Bullying, Being There for Our Little Brothers And Sisters

[dust of ur sweet charan]

Vaheguruji ka khalsa Vaheguruji ki fateh

Beautiful sangat ji this week is anti-bullying week, There have been several highly publicised cases where children have been the victims of bullying. I'm sure we all clearly remember our beautiful little brother Vijay Singh who took his life to escape his bullies. Bullies target those who are differnt be it appearance, intelligence, religious beliefs, background, sometimes there doesnt have to be a reason. Recently at a Kids' Sikhi camp we did some circle time where kids talked and expressed their concerns and worries about being Sikh. The issue of bullying came up, particularly amoungst young boys keeping their kes. They said that sometimes they get teased or picked on because of their Sikhi roop. At the end of this session all the sewadars made a promise, we said if you can't approach your teacher or anybody else, everytime you come to Gurdwara Sahib, Guru Kirpa you'll always see one of us around. Come talk to us and we will help you to resolve the problem, be it visit your school, talk to your teachers, your parents... anything... just please dont suffer in silence. SO basically the point of this post let it be known to our younger brothers and sisters that there are so many avenues of support out there. Appraching older brothers and sisters is just one of them... Forgive me as a primary school teacher I take bullying very seriously but as a sister to all my beautiful little brothers and sisters I take it even more seriously. If anybody needs any support on what to do if they are being bullied then please get in touch.... forgive me for my endless flaws and if i have said/ done wrong then forgive me again. Dust of your sweet sweet charan

Kaur

Vaheguruji ka khalsa Vaheguruji ki fateh

Monday: my money was taken.

Tuesday: names called.

Wednesday: my uniform torn.

Thursday: my body pouring with blood.

Friday: it's ended.

Saturday: freedom.

The final diary pages of 13-year-old Vijay Singh. He was found hanging from the banister rail at his home on Sunday

[Japo_Taa_Eko_Naamaa - VAAHEGUROO]

vaaheguroo....

[Bored]

i remember when our hindu bro atacked us too. not even that,

i remember when our mother india attacked us.

i hate bullies!

RIP Vijay Singh :closedeyes:

[sikhness]

man, those last words of vijay singh are really sad... R.I.P. Vijay Singh

I didn't know this story, can somebody please elaborate? Thanks...

Fateh

[Singh With Dunalli]

Sheran De Darian Te Aaj Gider Karan Gokala. :<Edited>:

[buddasingh]

Any Sikh brothers and sisters in need of help out there please get help. If you don't know anyone in your area, please pm or post here.

Original poster...,

[dust of ur sweet charan]

Vaheguruji ka khalsa Vaheguruji ki fateh

Vijay Singh was a 13 year old Sikh boy from Manchester. HE kept his kesh and was a smart kid. However, he had a secret, he was the victim of severe taunting, physical and emotional violence. Little Vijay SIngh hung himself from the banister at his home in Manchester, on a Sunday in October, 1996. The term 'Bullycide' refers to those children/young people who commit suicide after being subjected to bullying. You only need to type the word into a search engine and you will realsie just how much of an issue it is. See the link below for further information....

http://www.bullyonline.org/schoolbully/cases.htm#UK

Forgive me for my endless flaws,

Dust of your sweet sweet charan

Kaur

Vaheguruji ka khalsa Vaheguruji ki fateh.

The below poem was written by a SIngh and was dedicated to Vijay Singh

Racist ruffian, low-down scum

Foul mouthed thug do you think its fun

To beet up a kid who's half your size?

Knock his turban and punch his eyes

He gets good grades and it makes you sick

turban-head's clever and you're so thick.

You push and punch and steal his lunch

You swing your fist his nose goes crunch

Bleeding Paki! Bloody Paki!

Swear a lot then steal his money

Grab his arms - push him to the wall

Punch! Crunch! He takes the fall

Kick! Spit! Watch him crawl

Walk away from his crying call.

Lessons start at the school from hell

Classroom's more like a prison cell

Sitting in his blood stained clothes

Tears in his eyes and a busted nose

Bully boys don't stop their taunting

No teacher saw his daily haunting

No teacher said you're a lion Singh

Be BRAVE, be STRONG but never give in

School bell rings:"Bye-Bye friends I ain't coming to hell again!"

Running home as fast as he can

No one knows his secret plan

Up the stairs for freedom call

He escapes from his body walls

Free at last from the violence

Hangs himself in deathly silence.

Where he ends we begin

Bullies won't kill another Singh

Unite as CHILDREN make the change

Don't let things stay the same

We want freedom - no more crime

We want freedom all the time

No more Singhs will die this way

Unite as CHILDREN - fight them today!

CHILDREN UNITE

IT'S TIME TO FIGHT

THE BULLY BOYS

THE RACIST NOISE

DON'T LIVE IN DREAD

TELL THE TEACHER INSTEAD

YOU'RE NOT ALONE

LET YOUR TROUBLES BE KNOWN

[Akhoza]

i came from an asian majority school and in my class (from yr7-11) all of the white boys were beaten/taunted and quite a few left or they hanged around with the disabled people. :D

I would like to add i did not participate in the bullying lolz i was friends with one in yr7 and the rest well i didnt like since they were abit trashy, had warts, dirty hands, were cheeky. But yh it is wrong but sometimes it seems like part of growing up, infact i know there were some people at school who would start on anyone but the best thing was to just ignore, after yr11 most of these people were LONGG GONE. :TH:

[kaur_khalistani_lioness]

jus doin research on "peer relationships" in middle school

found this :

http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm....lg=en&exp=#

readin it jus breaks my heart.

i dont know how my papers gonna be because there is jus so much to write and read to come to an understanding of these relationships and their impact on individuals.

nyhow... we all are different so we all respond differently to situations. howevr, there are some commonalities which this video showz and also its very similr to V singh's case.

it seem common sense or jus stuff that kids do when they growing up, but the consequences of that type of behavior ALWAYS endzup hurtin someone. jus creates problem in development of an individual.

one can say that a person is weak if they think bout killin him/her self but they very young nd still developing mentally, physically and emotionally. not an excuse but smething for the adults to keep in mind...nd not ignore the young ones when they come to you with such problems. even if one gets a hint of any type of abuse or where child is feelin pressure/or acting werid....jus know its time to step in nd fnd out more

thx panji fr posting

bhul chuk muaf karni