Ranjeet01

Very difficult to say this is a result of Afghani Karma. Afghanistan is a mountainous country and sits on a tectonic fault line. Earthquakes are a natural occurance A few years ago, Japan suffered a 3-in-1 disaster, they had an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear plant meltdown. I don't know how this is a fault of their karma though.

They want to keep us dumb and ignorant. No more.

I think that it is important to read this as we Sikhs currently lack understanding human nature or we feel guilty about some of the uglier aspects and we try to blot it out and focus on the positives. There is a deliberate ploy by certain parties to ensure Dasam Bani is kept from Sangat so to keep us in the dark. I for one will make an effort to read charitars

Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have nothing to do with any insult. Any justification can be made to attack. Just leave that cesspool of a country. Also next time, some cattle gets slaughtered in UP and Hindutva thugs retaliate against muslims, let's keep our busy body noses out of it.

They are looking for a better deal.

The Afghan Sikhs have been living in a war zone for over 40 years. They are perfectly aware of what has been going on. The community back in the late 70's was about 250K. Where did they disappear to? They have enough of a diaspora to fund their biradari out of Afghanistan but they choose not to. Someone mentioned about arming them. Afghanistan is awash with weaponry for decades and being traders I am sure they could easily access those guns to protect themselves if they so choose to. If Afghan Sikhs like some posters have mentioned are involved in the drug trade, I am sure the arms trade would be in their reach. They must have networks in Pakistan to at least get into the tribal Pashtun areas in Pakistan and make their way into Nankana Sahib or Panjha Sahib or Kartarpur or Lahore. But they do not. There are questions that need to be answered but we won't get that

Earlier there was an attack on a Kabul Gurdwara killing many people. There was an evacuation of Sikhs out of Afghanistan. Then there were complaints by some Afghani Sikhs that were left to their own devices in India. These Sikhs did nor want to go to India where they would be poorer but relatively safer and had to start from scratch. They wanted to go to Canada instead. It is like providing a hot cup of coffee for a cold, homeless person and then they demand you get them a Skinny mocha latte from Starbucks. These same Sikhs wanted to go back to Afghanistan instead staying in India. There are 140 remaining Sikhs left. They prefer to be a more prosperous community in a hell-hole of a country but be in more danger. Money is more important for them than their survival. I feel for my fellow brothers and sisters but our offer to help them is not well reciprocated or appreciated. Generosity can only go so far.

I knew this guy who was one of these righteous do-gooders. You know a busy body type. He was always trying butt into the affairs of the council, involved in petitioning etc. He could be a very useful guy and he always wanted to help the little guy. But he died alone and penniless and no one came into his aid We Sikhs are a bit like this guy.

It does not matter what religion it is, the framework seems to be ever present. This framework has it's own semblance of order which is an anomaly in a sea of chaos.

The Brits particularly of the Victorian age compartmentalise everything. Structure and routine with clear instructions is very important. Our cultural background is very guchh - muchh. Everything is blurred and nothing is clear and everything is chaotic and intermingled. Our way is that even if our gurus told us explicitly not to do something, we nod and agree and then carry on doing the opposite.

He looks like my mama! ??

What do you replace a harmonium with? A rabab? It's replacing a keyboard with a stringed instrument.

I think that plants also have some kind of collective intelligence and respond to certain stimuli.

Yes, it is something that I have come to realise. More through self discovery and putting 2 and 2 together. If you hear something like hard rock/heavy thrash metal like Metallica or something of that nature, it has a particular intensity and it make bang your head up and down which is what you see those goreh banging their heads, crowd jumping and chunking themselves in mosh pits. Those electric guitars, lol I had some spoilt kids in the back of my car once and I threatened them with classical music if they did not behave, lol. I switched on Classic FM (which I never listened to before) but it calmed them down. Very strange, lol and they liked it.

I wonder if it relates to music with lyrics. What if it is music with no lyrics with only instruments. Music does have a way of impacting mood and energy. I wonder if it has to do with the frequencies that the vibrations give off?

It feels like the decks have to be cleared. But I have no answers I prefer to stay away from all this toxicity.

Power and greed is too tempting. It seems it has reached the point of no return.

Sant Ji t-shirts could become like the Che Guevara t-shirts like in the west

There is a section of tutti fruity Black African culture. Madonna's vogue was based on Gay/Camp African American culture. There was a documentary on this once and it was quite an eye opener to see this side of Black America.

He was a middle class kid from Baltimore. His parents were in the Black Panther movement. This is the tutti fruity guy that Jada Pinkett Smith preferred over the other tutti fruity Will Smith

It is because you have to start from scratch when you move. If it's a life and death situation then it is a different matter.

It's been existential since 1947. Very surprised that there are 10k to 15k Sikhs left in Pakistan. I thought that there would be less than 100.

I thought it was you P. Dally ??

Tunes such as: "I love it when you call me big Bapu! " ?? " Khalistani Love" "Mo Moneh mo problems!" ??

I guess Punjab has it's 2pac or Biggie.