Punjabi Writers, Activists Say Self-Proclaimed Sikh Leaders Can t Take Away Women s Rights The anxiety over women entering into marriages of choice has deep-seated patriarchal and casteist roots, wherein a woman is perceived as property, and handed over from her parents to her husbandâs family, safely within the community and caste, with little say in the matter.
The 18-year-old Sikh woman from Kashmir who was brought to Delhi by community leaders . Photo: PTI
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New Delhi:Â A group of Punjabi writers, social activists, academics, public intellectuals and others have issued a statement expressing concern over what some community leaders have recently said about Sikh women marrying Muslim men.
Neha Saini
Sukhwinder Virk, 55, was among the busiest theatre actors in Amritsar, featuring in notable plays such as ‘Saka Jallianwala Bagh’, ‘Kuddesan’, and regularly touring
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1 Womenâs participation in farmersâ protests is being seen as a life-altering moment. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal
Geetanjali Gayatri
History is replete with stories of their heroism because valour runs in the Punjabi blood. But, unfortunately, so does patriarchy. And, there is absolutely no dearth of ghastly tales of honour killing, of female foeticide, of subjugation of the fairer sex and worse. These, however, are dark alleys and just not the place to be when the frost in the air gives way and spring is knocking, when the fields are yellow with mustard flowers, when the wheat crop stretches endlessly like a carpet of green and farmers await its shiny golden hues.
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1 Womenâs participation in farmersâ protests is being seen as a life-altering moment. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal
Geetanjali Gayatri
History is replete with stories of their heroism because valour runs in the Punjabi blood. But, unfortunately, so does patriarchy. And, there is absolutely no dearth of ghastly tales of honour killing, of female foeticide, of subjugation of the fairer sex and worse. These, however, are dark alleys and just not the place to be when the frost in the air gives way and spring is knocking, when the fields are yellow with mustard flowers, when the wheat crop stretches endlessly like a carpet of green and farmers await its shiny golden hues.
Areet Kaur
Bansi Kaul, theatre personality (August 23, 1949–February 6, 2021)
I first met Bansi Kaul in 1978 on a summer afternoon in Amritsar. My father Gursharan Singh and poet Amarjit Chandan had invited him to lead a month-long theatre workshop for my father’s group, Amritsar Natak Kala Kendra. At the time, Bansi Kaul was on the faculty of the NSD and also a director in its repertory. These were early days in his illustrious journey.
The workshop was intended to facilitate the production of Dhamak Nagare Di, which went on to become a landmark in Punjabi theatre history. The storyline was decided in consultation with Amarjit Chandan, poet Shehryar and Sabinderjit Sagar of Guru Nanak Dev University. It was agreed that the play would be a period-drama based on the peasant rebellion of Dulla Bhatti against the excesses of the Mughal empire, juxtaposed against the contemporary crisis in the agrarian sector.