Jas Dosanjh
Living in Surrey, England, Jas is the second eldest daughter of Sikh Punjabi immigrants. An avid reader as a child, Jas’s life was restricted and oppressed, yet her books provided a window into different worlds outside her strict home life. Born and raised in the West Midlands in the 1980s, along with her five sisters, Jas learnt ear.... more
Living in Surrey, England, Jas is the second eldest daughter of Sikh Punjabi immigrants. An avid reader as a child, Jas’s life was restricted and oppressed, yet her books provided a window into different worlds outside her strict home life. Born and raised in the West Midlands in the 1980s, along with her five sisters, Jas learnt early on that as a girl she was a burden to her parents. Raised in a culture which disposes of girls either at birth or through arranged or forced marriage, Jas had dreams of becoming a journalist and working on Fleet Street. At the age of sixteen, a shock discovery and a forced engagement derailed her lifelong dreams. Thrown into an abusive, backward and oppressive existence by her parents - experiencing poverty, sexual abuse, banned from talking to boys and Muslims, bullying, forced marriage, infidelity, violence and attempted rape, Jas has survived trauma and distress, constantly fighting back against male dominance and patriarchy, both within her own family and with outsiders. There isn’t much that Jas hasn’t seen or experienced when it comes to family life and relationships. An entrepreneur who has been listed in Who’s Who of Britain’s Business Elite, Jas is now using her skills as a writer to throw a spotlight on the problems and issues facing young Sikh Punjabi girls and women. She wrote the book series Life Out Of Reach determined to expose the truth behind Sikh Punjabis living in the UK. Her no-holds barred memoirs are written without fear or hesitation, providing a window into the depths of depravity and male supremacy that exist within the Sikh Punjabi culture and religion.