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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 husband’s 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 Women20 hours ago New Delhi: A group of Punjabi writers, social activists, academics, public intellectuals and others have ...

March 2, 2021 The white hatchback slowed down as it approached the toll plaza. At the wheels was a middle-aged Sikh man and in the passenger seat an old woman with flowing grey hair. Seated behind were three more women, one middle-aged and the other two much younger, who looked barely out of their teens. Toll plazas in Punjab—sites of permanent sit-ins by farmers protesting against the new farm laws—have been closed for months, free for vehicles to pass through without paying any fee. Yet, the man stopped and gestured at the protesting farmers camping on one side of the highway, trying to...

Punjab ground report: Six months on, farm protest remains strong – and united. Where is it headed? Anger over Modi government’s farm laws is rooted in a deeper disquiet that cuts across community lines. Left unresolved, it could take a dark turn. Feb 25, 2021 · 09:00 am Farmers and agricultural workers arrive to attend a rally against farm laws, in Barnala, Punjab, onFebruary 21. | Reuters/Danish Siddiqui The white hatchback slowed down as it approached the toll plaza. At the wheels was a middle-aged Sikh man and in the passenger seat an old woman with flowing g...