What nationality is Rupi Kaur?

Rupi Kaur

Is Rupi Kaur vegetarian?

Being from a Sikh family, I’ve always been vegetarian, so it’s usually a massive bowl of eggs and greens.

What is Rupi Kaurs religion?

Kaur was born into a Sikh family in Punjab, India, on 4 October 1992. At age three, she emigrated to Canada with her parents.

Why is Rupi Kaur a feminist?

I kind of always considered myself a feminist even when I didn’t know what it meant; the reason for that was because I think being a girl was so difficult that any term that allowed me to embrace being a girl, I wanted it. So I heard the term feminism, and in that word I heard female, and I was like ‘yes, that’s me’.

What language does Rupi Kaur speak?

Kaur was born in Punjab, India, and moved to Canada when she was four years old. She can read and speak Punjabi but confesses that she doesn’t have the mastery of that language necessary to write in it.

Why did Rupi Kaur name it milk and honey?

The title ‘milk and honey’ was inspired by a poem Rupi wrote in 2012, where she used ‘milk and honey’ as a metaphor to describe the strength and resilience of Sikh widows who survived the Sikh genocide of 1984.