Gurmehar Kaur

At a recent event, Vidya Balan was asked about her views on the Gurmehar Kaur row.

A lively conversation between authors Manjeet Hirani and Gurmehar Kaur made for an interesting and interactive event at Khan Market in Delhi on June 6.

Having been among the celebrities to have criticised Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur for having said that it was war and not Pakistan that killed her soldier father, wrestling star Geeta Phogat reiterated on Thursday that Kaur had every right to express her opinion but that her own view was that the college student was wrong in absolving Pakistan of responsibility in the death of her father.

After her debut book 'Small Acts of Freedom' social activist and ambassador for Postcards for Peace, Gurmehar Kaur is all set to release her next book in 2019.

Offering their support and solidarity to Gurmehar Kaur and the student community in Delhi University, Dakshinayan Abhiyan- an organization of progressive authors and social activists, held a demonstration in Goa on Thursday.

Gurmehar Kaur has a story to tell. But this time, she has written a book about it.

Randeep took to Facebook on Monday to clarify his stance saying that he wasn’t being insensitive to the daughter of a soldier, who gave his life for the country. He further defended himself saying that standing up for Sehwag was not a justification of the violence that broke outside Ramjas College.

"Against the tyranny of fear we stand with our students. For every voice raised in anger, intolerance and ignorance there will be a Gurmehar Kaur," Rahul tweeted. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal too endorsed Gurmehar's stand against the ABVP and violence on the campus.

The Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who created a stir on social media with her post on ABVP saw Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, cricketer Virender Sehwag and Olympic bronze medal winning wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt trolling her.

Concerned over the happenings on social and religious fronts especially pertaining to Kargil martyr Mandeep Singh’s daughter Gurmehar Kaur, the left leaning organisation ‘Punjab Lok Sabhyacharak Manch’ has decided to raise the concerns of the people especially women and the definition of nationalism through the medium of art and culture.

Delhi Commission of Women extended security to Lady Shri Ram College student Gurmehar Kaur after she received rape threats for having spoken out against ABVP in the aftermath of violence at Ramjas College last week. Kaur registered a complaint with DCW in this regard on Monday.

The Haryana assembly on Thursday witnessed bedlam over Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur issue, with the main opposition party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) demanding an apology from state health minister Anil Vij over his tweet that those who support her anti-ABVP campaign should be sent to Pakistan.

Gurmehar Kaur may have been mocked and even threatened for voicing her opinions on social media, but the Delhi student has proven once again that she is not one to cower down when she hit back at actor Randeep Hooda.

A Delhi University student who got rape and death threats on social media after launching an online campaign against the ABVP on Monday approached the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).

The Delhi Commission for Women on Tuesday asked Facebook to deactivate the accounts which were used to allegedly issue "rape threats" to DU student Gurmehar Kaur.

Kaur has been subjected to intense trolling on the social media over her stance against RSS-backed students outfit ABVP and a video campaign advocating peace between India and Pakistan.

Bollywood celebrities Anurag Kashyap, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vidya Balan have come out in support of Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, saying she has the right to express her opinion and should not be trolled for it.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday asked Delhi Police to take "exemplary deterrent action" in cases of offences against women.

A number of Sikh organisations and some political parties in Punjab have rallied behind Gurmehar Kaur after she received rape threats for speaking out against ABVP in Delhi. Gurmehar belongs to Jalandhar and it was here that her father, Captain Mandeep Singh, was cremated after he died in 1999.

After Javed Akhtar and Naseeruddin Shah, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid has come out in support of Gurmehar Kaur and students of the Delhi University condemning former cricketer Virendra Sehwag's tweet saying he represents Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and not India.

This time Amitabh Bachchan takes on a question about Gurmehar Kaur.

Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur on Tuesday joined a youth organisation ‘Future Talent Society’ as vice-president. She said that freedom of expression in the country has been under threat in the recent times.

When the rage over Gurmehar Kaur’s video excerpt was storming over social media after the Ramjas college violence in February, the 20-year-old decided to take the higher road. She decided to give her life a voice seen through the eyes of a woman shoved into public scrutiny at a transient time.