# fierce herstory strongwomen womenpower womenleaders womenempowerment gurugobindsinghji sikhart art sikhi sikhism sikhtwitter artph artistontwitter under1kgang history southasianheritagemonth freejagginow ipledgeorange artists khalistan punjab indian operationbluestar goldentemple indiragandhi sikhgenocide guler pahari delhi nurpur himachalpradesh nainsukh harrai khalsa lahore ranjitsingh european companypainting williamsimpson amritsar nihang akalidal guruhargobind sikhs

*NEW EPISODE
Mata Bhag Kaur, aka “Sikh Joan of Arc”, led a group of men to battle in 1705, making her the first woman in the history of Punjab to fight in the battlefield!





3 19
2020-08-19

Update
It's the last Sikh Guru. Just edgier🦁👹 Same colour/outfit scheme as he was in the major piece I did for Sikh Heritage Month 🥳

0 3
2020-08-14

Quick Warmup.

Highly doubt I'll finish this one since I gotta work on my bigger projects, and unfortunately none of them are (alt-) Sikh based like pic related.




0 10
2020-08-05

Re-School!!! Character File "The Teacher's Pet"

> student who tells the teacher that "YES, cikgu, the class DID have homework to pass up today and YES, CIKGU, you FORGOT TO COLLECT IT"
> pariston hill from hxh was a major inspo
> sikh indian

+img desc

3 6
2020-07-31

Guru Nanak Devji, 19th cen Lucknow or Deccan. Wearing patchwork cloak on top inscribed Kurta & an embroidered pink cap with golden borders, scene set on a terrace. pic frm Chiswick.

33 146
2020-07-31

huh! just found out its been - I'm 2nd gen Punjabi Sikh. Music is pretty integral to Sikhism - whilst I can only speak/understand English, I've always loved kirtans and am often listening to them whilst drawing the pieces in my illustrated haiku world

14 43
2020-07-30

A quick sketch dedicated to Jagtar Singh Johal, a Sikh activist who was arrested in India with NO EVIDENCE or CHARGES against him. He has spend almost 1000 days in Prision as his court trials keep on being postponed without any conclusions.

64 96
2020-07-29

Aw you deleted the tweet.
The first pic is a selfie of me. Other pic of the alt-Sikh woman is from 2017 & it was my first time in a long time drawing a woman, but I did fuck up the feet, the corpses under her compensate. Here's something recent, and for an actual just cause:

0 0
2020-07-06

"Khalistan's Venom" (2020)

Done in MS Paint early 2020. A Khalistani female pre and post-battlefield carnage.
Mainly just practice drawing (older?) women.






2 7
2020-06-21

A man distilling liquor & another drinking. Start of the weekend. Company School 19th cen Sikh Style frm Yesterday Punjab Police seized a huge quantity of illicit liquor. https://t.co/xUzfU5qdxm

25 88
2020-06-13

"Blue Star" (2020)
My tribute to the 1984 led that saw the destruction & occupation of the heart of the people.





I urge my non-Sikh followers to read the thread and retweet

3 10
2020-06-11

After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, he was the most influential man in Punjab. When the British won the First Sikh War in 1846, Diwan Dina Nath was made head of the Governing Council by the British. He also signed the Anglo-Sikh Treaty. L frm Toor Collection & R Bonhams 2/2

2 16
2020-06-01

Eighth Guru, Guru Har Krishan ji receives a devotee, Family Workshop of Nainsukh, 1790. The child Guru died before reaching the age of 8, work with Toor Collection

15 80
2020-05-27

It is very hot in today, temperature expected to be around 46°c.
From , c1790 painting from by
'An Attendant Tilts the Umbrella to Block the Sun-rays from Falling on the 7th Guru

11 73
2020-05-27

The Dasam Granth actually had quite a central place in Sikh practice. Historically, its parkash was even done side-by-side with the Guru Granth Sahib (although with a smaller palanquin, to denote it wasn't the Guru). This was phased out by reformists (other than Hazur Sahib). https://t.co/j1P1V8MzbV

18 102
2020-05-22

East meets West.
A mid 19th century painting from identifies the man as Maharaja Emperor of while the person's identification is open to conjecture
From an album of covering various subjects & now at

9 35
2020-05-08

A Chromolithograph by British artist 1864, & now with of 'A Seated Holy Man with Figures',
The seated man is a an armed warrior class, having its origins in of 🙏

12 51
2020-05-04

A party of 13 Sikh men seated in front of tree with tent in the background, identified in an additional sheet. Some holding swords & shields. 1850 from

44 161
2020-05-02