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Khurshid Khan, an eminent 60-year-old lawyer and deputy attorney general of Pakistan, wants to "heal the wounds" of the terror-stricken minority Sikh community in that country. So he does an extraordinary thing at a temple in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Every day, once he's handled his work as a legal expert, Khan visits a Sikh temple in the center of the city, wraps a piece of cloth around his head to show his respect, and sits in the doorway to shine the shoes of Sikhs, whose community has come under frequent attack by Taliban militants. Two months back, militants in Khyber Agency abducted three Sikhs and demanded a huge ransom for their release. Two were eventually freed. But one, Jispal Singh, was killed in brutal fashion and his corpse left on the roadside in the tribal area. "I went to offer my condolences to the family of Jispal Singh and that was a turning point in my life," Khan tells RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal. "I realized that as a Pashtun I should work to 'heal their wounds' by becoming their sewadar (servant). I want to give them a message of love and brotherhood, and that's why every day I am here to shine their shoes." Khan says he is himself a landlord and doesn't even shine his own shoes at home. But his cause inspires him to sit on the ground on a daily basis and shine 70 to 80 pairs of shoes. "I can see the light of love in their eyes for me and my people," he maintains. He adds that Sikhs have lived in the area with the dominant Pashtun communities for centuries, pay taxes, and play an important role in the economic progress of the region. But still, he laments, we fail to protect their lives and property. They are being killed and kidnapped by the Taliban in Orakzai, Kurrum, and Khyber tribal regions, Khan says, adding that other Pakistanis must stand by them in these critical hours and give them a sense of oneness and brotherhood. An estimated 28,000 Sikhs live in Pakistan, including about 10,000 who live in the tribal region and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of the conflict-ridden country. In May 2009, Taliban militants destroyed 11 Sikh homes in the Orakzai tribal district after accusing them of failing to pay "taxes." The ongoing conflict in the Buner and Swat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has displaced more than 200 families.

Waheguru! Stories like these bring tears of unexplainable joys to my eyes! Waheguru waheguru waheguru! thank you so much for sharing this veerjeo :happy: PS: Moving this to inspiration section

I've accutally never been tempted to cut my hair, or remove my pagg... I accutally try my best to die a good pagg (whoever knows me in real life, they must know how my pagg is ) If you can remember, I started a thread, on how to grow my beard (at 13 :L: ) A beard accutally looks so cool :cool: Kesh and Pagg :cool: It doesn't get better than that.

I think different. I think Man with Turban and beard look more handsome, smart, impressive, and more importantly, they look real Man.

Waheguru Ji is formless but at the same time Whaheguru Ji can adopt any form. When Guru Maharajh Ji asked Waheguru Ji "What is your main form (roop)". Waheguru Ji replied "Khalsa mera roop hai kaas".

Bro , in simple words , without any philosophical jargon, i would state does our creation is not an extension of ourselves ? when we discuss art we ask have you seen Picasso , have you seen Rodin? or in literature , we ask - have you read Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Dante, Tagore etc? same way what has been created by the God is an extension of Him , We every daty recite - Balihari KUDRAT WASSIA(i bow to thee living in your creation) , yes he is without form , at least he is beyond our intellect can imagine . Does this answer your question ? i have tried to simplify the statement FATEH