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Waheguru ji ka Khalsa Waheguru ji ki Fateh In the past three days we have upgraded the forum scripts, to a newer version. We have moved servers and have had to move very large amount of data. As you can see a lot of the features from the previous forums are currently missing, but we will bring them back. The topics from past three days, are all safe however not availabe in this forum. We will try to restore them add them to the current forum but if we can not do that then we shall provide a suitable alternative. Please give us time, meanwhile, keep the sikhi discussions going.

We see this change as the last option for the forum sewadars to uphold the quality of the forum. Please take your time to read the following SikhSangat Press Release ------------ Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!! We at SikhSangat.com would like to convey this news to our members that we decided to have an independent status online for our forums. Sikhsangat.com, as u know, was being hosted with the Waheguroo!Network since June 2003, after being an independent forum for more than a year. SikhSangat forum's founders took this initial step of becoming independent again, for a better management control within the forum. We would like to inform the sangat that we have supported the Waheguroo!Network in the past, and still continue to do so. We have reinforced our original rule that none of the sewadars will be strongly associated with any particular jathebandi, so that we can do unbiased moderation sewa. We would like our members to have good quality discussions, without them getting frustrated at each other. There is a new set of rules and guidelines for the forums, a link to which can be found on the forum. We request you to go through them. If you have any suggestions, queries, or problems, please do not hesitate to email us at contact@sikhsangat.com Sincerely, Sikhsangat.com Team Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!!

Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!! Our apologies to the sangat that the posts during last three days have not yet been included on the forums. Also, the users who registered during last 2 or 3 days might have to register again. We regret the inconvenience. Other small bugs are being fixed at the moment. Your feedback will be much appreciated in the feedback section of the forum, or through email at contact@sikhsangat.com Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!! p.s Please have the discussion in the following topic http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.ppa?showtopic=9446

Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!! We at SikhSangat.com would like to convey this news to our members that we decided to have an independent status online for our forums. Sikhsangat.com, as u know, was being hosted with the Waheguroo!Network since June 2003, after being an independent forum for more than a year. SikhSangat forum's founders took this initial step of becoming independent again, for a better management control within the forum. We would like to inform the sangat that we have supported the Waheguroo!Network in the past, and still continue to do so. We have reinforced our original rule that none of the sewadars will be strongly associated with any particular jathebandi, so that we can do unbiased moderation sewa. We would like our members to have good quality discussions, without them getting frustrated at each other. There is a new set of rules and guidelines for the forums, a link to which can be found on the forum. We request you to go through them. If you have any suggestions, queries, or problems, please do not hesitate to email us at contact@sikhsangat.com Sincerely, Sikhsangat.com Team Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!!

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw! vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!! sadh sangat jee its sad to see our sikhi radio giving these types of ads, it should not be given,to all sadh sangat hath jod ke benti he pls DONOT send any hatred emails,pls be calm and nimrta bhurvak thank u.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! Guru Pyare Khalsa Sadh Sangat Jeeo, Yesterday was a very interesting day in that we learned the advantages and dangers of our actions. We protested against HaHaPanties having a Khanda on their panties for sale. The reaction was, few people sent polite e-mails to this individual. However, many people sent veiled death threats, curse words, and embarrassing e-mails. This action of our members has hurt the entire seva team of SikhSangat.com. We feel personally embarrassed and offended by the conduct of some hooligans. Furthermore, this puts a stain on the whole of the sangat that visits this forum. Lastly, this action resulted in a negative impression created in the mind of the HaHaPanties.com website owner. We humbly ask you, where in Gurmat is it written that the first reaction to a protest is immature and violent e-mails? This action by those individuals was completely inappropriate and indefensible. In the future, we will continue to stand for truth. We will continue to fight ignorance. We will continue to protest injustice, racism, prejudice and bigotry. However, if anybody uses our platform to launch hate mail, death threats, cursing, or other hateful messages at another person, there will be consequences. Please do not force us to go on strike, or shut down the site, or ban users, or have to do damage control. Please accept our humble benti - in the future, first fight ignorance with patience, then fight with determination, then fight with resilience, then fight with passion. Use e-mails, flyers, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, radio, tv, letters, phone calls, meetings, negotiations, protests, rallies, hunger strikes, and only in life and death situations, fight with physical means. But never fight ignorance with more ignorance and hatred. In the Spirit of Panthic Ektha & Chardee Kalaa, ADMIN Sevadaars SikhSangat.com Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! -8

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! Dear Veerjee, We understand your concerns and we are not outside of them. Many Gursikhs have fallen victim and are still victims of the five thieves of Kaam, Krodh, Lobh, Moh, and Ahankaar. They are called thieves (punj chor) for a reason. They steal away all of your naam and baanee kamaee, everything that you spent so much time and love to earn. They waste it on cheap disgusting ideas, thoughts and actions. They leave you feeling depressed, alone, and without a place to turn to. However, in the saadhsangat, there is no chance of this happening. Veerjee, we strongly encourage you to take the following steps to cure this problem: 1) In the morning after you do your nitnem, stand in front of Guru Ji one day, and make a solemn promise. Think in your mind that in front of you Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the king of the universe, is sitting there listening to your promise. Say it verbally, tell Guru jee what you have been doing. Describe everything you have done to Guru jee. You might start to cry. That's too bad. This is called "facing your actions." Once you face them, you can realize the problem within them. Stand there and say all of the things you have thought and done, and then apologize to Guru jee for drifting from the path of Sikhi and promise Guru jee that it won't happen again. Tell Guru jee that because of this folly, you have a commitment. You will give yourself a "punishment" (which is actually a reward), called "thankhaa" which means wages. This will be a certain amount of simran or paath or whatever you think is right for your situation. > If you have commited a kurehit, or if your heart feels like doing so, you can instead go to the Punj Pyare and get a "thankhaa" from them. 2) In your mind keep the shabads "Par triyaa roop na paykhai naytr" and "jam kaa dandd karaaraa bhaee" in your mind always. 3) Veerjee, NEVER let another person insult you and your Guru by making fun of your dastaar and pulling it out. BEFORE this happens again - let those people know you will not tolerate that behaviour in the future. Don't take any of this abuse, give your last warning right away. After that, if they don't listen, you will need to talk with your school principal and file an assault complaint. If you don't do this, those people will continue to do these things. 4) GET RID OF THOSE FAKE FRIENDS! Try to find saadhsangat. Try to find Gursikhs who are into Sikhi. If there aren't any in your school, try to find Christians, Muslims, Hindus who are faithful to their religion and will respect you for being faithful to your religion. Do not associate with bad sangat. 5) Keep in touch. Keep in touch with sikhsangat forum people, with us (W!N ADMIN), and with all of the other Sikh services out there. They are here to help you. They are all tools that Guru jee is using to help you. Please make use of them. I hope this has been helpful. If we made any mistakes in this post please forgive us. In the Spirit of Panthic Ektha & Chardee Kalaa, ADMIN Sevadaars SikhSangat.com Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! -8

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! We couldn't vote in the poll because we have to remain impartial. Our apologies to all those who couldn't vote due to technical difficulties. It appears however that the voting poll works for most people as the votes have been increasing. If you are reading this message, please vote and ask your friends on this forum to vote. Once we have 10% (representative sample) of the total SikhSangat members voted, we will post a second poll with the top 5 ideas. NOTE TO ALL - this is just an idea that many members have posted about from jkaur to rsingh and all the a to z singhs and kaurs in between :wub: . We know the sangat wants this to happen but you all know it will take some time. In the meanwhile please send all your ideas and suggestions to use by e-mail at contact@sikhsangat.com Thank you for your patience and understanding! In the Spirit of Panthic Ektha & Chardee Kalaa, ADMIN Sevadaars SikhSangat.com Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! -8

****** ADMIN WARNING ****** Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! Further discussion on women in the Punj Pyare will not be allowed. Either revert back to the original topic of "Amrit is Essential for Salvation" or the topic will be closed. Thank you for your patience and understanding! In the Spirit of Panthic Ektha & Chardee Kalaa, ADMIN Sevadaars SikhSangat.com Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! -8

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! One of our SikhSangat forum members is Santbir Singh. He lives in [edited: VANCOUVER, not Montreal] but he used to be involved in the McGill University SSA. Please search his name in the members list and PM him as he might have some experience in this regard. BCSikhYouth.com and CASikhYouth.com might be good places to look. Also there are so many SSA's out there, you could search "Sikh Students Association" on Google and go to their websites to find what events they are doing. Hope this helps! In the Spirit of Panthic Ektha & Chardee Kalaa, ADMIN Sevadaars SikhSangat.com Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh! -8

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Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! You are getting that error message because the images you are trying to upload are bigger in file size than allowed. Please make sure that the File size of the attachment is no greater than 35.5kb, This limit is set to save space on our heavily used servers. My advice is that you use the following method to add image attachments in the posts. http://www.imageshack.us/ If you simply register with the above website and upload the image there then you can link the image in your posts using the IMG tag. the above website lets you upload large images and its easier on our server as well. The valid files that are allowed to be uploaded on our server to be attached are jpg files and word documents. jpg files sho uld not be bigger than 35.5kb and this can be found out by right clicking on the file and clicking properties. -10

On this day in 2004, Bhai Joginder Singh Jee Talwara passed away. And after that, in the year 2004, we lost so many chardikala gursikhs... but we are still strong. Having a Memorial Page for them is sure not a big tribute, but it is just a small effort to keep their lifestyle alive in our society. They were our role models, and taught us great lessons. We owe to them and we will repay it by being more strong in our sikhi, and keep their memory alive in our community. SikhSangat.com Press Team dedicates http://forums.waheguroo.com/press to the chardi kala gursikhs of 2004 who left us for Guru jees sangat. We will keep the sangat updated on SikhSangat Press page once in a month !! Chardikala! Press team Press@Sikhsangat.com

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! We would like to tell our users that now they can customized their profiles. Want to tell your favorite website, your favorite Keertania ? Go to My Controls >> Edit Profile ino under Personal Profile. Sewadars will keep updating small minor modifications like this. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! -1

Use Search option for topics like music, dancing : Sangat already discussed three page long on thread title "is listenin 2 bhangra music bad in sikhi"@ http://forums.waheguroo.com/index.ppa?act=...&f=2&t=7930&hl=

Singhoo, Personal attacks are not allowed. Refrain yourself for doing that !

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! You are getting that error message because the images you are trying to upload are bigger in file size than allowed. Please make sure that the File size of the attachment is no greater than 35.5kb, This limit is set to save space on our heavily used servers. My advice is that you use the following method to add image attachments in the posts. http://www.imageshack.us/ If you simply register with the above website and upload the image there then you can link the image in your posts using the IMG tag. the above website lets you upload large images and its easier on our server as well. The valid files that are allowed to be uploaded on our server to be attached are jpg files and word documents. >jpg files should not be bigger than 35.5kb and this can be found out by right clicking on the file and clicking properties. -10

Pls see below image on Sikhsangat's policy on Usernames that seems to represent panthic jathabandi.

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call admin to check whether the pie has eggs or not. So admin inspected the pie and suddenly Admin shouted "MEHTAB SINGH, You are banned from the film" but then admin started laughing madly because he/she was just kidding.. later on SOGGSJI comes and went throught the film storyline and he didn't like it at all, so he...

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