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ive found that sikhs dont do it for the hindu thing they just want to show their brothers how much they care etc and women i find do it cos they get money and brand new suits lol..............no sikh i know cares about the hindu aspect of it BUT i do agree it is wrong but even when i speak up about it people just tell me to be quite lol even girls who dont do rakhri like it when they get money on the day lol

Rakhri is a conspiracy created by women to get more money and get brand new suits :D :) :D

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Rakhi issue is like xmas. Sikhs in UK are not christians yet because the custom of the majority christian country is to have xmas trees up and give presents, many sikhs also participate in these activities as a sign of communal harmony. I would gather its the same with rakhi thing (ie sikhs living in majority hindu nation celebrating their festivals) they dont do it for any religious significance...

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Rakhri is important from an economic perspective as well.

Every shop sells Rakhri

Sweetshops sell sweets like crazy

Gifts sell like crazy

All things that ladies like sell like crazy, be it clothes, jewellery, cosmetics, etc. etc. (Don't ask me what I got my sister LOL.gif )

They should have a similar festival for guys, where the guys get paid by the elders (not the sisters obviously) for being born (You wanted a baby boy, here I am, now pay me). Hmmm, maybe this could stop people from killing baby girls when they realize that every year they gonna have to pay huge amounts to the guys :e: . But still, not a bad idea! :nihungsmile:

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Rakhi issue is like xmas. Sikhs in UK are not christians yet because the custom of the majority christian country is to have xmas trees up and give presents, many sikhs also participate in these activities as a sign of communal harmony. I would gather its the same with rakhi thing (ie sikhs living in majority hindu nation celebrating their festivals) they dont do it for any religious significance...

This would be fine if both of those majority cultures respected the participating minority culture. You know about india and how sikhs are depicted in that society. With respect to xmas, it is marketed very well, however, if you knew the short history of only a generation ago and how your parents were treated around the xmas issue, we would never put up a tree in our homes or exchange gifts as innocuous as it may seem.

Respect others and their joy, but in order for it to be meaningful, you have to respect yourself first.

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ive found that sikhs dont do it for the hindu thing they just want to show their brothers how much they care etc and women i find do it cos they get money and brand new suits lol..............no sikh i know cares about the hindu aspect of it BUT i do agree it is wrong but even when i speak up about it people just tell me to be quite lol even girls who dont do rakhri like it when they get money on the day lol

Rakhri is a conspiracy created by women to get more money and get brand new suits :D :) :D

who cares homie

out with that crap

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Rakhri is important from an economic perspective as well.

Every shop sells Rakhri

Sweetshops sell sweets like crazy

Gifts sell like crazy

All things that ladies like sell like crazy, be it clothes, jewellery, cosmetics, etc. etc. (Don't ask me what I got my sister LOL.gif )

They should have a similar festival for guys, where the guys get paid by the elders (not the sisters obviously) for being born (You wanted a baby boy, here I am, now pay me). Hmmm, maybe this could stop people from killing baby girls when they realize that every year they gonna have to pay huge amounts to the guys :e: . But still, not a bad idea! :nihungsmile:

Not a bad idea. But my tight a'ssed family would probably ignore it! LOL

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