Inni Kaur

Creative Director

Inni Kaur is Creative Director at the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI), where she leads content creation, branding, and external communications.

She has been deeply involved with SikhRI since 2009, having served as an Advisory Council Member, Board Member, Chair of the Board (2014–2016), Chief Executive Officer (2016–2019), and currently as Creative Director (2019–present).

A frequent speaker at community and interfaith gatherings—including engagements with the U.S. Office of the Pentagon Chaplain and several universities—Inni brings Sikh teachings into accessible dialogue with diverse audiences.

She is a passionate author, poet, and artist. Her published works include Journey with the Gurus, a children’s book series inspired by the life and teachings of Guru Nanak Sahib, Sakhi-Time with Nani ji, Thank You, Vahiguru, Daddy’s Turban, The Story of Us, The Fragrance of Bhai Vir Singh, Resilient Roots: A Sikh Family’s Journey, and The Brave Nightingale and The Golden Temple.

Inni is deeply immersed in the transcreation of Sabad (Infinite Wisdom) and the writings of Bhai Vir Singh, infusing her work with reverence, clarity, and poetic insight. Inni’s writing is grounded in Sikh thought and inspired by the beauty of everyday moments—cloud-watching, mindful walks, and quiet reflection. She resides in the United States.

Videos

Friday
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20
August
2021

Session 4 - Rahit: Eternal Lifestyle Questions & Answers

Inderpreet Singh and Inni Kaur explore Rahit-lifestyle through the Bani of Sidh Gosti. What are eternal questions? Why are we still struggling to understand them?

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Tuesday
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1
June
2021

Guru in Sikhi: Up Close & Personal

This Sidak event provides participants aged 18-40 a 4-hr glimpse into the 2-week Sidak summer leadership program. The prospective Sidakers will get a chance to preview learning and sharing via the curated content and the inspired facilitators.

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Tuesday
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1
June
2021

Session 2: Connecting Through Sabad

Session 2 - Connecting Through Sabad: Diveesh Singh, Jasleen Kaur, Kiran Kaur, and Satprit Kaur share transcreating techniques with the participants to strengthen their connection with Guru through Sabad.

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Tuesday
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6
April
2021

Countdown to Vaisakhi 2021: Inni Kaur

Inni Kaur, Creative Director at Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) shares her reflection on Vaisakhi.

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Wednesday
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31
March
2021

Guru Teghbahadar Sahib Voices: O Mind! Transcend

Guru Teghbahadar Sahib: The Benevolent Warrior. Inni Kaur talks about how transcendence lies not in the wishful disappearance of opposition from without but in the resolution within to disregard and rise above it. How do we rise from the fragmented universe of our fears?

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Sunday
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28
March
2021

Guru Teghbahadar Sahib: The Benevolent Warrior

Watch the entire conference as SikhRI celebrated the 400th Parkash Purab of Guru Teghbahadar Sahib!

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Podcasts

Monday
,
22
May
2017

All-Pervasive Enables World-Ocean Crossing

The Sabad urges the mind to utter the divine name of the Charmer-Divine for liberation. It speaks of the complete elimination of countless transgressions, facilitated by the grace of the All-Pervasive, enabling the crossing of the metaphorical world-ocean

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Monday
,
16
January
2017

You & I, I & You; What’s the Difference?

This composition by Bhagat Ravidas is in Rag Siri, an ancient musical mode sung at dusk. Its mood is majestic, reflective, and meditative. 

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Saturday
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26
September
2020

Life, Death & Purpose

Inni Kaur shares her reflections of recently losing a close relative with Kulvir Singh. Together they explore their personal thoughts on life, death, and purpose, whether it is their own or others.

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Monday
,
18
September
2017

I Have Come to Listen and Read the Teachings

‍The Sabad speaks directly to the "unaware mind," urging it to become aware of the profound narrative told by the Truth-Exemplars, the enlightened beings who carry Divine wisdom.

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Tuesday
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26
September
2017

Rain! O’ Revered Cloud! Delay Not Even a Bit

In this Sabad, the rain is a natural phenomenon and a metaphor for the Divine’s grace. The Guru pleads for the rain—symbolic of the Divine presence and love—to descend upon their scorched heart.

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Articles

Monday
,
9
October
2017

I am Nothing, I have Nothing, Nothing is Mine

Bhagat Sadhna's Sabad resonates with themes of sacrifice, humility, and devotion in the profound melody of Rag Bilaval. Bilaval, renowned for its determined mood, provides a fitting backdrop for this expression of deep spiritual contemplation.

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Monday
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16
October
2017

Fortunate are Dyed in Red-Love-Color

In the joyous Rag Bilaval, Guru Arjan Sahib's Sabad resonates with themes of divine love, immortality, and spiritual fulfillment. Bilaval, a rag known for evoking feelings of happiness, accomplishment, and determination, is a fitting backdrop...

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Monday
,
30
October
2017

"Be-gam-pura" – City’s name is "Sorrow-less-ville"

This Sabad, composed by Bhagat Ravidas ji in the Gauri rag, reflects a vision of a sorrowless realm, a state of being beyond pain and anxiety.

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Monday
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20
November
2017

ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ਕੋਈ ॥ ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥ Freedom and Final State of Existence is Through the One

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute as used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

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Thursday
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30
November
2017

All-Enchanting Sabad

“This Divine Narrative of the All-Pervasive is what Guru Arjan Sahib has gifted to humanity.The way to experience divine realization, is revealed in Sabad.”

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Monday
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4
December
2017

ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਜੋ ਸਿਖੁ ਅਖਾਏ ਸੁ ਭਲਕੇ ਉਠਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੈ ॥ One Who Calls Oneself a Sikh of the Guru, Rises at Dawn, Contemplates on All-Pervasive Nam

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute as used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

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