Women as Object - "Bhand" The heroic struggle of "Nirbhaya" the gang rape victim from Delhi is finally over. The brave girl wanted to live .. she said this to her mother but alas ... this was not to be and we lost this brave daughter of India today. As we all ponder over her sad struggle, its time to think that she could have been our sister, daughter, or mother. A woman brought you in this world and you do not have the right to disrespect one or treat her like an object. This was the teaching of Guru Nanak, one of the greatest spiritual teacher form India and the founder of Sikhism. Asa di Var is a collection of hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib which are sung early in the morning. The word bhand means woman as object, and is the theme of one of the Asa di Var hymns written by Guru Nanak. The great teacher tells the men of his time to not treat the women like a "Bhand" or object because we are all born from the same object. Guru Nan