rupinder singh

Are Gurdwaras running on the kirpa of the committees or the kirpa of the sangat. Truth is we all know that it’s the members of committed Sangat who graft and run the Gurdwaras not the committees of 5 or 12 'respectable' self appointed Sikhs or in this case Mr Headmaster. Unfortunately these schools are a business, they are run like a business. Come on even the Gurdwaras are run like businesses today. You really think after many years this Headmaster’s going to have a sudden burst of guilt and employ a group of amridhari Gursikhs to run the Gurdwara. Truth is he’s probably expecting the local non-payroll Sangat to come and sort the Gurdwara out for free. He’s not going to want to incur any further costs in running his tight budget. So let’s be realists, this local concerned sangat - who have not really bothered to do anything before and left it up to the Sikh Student Camps to sort out once a year - actually stop neglecting one of their Gurdwaras and have daily diwans, perform the parkash and sukhasan sewa, asa di // etc. This is a Khalsa school so why can’t any of the Khalsa see it as their responsibility to be a part of the school even if it’s not run by your favourate Jatha or Sant. The guys who went in gupt form and secretly pictured all the mess, did you actually pick the mess up or were you more excited about rushing the snap shots to panthic weekly. There’s too much pointing out others avguns and not enough knuckling down and just getting on with the sewa. No one wants to be a parupkari. Majority of us walk past the pile of joothay panday in the Gurdwara kitchen sink after we eat our tasty langar, few of us will actually wash those panday. Truth is if the beadbi really truly hurts people then they would have done something about it by now. No doubt I will get some death threats from the Essex boys for my comments. Bring it on!

If these locals are so upset why don't they go and clean the Gurdwara up or take on the responsibility of Maharaj's sewa. We students did when we used to visit them "sanatan" camps...lol Loads of people make noise but no one's going to commit themselves to clean the diwan hall of the Gurdwara sahib. Instead we get a kick out highlighting the sinister headmaster and his uselessness so that people can feel better about themselves. There is only one solution. People of Essex who supposedly are hurt by the beadbi, go and commit yourselves to do some sewa. Instead of taking in a hidden undercover covert camera, clean the diwan hall up. Do some daily sewa because the headmaster aint going to do it.

Party at Monsoons tonite. Malhi's paying!!!

Great..Southall has been saved!!!

Sometimes one needs to inflate one's "stats" in order to convince oneself that the convention is effective.

Baba Ji will be in GNG Smethwick on Wed 24th this month during evening diwan.

Wow! 3 in a week in the same city, now including GNNSJ that makes 4 !! 4 amrit sanchars in Birmingham within days of each other. Wouldn’t it be amazing if all 4 decided to have 1. What an experience that would be for the abhilakees. Looks like us Brummies are spoilt for choice.

Thing is...is the issue being raised by frontliners news team regarding the "specific" part of the bush or is the entire bush?? What if the Gora urinated on another part of the bush where Ik Oankaar was not hedged in would that have been "ok" and not got a mention on the blog. Unless someone from the blog's investigation team is willing to provide Paraydari sewa for the Guru Ghar, you aint otherwise going to do much in preventing the odd lost soul urinating outside the Gurdwara. Strangley enough, if people are going to object to Gurbani being displayed anywhere on the Guru Ghar's property then do we take the Gurbani away from any part of the property which is not in the form of Guru Granth Sahib Ji Saroop or a gutka sahib? Even if Ik Oankaar was not displayed on the hedge would you have been ok about any urine, dog poo, cigerrete smoke etc around the outskirts of the Gurdwara footpath or would you have simply ignored it?

All these secret jasoos’s blogs who wait for the problems, put it on their blog and get some thrill from everyone gasping with shock and horror. Suggestion... you lot in East London have enough wannabe kharkoos. Instead of organizing your stand up comedy shows in you nice new formed academy/colleges go down and do paraydari sewa at your local Gurdwaras and protect your hedges.

thats not even funny.....lame........ Maafi Ji, for my lameness. You are all so mahan that I forgot who I was addressing.

LOL. Kids Kids Kids, time to get off the internet and finish your homework. This is a serious event and you are ruining it. Anyway get back to reharsing with the red nose, balancing on your unicycle, juggling balls for the event this weekend. Poor Gillay Kachay Wallay will need a break during their acts.

There’s always this paranoia of the 2 extremes miltant or moderate and the great fear that we are perceived to fall into the miltant category. I am not attacking the intentions of Kaurageous because I do understand them. What my concerns are is simply the content and the approach of a Comedy show. I was not impressed and frankly offended by the youtube video of the “Gillay Kachay Wala” (which loosely translates as a jatha who have urintated themselves and walk around in wet kacha) who attacked the Dhadi Vara by replacing the bir raas with stupid lyrics and branding it comedy. If that was done by a non Sikh we would have probably made a massive issue out of it but as the attack came from within the panth many are very accepting to it. Sukhy Singh is one of our assets and has been given bakshish by Maharaj with Kirtan, Gurbani and Katha. He can use his bakshish and guide us all or he can abuse his bakshish and dance around singing silly songs. I prefer the Kirtan roop of Sukhy Singh. My benti is stay away from the attacking side of the comedy. Don’t make the Granthis, Ragis, Parcharaks look stupid. Don’t mock the Dhadi Vara or the Dharna dhuns of the Mahapursh’s. And don’t promote Sikhi by mocking the Sikh for his/her shortcomings. There’s a difference between laughing together and laughing at someone.

Benti. You guys are going to do this regardless. But just think about what you actually want to get out if this. Do you want laha of the sangat roop during naam abiyaas/Gurbani keertan or when they sit and giggle at a comedy act and give you praise for being innovative and fresh. I've had my rant and rave and will not take up anymore of your time.

Ok maybe I don't get it and am not with it. I just don't see how we promote the dynamics of the sangat roop by watching a 10 minute sketch of the "Gillay Kacha Walay" Jatha mocking the dhuni of the Guru Hargobind Sahib's Dhadi jatha's.

Oh Grreeeaaat!! Why not celebrate by having a keertan diwan or Akhand Path Sahib or Sukhmani Sahib path? Or is that just too "normal" and too "typical" and dare I say too "boring"??? Why are we attempting to re-invent all the time? Our Gursikh forefathers and foremothers showed us the true way to celebrate anniversaries and birthdays. Why make a tamasha out of it...

What benefit to a Sikh is this mick taking anyway? Just like Sukhwinder Singh is taking the mick out of dhadis, I can simply say I am taking the "mick" out of him by observing his bafoon like actions. That's the way mick taking goes. You don't post a video on youtube without expecting a some kind of reaction, in the video isn't he playing the role of a bafoon anyway, am I meant to see him as a great gursikh parcharak in that video? What was the overall message in the "Gilla Kacha" (translated as soiled underpants or even soiled kachera) video clip? Please tell me, because I seem to be missing it. Next time I see Sukhwinder Singh (when he's not on stage doing kirtan or doing Gurmat parchar) I think I will approach him and take the "mick" out of him directly. I'm sure he won't mind.

Why is there kes on the floor in the first place?

Why do we have shiny rummallas, why do we perform chaur sahib, why do have a palki sahib etc etc?? Why not just have a mud hut with a desk and place Mahraj's saroop on the desk??? Why do we bother spending any money at all on Gurdwaras? Isn't it all about the sharda and relationship between the Sikh and the Guru? Some of us can never fathom spending thousands or millions on the saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji because we are still associated to the Maya and look at the cost benefit. Whilst some Gursikhs are unattached to Maya and never think twice about spending those thousands or millions on the saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

An immature video especially from someone like Sukhvinder Singh who has Maharaj’s bakshish in kirtan and Gurbani. I prefer Sukhvinder Singh in his kirtan roop rather than the comedy bafoon.

What does he talk about? Is it his appearance of a Hindu which is going to cause a problem. What if he actually does a katha on the mehma of Sikh Jeevan? I remember hearing a katha on astha tv by some sadhu who looked similar to this swami and he talked about was Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib and Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. He ended his katha with a "Gur Fateh". To be honest it was pretty uplifting and his hindu outfit didn't really bother me. Now some of us can sceptically look at that and think it's a money making scam or we can look at that and think that the man actually has respect for the Sikh jeevan. I guess the only way we will find out what he is going to talk about is by actually being there and hearing the talk.

LOL. Camp bickering. How can we live without it!! What we need is a fourth ulimatimum camp, the "Khalsa Sikhi Student Camp"

Great katha and beautiful kirtan. There’s an amazing soothing sensation in Babaji’s voice. I was unfortunate not to have had his darshan, although I think I may have sat in his sangat without realizing, that’s the beauty of these gupt mahapurshs.

Same formula! We watch some fireworks go off, gloat, cheer, pat ourselves on the back, jump on the bandwagon, make some new hero posters for the langar hall and then we get back to our normal jeevans. The 10 minute buzz is over in 5 minutes and the soorma of the cyberworld get back to updating their facebooks. Life’s got a funny way of carrying on as normal…

To be honest I look around and at myself and know I'm a bigger joke than those funny Sikhs being portrayed in the movies. But it would be pleasant to see a "serious" Sikh character representation in a bollywood philum for a change.

Good action points. I don't think anyone can argue with that! I once came across a large thaan of rummalla kapra (with Ik Oankar Gurbani printed) on a market stall where it was being sold by some smoking greek/turkish guy. I didn't know whether to buy the whole thaan of rummalla kapra of him incase it encouraged him to get more stock or just ignore it. I chose to ignore it and don't know if I did the right thing. The problem is it's too easy to pick up stock of these Gurbani rummalla thaans. I would suggest also finding a way of controlling the supply. Most Kapra shops will have the cloth with Gurbani prints stored in ways most of us would not be happy about. Maybe think of a way of getting them to think about what they are doing especially as most will be Sikh/Punjabi themselves.