page_title: Gurmehar Kaur
section_title: Indo-Pak peace message video
hierarchical_section_title: Gurmehar Kaur / Controversies / Indo-Pak peace message video
caption_attribution_description: English: Gurmehar Kaur (left) at an Amnesty International event, Conversations 18' in New Delhi. Shehla Rashid (right) also pictured.
context_page_description: Gurmehar Kaur is an Indian student activist and author. As of 2019, she is pursuing her masters from Somerville College, Oxford University. Kaur is also an ambassador for Postcards for Peace, a UK based charitable organisation that helps eliminate any form of discrimination.
  Gurmehar Kaur came in the limelight as she was a part of the ‘Save DU campaign’ following the February 2017 clashes at Ramjas College between members of the Students Federation of India and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad when JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid Shora were invited for a campus seminar. Earlier, she was in the news due to a video she released.
  In October 2017, Time Magazine used the phrase "free speech warrior" in expressing their opinion of Kaur and included her in their "10 Next Generation Leaders" list for 2017. She has authored a book, a memoir, called Small Acts of Freedom which was published in January 2018 by Penguin Random House. She was also a speaker at the Harvard US India Initiative held in New Delhi in January 2018.
context_section_description: On 28 April 2016, a video was uploaded to Facebook by Voice of Ram (Ram Subramanian), featuring Gurmehar Kaur. The video was also uploaded to YouTube by Voice of Ram. Gurmehar Kaur launched the #ProfileForPeace campaign in April 2016, questioning the calibre of leadership of India and Pakistan in the video, and advocating "peace" between India and Pakistan. She styled herself as a "soldier for peace" fighting against war.
  The video went viral in February 2017, after Gurmehar came forward with a social media message against ABVP at Delhi University, a student federation belonging to the Sangh Parivar. It attracted much controversy and ridicule, particularly a statement: "PAKISTAN DID NOT KILL MY DAD, WAR KILLED HIM"
  In 2017, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India Kiren Rijiju commented on her video that 'Some Political forces are behind her statements (Spoiling the minds of the students)'. Former cricketer Virender Sehwag posted an image saying, "I didn't score triple centuries, my bat did". Javed Akhtar also commented on this issue as he counterattacked on all those who were against Gurmehar.
  Gurmehar's mother showed support for her daughter clarifying that "Her message in the video should be seen in a larger perspective. What she actually wanted to say was that war always brings destruction. I never wanted her to look at people of Pakistan or any other country with hatred. Situations make people kill each other during a war."
caption: Gurmehar Kaur (left) at an Amnesty International event, Conversations 18', in New Delhi. Shehla Rashid (right) also pictured.
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