Jyoti Grewal
Jyoti Grewal shares her powerful journey from surviving the 1984 Sikh Genocide as a five-year-old child to building a life of resilience and healing in Canada. Her story reveals how she navigated cultural expectations, patriarchal norms, and personal trauma to create a different path for herself and her daughters.
• Witnessing her father's death during the 1984 Sikh Genocide at age five
• Immigrating to Canada at age seven while her mother stayed in India
• Navigating between two cultural identities - Punjabi at home, Canadian outside
• Questioning patriarchal expectations that limited women's roles and independence
• Making the difficult decision to leave her marriage and redefine her self-worth
• Raising daughters with different values than those she grew up with
"Your light is not meant to be reduced. You were sent here on this earth, given this one beautiful life. Question the pieces that ask you to reduce your light."