“I Get Peace: ” Gender and Religious Life in a Delhi Gurdwara

In October and November of 1984, after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, approximately 3500 Sikh men were killed in Delhi, India. Many of the survivors—Sikh widows and their kin—were relocated thereafter to the “Widow Colony”, also known as Tilak Vihar, within...

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Main Author: Arora, Kamal (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Ethnography
B Widowhood
B Violence
B Sikhism
B counterpublic
B Gender
B Embodiment
B Prayer
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