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I was at the Slough Singh Sabha gurdwara last week. I think he was a teen, a tall young Singh got a deep gash wound on his arm from gatka, somewhere near his wrist. He was already on the floor when I entered through the langar hall, but I am sure he did it to himself not through a gatka "battle". I am unsure which shastar he used. I checked and the shastars seemed lightweight for the children. I picked up the khanda and it was light, not like a real khanda. I really want to emphasise that we should not be promoting twirly sword dancing as a "sikh martial art". This young Singh was hurting and gasping - why are we teaching twirling swords around in a way tha…
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I just always wanted to know, why do the Sikhs in the UK and Kenya tie those really small Paghs? Is that like the fashion in the UK? The Sikh in North America tie normal looking paghs that are not too small like the UK style and not to big like the Indian style.
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Vaheguru ji ka khalsa Vaheguru ji ki fateh Nidar Singh Nihang has just released a new book on Amazon kindle called "Sikh quotes of timeless wisdom": The secret of Naam" part one of two, published by Budh Baridh limited. Available on Amazon Kindle now https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DTGM1DP3/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=57NSX62LN3YH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6QlUwxu4P-bHZUBrSaAvacZv-smj8kuNzvEi0EmQJrdB9F1A-yW7V1gh5KWrlASF.T5LWkDVIIPM7smxzHLtqi6mahR1k6HlfgezuLdGEzKM&dib_tag=se&keywords=nidar+singh&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1737306360&s=digital-text&sprefix=nidar+singh%2Caps%2C78&sr=1-3
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Firstly sorry for the cheesy pun! If someone can shed light onto how they came about I'd be grateful. What does everyone make of them, is the person wearing one any less than those that tie one daily, do we consider them as topis or can they be classified as Dastars?
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In the coming years its going to get tough for minorities living abroad, especially for the Sikh community. There is political meddling between the bigger countries (i.e., India, Uk, Canada) in which we are getting caught in the crossfire. Stay blessed🙏 WJKK WJKF
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Vaheguru Gurbar Akaaluhhh
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Hi Everyone, I'm interested in tying an "England style" turban. I was wondering: How long of a piece of cloth is generally used? Is it double patti or single? Thanks.
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Fateh jio I wear a samosa type dastaar and use full voile material. When the dastaar is new in the first few days dastaar looks very neat and thick larhs but the more I tie the dastaar the material gets softer and softer and the larhs no longer seem as if it is a full voile material as the material goes very soft. I have seen singhs with this type dastaar and theyre larhs are always thick. What can be done the pug so the material remains as new ?
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Sangat ji, What is the best way of YOU doing charity seva??? These days giving spare change on d streets, we accuse the people asking to be druggies / alcoholic. Giving online companies keep 80 or 90% of donations and CEO can be robbers / misuse money. Local charity Sevadars at Gurudwara we assume they use our donations to purchase stuff for Gurudwara. We do not trust any charitable donations in India due to its rep. On top there's debate on "Dasvand." Some say £10 per month very few say "If u earn £2700 a month thas £270 gone to charity." How do YOU do Dasvand d seva each month?
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Sangat ji, According to scientific research when a person dies their brain is alive for 7 minutes and they are dreaming how they lived their lives / reliving Golden Moments of their lives. Your views?
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Listening to Panjab Radio today. There was a discussion on the Friday topic between 12 - 2pm One aunty ji came on and complained about Men with full white beards khulla prakas, wearing gatray, drinking glassy at parties (I presume mostly wedding parties) and throwing money over dancers (I think she said it was dancers). I think she was talking about Ilford mostly, but could be other areas. I think she also complained about them scanning women up and down in Ilford. I haven't seen this happening myself, with old men wearing gatray drinking shraab, in uk or Panjab? Can someone on here clarify if this happens often? This aunty ji seemed t…
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Do they patterns around the parkarma on the walls and floor actually have any meaning at all? Who picked these designs, why these designs?
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Riddhi Patel
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She may not have chosen the wisest words but its fair to say people got killed for speaking out. But good for her. Hopefully she can learn from this situation.
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