Showing posts with label turban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turban. Show all posts

Friday, 23 February 2007

Is Sikhi in the Panjab flourishing?

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Every time i go back to Panjab, i am saddened to see how many youth are abandoning their kesh. Out of all the places in the world, i'd expect the land where our beloved Gurus walked, to be blessed with sikhs who could at least keep their hair.

Obviously there are alot of dedicated Gursikhs there. However it is very difficult to see non amritdhari sikhs with turbans there. I think the recent Harbhajan Mann movie "Dil Apna Panjabi" hit the nail on the head, when they said that you can hardly see anyone in the village wearing a turban. I reckon in my village only 10% have grown their kesh.

After the events of 84 alot of sikhs in the west were drawn back to the religion, and started to wear the articles of their faith. I'm not too sure wether it had a similar effect in Panjab. But my point would be, would it take another event of similar magnitude as 84 for us sikhs to go back to sikhi, and why? I sometimes feel that the Sikhs in the west are more dedicated than those that reside in Panjab. The Panjab based Sikhs only seem to think of one thing - "When can i go abroad to valait".