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Because modern day sikhs believe in all this pc liberal lovey dovey all religions are the same nonsense.

To be fair, I dont think anyone knows. Especially anyone on this site.

Stop being so rude. http://www.sikhaware...njab%20literacy

Blaming 'Punjabi' culture is such a cop out. Muslim, Hindu and Christian Punjabis dont have these problems. Rather than finding something to hate and something to blame, why dont people tackle the problem in the Sikh community?

So true. Also, many of us have to grow up with our parents views on things before we can figure things out for ourselves. If parents arent the greatest of people then it's no surprise the kids get sucked into firangi culture.

A lot of Sikhs in the Uk have started smoking too. I know it's bad, but for many of them they see other people doing it all the time so they adopt British culture. No one seems to have any ideas on how to combat it.

Punjabi roots only use the outline of East Punjab?! What about all the rest of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Punjab Empire?

If this guy was genuinely concerned about the world's poorest he would be producing this tablet in China. Why? Because he even admitted himself that it is cheaper to produce in China, Think of how many more children and families could afford it if he had produced it in China. But no, he built it in India. Why? Just so the world's cheapest tablet would have 'Made in India' stamped on it's side when he flogs it around the world. Poor folks all around the world would associate India with charity and opening doors to electrical learning and entertainment. Now when these people think of India, do they think of Sikhs? No. They think of Indians who are mostly Hindu, Muslim or Christian. All those saying this is some great achievement for getting Sikhs on the map is deluded. So, in summary, this has nothing to do with helping the poor or getting people to learn about Sikhi. It's about soft pro-Hindustan propaganda, something that India has been making more and more of to combat Chinese investment in the third world.

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It is so funny how Sikhs will go out of their way to prove their love of the greater glory of Hindustan rather than Punjab, but why stop at India? If we Sikhs really followed our Gurus, surely we would work for the benefit of the whole world not just India?! Indian patriotism from Sikhs justified by the idea of helping the 'more unfortunate' is one of the most hypocritical practices that Sikhs have. I hope this tablet company goes bust. See how much he loves India then. Sikhs have it hard all over the world and Cloud 9 Cucoos like this 'entrepreneur' dont help.

I know what you mean Pedrorizzo. I would like to see more Sikhs in the military. It's a (relatively) steady job, gives training and the more Sikhs who join lowers the chances of bullying/discrimination. But having said that joining up out of some ideal that our host countries love us and bend over backwards for us is misguided. In the 80s the British Army tried to prevent Sikhs getting training as they were worried they would be seen as supporting the Khalistan movement. Recently, when the Army tried to set up a Sikh Regiment, all sorts crawled out of the woodwork to oppose it. The Indian government, Hindu and Muslim UK groups and all other sorts. Faced with them on one hand and half hearted promises or hyperbole by our own community leaders it's no surprise the Army took the advice of the racial commission and 'shelved' the idea. Talking about stuff like this on a public forum is just plain stupid and makes us sound far more dangerous than we are. Yubacitysingh's heart might be in the right place and he gives good reasons for more Sikhs to join the military. But not everyone will see it like that, and going on and on about it on a forum that is so public and probably monitorred is incredibly naive and stupid. If you want to make a change yourself, change your family, change your friends, change how your Gurudwara is run, change your community. If joining the armed forces is part of how you will change yourself, please look into it carefully and not jump in because you have a rose tinted view of how it will pan out.

That's exactly my point. A Sikh is affected by their country of birth more than they are by an untangible history of a militarised state and nation. It's no coincidence that people use phrases like 'hippy sikh' or 'taliban sikh' to describe one another rather than using more appropriate names. Or look at how in some American Gurudwaras where they fly the Stars and Stripes alongside or even higher than the Nishan Sahib. Sikhs are proportionally represented in the armies of most of the countries they live in. Why should Sikhs increase their numbers in the military? There is no one size fits all solution. Going out and buying a hammer means that one day you have to use it. Even if Sikhs joined the armies of the world in large numbers, would we be socially, economically, politically and intellectually ready for the consequences of an armed struggle against us by people who see us as big enough to slap down but small enough to contain?

So true. Having said that, I have seen Hindu children attack darker members of their family who were a lot older than them and not get told off. Journalists would never talk about Hindu racism or problems in the Islamic community.

And breathe.

Whether you report them or leave them be is up to you and wont really matter as it is so widespread in this country. But do not help them with their fraud in anyway.

Just be careful which way you point it.

lol TBF many SInghs need to note that it's not just looks that women are drawn too. It's money, power and fame too lol.

:huh2: That's not the only thing they did.

A Punjabi country with Sikh rulers and a Sikh military, where Sikhi has mixed with the Punjabi culture back then is a lot different to how Sikhs exist in the West today. If you have your own country you can act how you want as a community. Exist in someone else's country and you have to tow the line. Sikhs fought hard as they had allegiance to our Guru Jis and the Khalsa. Nowadays the Khalsa has no political, economic, military or social goals. So you cant expect Sikhs to act the same as they once were if they are in a completely different set of circumstances.

Nobody has any answers? Come on somebody must have some info on one of the questions above.

Not quite the same as it was 200 years ago though is it?

In today's post anglocolonial world, money speaks. Money and resources is power. Sikhs know that so they try to skew their own lives to achieve something of a 'victory'. 200 years ago we were a nation with a state and all the culture and practices that go with it. Like the English/Germans/Japanese/Turks/Yanks are today. But we are not anymore. Go figure.

Those arent Sikh countries are they though? Or ruled by Sikhs? Or governed by Sikh principles? The Cuirassier regiment consisted of about 700 men and they all wore helmets. They were heavy cavalry so they had to wear full armour to protect them in the gritty fighting that they were accustomed too. The Osprey book on the Sikh Army has a very good image of a Khalsa Cuirassier, unforunately I cant find an image online.

Where in the South East of the UK has test centres for Punjabi A-Level? Would you recommend getting a GCSE in it first? What books are best and what's the difference between the different exam board's syllabuses? Any insightful answers would be most welcome.

Having a country helps. No point being militaristic if you dont actually have a military. I agree with you and Kaljugi. As per the helmets, you may want to look into the 'Khalsa Cuirassiers' a Sikh regiment of cavalry from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's time who wore a special sort of helmet. Where has my reply to Kaljugi gone? Coconuts everywhere, I swear.