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This was a hollow gesture no doubt, but none more hollow than Mrs. Obama coming to meet with the Wisconsin Sikh community almost a week after the shooting. Barack Obama met with the Colorado shooting victims, but not with Sikhs? Why? Is it for the same reasons he avoided a visit to the Golden Temple? The question is not about politics, as Valarie Kaur has stated. The matter involves our inability to produce a capable leader to represent us on the national stage. I have a hard time believing that Ishwar Singh ji couldn't find any young articulate Sikhs to give the invocation. Knowing our gurdwara committee members, I have doubts as to whether he even tried.

Ishwar Singh ji, President of the Sikh Society of Central Florida, was asked to give the invocation at the Republican National Convention. Not only did Ishwar Singh ji forget his lines, and struggled to read from the teleprompter, but he also left no doubt about English not being his first language. This was an historic opportunity for us to put our best foot forward and teach the American people about our faith. Once again, we did not rise to the occasion. Understandably, Ishwar Singh ji may have been a little nervous. But the spotlight is not for the timid. We should all be honest with ourselves and step aside, for the best interests of the community, if we feel there are better people for the job. A young person, born and raised in America, would have been the ideal choice to show how Sikhs are a part of the American fabric. IS THIS THE BEST WE CAN DO? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiXyA1LPKf8

(Above) Rupinder Mohan Singh makes another good point. Mitt Romney has not backed down from his Mormon faith while running for President. Even though Mormonism is seen as a fringe group in Christianity. There was even a Muslim congressman that insisted on taking his oath of office, using a Quran instead of the traditional bible. So then why do Ricky and Nikki sell-out? Especially now, when the American public is going out of its way to embrace Sikhs.

I agree. If they aren't practicing Sikhs, then that's their perogative. But then they shouldn't come to gurdwaras asking for money and votes, and we shouldn't be giving them either. Especially when non-Sikh politicians do more for our community than they do. Technically Ricky Gill is the first Sikh to speak at a republican national convention, but nobody even knows that he comes from a Sikh background. He does such a good job of hiding it! Everyone is giving the honor to Ishwar Singh ji, who is set to speak tonight.

Bro, you have hit the nail on the head. The people who are supposed to be representing us and leading us in the community don't have our best interests at heart. They are using us to help themselves and their buddies. Herding us like cattle towards one candidate or another, for few favors quite possibly. I agree, but when are we gonna start running things? Why are our Gurdwaras run by people who just came from Punjab yesterday? There are 3rd and 4th generation Sikhs in Britain, and 2nd generation Sikhs in USA and Canada. We are better suited to representing the community than the uncle ji's.

These things are a hoax. Nobody can tell you what you what you were in yor past life. Only God knows this. Even if you were to figure this out, it wouldn't help your Sikhi in any way. Concentrate on this life, and make jivan mukhti your end goal. Gurbani says... Aasaa, Fifth Mehla: This human body has been given to you. This is your chance to meet the Lord of the Universe. Nothing else will work. Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; vibrate and meditate on the Jewel of the Naam. ||1|| Make every effort to cross over this terrifying world-ocean. You are squandering this life uselessly in the love of Maya. ||1||Pause|| I have not practiced meditation, self-discipline, self-restraint or righteous living. I have not served the Holy; I have not acknowledged the Lord, my King. Says Nanak, my actions are contemptible! O Lord, I seek Your Sanctuary; please, preserve my honor! ||2||4||

I think it depends on the person reciting gurbani. If they recite it with full conviction, then any part of gurbani should do the trick. Even Naam simran would help, so long as it's a meditative exercise to distract the mind fom the pain. That being said, I hope you continue to seek out medical treatment.

Why do we support politicians who don't do anything for us in return? Ricky Gill and Nikki Haley have done nothing for the Sikh community, yet they come to Gurdwaras to win our votes and recieve donations for their campaigns. Nikki Haley is not even a practicing Sikh. She has converted to Christianity and has married a gorrah Christian man. Yet, our community still helped her to get elected. Niether Ricky nor Nikki has said a word in support of Sikhs since the Wisconsin shooting, or even before the shooting. Ishwar Singh, head of the Sikh Society of Central Florida, is set to speak on Wednesday.

Wherefore art thou, Ricky Gill? By Rupinder Mohan Singh (AmericanTurban.com) I have written several times about Ranjit “Ricky” Gill, the Republican Party candidate for Congress in California’s 9th Congressional District. Gill is challenging Democratic Party incumbent Jerry McNerney for the seat. Gill, 25, is the son of Sikh physicians in the Stockton, California area. Much of the donations to his campaign have come from the Sikh community, as well as interests in the healthcare and agricultural industries. The northern California constituency for which Gill is contesting is an area that has a sizable Sikh population and is, in fact, home to the first and oldest Gurdwara in the United States (the Gurdwara is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year). In April, I wrote about the emerging perception that Ricky Gill was also distancing himself from his Sikh background: Much like South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley did when she ran for the Governor’s seat, Gill is reportedly distancing himself from his Sikh heritage in his campaign and emphasizing a Christian background. As Haley endorsed Gill late last year, perhaps it should not be a surprise that he is following her playbook, but it is nonetheless disappointing that a Sikh American is choosing to obscure his own background for the sake of an election. The recent mass shooting at the Oak Creek Gurdwara brought forth many statements of support from politicians, officials and civil rights leaders of all stripes, and it is curious to see whether a Sikh American candidate, running for federal office in a district with a large Sikh American population, would also have at least made a statement in sympathy with the Sikh community in Wisconsin. On Gill’s website RickyGill.com, there is no such statement offered to show any kind of sympathy to his (I assume, his) co-religionists. If he has made private statements, or a statement in other such venues, they are not easy to find. Gill’s only public comment on the attack was a status update on his Facebook page, dated August 5, 2012: My thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today’s shooting in Wisconsin, with their families, and with their communities. As they suffer through this tragedy, please keep them in yours, too. Nikki Haley posted a very similarly distanced statement on her own Facebook page.

Taken from AmericanTurban.com By Rupinder Mohan Singh In his address to the Republican National Convention today, Ricky Gill, who we can only presume is a Sikh American running for Congress in California’s 9th Congressional District, passed on the unique opportunity to acknowledge our visible minority — whose recent turmoil in Oak Creek, Wisconsin occurred not a month ago — on the national stage. In his speech, Gill disappointingly neglected to make any reference to his Sikh background, instead naming “India and Africa”. This follows a trend with Gill in that he has never openly acknowledged his Sikh faith, and instead, appears to make every effort to downplay this background. Despite this reluctance, the Sikh American community, which has become very topical given the mass shooting at the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Gurdwara earlier this month, has been one that Gill has solicited heavily for campaign donations. He comes from a Sikh family, and the district he seeks to represent contains the oldest Gurdwara (Sikh house of worship) in the United States, in Stockton, California. The Central Valley of California is known for its large and historic Sikh American population. The tragedy is, of course, that Sikhs in California who hoped he would provide a voice for the community in the federal government have supported him significantly, but Gill fails to honor this moral contract. If we needed any evidence of Gill’s inability or unwillingness to be that representative, we now have it. LODI, CA - Congressional candidate Ricky Gill today delivered the following remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida: "My name is Ricky Gill, and I am humbled to stand before you today as a Republican nominee for Congress – and a proud son of California’s San Joaquin Valley. My parents immigrated to the Valley from India and Africa with only their love for each other, a strong work ethic, and the enduring desire to pursue their American Dream. We all work hard in the Valley, and we’re proud to live there. But today we face crippling unemployment and foreclosures-even the bankruptcy of Stockton, our largest city. Young people leave — or drop out of school to help their families make ends meet. Our friends and neighbors are suffering. But the Valley is a cautionary tale of failed policies, not false ambitions. No one in this country dreams of dependency; no one hopes for mediocrity. We are ready again to seize the measure of our ambitions – not because the government says we can, but because we believe we can. We need a new generation of leadership to chart the path – to fight for policies that create jobs, rather than red tape — and to help small businesses succeed, rather than helping green energy companies fail.[/indent] Like you, we Valley folks are tough, independent, and faithful – and we are ready to rebuild our American Dream. Thank you, and God Bless America."

It's probably ectopic pregnancy. If it doesn't resolve itself, then it may have to be removed surgically. Your OBGYN will tell you more.

If someone understands Sikhi, they could blow these missionaries away. Dharmic religions are light years ahead of Abrahamic faiths.

Ha! You Brits are so lucky you don't have to share a country with these people. Unfortunately, I think most of the missionaries in Punjab are cut from this very cloth. They think Jesus won't come back unless the whole world embraces Christianity and the Jews are in Israel. This is part of the reason why America backs Israel.

I didn't know about that. Isn't it also true that the priests who put together the bible threw away a lot of scriptures that they felt didn't mesh with their version of Christianity?

You're right bro. They pre-meditated it. They wanted to kill as man Sikhs as they could. People say that the PM is a Sikh. Who cares if the PM is a Sikh? He's a puppet. Everyone knows that Sonia Gandhi runs the show. Manmohan Singh wasn't even elected to his first term. He was appointed by Sonia Gandhi, partly because he's a brilliant economist, and partly to win over Sikh support. What's the first thing Manmohan Singh did as PM? He apologized for '84 Sikh genocide! That's like Barack Obama apologizing for slavery in America.

Today's christians have fallen far from the tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u6e4MWpTIQ

Idk if we can even call today's Christianity the same as the Christianity of Jesus Christ. The bible was written hundreds of years after Jesus's death. It's incorporated a lot a of Pagan stuff as it spread through Europe. Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. That's the same day the pagans celebrated the winter solstice. They used to cut down a tree and involve it in their celebrations too. Hel was a Nordic God of the underworld. There's more stuff that I can't remember off the top of my head.

To anyone who identifies themself as an Indian: Why has your govt. killed your innocent brothers and sisters? Why have the killers become cabinet ministers? Why have crooked police officers been given awards? Why is Gandhi the hero of your country, when he made derogatory remarks about Guru Gobind Singh? Why did Pakistan approve a Sikh marriage act before India? Why are Sikhs still not recognized as a separate religion in India? Why did the Indian army slaughter Sikhs in Kashmir? Why were tanks brought into Golden Temple? Why were innocent pilgrims killed? Why was the attack done on a major Sikh holiday? Why was the library at Akal Takht burned? Why are they still discovering mass graves from the '84 Sikh Genocide? Why are the whisteblowers harassed? Why isn't anyone investigating? Why was Jaswant Singh Khalra abducted and killed for inquiring about the innocent Sikh youth killed by Punjab Police, under Congress Chief Minister Beant Singh? Why is Sikhi saroop, given by Guru Gobind Singh, relentlessly mocked in the Indian media?

While on the topic of Sikhi saroop, what do you guys think about sardars with earrings? I know rehat says no, and from a Sikh perspective it's altering God's creation. If He wanted us to wear earrings then we would be born with holes in our ears. But then I came across this pic of a young Maharaja Ranjit Singh. http://www.google.co...r:29,s:173,i:96 I've seen similar pics of other Sikh maharajas with earrings, so what's the deal? Here's a pic of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh rockin' stud earrings. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sikh+maharaja&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1658&bih=753&tbm=isch&tbnid=3OjZ0CBArwiLcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sikharchives.com/%3Fp%3D394&docid=Xdm1Eq0B2leenM&imgurl=http://www.sikharchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Maharaja-Bhupinder-Singh.jpg&w=800&h=527&ei=bP83UMfnCMT50gGevYCQCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=491&vpy=155&dur=1253&hovh=182&hovw=277&tx=179&ty=70&sig=118229050538687033059&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=175&start=0&ndsp=42&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:82

Another shooting...people have gone mad. Pro-gun lobbyists have their backs against the wall now.

I don't think gurdwaras should be rented out as party halls to anyone. If the group is a communist party, then they don't have any respect for Sikhi. Therefore, they should hold their function somewhere else. Shame on the gurdwara committee members, and kudos to the sangat. I believe the police officer, who said that no arrests needed to be made. Good job for keeping it peaceful. Oh yeah, and drop ramgharia from the name of the gurdwara.

You can't avoid lust. It's a part of human nature. Stop beating yourself up over it. It's only bad if you let it take over your life. Some people have to check themselves into sex rehab because they can't focus on work or maintain stable relationships because they are addicted to sex. These people have no time to remember God because their minds are pre-occupied with lustful thoughts. Eventually, you will want children. There is no way a man can attain an erection without arousal, and there is no way a man can copulate without an erection. Forgive me for being crude, but there is no PG way of putting it. So learn to control your kaam, but don't go into depression if you can't abstain from it completely.

I wasn't a history major, but I took a history course in college. Sikhs were only mentioned in one paragraph in the whole textbook. The teacher knew who we are, but she only mentioned us briefly when we were studying India. I think if textbooks included pictures of Sikhs, then people would be less ignorant. The video was probably made before Wisonsin.

Muslims ain't all bad. Most of the bad ones I've come across have been paki. I think we should make that distinction. Arab, Irani, Bengali, Afghani I think are alright for the most part. Sufis are cool. I don't think we should dwell on negativity though. This seems like a heartfelt gesture by Muslims. Just like how Sikhs guarded mosques during the London riots.

Yeah bro. It's like they feel bad for what happened in Wisconsin. I was out of the country when that happened, and when I came back it was a whole different vibe. People come up to me and say hello, good morning, or just start a random conversation. That never happened before.