Recently, I got an email from (Mrs.) Christine Moliner, a French scholar engaged in research on Sikhs at Paris University (Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales). She had read my comments on Sanatan Sikhs and the RSS, so was interested to meet me. During her visit to India, she met with many scholars, religious/social/political activists. I am neither a big scholar, nor any political/social activist, so it was strange for me that she wanted to meet me. She would be very disappointed to meet me as I am not a knowledgeable person, I thought.

To my surprise, when she came to my house, she was looking like an Indian woman, like a Kashmiri Sikh lady. Had she not told me that she was French, I would have thought she is an Indian. She was in Indian dress.

We talked on various issues for a few hours. It was amazing to see that she knows so much about Sikh history and Sikh people. Even many Sikhs do not know as much about their religion, as she does. As she visited India for many times, she knows many-many aspects of Indian society, culture and history. For example, see her article: Between invisibility and dignity: India’s “Dalit“ and globalization

After a few days, we met again at Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. This time, her son was with her. Again, she was looking like a Kashmiri Sikh woman, in traditional Salwar Kameez. Interestingly, all the girl students of adjoining Art College were in Jeans and shirts. Well, Christine Moliner showed great interest in paintings and other articles displayed in the Museum.

It is nice to see scholars, like Christine Moliner, studying Sikh people and Sikh history.