To contribute your ‘Uniqueness’ is to enrich society with your flavor, your freshness, your thoughts, your talents, to which people may not like or agree with, but it’s your expression, your way of life. People can be so wired into a ‘Sense Of Sameness’ (SOS), when something or someone ‘Different’ comes along, they either disregard it as some sort of gimmick, or creates a sense of envy or jealously, like ‘wish I came up with that’, or simply ‘You don’t fit in to Our zone’, regardless of talent or whatever social status, OR they want you around to tick a box in their social circle, the ‘token’ box.…
Never been over religious, more a spiritual inclination over the years, especially the older you get, you question things more, plus growing up and being born a Sikh, I guess I kinda just went with the flow of attending Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples) with mum & dad without much interest in the deeper teachings of the faith, until I understood more on the philosophy side, the Sikh way of life…
Vaisakhi is the Sikh New Year festival which commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism (The Khalsa) was born as a collective faith through Guru Gobind Singh.…
Didn’t get time to make a full on banner to march the streets with today, but decided i’d become a physical banner myself, make some Sophia inspired badges and bang them on a coat…and perhaps, hopefully have a lovely conversation with people about who Sophia was and her importance to the Suffragettes movement.
Recently been reading more and more about the Suffragettes movement and how it all came about, and I was fascinated to discover that Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in Punjab and his Christian missionary German/Ethiopian wife, was a prominent figure who pioneered the cause of women’s rights in Britain.
Realising this, being a British Sikh myself born and bred here in London, this prompted me to delve deeper into her unique story which was unbeknown to me all these years.…
Thought i’d share the love this Valentines and make you a Nice Cuppa – Giclee on Canvas / 12 x 12cm / Limited Edition / Signed & Numbered *With Ginger Snaps
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