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  1. Some observations: - I recognize a very large number of women who had profiles on there 5-10 years ago (In many instances, their profiles appear to have the same photos ?). Even when I don't recognize a photo, other profile details show that they have been searching for years. For example, there will be a 40 year old women whose profile reads "Hi there! I am 35 years old and recently moved to X to start a new job." Also, most of the profiles are of women in their mid 30s or older. How sad and shocking! I suppose their Knight in Shining Armor still hasn't shown up. - Women in America have updated their income cutoffs. It used to typically be "$100,000 or above" and now most profiles are "125,000 or above" or "150,000 or above". In the UK, they seem to have increased the lower cutoff more modestly from 40k pounds to 50k pounds. - As was the case back then, they are not shy about being EXTREMELY specific about what they require, even though they are looking for a partner from within a tiny population to begin with. For example, 35 year-old women looking for guys who are 35-37, 5'2" women looking for guys who are 5'10"-6'0", women looking for men in very limited geographic areas (where very few Punjabis live), or women looking for men who have very specific occupations.
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  2. I think the mass ouster of the traditional parties especially the Badals and Congress was much needed. I feel that some element within in AAP will revolt especially when the SYL issue comes up and Kejriwal because of his political ambitions in Haryana and as CM of Delhi will naturally conflict with those of Punjab. I hoped that in 2017 especially after many of the well know faces in AAP revolted or were forced out of AAP that AAP in Punjab would cut off any political ties with AAP in Delhi and Kejriwal and go on to become a truly regional party that Punjab needs. We should hope that SAD(A) gains even more credibility in the next few months and the youth continue to gravitate towards it. Let's see what the future holds.
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  3. In that one press conference she's undone any goodwill that people had for her. Hilarious. She's seriously misjudged the atmosphere around her case and the efforts of her husband to paint her in a totally blameless light.
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  4. It's bad to blindly support any party when we're aware none will work towards our interests.
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  5. At 25 -30 years of age - " I want a man who looks like a male model, with a super personality, and who is a Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant or has his own business and who has a jet setting lifestyle" At 30 -39 years of age - " I want a man with a good personality, handsome, a professional job and a degree who likes to travel" At 40 years of age - " I want a man who has a personality, ok looks, has a job" At age 45+ -" I just want a man"
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  6. This seems to the location when Channi was CM. It is difficult to see what the picture behind him is of due to the light reflecting off it, it looks like some kind of landscape. There is a clearer yet still incomplete picture of the image below. The interesting aspect of this whole issue is the AAP supporters are no different from the Andhbhagats because until there was proof presented that the pictures were of different parts of the room, the AAP supporters were responding with <banned word filter activated>,ic statements like " so what, what did Badals or Captain do even if they had the picture of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in their offices"!
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  7. Horses for courses. Each reaction has to be according to the situation. But the fact that we as a community have never had a reputation to reacting in such a way and that is changing has to be a positive development because the Hindutvis and Jehadis have to think twice before attacking if they think that there will be a reaction against their people in Punjab. The Waris Punjab De jathebandi is showing some good promise. I watched a video of their Mukh Sewadar Amritpal Singh Sandhu and he appears to understand perfectly the situation that Punjab is facing. He said that both public and private sector jobs in Punjab should be reserved and 80% should go only to Punjabis. While Haryana has recently passed this law, in Punjab any tom <banned word filter activated> or harry to come there to work. The same was the case with buying land. Only Punjabis should be able to buy land. Other states in India have had these laws for decades and yet any non-Punjabi can buy land in Punjab. Bhaiyas and Gujjars have been buying land in Punjab and yet Sikhs cannot buy land in Himachal or Rajasthan.
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  8. Why are you showing resentment to these groups. If you have shown self awareness of how this group fought for their rights to gain a high tier male then you would understand. You misogynist b1got
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  9. Where have I shown any resentment against any group? The media shows preferential treatment to certain groups. If you don't have enough awareness of what is going on with this intersectionality then I can't help you. Bye bye
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  10. I hear that. But, ignoring it, or playing it down (as was done previously), made it endemic. Believe you me, it's quite prevalent. What the brother who wrote that probably didn't get at the time of writing was the deeply embedded, long standing cultural aspects/practices that were part and parcel of them exploiting girls. We can see it going on globally now. Also people did not understand just how profitable pimping girls out was (most of us didn't get this until Bhai Mohan Singh highlighted it and we saw other professional pimps from e. europe come in and do it blatantly with big 'stables'). People had an idea that it was a attack on Sikhs but we didn't realise that financially it was something that can rival drug money with a lot less risk. I don't think blokes had much choice but to confront it. It was BAD in the past. It's not exaggerated to the extent that writer thinks. I spoke to guys in the midlands a few decades ago, it was going on, what might have happened is that people disrupted it here early (thanks to the B'ham heads up)? Thankfully, efforts of the past seem to have born some fruit (for now at least) and grooming from a certain quarter isn't something that is unrecognised or talking about it considered 'islamophobic' as it was for many years. Sikhs also have confidence to face up to this reality, when before they'd be: Also we realise how the indigenous attitudes towards such things (i.e. covertly supporting these activities through media, social services and the police) play their part.
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  11. Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Sangat Ji, I know there have been many similar posts on this topic (also by myself in the past) however, I had a question. Can Sukha be used in other forms like in hot drink instead of Degh? I know, Shaheedi Degh is Shaheedi Degh but I was having this discussion with someone and it made me think too. Would this method then make it against maryada as it's technically no longer Degh according to the recipe/ingredients and method used to make rugra. If someone with knowledge could reply it would be most appreciated. Akaal!
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  12. Personally, this type of behaviour was a norm by teenagers when I was growing up. I feel that excessively promoting it in media can backfire on us badly as it projects an image of defenceless, cowed down Sikh males as victims - which results in a reinforcement of this stereotype.
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  13. Very interesting read https://realsikhissues.co/wp-content/uploads/mybooks/The-Forbidden-Truth-By-Sikh-Unit-2.pdf Topics Covered: Chapter 1 – Sex Crimes & scandals within the Sikh Community Chapter 2 – My experiences as a vigilante Chapter 3 – Why I think fewer people should take Amrit Chapter 4 – The Meaning of Sangat for me Chapter 5 – The State of the Khalsa through my eyes Chapter 6 – How Sikh Unit was betrayed by the Sikh Community Chapter 7 – Sikhi was meant to be simple, but is it these days? Chapter 8 – Sikhism is the best religion in the world! Chapter 9 – What has happened to mind state of Sikh women? Chapter 10 – <banned word filter activated> gimmicks (pakhand) that modern Sikhs do? Chapter 11 – My Experiences and inner thoughts Chapter 12 – Role Play About Grooming
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  14. Just watched this. Very profound and insightful.
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  15. If I understand what my great grandfather went through. Looking at it contextually. He fought in WW1 in the trenches and threw his medals in the river, probably through some bitterness. WW1 trench warfare was not the same kind of warfare they had previously which probably charging with bayonets, cavalry, cannons. WW1 brought trench warfare, chemical warfare (gas masks were introduced then) and air attacks. He was born in 1896, so he was about 18 years old when WW1 broke out in 1914 and coming from the environment he did and the fact we do have a martial history and with all his friends wanting to fight as well. If you understand contextually that means 40 years before it would have been the 1850s which wasn't a very long time when there was a Khalsa Empire. So things would have been fresher in their minds of what transpired post Maharaj Ranjit Singh. I think that the Sikhs of the late 1800's probably hated the Purbias,Dogras and other Indians for their betrayal more so than the British.
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  16. A sikh who is not a warrior looses his deen. What a great thought by Brahmgyani Baba Jeevan Singh ji (Bhai jaita ji)
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  17. Dally People during that time may have seen things very differently. Their values were very different, what you find unacceptable they would see as normal and vica versa. They do not have the benefit of hindsight. They aren't geo-political strategists. What has been done cannot be undone.
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  18. She wasn't going to pick a middle eastern guy, lol
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  19. In most of these marriages between "brown" women and middle-class white men, the woman clearly is the dominant partner in the relationship. I'd argue these types of women deliberately pick men they perceive to be less assertive than them. You look at the guy, and he just seems to be glad that he's got his exotic princess with him, lol.
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  21. Out of the 6 years, the first 4 years in prison and the remainder of time under house arrest.
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  22. There was a migration of Hindus from the rural areas of Amritsar and some parts of Gurdaspur in the late 1980s. These areas had pretty much been liberated of Indian rule and the Mand area on both banks of the Beas was referred to as the capital of Khalistan. There were criminal elements who were using the name of the Kharkoos to extort money off the Hindus and those who could not afford to pay used to migrate to places like Sirsa or Delhi. There was no doubt a hardening of attitudes by the Kharkoos against the Hindus especially after the genocide in Delhi and most viewed them as a fifth column in Punjab.
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  23. They're certainly not sitting home on a Saturday night reading Sikh ithaas.
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  24. Some points in regards to the press conference that Nazanin spoke on and the further commentary: 1 She had a go at the previous Forigin Secretaries for not enabling her release. It should have been done 6 years ago. (Her words) 2 It was seen that she belittled her husband after he did a lot of work and thanked the UK government. If this was the other way around, there would be uproar 3 She has dual nationality, and she entered Iran on her Iranian passport 4 There were complaints about the UK not paying the 400 million that was owed to Iran. Which could not be paid due to the sanctions 5 She was arrested on spy charges though she went to visit her parents 6 She is now seen as ungrateful in certain quarters
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  25. I wondered the same thing. Largely probably not, especially the ones with price tags. Probably being test driven until they can find a buyer.
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  26. I wonder if they've remained chaste during this arduous search for a male companion?
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  27. I have yet to meet a 'Simran' who doesn't possess an excessive interest in sexual matters.
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  28. Why are you complaining about "bhappay"? They are a tiny percentage of the population. Even if they do that, the harm is minimal.
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  29. https://theprint.in/hoaxposed/mann-didnt-remove-maharaja-ranjit-singhs-portrait-viral-image-is-from-another-cmo-room/878405/ Mann didn’t remove Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s portrait, viral image is from another CMO room New Delhi: An image showing newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann taking charge of his office in the Chief Minister’s Office in Chandigarh Wednesday has gone viral on social media while accusing him of removing the portrait of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh from the room. Several Bharatiya Janata Party leaders hit out at Mann for allegedly replacing Ranjit Singh’s portrait with pictures of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and social reformer B. R. Ambedkar.... Fact check The image that went viral on social media showing Mann with the portraits of Bhagat Singh and B.R. Ambedkar is from a different room in the CMO office. Mann did not remove any portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In fact, ANI shared another post of Mann from his “maiden meeting” where the Sikh leader’s portrait can be clearly seen in the background. Several Twitter users came in support of the Punjab CM and demanded Preeti Gandhi delete her post. Twitter user Rahul Tahiliani asked the Punjab government to initiate legal action against Gandhi for “spreading fake news” and “damaging the social fabric” of the state.
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  30. Defo a puppet...his heart may be in the right place and wants 'best' for Panjab he was vocal about Jaggi release but its a no win. Whats the worse that can happen...reckon they will bring a farm laws back in a snarky way. More UPAhs on Sikh youth?
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  31. You are right that it was a different era and people had different values then. If you think about it many people volunteered to fight in wars such as the Spanish Civil War. In our culture, martyrdom (even in whatever guise even if it is misguided) is seen as a badge of honour and not fighting was seen as cowardice.
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  32. Saw her speaking on news yesterday. She looks very well for someone who was in ‘prison’! If it were me, I’d want to rest at home for a couple of weeks.
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  33. Thank you for rationalising and explaining in a far better way Daily's view than possibly he could have done and especially without the use of the derogatory 'pendu' and 'illiterate' pejoratives. Trying to judge the actions of those especially those separated from us by by over a 100 years without understanding the factors at play in the lives of those people is not very fair. This is especially true of Daily as he has virtually no understanding of rural Punjab even today when he could easily get on an aeroplane and go there is under 9 hours so expecting him to understand rural Punjab of 100 years ago would be a big stretch. Let's accept Daily's characterisation of those Sikhs of 100 years ago as 'pendus' 'illiterate' and even 'slaves' as he never tires of describing them. Let's instead look at your own people, the Irish. One could excuse the 200,000 Irish men and women who fought in the first world war for the British as enslaved people forced by their circumstances to join and fight in the army of their colonial masters. But what would then explain the over 70,000 Irish men and women from the Irish republic who fought for the British in WW2? This far surpassed the 35,000 volunteers from 'loyalist' Northern Ireland. While Punjab during both world wars was under British colonial control, the Irish republic was free from the 1920s so why would the Irish fight for their former colonial masters especially as there was an Irish army available for them to join or even opportunities to migrate to America or Canada at that time if the main reason for joining the British army was just economic reasons. Similar to the way that these Sikhs joined the army in the first and second world wars, these youths had a sense of adventure, they wanted to see the world, they wanted to improve the economic circumstances of their families. The difference between the Irish and Sikhs was that while the Irish were never a minority in Ireland, the Sikhs were a small minority in Punjab and as such they had to compete with the two other communities i for government jobs and allocation of educational institutions in their areas. As a small minority the Sikhs had to punch above their weight otherwise they would be subsumed by the other two communities. Part of the punching above their weight had to do with providing recruits in number far greater than their population warranted.
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  34. It was the lived experience of millions of Sikhs. I would venture that Arjan Singh was a more articulate, sophisticated and adventurous person than someone like you who gets triggered at any mention of Sikhs in the army in WW1 or WW2. Whatever your views about him, he deserves to be honoured as do all those Sikhs who left Punjab to fight in both world wars. Another 'illiterate pendu' I found apparently this 'pendu' went on earn a PhD and fought the racist citizenship policies of the USA.
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  36. Old Photos of Punjab of different people from different backgrounds and various different lifestyles Man and wife, Ferozpur 1941 Hindu man Shahbad 1860s 1910s 1910 Sikh and Hindu refugees 1947 bhakra dam under construction 1960s Sulej river 1860s 1903 Lahore 1945 Lahore 1910 mandir, lahore 1930s 1899 1950s udasi sikhs 1910 Amritsar 1901 Amritsar 1946 Lahore fabric stall Shopkeeper using balance scale to weigh portion of food for a customer in his food stall at market lahore 1946 lahore 1946 shop keepers Lahore 1946 food stall Street scenes lahore 1946 Prostitute lahore 1946 Punjabi man with his dancing bear Jogi Lahore 1860s lahore 1860s Sidhu Jatt Sikh Lahore 1860s Sarswati Brahmin lahore 1860s mazbhee Sikh lahore 1860s Sodhi Sikhs Hindu lahore arora hindu lahore Fakir in amritsar 1926 amritsar 1890 book sellers amrtisar aghori hindus lahore pandit outside mandir lahore shop Money lender of the of bania caste, vaisya the moneylenders wife and daughter making roti moneylender weighing grain for lady customer with a sikh customer receiving payback from a loan granthi at harmandir sahib 1902 Sikh/Hindu girls that were kidnapped during the partition were sent to Delhi from Pakistan, 1958 lahore museum teacher year 4 students granthi singh lahore 1946 lahore Amritsar GT road 1903 guru ka bagh morcha 1922 police arresting singhs akal bunga 1906
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  37. Arjan Singh - came from Argentina to England to join the army and fight in WW1. Apparently he knew Spanish and had worked on the railways. Sadly he didn't survive the war as there is a memorial in San Pedro Argentina which lists his name as those who went from Argentina to fight in the war and did not survive.
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  38. He briefly re emerged...then faded away again...and my joy with him...alas...
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  39. What happened to puzzled? Have not seen him in a fair while, hope he is ok .
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  41. The Poles going back had a lot to do with Brexit and the way that vote made them realise that even after 12 years of Polish immigration they were still felt that they were not valued. With Brexit, those who wanted to stay in the UK had to establish residency rights which were seen as a big hassle. Also with the mass migration from Poland, the lack of professionals in Poland then meant that wages there increased at a higher rate. Also the fact that Poles who had paid tax for 12 months in the UK and who were then able to claim child benefit for their children living in Poland also created a lot of ill will towards them which although legal was seen as a scam by many goray.
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  42. Like a lot of these former communist countries, they were 2nd world countries rather than 1st world. They had a lot of infrastructure in place. So it is probably more likely that their standard of living probably with opportunities has been risen enough to entice people back. Whereas Punjab's governance and standard of living will put people off.
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  43. Yup immigration provided us an easy escape from the problems in punjab it seems.
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  44. Jathedar Baba Surjit Singh Ji 96 Crori, 14th Jathedar of Budha Dal. Sant Baba Gyani Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindranwale and Baba Nihal Singh Ji Nihang Two veteran Nihangs going at it
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  45. Nirmalas and Nihang Unknown Nihang Dal Posing Baba Jai Singh Ji
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  46. Sikh woman 1870s The description with the photo is: "Just about the only place where Sikh women were visible to European eyes was the metropolitan city of Amritsar. Descriptions abound of the dress of Sikh women as being of the classic Punjabi kind – bright, colourful and garnished with plenty of jewellery. This traditional ensemble is evident in this full-length study of a Sikh lady. The chunni headscarf was worn at all times over the head as it was considered indecent to appear in public without it. This was worn with a loose kurta or long dress and an ample pair of churidar pyjama trousers tight at the ankles (although some women preferred to wear a petticoat instead). Punjabi women were particularly fond of jewellery, and a variety of ornaments made by highly skilled craftsmen were often worn from head to toe. Our subject wears bale earrings, a mala necklace and stacks of chure bangles that cover her forearms"
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  47. Amazing. The Akalis were really disciplined. They would get beaten but not even react to the pain. Nearly 500 Sikhs gave shaheedi during this movement. I wish there was a Punjabi movie made on the Akali movement which would show all of this but just hope they don't add the token Hindu and Muslim character like they did for that Kartar Singh Jhabbar movie in order to show even they played a part in a Sikh movement which we all know is bs.
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  48. That's true, although a lot of the Akali rank and file were former soldiers who would have been naturally fit. They had fought in the first world war and also introduced military style drills and arranged the volunteers into military style columns. This caused so much concern that M K Gandhi wrote that such tactics were 'terrorising' the rest of the Punjab population!
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  49. The Singh getting his leg inspected has naturally got a 6 pack and strong arms despite there being no gyms and stuff like that back then. most people back then had slim and well toned bodies. its because they ate healthy as well none of that processed stuff. In fact even today a lot of the guys in their 20s in the pinds naturally have toned bodies, 6 pack but after 30 the pot belly starts growing! most guys in punjab in their 30s have a belly! crisp, chocolate, fizzy drinks, sweets, takeaways etc should be avoided!
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