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The Khatri women I knew also kept Karwa Chauth fasts for husbands. Few Jatt women also did this but to a much lower extent.

Update So far two individuals have been arrested by Mumbai Police, both are non-Sikhs. An 18 year old woman, Shweta Singh from Uttarkhand and Vishal Kumar Jha, an engineering student from Bengaluru.

Always like this

https://newsmobile.in/articles/2019/08/18/the-real-idea-of-india-how-a-sikh-group-escorted-kashmiri-girls-to-their-families/ While our community safely returned thier women to their families when they were being attacked all around India, they groom underage Sikh girls in Kashmir. This should be more than enough to open the Sikh community's eyes but some people in the Panth just don't understand.

Not an issue in Australia because most schools require students to bring their own lunches/recess from home.

I know a few rural Khatri Sikhs, they're similar to other rural communities and some engage in agriculture too. The exception is the Khatris follow more Hindu practices than Jatts.

Yes, racism was more common before the increase of multiculturalism in Australia. The last major "race riot" in Australia were the Cornulla Riots (2005) in Sydney between Middle Eastern youth and Anglo-Australians. There was already tension between the community and Lebanese youths before this event and people, particularly women, claimed to have been harassed, almost daily, by "groups of young Lebanese men" attempting to "pick them up" and describing the women as being "Aussie sluts". Some Australians can be "casually" racist, it's part of the culture to poke fun at certain things.

I heard Fatehgarh Sahib also falls into Puadh region.

Great to find a fellow ਮਲਵਈ. Where are you from?

I'm from core Malwa region not Ludhiana.

Ludhiana is an urban centre of Punjab so its a mixed bag of dialects too. Some areas of Ludhiana speak Punjabi which is closer to people of Doaba and some tehsils speak like people of Malwa. Malwa dialect of Ludhiana differs from the Malwai dialect of core Malwa region people.

Poor women (mainly Christian) continue to be sold to Chinese men as "brides" in Pakistan.

Some Indian media outlets are now blaming Sikhs for creating that app.

Some people have been really embarrassing at Kartarpur Sahib. Crushing on film actresses while on a Gurdwara visit

I agree with you, we shouldn't care about thier matters. But whoever made that app is doing the bezati by using Sikh symbols and Gurmukhi.

'Bulli Bai' is a website that purported to offer Muslim women for 'sale', the second time in less than a year that a fake online auction of this kind has sparked outrage in India. The website was created on GitHub, an American coding platform which developers use to build and host software. This time the app's major language is Punjabi and a turban logo. An engineering student from Bengaluru (south India) has been held by the police for questioning related to the app. The motive is clear, whoever created this app is trying to create hate and anger against Sikhs by using the Gurmukhi script and Sikh symbols. https://www.afternoonvoice.com/bulli-bai-app-attempt-to-kill-two-birds-with-one-stone.html

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/punjab/migration-may-have-led-to-decline-in-sikh-count-125038 Of all communities, Sikhs have reported maximum decline in population, according to the religion-based census data (2001-2011) released by the Centre yesterday. The decadal growth rate in Sikh population was pegged at 24.3 per cent in 1991, which fell to 18.2 per cent in 2001 and further to 8.4 per cent in 2011. The fall in 2001-2011 is 9.8 per cent when compared with the 1991-2001 census — 15.9 per cent in two decades. For Hindus, the decline in growth rate is 3.5 per cent, Muslims 4.9 per cent and Christians 7.1 per cent for 2001-2011. Aswini Nanda, demographic expert, says migration of Sikhs to countries such as the US, the UK and Canada was the main reason for fall in their population. He said a significant number of Sikhs had also moved to Italy and Australia — two new destinations for the community. Many of them are also settled in Norway and some other countries in Europe, he said. Other reasons being cited by experts include prosperity. Sikhs were reportedly more prosperous and adopted family planning schemes earlier than others. A reason for switching to smaller families may be the shrinking land holdings, which they decided not to divide further. The share of Sikhs in the country’s population has come down to 1.7 per cent in 2011 against 1.9 per cent in 2001. Their number is pegged at 2.08 crore — fourth on the population chart. The first slot goes to Hindus with 79.8 per cent proportion of the total population, Muslims with 14.2 per cent are placed at number 2 and Christians with 2.3 per cent are third. In Punjab, the Sikh population has fallen to 57.7 per cent in 2011 as compared to 59.9 per cent in 2001, while that of Hindus has grown to 38.5 per cent from 36.9 per cent. In Chandigarh, the Sikh population has come down to 13.1 per cent in 2011 from 16.1 per cent in 2001. Same is true for Delhi and Haryana. In Delhi, it fell from 4 to 3.4 per cent and from 5.5 to 4.9 per cent in Haryana. In J&K, the Sikh population stands at 1.9 per cent, in HP at 1.2 per cent, Uttarakhand at 2.3 per cent, and Rajasthan at 1.3 per cent. In almost all other states, it is varies from 0.1 per cent to 0.3 per cent.

I disagree with the more racism statement although the weather is better. I know Australia has the "racist" stereotype but its exaggerated. The "Anglos" (white people of British origins) in Australia don't think about the UK, to them it's just another place, some also want Australia to become a republic by leaving the commonwealth.

Yes I’m aware of the authorities role in failing to address grooming issues and instead labelling Sikhs as “extremists” for wanting to protect underaged girls. The British media also wants to label groomers as “Asian” instead of what they really are.

The only positive takeaway from UK diaspora is the establishment of good Sikh organisations like Basics of Sikhi and Sikh Youth UK.

Agreed. UK diaspora is an example of what not to become and no doubt some 'Sikhs' are deeply engrossed in materialism.

Are you calling me blinded by Maya

Sikhs in Australia are more recent immigrants so they’re still connected to Panjabi culture but never witnessed behaviour you described. Drinking is always limited to Sikh males here (in parties too, sometimes men and women segregate themselves).

I am from Australia so not aware of how Sikh girls in other western countries may act. I wasn’t aware of this stereotype because it doesn’t exist here. Never heard of grooming either until I followed Sikh Youth UK.

Yes that’s right, being an Amritdhari is a far bigger commitment than being Hijabi. The way Sikh girls are generalised and stereotyped based on the behaviour of some UK girls on this forum is disgusting!