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@dallysingh101I don't know a single one personally in UK. Probably I don't go other peoples' house much, lol. Or you just keep dodgy company, lol @shastarSingh Veer ji, as well as the original post on this thread, I remember hearing from relatives in Panjab that a lot of Bihari 'bhayea' in their area had become Amritdhari. Is this still true ?

I'm not far from Gravesend Just wanted to get an idea from someone who knows Southall well, how is it/how much it has changed in past 15 years ?

Bump @shastarSingh

Do you think they have 'hijacked' 'Khalsa' as a surname ?

Sad News - only aware of it from one of the Sikh channels on Sky TV today Bodies of 2 killed in Abu Dhabi reach homes in Punjab: ‘Was planning to start new life’ .  A Pakistani national was also among those killed in the drone attack. Two of the six injured in the attack were later identified as Indians.

He was the reason I started following wrestling. Then Bret Hart, then I lost interest when wrestling got really popular.

Hulk Hogan's long lost twin ?

@dallysingh101 do you know how much demographics of Southall have changed since 2007 ? I know you're not from W London. I've only been there about 5 times since then, and only for an hour or two so don't know. There doesn't seem to anyone on this site currently who post regularly from W London. Anyone know if it's more like Kabul or Lahore or Mogadishu than Jalandhar these days (I'm not looking up official figures as I think number of illegals is likely high) Gravesend is (touchwood) still relatively pleasant.

She's like the 'Indian Meghan Markle'

Two sides to every story. Easy for this Rebeiro to talk now Gill is dead

No, I am a woman! Lol (not really) 18-25 might be the most fertile age of women (younger even) 18-25 also is the age a lot of women have been groomed, so in that sense, those women show us that women also need time to mature, like men

How do men and women have different financial peaks since they generally start work around the same age ?

'Prime' meaning what ? @Jacfsing2 feminist munda ?

Not sure that's true, lol? . Actually, I think a lot of women retain more of their personality traits as they get older than men. I think men learn from their mistakes, experiences and inter-personal relationships (nature of women and how to manage relationships better) than women do

I thought these sections were interesting

https://www.runnymedetrust.org/projects-and-publications/parliament/voting-behaviour.html How do ethnic minorities vote? Runnymede has made a film on voting patterns of ethnic minorities, based on data from the largest ever survey on the issue. The film highlights some of the issues raised by the The 2010 Ethnic Minority British Election Survey (EMBES). The 2010 Ethnic Minority British Election Survey is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken in Britain of the political concerns, orientations, voting patterns and integration of ethnic minorities in the political process. The key findings are: Black and minority ethnic people remain highly supportive of the Labour party, with 68% (two-thirds) voting Labour. The Conservatives and LiberalDemocrats - coalition partners in the current government - got only 16% and 14% of the BME vote respectively. Ethnic minorities are somewhat less likely than the White British to register to vote, but among those who are registered turnout rates are very similar towhite British ones. They are also highly supportive of British democracy. BME people share the British norm of a duty to vote, and the great majority identify with Britain. Concerns about the commitment of minorities to British norms and values are misplaced. Nor do Muslims show in general any lack of commitment to Britain or any enthusiasm for extremist politics. However, there is worrying evidence that second-generation citizens of Black Caribbean heritage do not feel that the British political system has treated them fairly. Black Caribbeans, not Muslims, are the group who feel most alienated. Finally, a majority of BME people believe that there is still prejudice in the UK society, including nearly three-quarters of Black Caribbean people. Indeed, over a third (36%) of ethnic minorities report a personal experience of discrimination. Not the full article but interesting https://www.britishfuture.org/the-race-for-the-sikh-vote/ The race for the Sikh vote FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailCopy Link View all news The largest survey of Sikh voting behavior in the General Election shows an increasingly competitive race for the Sikh vote. The Sikh Federation (UK) survey of over 1000 Sikh voters found Labour ahead, with almost half the vote, with the Conservatives up strongly to 36%, a rise of over twenty points. The survey was conducted by the Sikh Network, a nationwide network of activists from Sikh organisations, youth groups and the professions, who had been gathered to help to put together a ‘Sikh Manifesto’ ahead of the election. These activists were asked to approach Sikh voters in their areas and regions by email and through Gurdwaras to gauge how Sikhs had cast their votes. The organisers were thus able to gather responses from 1,000 Sikh voters across 190 constituencies during the fortnight after the General Election. The optional religious question in the 2011 census showed that Sikhism is Britain’s fourth largest faith, with 423,000 adherents, about 0.8% of the population of England and Wales. About a quarter are under eighteen. Sikh celebration in Southampton. Picture: Angus Kirk On the basis of the 2011 census Sikhs make up around 6% of the ethnic minority vote, or just over one in every twenty ethnic minority voters. The Survation poll of ethnic minorities for British Future included a small sample of 66 Sikh voters out of the 1,633 survey respondents who had voted in the General Election. In that poll, Conservatives led Labour by 49% to 41% among those Sikh respondents. As noted in British Future’s release, that sample size is too small to offer any clear guide as to which party was ahead. The large scale of the Sikh Federation (UK) survey makes it the most important snapshot to date of Sikh political engagement in the 2015 election. While the results do not offer a definitive guide to the politics of the Sikh vote in 2015 either, as the method was not that of a representative poll, its size alone merits attention. What both surveys do capture is an increasingly competitive battle for voters from ethnic and faith minorities between the political parties. The Conservatives are growing in confidence about their ability to compete with Labour for a greater share of ethnic minority votes than in the past, and have particularly sought to target aspirational British Indian voters in southern marginals.

Conversely, I think a lot of 'angry young men' for example, mellow with age. I think when for example one is younger and makes mistakes due to anger/impatience, you learn a lesson each time and then better control it. But it might depend on how 'high maintenance' your partner is , lol

@dallysingh101 again, you were ahead of most people re the Police etc Can any Canadian Sangat confirm whether apne put their own sisters into prostitution ?

Bumping this up because of the time of year.

Plant waving

@GurjantGnostic what do you think the main message is from this story ?

I've read the original article here https://www.worldaffairsboard.com/forum/international-defense-geopolitics-discussion/europe-and-russia/20809-sikh-regiment-dumped-over-racism-fears @dallysingh101 do you think the Army were worried about training Sikhs who could then go against them ? Was there any Indian Govt influence back then ? @dallysingh101 lol I know for example that many Mahapurkh from Bhai Daya Singh Ji Samparda were in Fouj. But @dallysingh101was ahead of most even many years ago. The part about : "Sikh joined British army during mutiny era (1850's) because our forefathers saw julam against British families from gujrat to Bombay (butchring)." This is news to me. Can anyone confirm ? So, the British just treated Sikhs badly .