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    GNNSJ on Soho Road shut on Saturday evening and have a live feed on their YouTube page, personally i think it's a good idea in the short term, It would have been full on Sunday morning especially with the elder generation who are most at risk, the more we do to protect them the better, i've been going to there since it opened in the late 70's and it has never shut, i found it disheartening but it's for the greater good. A lot of other Gurdwara's shut on Sunday afternoon but are providing help for the elderly.
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    To us this may seem totalitarian but keeping people away from each other as much a possible is whats going to prevent it spreading like wildfire, in England we have had fair warning yet we are still behind, London has the highest infection rate but people are carrying on as though everything is normal. The last week for me has been the most surreal and difficult week for a while, I've been commuting to work (via train), our boss is more than willing to let us work from home but can't do anything until he get's the go ahead from our parent company (which will probably happen either when they are forced or someone fall's ill), i'm taking every precaution i can but then i see a guy in the gent's at the train station use the facilities and walk out without washing his hands, there are literally posters every where, i'm later told by a person i catch the train with this guy never washes his hands, i really give up on people, the stupidity of the masses is suffered by the few. This is how one place in China is dealing with it, we could learn a lot, westerner societies are so up their own <banned word filter activated> they scoff at the only proven practices on display because it doesn't make them feel very cozy and they cannot give up partying, so their own cases skyrocket. Nobody gets to be cozy in a pandemic...when will they realize that?
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    Me unfortunately, but i have gloves on for most of the journey and am being more vigilant than normal, i can't really do much else until it all hits the fan and we're told to work from home (which is difficult with what i do) or we self-quarantine.
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    The one in Leicester has been cancelled/postponed as of yesterday, bit of a shame but totally understandable considering the amount of elder's that attend and would be put at risk. The problem with "herd immunity" is it is great on paper but in practice it has to be managed well, something that the UK government is useless at (it took them years to figure out Brexit and still managed to make a mess out of it), the issue with Coronavirus is we don't know how each individual would react to it, we have a rough idea, that's all, we know people over 80 are at the highest risk and young kid's show very little sign but can spread the virus, also, a lot of the scientific and medical community have come out and criticised what Boris and his gang want to do, personally, he should bite the bullet and shut stuff down (especially schools, a lot of the elder's will get the virus from their grandchildren, the more we can do prevent the kids getting it the better) but he won't because it will kill an already failing economy and that's what matter's to them, not lives.
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    If they don't get Coronavirus they can pretty much guarantee a nice dose of Weil's disease, Jesus wept, the state of it.
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    It's a strange thing, I've had young girls walk behind or beside me when they feel threatened (i'm not a big guy), maybe because Sikhs are associated with being protectors but the same people won't even say hello to you because of your turban.
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    I lived in a village south of Oxford for a few years, me and the wife were pretty much the only brown people for mile's, we expected to face racism and hate but we got the exact opposite, we felt more accepted there than you think you would, i think it's down to individual experience and education of the local population. Have a Pagh does however have it's advantages, i get two seats to myself on the train to work most morning's, just saying..
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    These are the same people who said eating cow dung would cure you of Coronavirus. While i'm all for animal rights and preserving the life of animals, putting cow's ahead of humans is a bit too far, it goes to show how gullible people are, they want to worship cows and yet instead of feeding the starving population choose to waste god only know's how much milk by pouring it over a stone idol.
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    True, but the UK, especially the Brexiteers have gone into this with a "good old days" and "Days of the Empire" mentality, they seem to have forgotten that they didn't win WW2 by themselves, it was a combined effort and the day's of empire are well and truly over. It's down to the trade deal's they manage to secure in the next 11 month's now.
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    Number 3 won't happen because India want more Visa's before they start trade talks and the UK are cracking down on immigration Number 4, well that'll be all the pro-brexit area's then.......
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    Having watched it I agree with most of what you've said, the whole interfaith marriage portion was in there because that's where the two brother's fell out (i do feel it was given way too much time though), i just wish they used someone who wasn't covering their face and was born and bred into Sikhi from the UK to get the point across. It was nice getting insight from their mother and seeing how he went on the path he did but the last five minutes stood out when he spoke to his wife, she echoed the message Jagraj preached.
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    Sunny is a strange fellow, I've met him a few times over the years (this is going back way before BOS was formed, when Jagraj was in the Army) and have met him recently, I'm not defending Sunny, I don't agree with pretty much 99% of what he says but he's a "Journalist" so he'll say what he can to get a story or do an editorial. While i understand all the hate for Sunny, I personally don't think there's any point judging the documentary before it air's, Bhai Jagraj Singh played a huge part in countless lives, mine included, his talk's inspired a generation to come towards Sikhi and did what pretty much none of us could only but dream of doing, if even 1% of that is relayed in this documentary then it may inspire others.
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    That dude looks like he's just escaped from a mental hospital, good god, the state of it, at least in Japan and Korea it a cultural thing that linked to anime and manga, no idea what the excuse is for these lot in India.
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    You know way too much about this stuff fella, have you been doing a little extra research or something.........?
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    Isn't PTC still owned by one of the Badal's, they've had broadcast rights for years from Harmandir Sahib.
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    When you lack an education you need some way of remembering your own name.....
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    This alone should be classed as a criminal offence.
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    It's not a Civil case, it's a criminal case, it did go to court, it collapsed when the victims refused to give evidence (whether it was shame, peer pressure, no idea). Have a look at the Sikh Awareness Society, they've followed the case and even gave the victims counselling. As for them being banned, good riddance, but more importantly it show's how unregulated parchar is in Sikhi, it seems that anyone can get up on stage and talk as long as it fill's the committees golaks, if all else fails they just go and set up their own Gurdwara, there were call's for them to be banned when these accusations first came to light but the fact that they drew a crowd and filled up the golaks was more important to those running the Gurdwara's.
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    The older generation generally don't appreciate change or anyone rocking the boat, sit them in a gurdwara, they get comfortable and they'll forgive a few mistakes here and there, they were bought up not to ask questions and just accept what was being said to them, now it's slightly different, we ask the questions and this makes the elder's get uncomfortable. It's a sorry state of affairs where it has taken something like this for the wider Sikh "representatives" to react, if they had done this (and as of yesterday they and Dhadrian Wale have been banned from all UK Gurdwara's) when there were allegations of sexual abuse against then maybe it wouldn't have got this far, but they let him open his own Gurdwara in Coventry to do parchar from, does anyone really think they give two hoots about being banned in the UK when they have a huge cash cow in countries like Malaysia and Australia to name a few.
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    He set up his own Gurdwara and people are surprised that he's going off on one when doing katha and making stuff up, until people don't stop following cults like this it will never stop, simple as, it's all been discussed before, it's too little too late now.
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    There's crazy Mulla's all over the place, this dude's no different, looking at his eyes he does look high as a kite though.
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    While i'm not discounting the existence of evil spirits (where there's good there bad right) a lot of the "superstitions" around newborn's have a foot hold in reality, you don't go near a baby without washing at least your hands first because of germs, "hawa" from outside translates to your body temperature when you go see a newborn, if it's cold outside it;s common sense not to pick up a baby until you've warmed up. Regardless, we always would have Sukhmani Sahib playing when our children were young and it would calm them down.
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    Help with son

    kcmidlands replied to a topic in GUPT FORUM

    I used to try and raise my children the way my parents raised me and my siblings, I was failing miserably, I was given a reality check by my mother when I was complaining to her (one of many times) about my children's behavior, she reminded me that the way they raised is was appropriate for that time and that method isn't going to work today, there's no right way of raising your children, you do what you think is best for them, you promise yourself you won't make the mistakes your parent's made with you (in your opinion that is). You don't sound like a bad parent, your son doesn't sound like a bad child but sometimes our circumstances change which put us in situations that end up like yours, you've tried your level best and left the ball in his court so now it's up to him, as long as you've told him that the door is always open you have done the right thing. If you have other children I would concentrate on them and make sure this whole thing isn't affecting them to a point where it becomes an issue.
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    True, I remember when I was younger if you went to a wedding party it was pretty much a guarantee that there would be a fight, it generally involved alcohol and bruised egos.
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    Maybe you should just ask her instead of relying on what others say. You are wanting to date outside of your religion and culture, as long as you know the baggage that comes with that then best of luck.
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