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Are Younger And Younger Generations Forgetting Sikhi


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unfortunatley this is happening due to cultural clashes when living in another country.

So true. Also, many of us have to grow up with our parents views on things before we can figure things out for ourselves. If parents arent the greatest of people then it's no surprise the kids get sucked into firangi culture.

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There are number of reasons for this. The biggest problem has been the lack of parchar and the shortage of qualified parcharaks.

The knowledge of one's relegion starts from home. That is the biggest let down as quite a few Sikh parents today have no time or the inclination to teach the basics of Sikhism to their children. They donot even teach their mother language to them. If on one hand, young Sikh children tend to speak English in the Western countries, on the other hand back home, Hindi is spoken to the children. The parents cannot preach about the fundamental tenents of Sikhism , for example, the keeping of kesh, when they themselves are patit. This problem is becoming more and more serious by every passing day and needs drastic action from the Sikh panth.

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English isn't used as the main language to lure them in. Sadly Panjabi isn't the language they understand due to the parents lack of teaching it because they've been to busy in pubs and watching Zee TV and neglected them, but now they are older it's a case of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.

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One thing that needs to be nipped in the bud is this growing trend amongst Sikh-born people to categorise themselves as Panjabi first, Sikh second. Its usually people who like a drink and a party. So rather than change themselves and their habits they've begun to attack the faith and portray those who have affinity for Sikhi as backwards and extreme. Why these type of people have suddenly found the confidence to do these things is a mystery.

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