![]() ![]() Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism, which emerged from Punjab - tilled his own fields. Agriculture is more than a livelihood it is the bedrock of the region's language, culture and, in our case, our religion. This rootedness to Earth runs deep in our homeland of Punjab, a lush, fertile, agrarian region intersected by five large river systems. It's a twinge that, I suspect, is similar to what my parents felt when they arrived in this country - a disconnection from the natural world where everything has its own place. Although I, Raji, left the farm shortly after high school, I regularly feel its absence, especially at the times of year when the seasons turn. ![]() These farming traditions are passed on to subsequent generations. Raji Aujla at her family’s apple orchard in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley.
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