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Nice post! Hit the nail on its head there sir!

WJKK, WJKF Dear brother, I feel that you have just created such a bad image of a house wife within your post. A "housewifes" day does not stop like normal work does. To say to someone that becoming a housewife is basically doing nothing with your life is so wrong on so many levels. My great granmother was a housewife, my grandmother was a house wife, my mother was a house wife and my wife is a house wife. It is due to them, my families house exists as it does today. A "housewife" is worthy of praise, not defaming. The gods given role of being a mother is a gift, only a mother will know the love towards her children, a woman should be married and receive this gift by being married to her husband in which they both will equally run their home in whatever role needs be. A sikhs life is in gristi, it's not all about "Finish studies, find a job, be independent. Get what you want" as you put it. A sikh is never independent, as we are all dependant on Pramaatma. WJKK WJKF

Dear sister, I could only suggest that you concentrate on your studies and your dharam at present. Leave the whole internet business and try and explore the vast shabads of gurbani. Also, you sound like you have such a strong foundation of love for parmaatma already, build your life on that foundation, If you are going to chak amrit, the most important thing to do is to live sikhi, that means that when it comes to marriage, you should tell your mother and father that you want a amritdhari sikh as your husband with whatever other characteristics you desire, irregards of their caste. I hope and encourage my own daughter will take this approach. An amritdhari sikh should educate anyone who is diluting sikhi or have misconceptions, including parents with caste issues. WJKK WJKF

WJKK, WJKF totally agree with you sister, don't understand why people have to put an image of bhagat ravidas wearing a pag, never seen it before, the norms all image would be fine I think.

What a great person, what a great character, what a great mind, what a great life! How inspirational Bhagat Ravidas was and still is today, his love for waheguru had no bounds or limit!

Yea I got loads of respect for Jagraj Singh, he's an inspiration!

What the hell is this all about lol, what is going on someone please tell me!!!

Yea totally agree, shame people dont shun Bhangra artists for their antics, but quick enough to shun someone like Roop Singh

What a brilliant character Roop Singh is and it was evident how much respect the other contestants had for him. Also what a beautiful family roop Singh has, his wife and daughter wearing dastars representing Sikh women. Absolutely great!!!

WJKK WJKF, What a horrible position to be put in, im so sorry to hear the way your being treated sister. I think you should talk to your husband about the issue with your father inlaw if you already haven't. Maybe you should try and come from the angle of actually not blaming him for your father-in-law's actions and having an argument with him, however stating that your not happy at the things being said. Really it comes down to the relationship you have with your husband, if you both are happy together, you should tell him to instruct his father he's happy with the outcome of his arranged marriage or love marriage and basically back off. The thing is in marriage realistically, nothing's perfect! We have to build a foundation based on respect for one another, thats probably the most important thing. That the husband and wife are singing from the same hymn page. Your husband should realise that it is not the first year of marriage, it's actually your sixth, so he should realise that your not happy in a situation within the family. If your still living with your inlaws maybe you could suggest moving and getting your own house. This is the problem in many houses across the community, no support or sound counciling from family members on both sides. In this situation, dont forget god. As Akal purakh is the only support what is there constant in whatever situation. So, just talk to waheguru in your mind and ask for some guidance and help. He will her your call. Also, I am in no way a professional in giving advice, but I cannot not reply to your plead as a Sikh. So stay strong, concentrate on the good things of your marriage like you toddler and try and work this out with your husband! Also remember waheguru! WJKK WJKF

No I do not agree at all. Every person born into human form, takes janam due to their Karam of previous lives. To say I will take the paap of my father or mother is not valid, as we are judged on only our actions in life not any others. We can only wash our sins, not anybody else's so why would the paap of your parents Mann mat become yours? If your father murdered some one out of cold blood and threw his chance of mukhti away, how does that paap become the child's? Everyone is accountable only to their paap as you can only claim mukhti for yourself, not anyone else! WJKK WJKF

What a sad state of affairs, us sikhs all around the world have done so well financially, yet were more concerned with the gold big khanda round are necks, personal reg plates on are pricey cars, lavish weddings and the whole hog of other things.....wouldn't it be great if sikhs round the world donated a dasvand to a trustworthy organisation that sangat could vote in around the world on an international charity status, then this organisation, backed by world sikh sangats dasvand could be giving these hard working people the money they require as a loan, which in turn they would have to give a dasvand back to the organisation when the loan is settled as a non profitable organisation. We fail on so many levels as sikhs : (

Absolutely right sir- totally agree with you !

WJKK, WJKFAgree with your post brother, the issues with 5 kakkar again is another topic which confuses many Sikhs. Right or wrong, it is just another point that is not clear for anyone looking in on sikhi and wanting to become Sikh. My topic on where we have taken sikhi today raises many points of the different views all Sikhs have on Rehat. I'm worried that in the near future, any Sikh who wants to practice their Shastar vidya and participate in hunting or jhatkaa, they will be shunned as it seems people are not acknowledging the shakti side of our dharam which coincides with Bhakti. How many of amritdhari's know the degree of force at which a Shastar/kirpaan has to be swung to inflict a fatal blow? How many of us can strike our kirpaan at the desired target accurately? I would encourage Sikhs to remember we are a religion what utilises both Bhakti and shakti, we can debate and show our knowledge in dharmic issues and topics, which indeed is a merit. But how many of us are Tyar bar Tyar Sikhs as my brother UKLONDONSIKH rightly stated, who can physically defend our dharam? We cant talk our fellow soldier to death in war lol, never mind not being physically strong enough, maybe we are now emotionally not strong enough for what a jang stands for and what has to be done!

Dear brother, I encourage you to do gurmantar as I encourage you to do Kirtan, also do not forget that service of people in need, is the service of akal purakh, you can sit in a room and jap naam many many times for hours, but you could also spend that free time helping the community where help is needed, holding naam in your mind at the same time, putting the message of Kirtan into practice, sharing sikhi with others in the actions you do! WJKK WJKF

I agree with the majority of posts made, I think any movement towards some form of rekindling the knowledge of weaponry is a plus, whether it is gatka or any other form off Shastar vidya as many of us at present either are to thin to pick up a kirpan and wield it with the right force or too large in weight to actually be bothered. The minimal amount of sikhs actually posting their view on this debate maybe a reflection of the actual opinion of the majority of sikhs, that it is not now necessary, however in my opinion the khalsa panth and Bhakti/shakti go side by side as our guru intended, so my question is, who are we now to differ from this and why is it happening? We all debate on the Bhagti of our dharam, but why do we not discuss the shakti?

......isn't the most aesthetic statue though I must say........

WJKK, WJKF wow great post brother, your thoughts echo my exact thoughts! May Akal Purakh bless you my brother! It would be great to hear some of our sisters opinion on this as they are our equals too, so come on sisters where are you all?

Brother what does NOI mean?

WJKK, WJKF Dear sadh sangat ji, After reading a recent topic, I was wondering whether many sikhs know how to use a Kirpaan, engage in combat training or know how to handle a gun? I know the definition and spiritual meaning of a Kirpaan, however are we maybe forgetting its physical purpose? Are we still a martial race in large? As to utilise a talwar or grapple, you need some form of experience in combat. How many how us engage in gatka along side doing our Paath? Many sikhs have become unhealthy and even obese in satisfying the cravings of their Mann and taste buds with fatty snacks and the extra portion of aloo gobi or kfc and fries, do we not have an obligation to our guru to stay fit and able bodied as long as we can? Is physical shakti also not important as spiritual Bhakti? What are other brothers and also sisters views on this? WJKK WJKF

Also learning how to use your kirpan gifted to you by our guru.....also very very important brother

WJKK, WJKF Dear Mehtab Singh, Sikhkosh and uklondonsikh, I wanted to bring to your attention this sufi Kalaam sung by the late sufi ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It demonstrates the truth of waheguru in some of its beautiful lyrical content and also has references to the prophet Muhammad, as In debate, it was suggested that sufi's reject the prophet Muhammad, which clearly is not so and evident in the quwalli. A respectful and humble benti to my sikh brothers and sisters, please do not start an insult thread on this quwalli, ustaad NFAK, it's lyrical content or the prophet Muhammad. There is a certain way a sikh of guru gobind Singh ji should conduct themselves at all times, and silly comments about the above mentioned will not be hopefully tolerated by the moderators of the site. WJKK, WJKF

WJKK, WJKF Again, nice post veer ji, obviously I disagree with slavery, rape and murder and injustice done to any insaan and as I stated, I have no issue with shiekh baba farid being Muslim, also im aware of the Sunni/Shea divide and in my research, I have only come across Sufi Muslims. The points which I have brought up are only points in my opinion on what yourself, Mehtab Singh and Sikh kosh have suggested. Parchar and dawa are two very different things, I think you may of misunderstood me on this one. Every Sikh should be a pacharak of his faith, but i dont believe Sikhs should break down another's faith in what ever instance, our faith speaks for itself as again we do not have no concept of kafir. The beauty of our Parchar is that we simply sing the praises of waheguru and as great musicians can make people happy, bring tears to people's eyes with emotion, make people dance with joy and put people to sleep with a soothing melody, guru nanaks Kirtan and Parchar awoke peoples sleeping souls and re-united them with the one, some call him ram, some call him Kudah, some call him Gusain and some call him Allah, he is still the same being, known by all who are faithful. Always good to read your posts veer, keep it up! WJKK, WJKF

Great Documentary, but very, very disappointed at his caste reference of Sikhs soldiers sent by Maharaja Ranjit Singh....what a shame!

Lol, sorry gkaur, hopefully Kaur (the other one) will read it too