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On 10/28/2018 at 9:26 AM, mahandulai said:

If we don't have time to fix all, what would be the most important?

Youth, just get them involved teach them and they will make everything better

It's good to see that one of my local Gurdaware started doing a hour Q&A session in the other building (finally lol) and started focusing more on kids with Santhiya, kirtan, Punjabi Gurmukhi clases etc. There is even GCSE maths class ? and technology for elders

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32 minutes ago, dallysingh101 said:

I think some communities are dealing with these things better than others myself. 

Which ones ? And how

Just today at work I was speaking to this paki uncle and he was telling me that my generation (I'm in my 20s) is gonna be the last generation of Asians who follow culture and respect parents, after us he said culture is gonna end/die.   He was very convinced about this. 

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Just now, puzzled said:

Which ones ? And how 

Well I said Bengalis as a whole seem to retain their language better than apnay in England over generations.

That being said. Many more younger Sikhs seem to know how to read their prayers and we are seeing some active interest by young diaspora Sikhs in puratan texts (like Panth Prakash, Suraj Prakash etc.) that I don't even think most of the apnay from the 60s/70s generation had. 

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12 minutes ago, dallysingh101 said:

Well I said Bengalis as a whole seem to retain their language better than apnay in England over generations.

That being said. Many more younger Sikhs seem to know how to read their prayers and we are seeing some active interest by young diaspora Sikhs in puratan texts (like Panth Prakash, Suraj Prakash etc.) that I don't even think most of the apnay from the 60s/70s generation had. 

I think the internet has helped sikhi a lot. In fact you can learn more about sikhi online than you can at gurdwareh etc many puratan literature is available online translated in English. You have articles online explaining the meanings. Many books on sikhi are available for download. You can even learn gurmuki online. Parchaar vids on YouTube. Videos on YouTube with detailed explanations.  Internet really has helped sikhi in the West a lot. 

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11 minutes ago, puzzled said:

I think the internet has helped sikhi a lot. In fact you can learn more about sikhi online than you can at gurdwareh etc many puratan literature is available online translated in English. You have articles online explaining the meanings. Many books on sikhi are available for download. You can even learn gurmuki online. Parchaar vids on YouTube. Videos on YouTube with detailed explanations.  Internet really has helped sikhi in the West a lot. 

I agree. 

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1 hour ago, puzzled said:

I think the internet has helped sikhi a lot. In fact you can learn more about sikhi online than you can at gurdwareh etc many puratan literature is available online translated in English. You have articles online explaining the meanings. Many books on sikhi are available for download. You can even learn gurmuki online. Parchaar vids on YouTube. Videos on YouTube with detailed explanations.  Internet really has helped sikhi in the West a lot. 

there is a huge number of gate keepers on the traditional  publishing houses in India since the early seventies who will publish happily counterfeit sikh materials but stop to produce older well establish true translations and granths in multiple languages . digital press gives true jagayasoos  a wider sangat to learn from, spread their experiences and do vichar . Also with more experienced sikh linguists offering to do translation work , the spread of Gurbani is accelerating.

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18 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

Are you missing my point? There is nothing wrong with retaining your own heritage and making serious endeavours to do this. Preservation of what is good within your own heritage is not mutually exclusive to learning things from other cultures. Like I like trying to develop my Gurmukhi skills, but I also like developing my English language skills because it helps me access other forms of information that can be useful - like reading Charles Dickens. 

When you look at DG, it also demonstrates a clear intention to retain ones faith, whilst also broadening intellectual horizons by looking at other literature/texts/languages. 

I would say that everyday gora culture, as I've experienced it in ENgland, doesn't place much value on spiritual matters. The culture is more tied to hedonistic beliefs, which themselves are often tied to consumerism - which itself is closely tied to the economic strategies being employed here. I think underlying these things is also Darwinian theories of survival of the fittest. 

this is very niave, extremely if I do say so myself.

look at twitter

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