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How can she be called inferior? : The Indian Express
Punjab, July 05: Women in the Sikh community are increasingly demanding the equal rights that they have been endowed with but which have been denied to them because of traditional practices promoted by an overzealous clergy. These practices evolved during that twilight period between the days of the Gurus and the political struggle for power in the Punjab.
Punjab, July 05: Women in the Sikh community are increasingly demanding the equal rights that they have been endowed with but which have been denied to them because of traditional practices promoted by an overzealous clergy. These practices evolved during that twilight period between the days of the Gurus and the political struggle for power in the Punjab.
Take, for instance, the practice of having women musicians present the Shabd Kirtan at the Golden Temple. Muslim rababis can be allowed to do it, but not women. Similarly, women are not allowed to sweep, wash and tidy the sanctum sanctorum or give a hand when the Holy Book is brought into the Golden Temple in a procession from the Akal Takht at the ambrosial hour for installation and when it is carried back in the evening, escorted by hundreds and thousands of devotees singing hymns.
Take, for instance, the practice of having women musicians present the Shabd Kirtan at the Golden Temple. Muslim rababis can be allowed to do it, but not women. Similarly, women are not allowed to sweep, wash and tidy the sanctum sanctorum or give a hand when the Holy Book is brought into the Golden Temple in a procession from the Akal Takht at the ambrosial hour for installation and when it is carried back in the evening, escorted by hundreds and thousands of devotees singing hymns.