singh211

thanks for the reference to the phoolka book angrez jeeo i hadnt come across it before - just googled it and read the reviews it looks like it will be an informative read

i cannot open the rar file - which media player plays these files?

name='JagtarSinghKhalsa' date='Apr 18 2009, 08:51 AM' post='401118']

TaxPayers’ Alliance spokesman Mark Wallace said: “This case means a headache for the taxpayer who will ultimately be forced to stump up.”

He added: “This just emphasises the need for schools to be given full control of their rules and regimes without risk of politically correct enforcement. The problem in this case arose because of interference from other parties.”

Or to put it another way... This case emphasises the need for schools to ensure that their rules and regimes are compliant with the law and are not discriminatory. The problem in this case arose because the school board believed it was justified in going against the advice of its own local authority and wasting taxpayers money in its misguided war on political correctness.

Jagtar Singh - Is the Sikh Federation pushing for a code of conduct for Sikh articles of faith in the classroom? If not it should do so and use this case as the perfect example of the need for one

how did the villa shirts relate to vaisakhi? intrigued to know as a fellow villain :$

SRM Article V

"Sitting on a cushion, a distinctive seat, a chair, a stool, a cot, etc. or in any distinctive position in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib or within the congregation is contrary to Gurmat(Guru's way)."

http://sgpc.net/rehat_maryada/section_three_chap_four.htm

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0...AE?OpenDocument

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/...how/4382150.cms

http://www.livemint.com/2009/04/09225322/C...r-Sajjan-t.html

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story...4102009122400AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/...how/3469153.cms

HC full bench to deliberate on 'definition of Sikh'

11 Sep 2008, 0420 hrs IST,TNN

CHANDIGARH: Whether a 'patit' Sikh is a Sikh or not and whether 'sahajdari' Sikhs ought to have voting rights in SGPC elections are some of the important questions that a full bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court will be taking up soon. An order to this effect was pronounced Wednesday by a division bench comprising chief justice Tirath Singh Thakur and justice Surya Kant. It came in the wake of a plea filed by Gurleen Kaur whose candidature for an MBBS seat in the SGPC-run Guru Ram Dass Institute of Medical Education & Research, Amritsar had been rejected.

Significantly, the college had a 50 per cent quota for Sikhs but Gurleen was denied the seat on the ground she did not fit the "definition of a Sikh in the purest sense of the term" . In fact, she was dubbed a 'patit' Sikh, a term referring those Sikhs one trim their hair or pluck their eyebrows.

Another plea, filed by the Sahajdhari Sikhs Federation of India, also raised an important query as to whether 'sahajdhari' Sikhs, meaning those who don't sport long hair and a beard, should be given rights to participate or vote in SGPC polls.

The moot point remained as to what are the constitutional contours that define a Sikh under the Sikh Gurdwara Act of 1925. Given the sensitivity of the issue, the bench felt it appropriate to refer the matter to the full bench. The latter will begin the first hearing of the case on September 19, in which Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh are the respondents.

television and cinema operate within the boundries of classification, regulation and censorship in the uk. the theatre has had no such scrutiny since 1968 because it is apparently more high brow and the audiences are more sophisticated.

but if theatres are now going to start funding and staging plays like behzti then maybe its time for a statutory regulating body. if our taxes go towards funding these plays then we certainly should have some say as to the parameters of their content.

be sure to listen to bhai jasbir singhs keertan from the rensbhai

http://www.akji.org/kirtan/uk/2004/manch18...ster_181204.mp3

also as for gurpreet bhatti, her statement from yesterday says that she objects to sikh injustice and hypocrisy and this is the basis of behzti. clearly then, the play is not abstract fictional art but is based on her either experiencing or witnessing the injustice and hypocrisy of homosexuality, rape and suicide inside a gurdwara. is this really what she is claiming? if not then why does she insist on having the play set in the gurdwara? and why does the arts world keep on insisting that the play is merely fictitious/not a comment on the sikh community in general when clearly she is saying that it is?

mandla was right to apologise for the violence but should not have singled out the federation like he did; and in particular what has this protest got to do with khalistan and human rights in india? this is not the time to show our divisions to the wider public

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i was talking more about the institutional drive to reduce the usage of punjabi. ie the choices made at a higher level regarding languages used by the professional classes, in the class and lecture rooms, in local government, official papers and correspondence, street signs, television, newspapers available etc. the trend is towards hindi and english and away from punjabi. these choices do eventually trickle down to the street.

strange how the mother in law was well up for popping the champagne but went all pendu once the bride called her a b!tch :T:

bolan is not impartial but the facts speak for themselves in this instance

which year was the first pad-chedd bir published? by whom? why did the dharam parchaar committee not pass any further resolutions on the matter?

jalandhar is indeed dominated by hindus as the article states. the language of choice is hindi in the city. our punjabiat virsa and subiachaar is being destroyed right infront of us.

contact a lawyer to review your options

also contact navdeep singh bains' office

adolf

the small kirpan n holder looks good…but im with u guys on this 1..theres nothing quite like the taksali kirpan

sangat singh, the sikhs in history

inderjit singh jaijee, the politics of genocide

mkhalsa,

nanakshahi calendar did not fix the date of guru nanak’s gurpurb… so its still mostly celebrated in nov

samosasingh,

people do have disagreements from time to time… it’s a fact of life

read pauRee - saa sevaa keethee sufhal hai jit satgur ka man munai

The 9/11 drama was really interesting…disaffected youth yearning to belong, good orators as priests, glorification of jihad...potent mix