Tarlochan warns Sikh youth on migrant labourers

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New Delhi, Oct. 5. (UNI): National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Chairman, Tarlochan Singh, has expressed regrets at top Sikh sportsmen trimming their beards and hair, acts which he said were encouraging apostasy in the community's younger generation.

"Top golfer Chiranjeev Singh, son of Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, doesn't sport Sikh appearance. Only two out of seven Sikh Indian Hockey players could stand out as 'Sikhs'. Hockey stars like Prabhjot Singh, Gaganjit Singh and Jugraj Singh do not keep uncut hair required by their faith. World famous off-spinner Harbhajan Singh does not wear a turban and rather shows up in a 'Patka (headscarve)'," pointed out the NCM chief while delivering his keynote address on Sikh Youth at Crossroads at the India International Centre here last evening.

The topic aimed to discuss the high incidence of apostasy among the Sikhs, especially in their very heartland of Punjab where, Singh observed, 80 per cent of Sikh school students do not keep long hair required by their faith.

The NCM chief, also Deputy Chairman of the Afro-Asian Games Organising Committee, pointed out that as many as 90 per cent of Punjab's sportsmen were Sikhs, but none wore a turban.

"There was a time when Punjab's Kabaddi team, comprising Sikhs who could stand out in a crowd, would win honors to both the community and the country, but today's Kabaddi players from Punjab have no distinct identity to show."

Singh also recalled JCT Phagwara's prestigious position in Indian football, saying the team was then identified with its Sikh personality.

"Footballers like Inder Singh and

Jarnail Singh needed no other recognition. But today the entire team has given up its Sikh appearance."

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Sat Sri Akal:

Same guy who thinks RSS saved Sikhism in 1984 no?

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[Guest mehtab]

hanji same guy :umm:

sounds like kkk sheltering blacks :T:

[S1ngh]

CEEEE we can't trust anyone !! :umm:

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No doubt he's the same guy who said that rss saved sikhs in 1984. It's really shame. He is a puppet of govt.

But I think facts aren't wrong . See for example

The topic aimed to discuss the high incidence of apostasy among the Sikhs, especially in their very heartland of Punjab where, Singh observed, 80 per cent of Sikh school students do not keep long hair required by their faith.

Isn't it serious?? 80% of sikh youths have cut their hair in Punjab??? I think it's even worse than west

[S1ngh]

OH yeah.. i think Sikhi in india is way worse !!!!!