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  1. @proactive But now a lot of these 'Sikh' charities, and Gurudwares are using the same model as KA, because they know how much pr, and money they can raise as well as salaries. It's not just them anymore. How many gurudwares were providing food for NHS, during this covd-19 and asking sangat to donate. Look at NY Sikhs at the recent blm protests..made it front page New york times. If they stop KA another will come along take their place! Its become a competition who will get most clout from free food
  2. Can you pls summarize what he said...it's long video
  3. They all listen to Punjabi music, muslims, hindus... cant help themselves, esp the UK pakis you should see them they cant admit it ...they go on about how Pakis should speak Urdu only take sly digs at Punjabi (because spoken by Sikhs) yet they'd listening to Sidhu moose-wale on repeat lool.....weddings party's they all got Punjabi music ... Jealousy from them ..because Sikhs maintained Punjabi culture music,,,whilst they destroyer both Hindus and Pakis.. When you talk about Maharaja Ranjit Singh, you'd have a group of pakis commenting he raped muslim women..he committed genocide Kashmir lool They still hurt!....i wish during that era, Maharaja Ranjit Singh divided Punjab there for Muslims Hindus.and Sikhs.. Sikhs should claim Punjabi culture language...we are true heirs...they should stick to hindu and urdu
  4. ..Its the today's version far-left sjw Khalistan that constantly cry on about united Punjab suck up to Pakistan ...they ruined everything..no resemble to what 80' Sikh struggle was about....and completely oblivious to what else happens Sikh history prior to 1984. Its a good thing that the muslims have Urdu and should stick to it...ow it would be an islamifictian version of Punjabi where every sentence from muslim you'd hear inshallah, mashallah, Allah Akbar,...lol I know Arabs, Assyrians, Palestine Christians, say they cant even call themselves Arabs...because how Islamism Arab is that other Arab ethnic groups are pretty much extinct ..you cant distinct Arabs from Islam..Same with Persian culture...Shite Islam is stolen and capitalized from the Persian culture...but most would assume that Persian culture/langauge/ppl = islam.. one was saying when they pray talk in Arabic, its be so Islamism that they used world like 'Allah' Islamic words to pray in Churches, Lebanon, Syria,,,..that ppl are shocked when they see a non-Islamic Arab, Jews did it right...whether they are descendants from Arabs, Europe, they preserved their language, heritage Hebrew. In Israel, its mandatory for all citizen whether jew or not learn Hebrew..and compulsory for Jews have to continue learn Hebrew, read the torah until 18...no matter what ethnicity Jews are...English is taught like 3rd language...they distinct themselves from Arabs..unlike the Arab Christians and others. Id do exactly the same in Punjab/ Khalistan...only Sikhs can rule, Punjabi is MANDATORY whether you are Sikh or not..and Sikhi should come first...rest can go live in their own homelands lol..ban halal meat too ..nationalism of Sikhi and Punjabi only...? Sikh are true heirs Punjab and we should keep our Punjabi alive...we dont need hindufication where Punjabi are now celebrate karva chauth rituals or islamification of Punjabi culture, heritage..unfortunately we been overshadowed by alcohol, drugs...but need to strive for better now..
  5. Because its language spoken by majority Sikhs..and they both hate us...........
  6. Because Pakistan is going to give back our Sikh empire back and Lahore which will be the capital of Khalistan! ?
  7. Family also lives in USA, and own a lot retail stores, gas stations, shops...one cousin worked really hard owned business Chicago, was about to be first time father, group of kaleh came asked him to give them money, he gave it,,they looted the shop, and shot him there and ran. Others cousins live NJ, NY say same thing, how they cant hire kaleh workers because they loot, scared being killed, and they dont call police cause more trouble so they fire them...lol Remember Sikhs were feed 'langar' in Delhi against he CAA protests,,then Islamist slaughtered the Afghan Sikhs,..our kaum clearly doesn't give damn,..only care about pr and clout
  8. KA is also involved too. American Sikhs are the most far left communist SJW pro Pakistani/Islamist, out there. I think these different 'Sikh' Charities' , Gurdwara's committees, are taking page from KA that they can raise millions from 'free food' distribution, raises their profiles, backing from liberal media outlets, politicians, = $$$ ..and cont to whitewash Sikhi as sjw religion Last week some Sikhs started a petition for Hassan Minaj, who's pro Islamist goes on about free Kashmir, free Gaza' for cover 1984 Sikh genocide on his show...like begging him social media...so pathetic and desperate,,we are asking Indian Muslim, who's going to prob call Khalistans as terrorists to talk about Sikh affairs...how sad! Has any Muslim come forward to pay for rebuild damage Gurudwara in Kashmir, Derby or help out those Afghan Sikhs?? I remember during NZ christchurch, the Sikh raised over $60,000 to help the families...any Muslim or else come to help Sikhs?
  9. How many have come into Sikhi from the 'free food' ...
  10. Available for everyone else but can't help our own...
  11. How to Feed Crowds in a Protest or Pandemic? The Sikhs Know Their centuries-old faith tradition of nourishing anyone in need has found new energy and purpose in America’s turmoil. The Sikh Center of New York, in Queens Village, has served more than 145,000 free meals in the last two months, as part of their faith tradition of feeding anyone in need.Credit...Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times By Priya Krishna June 8, 2020 Inside a low, brick-red building in Queens Village, a group of about 30 cooks has made and served more than 145,000 free meals in just 10 weeks. They arrive at 4 a.m. three days a week to methodically assemble vast quantities of basmati rice, dal, beans and vibrantly flavored sabzis for New York City hospital workers, people in poverty and anyone else in search of a hot meal. This isn’t a soup kitchen or a food bank. It’s a gurdwara, the place of worship for Sikhs, members of the fifth-largest organized religion in the world, with about 25 million adherents. Providing for people in need is built into their faith. An essential part of Sikhism is langar, the practice of preparing and serving a free meal to promote the Sikh tenet of seva, or selfless service. Anyone, Sikh or not, can visit a gurdwara and partake in langar, with the biggest ones — like the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India — serving more than 100,000 people every day. Since the coronavirus pandemic has halted religious gatherings in most of the country, including langar, gurdwaras like the Sikh Center of New York, in Queens Village, are mobilizing their large-scale cooking resources to meet the skyrocketing need for food aid outside their places of worship. Image The Queens Village group fed people last week at a Sunnyside protest over the killing of George Floyd and other black Americans by the police.Credit...Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times Some are feeding the protesters marching in outrage over the killings of George Floyd and other black Americans by the police. Last week, a dozen or so volunteers from the Queens center served 500 portions of matar paneer, rice and rajma, a creamy, comforting dish of red beans stewed with tomatoes, and 1,000 bottles of water and cans of soda to demonstrators in Sunnyside. They also offered dessert: kheer, a sweetened rice pudding. Unlock more free articles. Create an account or log in “Where we see peaceful protest, we are going,” said Himmat Singh, a coordinator at the World Sikh Parliament, an advocacy group providing volunteers for the Queens Village efforts. “We are looking for justice. We support this.” Since the pandemic began, soup kitchens have had difficulty keeping up with demand. Shuttered schools and even fine-dining restaurants are using their kitchens to prepare and serve hot meals. But few other places are as well positioned to handle the sheer scale of assistance required right now as the gurdwaras. Most have large, well-equipped kitchens, a steady stream of volunteers and no shortage of ingredients, thanks to regular donations from community members. During the last annual Sikh Day Parade in New York, in April 2019, the Queens Village kitchen — which has a walk-in cooler, multiple freezers, 50-liter stockpots and a huge grill that can cook dozens of rotis at once — produced 15,000 meals in a single day. Image Because of the Sikh tradition of langar, the free meal served at all gurdwaras to anyone who wants it, Sikhs have the resources to distribute food on a large scale.Credit...Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times The Sikhs’ biggest challenge isn’t keeping up with demand. It’s letting people know that they’re here — without making a big show of it or proselytizing, which is forbidden. Latest Updates: George Floyd Protests Updated 36m ago ‘I should not have been there,’ Milley says of Trump photo op. Trump tells the Seattle mayor to ‘take back your city’ from protesters. Inside the ‘Autonomous Zone,’ the police have retreated and protesters have set up a co-op. See more updates Founded in the 15th century in Punjab, India, by the spiritual leader Guru Nanak, Sikhism has an estimated 500,000 followers in the United States and 280 gurdwaras, according to the Sikh Coalition, a civil-rights organization in New York City. One of the most visibly distinctive features of the Sikh practice is the turban — a symbol of the religion’s belief in equality — though not everyone chooses to wear one. Sikhs in America have been often been prey to bigotry, hate crimes and Islamophobia, particularly since 9/11. A few volunteers said in interviews that before going out to distribute meals, they worried that they might hear ignorant comments. But Santokh Dillon, the president of the Guru Nanak Mission Society of Atlanta, said the people he serves are often more puzzled than prejudiced. Most have never even heard of Sikhism, he said. When some find out that the meals are free, “They look at us and say, ‘You are kidding, right?’ ” At least 80 gurdwaras in the United States are now providing food assistance. For many, the transition has been quick and seamless. This is not just because the infrastructure is already there, said Satjeet Kaur, the executive director of the Sikh Coalition. “The call to action and the responsibility” for helping others is deeply entrenched in the Sikh way of life. Sikhs are expected to donate at least 10 percent of their time or income toward community service. Image Himmat Singh, the president of the World Sikh Parliament, is helping to lead the efforts in Queens Village.Credit...Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times It took the Gurdwara Sahib of Fremont, Calif., just a few days after suspending religious services in March to set up a meal and grocery delivery program, and a drive-through meal pickup system outside the gurdwara. Cooks wear gloves and masks, and the kitchen is big enough for workers to stand more than six feet from one another. As at most gurdwaras, the menu changes regularly, but is typically Indian and always vegetarian. (Meat is not permitted in gurdwaras.) While these Sikh volunteers, known as sevadars, are experts in mass-meal preparation, they aren’t as accustomed to spreading the word. The Fremont kitchen has produced 15,000 to 20,000 meals a day on holidays like New Year’s Eve, said Dr. Pritpal Singh, a member of the gurdwara. But now, the gurdwara is serving just 100 to 150 people each day. Dr. Singh said he hoped that more people in need would come pick up food. “We could do hundreds of thousands of meals if given the task,” he said. But with the demonstrations unfolding around the country, Sikhs aren’t waiting for people to come to them any longer. On Tuesday, volunteers from the Gurdwara Sahib attended a protest in Fremont and handed out several hundred bottles of water as a show of solidarity. On a recent Friday, Gurjiv Kaur and Kiren Singh asked the volunteers at their gurdwara, the Khalsa Care Foundation, in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles, to prepare meals in the community kitchen that they could take to the protest. The next morning, they and others picked up about 700 containers of pasta with a garlic- and onion-laden tomato sauce and 500 bottles of water from the gurdwara, and set up a tent in Pan Pacific Park. Soon, protesters started arriving at the tent with other donations, like medical supplies, snacks and hand sanitizer. “It is our duty to stand up with others to fight for justice,” said Ms. Kaur, a graduating senior at the University of California, Irvine. “Langar at its core is a revolution — against inequality and the caste system,” the antiquated hereditary class structure in South Asia, which Sikhism has always rejected. Image Swaranjit Singh Khalsa has been coordinating with five gurdwaras in the Norwich, Conn., area to serve meals at protests.Credit...Swaranjit Singh Khalsa In Norwich, Conn., volunteers from five gurdwaras handed out a few hundred bottles of water to protesters last Tuesday, and on Friday, distributed as many containers of rajma, or kidney beans, and rice on a Main Street sidewalk, a block from City Hall. Swaranjit Singh Khalsa, a volunteer and a member of the Norwich Board of Education, noted that historically, many Sikhs in India have been killed by the police while fighting for their civil rights. Image Volunteers at the Hacienda de Guru Ram Das strictly abide by Covid-19 guidelines, wearing masks and gloves while preparing and handing out meals.Credit...Ramsay de Give for The New York Times At many gurdwaras in the United States, most of those who show up for langar meals are Sikhs. Now that they are catering to a broader population, menus have changed to suit different tastes. In the Seattle area, volunteers at the Gurudwara Sacha Marag Sahib are making pasta and tacos in addition to rice and dal. At the Hacienda de Guru Ram Das in Española, N.M., meals have included enchiladas and burritos. Still, Harimandir Khalsa, a volunteer, said the community kitchen is operating at less than 10 percent of its capacity. Image Some gurdwaras, like the Hacienda de Guru Ram Das, have modified their offerings from the usual Indian food to accommodate local tastes.Credit...Ramsay de Give for The New York Times “I think it is about convenience,” Mr. Khalsa said, as the gurdwara isn’t centrally located. “If we had a food truck parked in front of Walmart that said, ‘Free food,’ we could get more takers. But for people to get in their cars and drive over to this place — people aren’t that desperate yet.” Location is also an issue for the Guru Ramdas Gurdwara Sahib in Vancouver, Wash., as the neighborhood doesn’t have much foot traffic, said Mohan Grewal, the gurdwara secretary. So every other Sunday, volunteers pack up 300 to 400 meals made in the gurdwara and drive them to the Living Hope Church, a Christian congregation six miles away, in a more urban part of the city. One of the biggest challenges for gurdwaras is that many hospitals, shelters and other charitable organizations they’d like to help don’t take cooked food because of hygienic concerns, or accept it only if it meets certain health codes. Many Sikhs have started collecting and distributing pantry items in addition to making meals. Image Many Sikh communities have set up drive-throughs outside their gurdwaras to distribute food. At the Riverside Gurdwara, people line up two hours early to get a meal.Credit...Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times Still, some gurdwaras are bustling. In Riverside, Calif., a hub for the Sikh population, volunteers from the United Sikh Mission, an American nonprofit aid group, and the Khalsa School Riverside, a children’s program, serve 3,000 to 5,000 meals every day at the Riverside Gurdwara. People line up in the drive-through as early as 9:30 a.m., even though it doesn’t open until 11:30. The process is highly systematized. The cooking team shows up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare meals based on previous days’ numbers, as well as requests from senior centers, hospitals and nursing homes; another team packs the meals into microwave-safe boxes; and the third distributes them at the drive-through and other locations. The gurdwara shares information about the free meals through regular posts on large Facebook groups for local residents. Image Volunteers at the Riverside Gurdwara like Gurpreet Singh hand out 3,000 to 5,000 meals every day.Credit...Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times “We didn’t just sit there and say we are going to cook and wait for people to come,” said Gurpreet Singh, a volunteer for the United Sikh Mission. Since the protests, Mr. Singh and others have been reaching out to black organizations, like churches, offering to drop off meals or groceries. They expect to see an increase in people showing up for meals, as thousands have been attending protests in the area. Image In addition to meals, some gurdwaras are also handing out groceries. Credit...Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times Groups like United Sikhs, an international nonprofit, are helping to get the word out. They have stepped up efforts to identify areas of need, connect gurdwaras with organizations seeking assistance, provide best practices for food preparation during the pandemic and mobilize Sikhs to help feed protesters. While the pandemic continues, a few gurdwaras aren’t using their kitchens. Tejkiran Singh, a spokesman for the Singh Sabha of Michigan, west of Detroit, said the gurdwara committee decided it was too risky to start a meal distribution service, especially since Michigan has become a hot spot for the coronavirus. When the Sikh Society of Central Florida, in Oviedo, reopens on June 14, services will be limited to fewer people, and food will be handed out in to-go containers as they leave. But Amit Pal Singh and Charanjit Singh, the chairman and the treasurer of the Sikh Society of Central Florida, also want to continue the drive-through and delivery services they developed during the pandemic. “The concept of langar is to serve the needy,” Mr. Pal Singh said. Before the pandemic, he said, most people participating in langar were local Sikhs coming more for social and religious reasons than out of need. The drive-through and deliveries will allow them to put meals into the hands of people who struggle to afford to eat. That will mean a lot of extra food for volunteers to prepare, in a city where the Sikh population is still small. But none of that seemed to worry Mr. Pal Singh. “We would love to be in that situation,” he said, his optimism vibrating through the phone. “We will handle it.”
  12. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/dining/free-food-sikh-gundwara-langar.html
  13. Interesting can you give name of the book where you read that and Hafez prophecy ?
  14. Check this article out guys! Well written and balanced... https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-strange-death-of-punjab/article19610795.ece/amp/?__twitter_impression=true The Punjabis of India were rewarded for their endurance, and for some time they enjoyed the luxuries which came with residing in the richest State in the country. Over the last decade, however, the State appears to have taken a turn for the worst. The final nail in the coffin for the Sikhs is not coming from a foreign invading force like the Mughals, the Persians or the British, nor is it coming from the Indian government. Rather, the Punjabi people are themselves to blame. This is not a genocidal tragedy inflicted by bullets, but rather an epidemic of drugs, widespread alcohol addiction, female infanticide, low birth rates, farmer suicides, caste discrimination, mass outward emigration and religious conversion.  I have made four trips to my motherland, with my last visit being almost a decade ago. I am truly astonished as to how a prosperous and seemingly innocent society has cascaded into becoming the narcotics haven of India. To put things in context, amongst the youth of Punjab, 51.6% were found to be addicted to drugs, which is 18 times higher than the national Indian average of 2.8%. The statistics regarding alcohol consumption are just as worrying. From a young age, almost every song I have heard at a Punjabi wedding reception makes some reference to alcohol. When a child grows up on a diet of watching his relatives dance to ‘Jatt Ho Gya Sharabi’ or ‘Patiala Peg’, it doesn’t surprise me they might also become alcoholics when they are older.   Sikhs are also known to have the most uneven sex ratio in the whole of India, with 900 females for every 1000 males. This should be our biggest disgrace and embarrassment, more so than alcohol and substance abuse. I have always had the belief that Sikhi is the most progressive faith when it comes to the emancipation of women. Our Gurus fought endlessly against ancient customs of Sati, and strongly opposed the wearing of the veil. Sikh women like Mai Bhago often led armies into the field of battle, something which was unheard of at the time and still is today. It appears that old societal norms which aren’t inherently Sikhi-related (and which often predate Sikhi), like the dowry, the celebration of Lohri and the degradation of women in the Punjabi music industry and folk songs, have all played a role in cultivating the vehemently misogynistic culture we see today.  According to census data, the fertility rates of Punjabi-Sikhs are so low that it begs the question as to whether we would continue to even exist in India in the not-too-distant future. The Punjab of 2070 will look very different to the Punjab I remember seeing as a young boy at my uncles’ wedding. On almost all my travels abroad, be it to Hong Kong, Sydney or Barcelona, I have encountered a relatively young male-dominated community of illegal Punjabi immigrants. I find their stories very difficult to hear, as they discuss the lengths to which they went to leave the Punjab, only to experience a harsher existence a few thousand miles away.  Outward migration and lower fertility rates are not the only factors that explain the Sikh demographic decline. A climate of religious confusion and a lack of Sikh leadership have created a vacuum for missionaries and other religious sects to exploit. I was shocked to find that the recent conviction of the controversial cult leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim, attracted over two hundred thousand of his supporters outside the Punjab and Haryana High Court. It’s an uncomfortable truth, but the very existence of Sikhi itself seems under threat. Punjab is in serious need of another Singh Sabha movement.  Living in the diaspora, it is very difficult to see the land where your forefathers resided for centuries, erode within the space of a lifetime. Unfortunately, the discussion regarding Punjab amongst western Sikhs only seems to concern the events of 1984 – the invasion of the Darbar Sahib complex, the pogroms of Delhi and the military curfews which turned the district into a garrison state. The year 1984 strikes a very personal chord with me too. We have every right to stand in remembrance of this terrible episode in our history, just as the Jews remember the Holocaust or the Armenians recall the genocide of 1915. Nonetheless, the dialogue must move beyond this, and our attention should be focussed on the Punjab of 2017. The Punjab of today.  I also believe it is important that we accept responsibilities for our own failures. Only by acknowledging and admitting to our own faults can we inspire a renaissance of reform. For too long have we pointed fingers towards the Indian government. We seem to believe that everything is a part of a grand conspiracy by the ‘Hindu elite’ to intentionally destroy and undermine Sikhi. I will concede that the federal government is not doing enough to monitor the porous borders of Punjab to prevent the flow of opium. I am fully aware that recreational drugs are more accessible in the Punjab than any other State, and I have no doubt that the Punjab police often turn a blind eye to this. But ultimately, we Punjabis bear the responsibility of consuming them; no one is enforcing it upon us at the point of a gun. Class A narcotics are readily available on most university campuses in the United Kingdom, but most students my age have not become heroin addicts overnight. Though more law and order is needed, this is a grassroots movement, which should instead be focussed on education and raising awareness.  If we have survived the authoritarian regimes of the past, then we have every reason to make our mark and flourish in a multicultural democracy, albeit an imperfect one.  jaspalsidhu1995@gmail.com  
  15. https://asrandhawa.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/the-cheater-who-runs-crook-organization-khalsa-aid-in-uk/ @puzzled Mentions 84 victims and how Ravi took advantage
  16. That's good, i think once they finish school enter college and uni when sjw brainwashing starts.......esp those who start studying sociology, feminism and all the bs...then they'll start bringing Sikhi into it There is Singh that went to Oxford, and he made movement on mental health...and SIkhi being going on for years ....writes these ridiculous articles on far left politics, socialism and brings Sikhi into it...
  17. Sikh schools in west only teach Sikhi through western lenses or water-down version of Sikhi...prob same in India...or going to brainwashed with their SJW far-left identity politics and start bringing Sikhi into it. Or cherry pick which parts of Sikhi should be taught. Most these Sikh society in Uni only do power-point presentations and 'langar' on campus, or discussions of LGBTQ+ and Sikhi, feminism+ Sikhi, toxic masculinity so on I think Islamic schools do good job teaching islam rather than modern version, hence why they end up joining terriost organisations lol I remember last year when Muslims school in UK went crazy over teaching lgbtq to kids...the teachers were threatend...and they mentioned to stop goverments teaching lgbtq to muslim kids... Can Sikhs do that?
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