I am Daarji

... .For sadly weep our daughters in the 'Land of Five Rivers. The pages of Sri Guru  Granth Sahib are replete with many names for God, some are masculine in gender while others are feminine…But, what remains a commonality is that all these names are used to describe God. A fair deduction drawn from this is that our Gurus did not consider God to be either male or female. T he Mool Mantra states that God is Ajuni (Unborn), in other words, God belongs to neither sex. If this is the case, why does our patriarchal society impose stern taboos only on a girl child? Why do our girls get subjected to biases and remain illiterate and ill-treated? For all its glory that we talk of, it is a horrendous practice in Punjab whereby infants are murdered …All but the exception are little baby girls put to death by their own parents or at the least by their mute consent. This observable ritual of female infanticide is as old as the Sphinx in many cultures …the Arab and Asian countries, such as ...

  Greater Punjab..... Once it was Trauma of bifurcation. Maybe one day... Trifurcation now. Greater Punjab ....Once it was! The first known use of the word Punjab is in a book on Sher Shah Suri, which mentions the construction of a fort by "Sher Khan of Punjab". Though the first mention of the Sanskrit equivalent of Punjab, occurs in the great epic, The Mahabharata  ...... as the 'Pancha-nada' 'country of five rivers’. The Greater Punjab was once the vast territories of eastern Pakistan and north-western India. It included, in its original sense, regions extending from Swat valley and Kabul in the west to Delhi in the east... i.e. from the mountain ranges of Afghanistan to the plains of Ganges and up north embracing parts of Jammu Kashmir all the way to Tibet. Punjab means "Land of the Five Rivers”. It is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are the Be...

The Thundering Horsemen of the ‘Lakhi Forest'. The Thundering Horsemen World History is an enduring  and lasting record of the times and men of yore. ..All good histories are written on the basis of verifiable facts. Now, if you enjoy legends …This is an unfolding saga you will enjoy in the History of Punjab, for it is not just an ephemeral transition of events……It is our story….Your story and mine.  Simply said, it is imaginative stitching of many stories into a heroic saga in historical context, making it an elegant exploration of our community that defines its culture, and sheds light on its past.  However, we need to learn the importance of evidence, so that we can distinguish it in a wider perspective without biases and typecast opinions. Believe you me, there is a relationship between our past story and our present reality …The after effects resonate strongly in the present state of affairs of a community or you could say, even a cou...