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  1. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Are there no London programmes at all ??? :wub: Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!
  2. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! We need to see this as positive progression for Sikhs worldwide. I don't know if he is an Amritdhari, however, he has the Sikh Roop and is already being referred to by the media as a 'Sikh'. He will be a world leader and we need to take advantage by increasing the Global profile that will be begin to build for Sikhs. I know that in commercial India there is an automatic respect for businessmen in Sikh Roop as they are seen as entrepreneurs, a lot of this boils down to the Indian publics' opinion of Manmohan Singh and other Sikh businessmen. Manmohan Singh is already quite wealthy due to his business stakes. This adds to the confidence of the Indian public as he is less likely to be corrupt (we hope!). Let's see how the Hindu fundamentalists take to this... Look at it this way- 1984 they were putting us on fire. 2004 we are running their country. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!
  3. Will some Malaysian Singh/Singhnee put my mind at ease. Do they serve meat for Langar at some Malaysian Gurdwaras??? It's just I had a discussion a couple a weeks ago with my uncle (who's not much of a Sikh) who claimed this as he had just been to Penang. I accused him of making it up as no Gurdwara would ever serve meat. I am pretty shocked if this happens.
  4. http://us.rediff.com/election/2004/may/19man.htm Update from about 1 hour ago.
  5. http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/lateststori...35653165160.xml French law means Sikhs can't wear turbans By ELAINE GANLEY The Associated Press 5/17/2004, 7:08 p.m. ET PARIS (AP) — Sikh school boys must exchange their turbans for hair nets when a new law banning religious apparel in public schools takes effect in September, France's education minister said Monday, shocking representatives of the Sikh community. Education Minister Francois Fillon spoke after education officials adopted — with some misgivings — a set of guidelines to help school officials apply the law, which was enacted in March after a marathon parliament debate. The law forbids conspicuous religious symbols and attire in the classroom, such as the Jewish skull cap and large Christian crosses, but it is chiefly aimed at the Muslim head scarf. Under the guidelines, Muslim girls can only wear bandannas in schools that allow them, Fillon told a news conference Monday. Asked in an interview about the turbans worn by Sikhs, he said an "arrangement" had been made with Sikhs to replace the traditional head gear with hair nets. "We've come up with an arrangement," Fillon told The Associated Press. "They accept wearing a hair net. It's less aggressive, less showy." Representatives of the small Sikh community of 5,000-7,000 said they were unaware of any such arrangement. On the contrary, they said, Sikh representatives had received a letter from a counselor to Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, dat ed May 10, that provided "conditional assurance" that Sikh boys could wear turbans in class. "We were told that we could wear turbans because we never posed a problem," said Karmvir Singh, a Paris member of United Sikhs. Sikhs cover their hair with a turban, compulsory in their religion which originated in northern India in the 15th century. "A hair net has no place and no meaning," said the director of United Sikhs, Hardyal Singh, based in New York. "It's appalling." A phone call to the prime minister's office was not returned. The school guidelines go beyond attire to forbid students from refusing certain courses — like physical education or biology — for religious reasons or rejecting professors based on their gender. The guidelines also forbid absences for religious reasons beyond major holidays. Fillon said it will be up to individual schools to decide whether bandannas — seen by many Muslims as a substitute for head scarves — can be worn. The new law is aimed at safeguarding the French principle of secularism, considered under threat by Muslims' growing militancy over their identity and the practice by some girls of wearing head scarves to school. "The most fundamentalist organizations considered that there was a weakness on the part of the French state and that this weakness could be exploited," Fillon told reporters. Teachers have reported that not only are head scarves increasingly prevalent in some schools, but students are refusing certain courses or contesting the right of a female professor to teach certain topics. Fillon said he expected legal challenges when young girls who defy the law are dismissed from school. "There will surely be organizations that try to test" the law, he told the AP. "But now we have a solid judicial basis."
  6. Tabacco is an addiction. I was once a smoker and I know how it rules your life. Everything you do revolves around you having a smoke, it dictates your whole day. It stops you from going places where you can't smoke. People who smoke constantly think about when and how they can have their next cigeratte. Nothing else seems to really be a priority. People who smoke have mood swings when they have gone without a smoke and can get very depressed. So how can you focus on Naam when you are thinking about your next smoke.. It was peer presure that got me into smoking when I was younger. My friends were smoking and they offered it to me. I remember they even tought me how to smoke a cigeratte properly. Your crowd of friends can be an influencing factor in life. Maybe if I stayed away from these people I may never have started smoking....
  7. It always surprises me when GurSikhs own shops which sell alcohol and cigarettes. There was an old Amritdhari who used to serve cigarettes in his son's shop with tweezers so that would not be touching the packet :T: What is even stranger is people who buy these shops bring down Granthis' to do Ardas for a successful business. We know of a punjabi lady who opened a beauty parlour specialising in hair removal and she had a Granthi do Ardas in the shop before she opened for business.
  8. Rochak Veerji has summed up what I feel. This is still one of the better Sikh discussion forums and we should work together to keep it like that. I think we need to focus alot more on Gurbani discussions and Sakhis of our Gurus and other GurSikhs. And above all we must move away from slandering our own Jathas or Sants. I know how easy it is to get swept away with a discussion and to start putting your 2 cents worth in (I do it all the time). But we really need to ensure our foundations are strong when expressing an opinion, especially when it affects someone else.
  9. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Wonderful story. I always wondered what a couple from a non-Sikh background who take Amrit and become Sikhs would do about their Anand Karaj.
  10. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Veerji, The whole Khalsa Panth have this in common!!! Anyone who takes Khande Bata da Amrit have this in common!!! When I took Amrit on Sunday I was told that my Caste, Creed, Family is now the Khalsa, regardless of Jatha.
  11. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Sadh Sangat Ji, Many thanks for all your best wishes. You were all helping me come closer to Guruji. This is a powerful forum and can be so inspirational. Regarding pictures, I will see what I can dig out. I look forward to my new given life and pray that I do not ruin the opportunity Guru ji has blessed me with. Degh Tegh Fateh! Panth Ki Jeet! Raj Karega Khalsa! Bolay Soh NiHaal, Sat Sri Akal! Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!
  12. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Not many Singhs/Singhnees at this event??
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