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A lot of people like this are encouraged to retain their former religious appearance in order to trick and deceive their people. They do this with the Jewish faith too, where Christian missionaries will dress up as religious looking Jews (black clothing, long beard) in order to infiltrate and convert more Jews into Christianity. This is the same tactic this guy is using. From his looks no one from the Sikh community can tell he is a former Sikh and now fully Christian. He looks like a religious Sikh and most Punjabi people have respect and trust for people that look like this. This guy will then take advantage of their trust and respect for his looks and start to brainwash them about Christianity. In India, they do the same thing with Hindus, where these Christian missionaries will use typically Hindu religious vocabulary to trick and deceive their intended audience. Sikhs need to be aware of such people.

I am going to bump this topic as PSDHadi has done a fantastic job in highlighting the kala of Dhadi Waran in UK, and his youtube channel has amazing info on it. PSD has also taken the great step of naming the dhadi raags and their performances. I hope this is something that more Sikh youths get into, as focus of the western sikh youths seems to be focused solely on Kirtan(not criticising) and ignoring Kavishri and Dhadi kalan. Good work Bhaji. Lets see some more good stuff go up on your channel.

bhai vir singh ji dia hor v rachnava v bht awesome ne sundari,jeewan kanni are gud examples

Nothing but islam is to blame here, ex-pat afghan Sikhs and wider global Sikh leadership. Those afghan Sikhs lucky enough to have settled aboard have done nothing absolutely nothing for their distinct community back home apart from a few appeals here and there they have not put any serious financial or political efforts. Even their kids they raise aboard they do not teach them to have that strong patriotic Sikh identity and to make sure their community survives and conquers afghanistan like the muslims refugee's do of non-muslim lands. This failure to instill in their people fighting spirit and their right to their native afghan homeland is their downfall and will not get better until they themselves wake up and realise Afghanistan is their land and not land for muslims or islam they are not outsiders but sons of afghan soil.

WJKK WJKF I'm 15 years old, I've grown up in a non-amritdhari family and my dad cuts his hair. I've kept my kesh my entire life and so has my younger brother. I've been doing kirtan and path for most of my life, my dad has no problems with that. But I wear a dhamalla/gol pagh and my parents don't like that. I don't want to wear the other type of "regular" pagh that he wants me to wear ...my dad tells me dhamlla's make people look uneducated. He also makes me use fixo for my beard, while I want to keep it open. Another problem that I'm facing is my masee (aunt)... wants me to trim my beard! And I've told her I don't want to and never will, but she keeps on annoying me about it. What can I do to get my aunt and my dad to just let me do what I want? Any help would be great. Thanks. WJKK WJKF

The evidence this policeman would get most of the people in power jailed if it went to court both Congress and Akalis. Hence nothing is said in the media. There is a bit in the Times of India, http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-04/india/40370017_1_fake-encounters-cbi-probe-surjit-singh Ensaaf cover the incident http://www.ensaaf.org/multimedia/

Does anyone know where the english translation is available? And if someone could briefly explain the Granth, that would be great. WJKK WJKF

ive heard sikhs in uk raid places cause they believe their was alchole and meat at the location and took the guru granth sahib out of the building what about people who download the guru granth sahib onto their computers and watch porn on the same computer how should those people be dealt and when are sikhs crossing the line into idol worship respect guru granth sahib teachings by practising them but it just seems like sikhism has bin mixed with hinduism with how sikhs treat the guru granth sahib and this may be do to the fact of british control of the gurdwaras and 100 years ago illiterate sikhs growing up with hindus getting two customs mixed together

So much suffering ... waheguru ...just to keep a piece of land united ? http://vimeo.com/70180483#

It Just a test guys,don't If your tempted to change religions , PLZ don't do it. As Maharaj Ji is just testing you...don't fail the test

These are tactics to trap more people of Sikh backgrounds with their propaganda. In Punjab, Sikh converts to Christianity keep their names and also appearence. You will find photos of a Nihang praying to Jesus by the way. Secondly they use religious terminology of that particular religion for their own Christian things to fool the masses. They use the words 'satsang(at)' for congregation, Satguru for Jesus and other things to fool Sikhs. This is a real threat to Sikhi as especially the so called downtrodden Sikhs are prone to being converted because discrimination based on caste is still rampant in rural Punjab. Check the case of Tarn Taran (one of the few Sikh strongholds in Punjab) where 43 Sikhs converted to Christianity. Their numbers have tripled in a decade in Punjab.

Veerji, stop blaming others. If i want to then i can start blaming organizations and make statements such as where is missionary college, where is professor darshan lal, dhunda, sarna on this news. None other than human rights group are interested in this, even some of those human right groups or certain people are in this for publicity. There is one hiur long audio by sant ji in which he explains quite well the situation of 80's and how he clearly named backstabbers of khalsa panth. Those ppl are still running for the public office.

The Brave Hindu brother, Bhai Dula Singh,who joined Khalsa fauj of Baba Jarnail Singh ji and became a Shaheed fighting for defense of Darbar Sahib in Operation Bluestar.He was just 17 that time. He had a Blue Gol Dastar on his head during the Battle.He was given this name by Santji! Dula means 'Beloved Son'. The Hindu Brahmin brother,Hardev Singh(Bhola Pandit) who sacrificed his life fighting for defence of Darbar sahib alongside Khalsa fauj.

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Another Punjab Policeman Speak out about Human Rights abuses; Ensaaf releases video Ludhiana, Punjab (July 13, 2013): Last week, Punjab Police Sub-Inspector Surjit Singh publicly stated that former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Paramjit Singh Gill of Amritsar district ordered him to kill 83 men in faked encounters during the 1990s. Surjit Singh’s story is not a singular one. In a video released by a Human Rights NGO, named Ensaaf, a former Punjab Police officer Lakhwinder Singh describes his experiences in the police force, where he witnessed his colleagues performing torture. He himself narrowly escaped a faked encounter. Lakhwinder Singh describes, however, how the police did kill his father in a faked encounter. Lakhwinder Singh, another Punjab Policeman, speak out about human rights abuses in Punjab Lakhwinder Singh, another Punjab Policeman, speak out about human rights abuses in Punjab “Lakhwinder Singh’s story is one of many that call for us to defeat impunity in Punjab. We must continue the fight for justice despite setbacks such as the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s dismissal of Surjit Singh’s petition seeking protection for his life earlier this week” Ensaaf has stated. “Surjit Singh has been receiving death threats following last week’s announcement and is worried about his and his family’s safety. Surjit Singh’s lawyer Rajvinder Singh Bains and human rights defender Kirpal Singh Randhawa will now approach the Supreme Court on his behalf”, it stated further. According to Ensaaf “by the end of the ‘Decade of Disappearances’ in 1995, security forces had disappeared or killed tens of thousands of Sikhs”.In order to cover up their crimes, Punjab security forces killed human rights defenders such as Jaswant Singh Khalra and Sukhwinder Singh Bhatti, as well as secretly cremated thousands of victims of extrajudicial executions between 1984 and 1995. As demonstrated in Ensaaf’s joint report with Human Rights Watch, Protecting the Killers: A Policy of Impunity in Punjab, India (Oct. 2007), India’s institutions have failed to acknowledge and address the systematic and widespread nature of the abuses, and accordingly have not provided truth, justice, and reparations to the victims and survivors. Still nothing from our Jathedhars, Sants, Nihangs , SGPC and other large organisations. Its a shame they cover up with the Government

Got kicked out? Lol. But yes, I'm sure just by googling How to speak punjabi, You will get thousands of websites

We're working on it. I will name it "Haaye Meri Jaan Nu Siyappa Pai Giya" section.

So it makes me less of a gursikh if I choose to reject animal products including dairy ? I thought sikhi was a broader, all encompassing non judgemental philosophy.

WRT SPEED OF PATH - CAN WE HAVE A SEPERATE THREAD PLEASE? HAS ANYBODY HEARD KIRTAN OF BHAI RANDHEER SINGH JEE - HAZOORI RAAGI DARBAAR SAHIB, HERE YOU GO - THAT'S THE WHY I LIKE TO DO MY NITNEM SOMETIMES (ESPECIALLY JAAP SAHIB), SO 2-3-4 TIMES REPITIION OF A SINGLE LINE,SLOWLY TO MAKE GURBAANI GO IN MY SOUL/BRAIN/BLOOD. SO, I FEEL SLOW IS THE KEY ..., FAST LOOKS LIKE I PROBABLY JUST WANT TO RUN AND CATCH A TRAIN ... PROBABLY MY "SOUL", INNER MAKES A LOT OF NOISE, AND TILL THE TIME I DON'T DO PAATH SLOWLY, SOUL DOES NOT LISTEN AND HENCE NO BENEFIT OF DOING IT. IF ONE IS DOING IT FAST, AND ONE'S SOUL IS LISTENING, THEN GOOD.

Roti meri kaath ki , lavan meri bhookh ... jehre khan ge chopriya ghane sahange dukh - bhai fareed ji veerji thanks for the detailed answer but dairy was need of the hour when there weren't enough calories to go around ... in the modern world we dont need to steal breast milk of another species which was intended for its calf. How come all the mahapurshas have Tond /goggar ( pot belly ) ? Guru nanak devji says - "Dhirg eheva jeeveiya jit khai vadaiya pet" How would you like if in future an alien species invades earth and start to steal human mothers' milk to satiate its own taste buds ? Humans have no need for any animal products ....period. Its just for 'chaska' ... jeebh da swaad . Why do you think is there so much heart disease, diabetes , hypertension and myriad other chronic diseases among punjabis and other dairy consuming populations. You might enjoy drinking blood, pus and hormone laden 'milk', it just disgusts me. Finally take a look where your dairy comes from Daya kare Jee kee , kich pun daan kare Personally the more I advance in my spirituality , the more I feel for others pain - humans and animals alike.

We need to stop being hippies about this issue and not give into political correctness, but at the same time remain objective and cool minded or no one will listen.

Let's be honest here and not beat about the bush. The person you wrote of clearly has mental heath issues, who but a madman would want to leave Sikhi for the so-called 'religion of peace'. I suggest just as he seems to be against the way his parents raised him then his immediate relatives such as his parents or uncles need to make sure that he doesn't commit child abuse by raising his kids as Muslims. He is an adult and has a choice but his kids maybe being forced to become Muslims. I think we need a lot more honestly in relation to these sorts of incidents. Only a few decades ago one would not have found one Sikh becoming a Muslim but now we appear to have some fool brainwashed by Muslims every few months. The thing we need to consider is not that we have lost a Sikh, we should consider that a fool has left Sikhi and increased by one the number of brainwashed Muslims there are in the world. Our aim should be to bring others into Sikhi and we should not be expending our energies on idiots like that guy who will take his mental heath issues into their religion and out of ours. He's just another <banned word filter activated> who's likely to end up blowing some fellow Muslims up in an attempt to get to the Islamic whorehouse in the sky. Just as he leaves no doubt a non-Sikh whether in US, Canada, UK or even in Bihar or Madhya Pradesh will become a Sikh. That Sikh will be a thousand times more worthy of the support of his fellow Sikhs than the fool who left Sikhi. He will bring with him the spirit that the Sikhs of old had and not the fool who wants to become a Muslim just because he's seen a sharabi or smoker in the langar hall. I remember some years ago there was a <banned word filter activated> born in a Sikh household who also was brainwashed into Islam. He ended up in jail as he stabbed some Muslims in a Mosque after an argument. The only unfortunate thing was that he stabbed some normal Muslims rather than the ones who brainwashed him.

VaheguruJiKaKhalsa VaheguruJiKiFateh I was wondering how much jaap of Raag Mala is needed to obtain Gurmat Sangeet Vidiya? I've heard in Giani Thakur Singh Ji's katha about the incident when a Ragi Singh (who was close to Sant Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji) went to see a Raag Festival and he said " I know raag too" but the Muslim Sufis just laughed at him. He was upset :sad2: and told about this to Sant Ji. Sant Ji said do 125,000 (Sava Lakh) path of Raag Mala and there alas after his efforts, the raag played for him! Dhan hai Guru de pyare. However, I was thinking how many do you need to do daily (roughly) to obtain this precious gift. VaheguruJiKaKhalsa VaheguruJiKiFateh

he looks chardikala

Punjab Haryana High Court dismissed the petition Monday July 8, 2013, Chandigarh: The Punjab & Haryana High Court today dismissed Sub-Inspector Surjit Singh’s petition. The petition anticipated threat to his own life and sought protection for him. The Court counter questioned Surjit Singh’s lawyer as to whether Sub-Inspector Surjit Singh had approached his seniors within the Police for protection, to which Surjit Singh’s lawyer stated they had no faith on the Police. The presiding Judge however was not convinced that Surjit Singh needed protection and dismissed the petition. Punjab Police Sub-Inspector Surjit Singh had recently created a sensation by making claims that he was involved in several encounters during 1993 and that several of those encounters were fake. Surjit Singh had sought direction of the High Court for protection from Punjab Police IG Paramjit Singh Gill and Ranjit Singh Hundal, SSP, Tarn Taran. The petitioner had stated that he had actively participated in four encounters first. In these encounters Sheetal Mattewal, Deputy Chief of Dashmesh Regiment of Khalistan and seven others were killed. Mattewal’s encounter was real but later, his wife Narinder Kaur and two brothers were picked up and killed extra judiciously, the petition stated. He has also given a list of 16 other encounters, which according to his petition were fake and several persons were killed under the supervision of Paramjit Singh Gill, the then Senior Superintendent of Police, Amritsar, who has been promoted to the post of Inspector General of Police and is presently posted as Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana. SI Surjit Singh’s laywer RS Bains has said that they will be approaching a higher court.

Heard it in a katha by Giani Thakur Singh Ji that's why I mentioned it

It may be mentioned that the Akali Dal had promised in its manifesto for the 1997 Assembly elections to order judicial probe into militancy which might have investigated this aspect also. However, Badal later backtracked from this promise. Rather several of the police officials whose names used to be linked to fake encounter and state repression came to be the favorites of the Badal government. - See more at: http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/confession-on-fake-encounters-by-police-official-fails-to-create-stir-in-punjab/82305#sthash.dMHpYTwP.dpuf

Most British Sikhs I know here are from London (and they all support Arsenal). They seem to be rich as well since they tend to live "posher" side of my town. I LOVE LONDON (my favourite city in the world), but I hate how arrogant some of our Sikh brothers (at least Sikh girls in UK are nice towards us Canadian Sikhs) in the UK could be about Canadian Sikhs and referring us bunch of "pindus".

Recent admission by Punjab cop in his own admission to execute 83 sikhs in cold blooded murder.As usual punjabi media and national media is quiet. While Ishrat Jahan fake ecounter is back in limelight. What could sikhs in India and Abroad do to focus this case in national and international media? The cop admitting to his involvement might be "eliminated" or be forced to recant his story to protect higher up's like k.p.gill etc.

ok lets all forget the atrocities that were committed to make canada the nation it is now and wave the maple leaf flag, seriously east indians in canada are up their own a**es, here in the uk we are not proud of britain's past so would not celebrate a britain day, anyway lets leave it their before you get upset again and i get accused of being on a witch hunt. :biggrin2:

What do you mean 'will it have any effect if I plan to take amrit or in general as a sikh' if you grow your hair? The path that you are taking is a positive one.

sorry to bother but i am unable to update any status...can u check what the problem is? anyways there is no rush..just do it when u feel like thanks.

Thanks for starting it

Mehtab Singh JI, you are a star. Do you have a lot of media coverage over the last 30 or so years?

gauVI bYrwgix iqpdy ] gourree bairaagan thipadhae || Gauree Bairaagan, Ti-Padas: aultq pvn ck® Ktu Bydy suriq suMn AnrwgI ] oulattath pavan chakr khatt bhaedhae surath su(n)n anaraagee || I turned my breath inwards, and pierced through the six chakras of the body, and my awareness was centered on the Primal Void of the Absolute Lord. AwvY n jwie mrY n jIvY qwsu Koju bYrwgI ]1] aavai n jaae marai n jeevai thaas khoj bairaagee ||1|| Search for the One who does not come or go, who does not die and is not born, O renunciate. ||1|| myry mn mn hI aulit smwnw ] maerae man man hee oulatt samaanaa || My mind has turned away from the world, and is absorbed in the Mind of God. gur prswid Akil BeI AvrY nwqru Qw bygwnw ]1] rhwau ] gur parasaadh akal bhee avarai naathar thhaa baegaanaa ||1|| rehaao || By Guru's Grace, my understanding has been changed; otherwise, I was totally ignorant. ||1||Pause|| invrY dUir dUir Puin invrY ijin jYsw kir mwinAw ] nivarai dhoor dhoor fun nivarai jin jaisaa kar maaniaa || That which was near has become distant, and again, that which was distant is near, for those who realize the Lord as He is. AlauqI kw jYsy BieAw bryfw ijin pIAw iqin jwinAw ]2] alouthee kaa jaisae bhaeiaa baraeddaa jin peeaa thin jaaniaa ||2|| It is like the sugar water made from the candy; only one who drinks it knows its taste. ||2|| qyrI inrgun kQw kwie isau khIAY AYsw koie ibbykI ] thaeree niragun kathhaa kaae sio keheeai aisaa koe bibaekee || Unto whom should I speak Your speech, O Lord; it is beyond the three qualities. Is there anyone with such discerning wisdom? khu kbIr ijin dIAw plIqw iqin qYsI Jl dyKI ]3]3]47] kahu kabeer jin dheeaa paleethaa thin thaisee jhal dhaekhee ||3||3||47|| Says Kabeer, as is the fuse which you apply, so is the flash you will see. ||3||3||47 vaheguuru je dhan akaal vaheguru vaheguru vaheguru vaheguru vaheguru vaheguru es kirpa is so much their naam is amazing from one second u can become a papee to a gurmukh just in a second imagine the power of akaal to dot hat, and his mercy its aamzing and once ufeel it, u cant stop its like if u stop eevrything breaks down it first gives u so much regret and bairaaag and then u get maha anand the joth pierces in and out satguru je is mahaan and the best there prem is unmatched in the universe vaheguru je dhan vaheguru je bhula chuka maf