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  1. californiasardar1
    It’s easy. Just be on the path to baldness (like me).
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSDxjp6sWYQ
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    jatt jatt jatt jatt From these songs, you would think that "jatt" is the most commonly uttered word in Punjabi. And maybe it is heading in that direction nowadays, thanks to this garbage music My impression is that this obsession with being jatt has gone into overdrive in the last few decades thanks to trashy Punjabi pop culture. Would you guys agree? Personally, I can't even recollect my parents using the word "jatt" when I was growing up. I always knew we came from a farming background, but they were somehow able to get that across without resorting to "jatt jatt jatt blah blah jatt jatt" like these singers. Ironically, the first time I was exposed to the notion of "jatt" was at the Gurdwara from some bhangra-obsessed "friends."
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    I have been staring at this sentence for about half an hour trying to decipher what it means, and I am stumped. Can you please write coherently? Thanks.
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    What do people have to say about this?
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    How do you know that they are jatts?
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    Wearing a shirt saying "see a singh, salute a singh" while dancing like a buffoon to a song about alcohol Wonderful.
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    That is interesting. But at the end of the day, the responsibility lies with: 1. The "Sikh" singers who promotes degeneracy in their lyrics 2. The Sikh audience who eats up such songs
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    I think a lot of these issues (for example, alcohol abuse) have always been problems in the Sikh community. But some of these problems are relatively new. I think one of the main problems is the promotion of a contrived Punjabi culture over Sikh values. Why do I use the word "contrived"? Because a lot of practices that are being portrayed as part of traditional Punjabi culture were not part of traditional Punjabi culture. Bhangara is a great example of this. Young people (especially jatts) grow up thinking that it is some sort of long-standing tradition and a very important part of their heritage. In reality, no "respectable" people were partaking in dancing in previous generations. I also think that weddings have gotten bigger and more extravagant. All sorts of silly things are presented as being part of "traditional" Sikh and/or Punjabi weddings when they simply aren't. Most of it is just an imitation of some sort of Bollywood fantasy. Caste issues have always been a problem in the Sikh community (to our great shame), but I think they are an even bigger problem today. Why is it that the word "jatt" is used on average about 300 times in your typical 3 minute Punjabi song these days? Why does every other movie title have the word "jatt" in it? I am sure that part of this degeneracy is promoted by external forces who want to see Sikhi die out. But at the end of the day, Sikhs latch on to it, and the responsibility lies with them.
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    It is simple: "Sikhs" do not follow a way of life that is consistent with Sikhi How else could divorce, domestic violence, crime, sexual offenses, alcoholism, drug abuse, female infanticide, caste-obsession, dowries, debt from spending on extravegant weddings etc. be huge problems in the Sikh community? All of those things are forbidden in Sikhi.
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    The SAD (which basically controls the Sikh institutions in Punjab) already fields many candidates who have haircuts or trimmed beards and do not keep rehat (in fact, a majority of their candidates these days probably fall under this category). Yes, I know, I know. The Badals are supposedly amritdhari and are rotten. But the fact that the SAD will happily field candidates that openly do not practice rehat shows where Punjab is headed. We already have our first mona CM. I think SGPC members will soon not be required to be amritdhari.
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    I'm not exaggerating anything. I have a hard time thinking of any mona I have met who has said "I am supposed to keep my kesh, but I don't. I should." Instead, they will make all kinds of arguments about why it is not required: - Kesh is only required for amritdhari Sikhs (many people on SikhSangat even say this) - They only believe in the first 9 Gurus and not Guru Gobind Singh (as absurd as that sounds, I have encountered multiple people who have stated this) - It's not written in the Guru Granth Sahib that you need to keep kesh - Kesh does not mean you are a good Sikh (and then they will give some examples), so it is not important - Some shaheeds were monay, so kesh is not important - What matters is what is in your heart, not on your outside - lots of keshdharis/amritdharis are bad people, so kesh is unimportant I could go on and on Who is driving these guys out of the panth? They are already doing whatever they want and exerting greater control over Sikh institutions. On what basis do you claim that people are driving them out? Nobody is pushing them out. Instead they are redefining Sikhi to suit their own lifestyles. And then people on SikhSangat complain about Sikhi being watered down.
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    You obviously don't pay attention to any of my posts. I've repeatedly spoken out against drinking here. For you to equate me to the stereotype of a hard-drinking sardar when there is no basis for that whatsoever is offensive. You literally pulled that out of your <banned word filter activated>.
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    I understand where you and others are coming from in their various critiques of KA. But I will go back to my original point: KA is very clear that they do not focus on Sikh-related issues. Anyone with an internet connection can view their social media and see that. If that bothers someone, they should donate to other organizations that focus exclusively on Sikhs. I don't donate to anyone.
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    Where did I say that it is okay to drink if you keep your kesh? I never said that. I have never taken a drink of alcohol in my life. I have consistently expressed an anti-drinking opinion here. Where did I say that it is okay to not be religious? I never said that. It is ridiculous how you keep imagining me suggesting things that I never, in any form, suggested. It is ridiculous how you keep assuming that I hold certain views that I clearly (if you bother to read my posts) do not hold.
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    Why does Khalsa Aid have so much more income? Have they been around much longer?
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    No, but you won’t hear me pretend Amrit is not required. Compare that to monay who consistently declare that anything they do not do is not required. There is also a fundamental difference between action and inaction.
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    People like you prop up those who live an anti-gurmat lifestyle as panthic heroes, and then you cry about "interfaith anand karajs." We got to "interfaith anand karajs" in the first place because nobody enforces any rules. The huge volume of anti-gurmat activity that takes place during typical "Sikh" wedding festivities has made it difficult for the community to draw the line. Also, can you please learn to write properly? You are talking about "low iq" people, but you write like a third grader.
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    How much do these "Sikh focused" charities bring in in terms of donations compared to Khalsa Aid?
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    This whole forum is filled with people who want to dilute Sikhi so that they don't offend monay. In fact, most singhs in general these days are prepared to bend over backwards to let monay practice whatever version of Sikhi fits their lifestyle. Sikhs playing down Sikh interests in order to gain wider acceptance is mereley an extension of that.
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    Wow. That is so sad and chilling.
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    This comment has absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote.
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    No. Have you given up your desire to look like a woman?
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    We all probably have an ancestor or two who were Khalsa warriors who gave up their lives for Sikhi (simply because the number of ancestors you have grows exponentially as you go back in generations). But over 95% of our ancestors were most likely either: a) indifferent non-Sikhs b) Cowardly non-fighting, non-visible Sikhs c) People who actively collaborated with oppressive regimes to kill Sikhs and kill Sikhi So instead of relying so much on lineages for inspiration, we should realize Sikhi is not about blood and lineage. It is about how you choose to live today. Let’s focus less on revisionist fairy tale versions of history and live in the present. Let us move towards Sikhi because it is the best dharam, not because of some perceived sense of familial attachment.
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    Let us suppose through some fortunate set of circumstances the Sikh community becomes much more powerful in the coming decades and it becomes more popular in Punjab to identify closely with Sikhi. The heroes of the 80s struggle will then get a lot more recognition than they get today, and every Sikh will go on and on about their braves ancestors who fought the Indian government in the 1980s. This will include the descendants of people like Kuldip Brar, KP Gill, Beanta, etc. That is how absurd it is when Sikhs today keep going on about their brave ancestors hiding in jungles and fighting the oppressive Islamic state in the 1700s.
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