Modern-day singhs being weak.

[dallysingh101]

On 10/10/2021 at 8:02 PM, Kau89r8 said:

 

@Kau89r8 This is an interesting and contemporary Persian account of SIkhs written by someone on the Afghan side (From Habib and Grewal's Persian Sources):  

 

[Kau89r8]

@dallysingh101

Thank you for sharing... How we went from blood lions to ...........

[GurjantGnostic]

3 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

@Kau89r8 This is an interesting and contemporary Persian account of SIkhs written by someone on the Afghan side (From Habib and Grewal's Persian Sources):  

 

Lol. Love it. 

[GurjantGnostic]

4 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

Khalsa of Guru Sahib's period were most likely less muscular than the Singhs in the picture above. The above are gym muscles, particularly the delts that are on display. We've seen pictures of Nihangs during the period of the British Raj, and they look very lean. I doubt there was much, if any, change in their appearance from colonial times to a hundred or so years later. We tend to idealise physical musculature, but the vast majority of Singhs who saw actual combat with the Khalsa didn't look like your typical "chicken, broccoli, and rice" cover models that we see today. That doesn't mean they weren't strong and capable.

Swords don't require much to do their job. More a matter of having the minerals, having the minerals, and swinging from the right place at the right time, one and done preferably. 

[dallysingh101]

1 hour ago, Kau89r8 said:

@dallysingh101

Thank you for sharing... How we went from blood lions to ...........

Any surprise when we've been promoting this stuff for God knows how long now.....

 

[GurjantGnostic]

The contrast is rather...stark...

[GurjantGnostic]

[dallysingh101]

7 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

Khalsa of Guru Sahib's period were most likely less muscular than the Singhs in the picture above. The above are gym muscles, particularly the delts that are on display. We've seen pictures of Nihangs during the period of the British Raj, and they look very lean. I doubt there was much, if any, change in their appearance from colonial times to a hundred or so years later. We tend to idealise physical musculature, but the vast majority of Singhs who saw actual combat with the Khalsa didn't look like your typical "chicken, broccoli, and rice" cover models that we see today. That doesn't mean they weren't strong and capable.

There is a few mentions of gigantic Singhs in some contemporary sikh-anglo war accounts though. Especially those in charge of canons. 

But like you said, it wasn't all down to brawn. The swords Sikhs used were better quality than the gora ones too, plus they knew how to use them more effectively when on horseback.  

[MisterrSingh]

37 minutes ago, dallysingh101 said:

There is a few mentions of gigantic Singhs in some contemporary sikh-anglo war accounts though. Especially those in charge of canons. 

They must've been the Singhs not to skimp on their portions of butter, milk, lassi, and yogurt when they were growing up. I know the feeling. 

[dallysingh101]

@MisterrSingh

You notice the below? It's the original CP generation. It looks like the parchaar made an effect on their attitudes towards women and general savagery?