In the scorching 42°C heat, under a blazing sun, Balwinder Kaur — with a neat patka tied on her head — performs ‘jal sewa’ (free water service) on Heritage Street outside Amritsar’s Golden Temple plaza.She speaks a mix of Mandarin, English and Punjabi. Balwinder’s maiden name was Jenny Ying and she is a Taiwanese, from Singapore. Jenny embraced Sikhism after her marriage to Patiala-based Gurdeep Singh and the couple is in Amritsar to celebrate her birthday, which falls on April 23.Ask her why she chose this way of life, and she says, “It gives me peace, shanti.”Jenny, aka Balwinder Kaur, met Gurdeep while they both worked in Singapore. After their marriage, Jenny came to Punjab to live with Gurdeep’s family in Patiala and never went back. “I fell in love with people, there is so much love. And of course, Sikh values and culture helped me take the decision. I believe there is nothing more powerful than ‘Wahe Guru’,” she shares with a smile that seems to prove that she is indeed ‘at peace’.Her husband Gurdeep says they have been travelling and visiting gurdwaras in Amritsar. “We wanted to pay our obeisance at Darbar Sahib and perform sewa together here to mark her birthday, which is special for us. Her family visits us often in India but she never went back,” he says.At a time when Punjab is struggling against religious conversions and migration of the youth, Gurdeep says Jenny embraced Sikhism with all her heart and follows its principles. “She loves listening to kirtan and performing sewa — which is the core of Sikhi. We want to appeal to the youth to be proud of our identity and faith,” he says.