Sikglikar Sikh In India

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Wha Wha, SGPC Mr badal wah!!

When Sikhs in the west talk about Khalistan Sikhs in India say, you guys live in the west with your luxury you don't know about india's situation. Who helps Sikhs i India in times like this...British Sikh Council!

Where is the SGPC with their crores of money? How can the jathedaars travel via british airways to america and england everyday and yet these poor sikhs have nothing? I swear these Mullahs a.k.a gianis a.k.a sants a.ka. sahibs a.ka. blah blah with al their titles need to use the sangat's money for GOOD of mankind!!!!!!!!!!!

When we do matha tek at Guru ghars in India does the money go to buy the jathedaar a ticket to england or for parchaar or help for these poor sikhs?! I swear we need a revolution in our faith. We need to get these mullahs who have taken over the golaks of the quam.

sorry just frustrated when i see sikhs in India living like this when there is so much charawa at darbar sahib and other guru ghars, it makes mee fume, krodh is building and taking over gotta go...

[Singh, Mahan]

I have posted two pieces (one news article and an other a post from another web- site). Both of the organisations are active in Andhara and Karnataka. Please bring it to the attention of Sangat in your Gurdwaras. Older (Sikh) sangat in Canada UK and USA has generously donated and still donate to Christian charities who in turn send money to India to convert these poor people to Christianity.

Urge them to donate to any of the following.

British Sikh Council,

P.O.Box 621

Willenhall, West Midlands WV13 2YS (UK)

Phone: 01902 608306 / 0781 575 0018 / 07968 128 166

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Nihskam Sikh Organization Canada (Charity Number 863589651RR0001), through Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council Delhi (a charity established in 1985)

Nishkam Sikh Welfare Organization Canada, 2025 Dundas Street East, Unit 10, Mississauga, L4X 1M2. Nishkam Canada can be contacted at nishkamcanada.org@nishkamcanada.org or at (416)-830-1313.

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Donate online at http:// www.nishkamcanada.org via your credit card where a tax donation receipt will be e-mailed to you instantly.

Articles

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British Sikh Councils Holds Large Conference

Sunday 3rd July, 2005

Gurmukh Singh – Panthic Weekly Staff

West Bromwich, UK (KP) - This Sunday the British Sikh Council held their annual large conference at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Edward Street, West Bromwich. The British Sikh Council, which was formed in recent years, spearheaded by Bhai Kulwant Singh Dhesi and Bhai Tarsem Singh from Coventry, has been actively involved in promoting Sikhi Parchaar and human welfare through schemes and projects. The conference held on Sunday 3rd July 2005 aimed to share information on the projects being organised with the wider Sikh Sangat.

In brief the work which the British Sikh Council has been doing is:

1. On a large level providing information to the world regarding the abuse of human rights of the Sikh nation in Panjab and India.

2. The Sikhs who have been actively raising the profile of the Sikh Nation and people are being given recognition and rewards, as well as dealing with problems Sikhs face in a professional way.

3. In Panjab efforts are being made to go village to village to do Sikhi Parchaar.

4. In Maharashtra (India) the Siklighar/Vanjara project has been set up. This project has constructed 3 Gurdwaras, provides clean water services, the look after and care of children who live in poverty and in Madh Pardesh (India) a Sikhi Parchaar Centre is being constructed and opened, costing 10 Lakh Rupees.

5. Research has been carried out to compile and publish four books regarding the issues of Sikh Nation on an international level and Sikhi Parchaar.

Advocate Amar Singh Chahal, President of Lawyers For Human Rights International, attended this annual conference from Panjab.

If you would like to donate a contribution to the British Sikh Council, Sikhligar and Vanjara Sikh project you can send a cheque to the address below. If you require a receipt, please provide self addressed, stamped envelope.

British Sikh Council,

P.O.Box 621

Willenhall, West Midlands WV13 2YS (UK)

Phone: 01902 608306 / 0781 575 0018 / 07968 128 166

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. http://www.sikhnet.com/Sikhnet/discussion....33;OpenDocument

Looking for 351 Volunteers to take the first step

When a mountaineer looks at the peak in the distance, making it to the top must seem an impossible task. The cold, the biting winds, the knowledge of aching muscles and joints that the immediate future holds are things that each mountaineer knows await him or her. But then he (or she) takes the first step and instead of debating the merits of the expedition, the attention turns to meeting the intermediate goals and landmarks. And this approach helps the mountaineer scale the tallest of the peaks.

Fighting poverty and making a change in a community/society is no different. By working to ensure that the young children have access to good health and education, we can break the vicious circle of poverty and under achievement.

In India among the 500 million people estimated to be subsisting on a dollar a day or less, the Sikligar Sikhs form a very small proportion. Sikligar Sikhs adopted the Sikh religion during the time of 6th Guru, Guru Hargobind Singh Ji and took Khande di Pahul during the time of Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. These Sikhs are descendants of Bhai Ram Singh (Marwari Lohar) who would manufacture weapons for war and then polish them (Sikli means to polish).

For the services and sacrifices rendered by them during the times of 6th, and 10th, Guru Sahib, they deserved better care at the hands of Sikh mainstream. However that was not to be and these hard working and brave Sikhs are scattered and sparsely settled in many states of India.

The majority of these Sikligar Sikhs live in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. However they live in almost all states of India in relatively small numbers. These Sikhs still work in metal related jobs. They manufacture knives, taslas, angithies, and a variety of other items depending upon the usage of these items in the areas concerned. Most of them are poor, live in huts (jhuggies) in unhygienic environments even today. They do not speak Punjabi and cannot read or write in Gurmukhi script. Inspite of all these impediments all members of these Sikligar Sikh Families have maintained their perfect Sikh appearance without exception which is nothing short of miracle.

During the year 2001, Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council (Registered), India, in co-ordination with Karnataka Sikh Welfare Society, Bangalore, started a comprehensive program for the rehabilitation of nearly 350 Sikligar Sikh families living in 18 jhuggies (huts) bastis in and around 10 towns of the state of Karnataka, India. This program includes providing them permanent (Pucca) houses, sending their children to schools, opening stitching centers for women folks and providing opportunity to young male adults to acquire better and varied skills while at the same time making arrangements for them to learn Gurmkhi script and acquire knowledge of Gurbani, Gur-itihas and Sikh History. Assistance is also provided in cases of serious ailments.

Nihskam Sikh Organization Canada (Charity Number 863589651RR0001), through Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council Delhi (a charity established in 1985) has agreed to sponsor young children of Sikligar Sikh families to enable them go to schools and meet their educational requirements. At present there are 351 school-going children that belong to Sikligar Sikh families from 10 towns of Karnataka. The number of school going children of these Sikligar Sikh families is expected to go up by an incremental 50 children every year for the next 5 years.

The capital of Karnataka is Bangalore, India’s silicon valley. While the rest of the children of the state are probably aiming for great rewarding careers at some of the best known multinationals, it is imperative that we provide the basic education to these young Sikligar children so that they stand a chance in their later life of doing something else other than making knives and other metal objects out of scrap metal.

For C$ 15 a month, donors will be able to sponsor a Sikligar Sikh child to meet the basic educational needs of the child that will cover cost of books, items of stationery, school bag, school uniform including socks and shoes etc. These children are going to government schools or Govt.-aided schools where either there are no fees or the fees are nominal.

A pledge of C$15 per month will yield the satisfaction of meeting the educational needs of a needy Sikligar Sikh child who when educated will enable his or her family to come out of poverty and educate the next generation without outside help. Please note that like World Vision and other charities the money will go to help the children as a group and not only that individual child.

Nishkam Canada urges individuals to spare a part of their Daswandh and organizations including Gurdwara Management Committees to spare part of their incomes for this noble cause.

May Akal Purakh shower blessing on all those who rise to the occasion and help Nishkam, Canada achieve the target of getting 351 Sikligar Sikh children sponsored for education.

Those interested in making a donation (towards sponsorship of Sikligar children or otherwise) have the following choices:

1. Mail donation cheques payable to “Nishkam Sikh Welfare Organization, Canada” to Nishkam Canada’s mailing address providing your mailing address so that a tax deduction receipt can be mailed back to you. Nishkam Canada’s mailing address is Nishkam Sikh Welfare Organization Canada, 2025 Dundas Street East, Unit 10, Mississauga, L4X 1M2. Nishkam Canada can be contacted at nishkamcanada.org@nishkamcanada.org or at (416)-830-1313.

2. Donate online at www.nishkamcanada.org via your credit card where a tax donation receipt will be e-mailed to you instantly.

NOTE: Every body is welcome to visit the websites of Nishkam Sikh Welfare Organization, Canada www.nishkamcanada.org and that of Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council (Regd.), India www.nishkam.org and communicate with the organizations using their e-mail addresses nishkamcanada.org@nishkamcanada.org and nishkamsewa@eth.net respectively.

“Mohan Singh” (one of the founder members of Nishkam, India) who is on a fund-raising mission to Canada (Toronto Area) can be contacted at 646-338-0380, his cell phone. He is available at the residence of his host S. Bhavdeep Singh, 25 Arborview Cres., Etobicoke, ON, Canada, M9W 7B3 ( phone. 416-213-9376-H) till 06th., Nov., 2005. Thereafter he will be moving back to USA and could be contacted using his cell-phone no. quoted above or his e-mail address msinghnishkam@yahoo.com.

Let us help put a smile and a future on the faces of each of the 351 Sikligar Sikh children.

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waheguru jee ka khalsa waheguru jee kee fateh

Nishkam Society is surely working for this Sikglikar Sikhs in India. Good to see British people are coming up with such good sewa.

Well our SGPC or DSGPC are busy to making their seat PROFIT MAKING HOT seats. A major part of the donoation (fuel for these energetic , everlasting LEADERS) are coming from NRI Sikhs I believe.

On the other hand many small organizations who really wanna to work for Panth are always having lack of resources.

A lot to be done , improve and work out.

Guru sahib kirpa karan

waheguru jee ka khalsa waheguru jee kee fateh