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I agree with some of what you said above, but not this. I don't quite know what you mean by"we", but people use "zero" in Punjab, too. What you write as "ziffer" is actually "siffer". That's what you would say in Punjabi if you don't want to use the English word "zero". Everybody uses "chitta" in Punjab. It's just that some people used the word "safaid", too. Just like sometimes you would say "sir" (head) and sometimes "sees" (head).

Don't scare people off from visiting our homeland, bro. It's not that cold. Were people around you wearing rajai's? Just wear thermal underwear. Actually you didn't have to. Your family chose to. You should have gone during the day before. Also, this shows the problem we continue to have in not having enough flights out from Amritsar, which is all the fault of the government.

That's not true. You can buy all the heaters you want: https://www.amazon.in/s?k=room+heaters If you're talking about central heating, if it's in your own house, you can pay to have installed. https://dir.indiamart.com/impcat/central-heating-system.html Or even in your relative's house, if find it useful enough to pay to have them install central heating in the house you'll be staying in.

Agreed. Though I do want to mention that True. Though (and I don't necessary claim that it applies to you here), sometimes people start reading "book" Punjabi which for some reason our intellectuals have heavily Sanskritized, and that's partially why it's unrecognizable to the average Punjabi. For example, taking the example given in the post above, "world". Instead of saying "vishav", you'd be better off saying "dunia", probably the most common word an average Punjabi would use for "world." There are other examples, like using vigiapan instead of the very common and understood ishtihar (poster, advertisement).

True. But merely refraining from adultery won't make you a saint, either. Refraining from tobacco and drugs won't make you a saint, either. Refraining from robbery won't make you a saint, either. (The vast majority of people aren't robbers. That doesn't make them saints.) So, what exactly are you saying? Is there anything that a Sikh is supposed to do? Please share.

Thanks for that bit of knowledge. Yeah, that bit of useless knowledge. Stop being so caste-minded, people! (Directed toward OP.)

I think the problem is, in your little "experiment", you didn't do quite what you thought you were doing. To do what you I think you wanted to do, you should have gone to the left sidebar, clicked "Languages" and selected Punjabi. Unfortunately, you can't do that, because Google doesn't offer that for Google News (neither for Bengali or Gujurati). Only for Hindi. Languages which have more speakers than Gurmukhi Punjabi, by the way. What you did, I think, is search for the word "Punjabi". Not the same thing. On the other hand, if you had gone to google.com and changed your search language to Punjabi, and then entered ਖਬਰਾਂ ("news"), then you would have gotten exactly that. I.e., YouTube channels of various Punjabi news outlets, and then txt links to various Punjabi news sites (like BBC). I don't know quite what your point was, but if it was that Punjabis should follow the news, I agree.

Probably for the same reason that Guru ji felt the need to "justify to a Muslim" or "justify to a Hindu". When the Muslims engaged in dialogue with Guru ji, Guru Sahib didn't just give "Because Guru Nanak said so". That would be ridiculous. Guru ji said that it was the "form of God." (Sabat surat rabb ki). Exactly what you seem to detest for whatever weird reason.

You do realize that (according to texts) that's exactly the reason that Guru ji gave to keep hair? In the Mecca-Medina Gosht, Guru Nanak ji said: Saabat surat rabb ki bhanne beiman (The fool destroys the uncut form of God.) That's not a "made up reason", like you allege.

Totally agree, bro. It's the mauj (the marzi, or own desire or will) of God. We are simply to bow our heads before Him. Dhan Waheguru.

Yes, please do so.

Yes, please do so.

Yes, please do so.

That's not necessarily the case. If you have a strong Punjabi base, you read Punjabi literature in addition to Gurbani, you read Punjabi non-fiction like books and newspapers, watch Punjabi-language news and you listen to katha, I don't think you need to watch Punjabi movies. However, if you do none of those things, then Punjabi movies are a good starting-off point.

Agreed. It's pointless to say, "well 10 were needed because they were doing different stuff." I mean, it's OK for us, since we can see that our Gurus did do varying things. But that's not the question the atheist is asking him. The atheist is wondering why in the world there needed to be 10 in the first place. The better answer is: Why not? I'm mean, if you don't believe in God, fine. But if God does exist, why does it matter if he deputed 1 Guru or 3 or 10?

What are you even talking about? I explicitly said you wouldn't touch women you meet, you would merely talk with them. Well, that's obvious. Do somebody's daughter a favor and don't get married. And I already went through this above. What exactly are you proposing? Answer my specific scenario in my previous post. That is: would you never hug your wife from the back while she's doing whatever? Really? Answer the question. You would ask, "Dear spouse, may I hug you?". You won't be married for long.

Taleb's major work is The Black Swan, regarding improbable events. Has he written anything on the history of civilizations?

Yeah, that's a good idea. Just take your mother. Or another female from the sangat. In any case, you just say you cut some hair. It doesn't matter what part of the body because in terms of rehit, it's all the same.

I think this is due to film equipment being available for much cheaper these days. You're right. To say that they are not all religious movies is besides the point. The point is people are listening to Punjabi instead of Hindi, etc. Later on, they can get religious, but they have to know the language first.

General rule that most Singhs will tell you: 1) If just a gutka sahib, you have to have showered that day. 2) If sitting in tabia of Guru ji, and you did #2, you need to have showered again. Also, I think you're fooling yourself if with your line that if you're like a child you don't need to shower. I think you might want to flatter yourself that you're like a child, but face it, none of us is. All of us are filled to the brim with envy, hatred, anger, etc. and then we fool ourselves that were are just naive children.

OK, sure. Sure. But a painting painted by a mere man is not "true" (satya). It's a mere representation of something in his mind. And have you ever found it interesting that a painter of a certain school will paint all his paintings in a certain way? That's because that's all he knows how to paint. And as far as certain accouterments or embellishments (such as earrings), that's just what a certain painter supposes that men of a certain era must have worn (not that he would have any personal knowledge--it's a mere supposition).

Think of it this way: They have a mission and the mission is to tell young Sikhs about their faith. Does that make sense?

Well, you know what? The field of spirituality is not like, say chemistry. In chemistry, if your chemical equations work, it doesn't matter that you're an arrogant p#@#. Not so in spirituality. The entire point is to gain humility. If you don't have it, there's not point in listening to you.

No kidding. The top Google search results for "smart casual women" is: https://www.thetrendspotter.net/smart-casual-dress-code-for-women/ Look through that page and try to tell me that men wear everything that women wear.

I admit that some men are wearing somewhat tighter pants than before, but it's still not the skin tight jeans that (many) women wear. Also, in a page that comes up on search, where is there a picture of men wearing sleeveless shirts or crop tops? https://www.primermagazine.com/2018/learn/what-is-smart-casual