. The event took place at the House of Lords and featured some seventy religious leaders and representatives from a diverse range of backgrounds as well as members of Parliament. Representing the Sikh tradition were Guru Kaur, Hari Karam Singh, Parmjit Singh and Harbakhsh Grewal.
