• INNARA GULL

Human beings have made great strides on the economic parameters and the world is much more progressive than ancient times. The world has emerged a global village these days. Some noteworthy steps have been taken for social upliftment of hitherto prejudiced sections of society as well. There are number of initiatives in place for realization of social equality based on inborn human rights concept irrespective of Sex, Cast, and Race etc. However the concept of social equality based on gender is still unrealizable for women. They are still facing notions of men’s slave, man’s enjoyment, patriarchy, property claim disputes, dowry issues, trafficking, inequality in executive, legislative and judicial branches, inequality in business etc. Although some progress has been made on certain fronts like women being PM, Defense Minister, business tycoons, activists, writers etc but the dream of social reformers like Guru Nanak (fonder of Sikhism) is still infant. The teachings of Guru gee that “All human beings are equal regardless of sex” is yet to be fully realized. He once quoted about the role and importance of women as “women as well as men are borne from women; there is none without her. Only the one true lord is without women” (Var Asa. Guru Nanak). Therefore everyone is equal before Lord why inequality before men. Guru Nanak jee rose to prominence on concept of progressive thinking towards women. He always insisted upon the recognition of women’s role in social development. Since they were not given any freedom or rights, like inheritance of property, right to worship and economic independence, Guru Nanak preached that women are equal to men to claim all rights for their welfare. The paper will discuss what Guru Nanak preached for the equality of women socially, economically and how still after five hundred years women are fighting for the rights that were preached and encouraged by Guru Nanak Dev. Since our society is yet to come out of the ancient mentality of this front, the renaissance of Guru Nank Dev jee’s teachings is need of hour. There is need to revive the teachings and sayings of Guru Nanak jee to evolve progressive and pragmatic society. The paper will further prop up the claim of women based on teachings of Guru Nanak. It will focus on the importance of teachings and morels to deal with the contemporary morel crisis prevailing in our society for the evolution of compassionate society based on equality for women in society and to cure prevailing evils against women in society. The paper will further discuss how nowadays people are awakening about the reality of fundamentals like gender equality, women empowerment etc. that were preached by Guru Nanak Dev. In the end focus will be would be the role of teachings in contemporary period to realize the dream of Guru Nanak jee.

Key words: Guru Nanak, Teachings, equality, women, empowerment.

"GURU NANAK DEV’S TEACHINGS AND WOMEN’S EQUALITY: A CONTEMPORARY STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.20-23, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904D04.pdf

"GURU NANAK DEV’S TEACHINGS AND WOMEN’S EQUALITY: A CONTEMPORARY STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp20-23, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904D04.pdf