Mata gujri ji biography channel

Gurmeet Kaur, UNITED SIKHS  12/18/2004 at Chicago IFCAPS Seminar

on Seva, Simran and Shahadat

Guru Nanak had a vision for a conscious path for all men and women equally.  We have not done justice to his vision because one pillar of the society remains weak:  The woman in Sikh Path of life.  Even though our history produced perfect role models such as Mata Gujri, the dominant cultural subjugation of women has greatly overshadowed the spiritual reforms of the Guru.  Hence Guru Nanak’s vision remains unfulfilled, and the lessons from Mata Gujri’s martyrdom are forgotten.

Only by acknowledging the problem, committing to the solutions, taking personal responsibility, and seeking the true wisdom from Baani, will we, the women and men of the Guru, restore the principles of the social equality, liberty and justice, he laid out.

Let us look at the status conferred upon Sikh women and the state of Sikh women today,