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Where (which institution) do these Pracharaks come from ? Which are the best places to teach Pracharaks that you know of? Sangat cannot 'force' anyone to do anything in my opinion. The main way to motivate , is to pay the Pracharaks well. I've said it before, we should financially reward these Pracharaks well. But where does that money come from ?

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Rara Sahib Mahapurkhs Sant Isher Singh ji (Patiala district) and Sant Kishan Singh ji (from Hisar area of Northern Haryana now) were not from Ludhiana originally. Before them were Sant Attar Singh Ji Reru Sahib wale - Reru Sahib is not in Ludhiana city, and these Mahapurkhs were in Ludhiana district well before partition. Also, can you give examples of those prominent personalities originally from Lahore who settled in Ludhiana ? I also think that as Lahore was the 'big city' of Panjab, naturally the biggest educational and media institutions were there.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/08/end-mass-jabs-and-live-with-covid-says-ex-head-of-vaccine-taskforce End mass jabs and live with Covid, says ex-head of vaccine taskforce Dr Clive Dix says we should treat the virus like flu Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage James Tapper, Michael Savage and Robin McKie Sat 8 Jan 2022 20.00 GMT Covid should be treated as an endemic virus similar to flu, and ministers should end mass-vaccination after the booster campaign, the former chairman of the UK’s vaccine taskforce has said. With health chiefs and senior Tories also lobbying for a post-pandemic plan for a straining NHS, Dr Clive Dix called for a major rethink of the UK’s Covid strategy, in effect reversing the approach of the past two years and returning to a “new normality”. “We need to analyse whether we use the current booster campaign to ensure the vulnerable are protected, if this is seen to be necessary,” he said. “Mass population-based vaccination in the UK should now end.”

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@shastarSingh jee, is it all of Haryana area and only jaats, or is it specific pinds/areas? And do you think in Panjab there are even enough pracharaks or should Sikh concentrate on Panjab first ?

Is that @GurjantGnostic...lol?

https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Norwalk-OKs-new-Sikh-religious-center-but-16767437.php Norwalk OKs new Sikh religious center, but opposing neighbors say fight isn’t over Abigail Brone Jan. 11, 2022 Comments Opposition signs across the street from a vacant lot at 283 Richards Ave. Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in Norwalk, Conn. Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media NORWALK — After months of contentious debate and hours of public hearing and discussion, the Zoning Commission approved the application for a new Sikh religious center in West Norwalk. However, some neighbors have voiced efforts to continue fighting the project. The building, to be built at 283 Richards Ave. was approved Thursday in a 5-1 vote, with commissioner Richard Roina as the sole dissenting vote. The Sikh religious center — called a gurudwara — will be comprised of two main floors and a finished basement, totaling about 18,000 square feet, according to application document The gurudwara will be run by Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Foundation, which opened its West Avenue location more than 20 years ago. The foundation purchased the 1-acre Richards Avenue plot in November 2020 for $275,000, according to city land records. “Putting aside fear and conjecture and speculation and unsubstantiated claims, the comments from the public relate to four areas: Traffic use, density, parking and impact on property values,” said attorney Liz Suchy, who represents the foundation. As part of the application, the foundation had a third party conduct a traffic study, assuring the commission there would be no significant impact to the area, particularly as the gurudwara’s busiest times are Friday evening and Sunday morning, when there is little traffic. The center will be capable of seating 240 people, though most services are attended by about 60 people, Suchy has said. The parking lot will include 53 spaces. A live-in priest will inhabit one of two bedrooms planned for the building, while the other will be reserved for traveling guest speakers and performers, Suchy said. Leading up to the decision, hundreds of people wrote to the commission, both in opposition to and support of the project, with concerns over traffic generated by the temple and the lack of parking, despite the project meeting all requirements for a religious special permit in a residential zone. “I have to agree with attorney Suchy that they meet all of the requirements for a special permit,” commission Chair Louis Schulman said. “So, for me this is not difficult. What is difficult was listening to as many hours as we did of comments from the public which included so much misinformation, and not necessarily purposeful misinformation.” Commissioner Galen Wells echoed Schulman, adding many of the residents who spoke against the project may have been unknowingly uninformed. “I know a lot of the people who spoke against the project — and they’re good people, I don’t think they’re bigots or narrow-minded — but I think sometimes they were mistaken. A lot of these fears just will not come to fruition,” Wells said. “I live very close to the proposed temple and I drive all the time past that corner. I understand during rush hour it’s got lots of traffic. It’s very difficult, but the temple is only going to create traffic on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons. I know from my experience there’s no traffic at those times.” In addition to the letters sent to the city, a group of neighbors in the Richards Avenue area gathered more than 600 signatures for a petition not to approve the building, spearheaded in part by Kelly Danziger, who lives across the street from the project.

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/us-state-passes-resolution-condemning-1984-sikh-massacre/ US state passes resolution condemning 1984 Sikh massacre The resolution condemned the brutal murder of over 30,000 Sikhs who were hunted in their homes and were hacked and burned alive. The New Jersey Senate will present the resolution to President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and other top govt officials. ByNews Desk 12 January 2022 New Jersey, a state in the US, passed a resolution condemning the 1984 Sikh massacre in India, calling it genocide. The New Jersey Senate will present the resolution to President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and other top govt officials. To clarify, in 1984, then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to attack the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar, Punjab. Sikhs worldwide criticized the army action and many saw it as an assault on their religion and identity. As a result, clashes erupted between the Sikh community and the Indian government. Moreover, Indira Gandhi’s Sikh bodyguards assassinated her in retaliation to her orders. The assassination led to anti-Sikh riots across India, killing over 17000 Sikhs, and displacing around 50,000.

Have you reported it , jee? I wrote to Sikh PA, this is their reply

What type of dastaar do the men in your family tie?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fauci-super-vaccine-covid-omicron-b1990899.html Dr Anthony Fauci warned at a Senate committee hearing that the US faced an “urgent need” for a so-called super vaccine that would be more effective at preventing new variants of Covid-19 and other coronaviruses. “Looking ahead in the context of the inevitable continual emergence of new variants, the importance of developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine, namely one that would be effective against all SARS-COVID-2 variants, and ultimately against all coronaviruses, becomes even more apparent,” he told the senators on Tuesday. He added that there was an “urgent need for such an effort”, and added that NIAID was making significant progress on the issue. Such a vaccine would theoretically be effective against not only Covid-19, but a wide range of diseases that fall under the coronavirus umbrella, including the common cold.

You in the UK?

https://southasiablog.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/religious-map-of-punjab-before-partition/ A quick primer on Punjab in 1947: Most of the undivided Punjab region was part of the British Indian province of Punjab. Some medium-sized princely states were sprinkled in as well. Most Punjabi speakers lived in Punjab, though some lived (and still live) in what was then called the North West Frontier Province. The southeast and northeast of Punjab province was inhabited by non-Punjabi speakers. The Punjab region was home to about 35 million people, roughly 4/5ths of whom lived in Punjab province, the remaining 1/5th in the princely states. The Punjab had seven cities with populations over 100,000. The capital, Lahore was the largest with 630,000, followed by the Sikh holy city, Amritsar, which housed 390,000. The other five were Rawalpindi, Multan, Sialkot, Ludhiana, and Jalandhar, all with populations between 100,000 and 200,000. All but Jalandhar and Rawalpindi had Muslim majorities. Those two had Muslim pluralities (or, if you prefer, Hindu+Sikh majorities). The overall religious distribution in Punjab, including the princely states, was 53% Muslim, 30% Hindu, 14.6% Sikh, 1.4% Christian, and 1% Other. Muslims were concentrated in the west, Sikhs in the center, and Hindus in the east. Hindus were also relatively prevalent in cities and Sikhs in rural areas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)#Demographics Interesting Population trends for major religious groups in the Punjab Province of the British India(1881–1941)[35] Religious group Population % 1881 Population % 1891 Population % 1901 Population % 1911[a] Population % 1921 Population % 1931 Population % 1941 Islam 47.6% 47.8% 49.6% 51.1% 51.1% 52.4% 53.2% Hinduism 43.8% 43.6% 41.3% 35.8% 35.1% 30.2% 29.1% Sikhism 8.2% 8.2% 8.6% 12.1% 12.4% 14.3% 14.9% Christianity 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.8% 1.3% 1.5% 1.5% Other religions / No religion 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 1.6% 1.3%

Any examples in mainstream website on where to buy these type of things ?

Which book, jee ?

Sikh clergy, scholars reject Modi’s Veer Baal Diwas — ‘10th Guru’s sons weren’t just brave kids’ https://theprint.in/india/sikhs-reject-modi-idea-of-veer-baal-diwas-guru-gobind-singhs-sons-more-than-just-brave-kids/800143/ PM Modi said Sunday that 26 Dec would be marked as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’. Apex Sikh bodies & scholars say move is appreciable, but the words don't do justice to Sahibzadas’ martyrdom. CHITLEEN K SETHI 11 January, 2022 08:00 am IST

@GurjantGnostic

Speaking with a relative recently, they didn't allow other castes to use the same furniture with them at home in the pind if the dalit was visiting, and if they fed them, they would put the utensil/cutlery through fire to give it an extra clean... I know a family friend who is not happy with Channi as CM of Panjab just because of his 'caste...

'Bhangra' as far as I can tell, is not popular in my parents' Ludhiana area. I might be wrong. 'Bhangra' artists are disproportionately higher of Doaba and UK Panjabis. non-Bhangra Panjabi music in Eastern Panjab has been dominated by Malwai artists such as all the Maans

Sikhs generally more rural , hence Amritsar (which contains City), Ludhiana, Jalandhar districts percentage of Sikhs are lowered by higher non-Sikh in city. Doaba had high Muslim population prepartition. The other districts you quoted don't have big cities. It's interesting to know more about the western part of Malwa, since not many NRI's are from there, and we don't hear much about the area in the news. However, politically it is significant due to Badal family.