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Notice how my prediction came true. The new CM is a mona who wears a pagh in public. And the saddest thing is that it was such a non-story that nobody even mentioned it. Not that long ago, a mona CM of Punjab (or even a trimmer) would have been a huge story, and people would be writing lots of articles and having lots of discussions about its wider implications for the Sikh community. It just shows the degree to which being a mona has become the norm in Punjab. Anyway, I expect this to basically be the death knell for the importance of the Singh image in Sikh politics. For example, the Akali Dal will now feel free to stop pretending to be panthic and put forward a bunch of mona candidates.

What do you expect when you vote for a Hindu for CM? (I am calling Bhagwant Mann a Hindu)

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.

Why the hate for injection? ?

Veer Ji/Bhan Ji: You are absolutely right. The enlightened way to look at things is as you say. We must put Gurmat over manmat. All I am saying is that the average person (especially a young person) who has difficulty completely letting go of certain basic desires will look at the situation and opt for what is (by far) the easier path. What is worse is that they will then attempt to distort what Sikhi is in order to make it fit their own manmat lifestyle.

Hopefully the sher-e-punjab guy in the video who is on steroids will take care of it

What is the incentive for a Sikh man to keep his kesh these days? - Discrimination in most (if not all) aspects of day-to-day existence - Extreme difficulty getting married - You spend your entire life maintaining your identity, only to watch your children and grandchildren discard their kesh - Even in the one area of existence where keeping kesh should be viewed as a positive (in the Sikh community), you have to deal with monay constantly going on about how keeping your kesh does not mean you are a good person and therefore keeping kesh is not important blah blah blah. In fact, being mona might make you a BETTER Sikh because at least you are not a hypocrite like those people with long beards blah blah blah. And then you see monay becoming CM of Punjab, being labelled shaheeds and panthic heroes etc. - Also, if you are a mona, you have the flexibility of growing some stubble and throwing a pagh on your head whenever you want. And when you don't feel like it, you can shave off your stubble and get rid of your pagh. Isn't that flexibility great! So if: 1) keeping your kesh is a liability in all non-religious aspects of daily life and 2) keeping your kesh has no utility in religious life (and maybe it is even a liability these days) then why would anyone want to do it?

What does "wokeness" have to do with any of this? Sikhs with kesh are discriminated against by "mona Sikhs" whose social media accounts are filled with photos of them holding their hands together at Harmandar Sahib etc. What can they expect from non-Sikhs?

Wow, I actually agree with something you wrote. What is happening?

lol There are dozens of things one can and should criticize about Sidhu. But you are going after his pagh? Really? He actually ties a very nice pagh. Amarinder, on the other hand, ties a consistently sloppy one ...

Are you aware that at the time of the partition, Sikhs did not form a majority in any geographic region of a substantial size? Sikhs were a majority in two tehsils under British administration: Moga and Tarn Taran. That's it. Additionally, Sikhs were a majority in the tiny princely state of Faridkot.

The median white European is a balding, beer bellied 67-year-old. They can't orchestrate a white power uprising even if they want to.

When are you guys going to anoint Sonia Deol a panthic leader? After all, I am sure that her "documentary" on Operation Blue Star was the first time that many western Punjabis heard that something happened in 1984. How about Lilly "Singh"? While she claims to not follow any religion, she posted photos on social media of herself holding her hands together respectfully at Harmandar Sahib. Just imagine the amazing impact that that had on encouraging the Sikh youth to embrace Sikhi! And imagine the broader impact it had on making millions of non-Sikhs aware that there is a Golden Temple somewhere in India!

I am asking this genuinely: what cause did deep sidhu inspire the Sikh youth of Punjab to take up? As far as I can tell, the cause was protesting against the agriculture laws that Modi's government sought to enact. While I think that is a worthwhile cause, it is not Sikhi. Did he inspire the Sikh youth to move towards Sikhi in any way? If so, how?

You can say whatever you want about me, but I am not a clown who wears a pagh when it is convenient and discards it when it is inconvenient. I also don't take time out of each day to shave my beard like a douchebag.

I don't need to ask. It was a rhetorical question, you <banned word filter activated>.

Why was my comment disrespectful? All I said was that he was not a Sikh.

Sure, you make valid points. And it is possible to widen the scope of my argument. But on the other hand, I really don't need to widen the scope of my argument. It's this simple with respect to kesh: it requires no effort. People have an option to identify as Sikhs by doing literally NOTHING. They could just sit there and do nothing and kesh would grow. But when someone goes out of their way and uses their time/energy/money to remove their kesh, it makes it crystal clear whether they value Sikhi or not. It speaks volumes that Sikhi bothers them so much that they are willing to use their time/energy/money every day to declare to the world they do not believe in Sikhi. They would rather do that than embrace Sikhi by doing something that requires no effort.

What good is hoisting the nishaan sahib on the red fort when you can't even let kesh grow on your face? These people are not Sikhs. That is not my opinion. It is their opinion, and they express that opinion every time they use a razor blade.

Yes, he denounced Sikhi literally every single day. Anyone with functioning eyes could verify this.

Why are you guys crying about things like this when you are ready to make panthic heroes out of "ex-Sikhs" like deep sidhu? What a joke.

1. Do any of you guys know of a good tattoo parlor? I am hoping to get either a khanda tattoo or a Bhindranwale tattoo. Maybe both. 2. Do you know of a good place to get my beard trimmed? Preferably in a way such that the mustache is thicker than the rest of the facial hair so that I have that ultra douchey look? Thanks.

It's great that during the days of the kisan protests he still found time every day to go get his beard trimmed.

Sorry, but you are misrepresenting what sehajdhari means. Sehajdhari Sikhs are people who originally belonged to another faith but are on a path moving towards Sikhi. That does not include people who have been Sikhs there entire lives but cut their kesh. There is another term for that. It is called "patit."

What on earth are you even talking about? What sources of information are even necessary to talk about basic aspects of a Gurmat lifestyle.