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I believe that gender discrimination within the Punjabi community is all around us. Take a look at the Gurudwara committee members in Toronto- practially all of them are men! If women want to join, she is looked down upon and gets ridiculed, since it is not a 'woman's job'. In addition, the hosts in Indian television shows are almost always a male with women acting as their 'little asscoiates' and having little to say in intellectual discussion. There is still the ignorant mentality that a woman's actions represents her family's honour more than the male's, and that a woman's 'real' home is at her in-law's house Bhangra music videos are a whole different matter, but I believe that the stereotypical way that women are portrayed in them socializes people in thinking negatively about women, in general. Almost all the time, bhangra music contain offensive lyrics abotu women and demean them. Music videos protray the outlook that women "like" to get followed and stalked by men! I am aware that not all people are brainwashed into thinking this way, but television is after all, a socializing agent.

The tragedy of 1984 has touched many Sikhs worldwide. I am a youth who is learning the essence of Sikhism as well as about the politics of India. There are many, many individuals that helped slaughter innocent Sikhs and are not yet punished (I don't think I need to name them as you guys all probably know just who I am talking about!), and are prominent members of the government. I want to do more in order to bring justice to the thousands of men, women and children who horrifically lost their lives. I want to help bring closure to families in Punjab that have had their loved ones arrested by the police, and never seen again. But how exactly do I go about initiating this? I mean, everyone talks about the injustices that Sikhs face constantly, but what about the action in this? How do we go about in bringing justice and peace? :mconfu: Do we get a petition? Or do we plead with local Punjabi news agencies to bring more awareness to this issue?