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  1. What is Khalistan? Before it was conquered by the British and annexed to India Punjab was a soverign state ruled by Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The nation was governed by Sikh principles and was run as a secular state in accordance to Sikh ideology. Both Hindus and Muslims, as well as other Punjabi minority groups, were included in the Kingdom. The Punjabi people themselves revered the Maharaja for his practices of religious and ethnic equality. This form of Punjabi unity deteriorated at the time of the India- Pakistan partition and the former Sikh Kingdom was devided and shared between India, Pakistan and Kashmir. The Sikhs were worst effected, left without a nation or homeland to call thier own despite having more claim to the land than the Muslims, who were converted by the Persian invaders, or the Hindus, who were protected by the sikhs and owe the preservence of thier religion in Punjab solely to the Khalsa. Betrayed and cheated, sentiments of a sikh homeland (Khalistan) started to emerge among the sikh community after much discrimination on the basis of thier religion by thier new hosts, India. The notion of a Khalistan escalated into a militant movement which was countered with strong military action by the Indian government to contain it. The Sikhs claimed the whole of Indian Punjab for Khalistan and in order to reduce the amount of area/land which could potentially be lost to this movement the Indian government set about destroying the Punjabi identity so that the regions of Punjab where the majority did not identify themselves as Punjabi-speaking could be carved out leaving only the areas with the densest concentration of Punjabi-speaking people to form the new smaller Punjab province. (A single state consisting of all the Punjabi speaking regions of north west India would mean a relatively large Province with a 60% majority Sikh population and considered a threat to the Indian government) Government supported Hindu newspapers urged Punjabi-Hindus to declare thier "mother tongue" as Hindi instead of Punjabi on the 1961 census of India. As a result, the regions of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were falsely represented as having a majority Hindi-speaking population and were carved out the Punjab. A Khalistan would merely consist of the new manipulated Punjab province in India, a small percentage of the land which is rightfully ours. How could a Sikh ever be pround of this as an acheivement? Is this Justice? Please see: the Punjabi Suba movement# Punjabis need to unify on the basis of ethnicity and strengthen the Punjabi Identity again like as was during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The Idea of a soverign Khalistan wedged between two hostile nuclear powers is unrealistic for both defence and economical reasons. It will never be allowed to exist by any Indian government nor would anyone other than Sikhs want it to exist, why would punjabi Hindus want to live in "the Land of the Sikhs"? But to demand Autonomy for the Wider Historical Punjab region in India with the Central Government remaining in India would be an acheivable task via democratic means or even civil disobedience. A secular Homeland for the Sikhs as well as the Punjabi-Hindus and Punjabi-Muslims. This is a nation we can call our home. We want Punjab recognised as a seperate country from India (not dissimilar to how Scotland is distinct from England however they still share a government) on the basis of ethnicity, language, culture and most importantly Identity. Sikhs are Punjabi's not Indian or Khalistani. please like or share my Facebook page if you are interested in supporting the cause for a Punjabi Republic: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Republic-of-Punjab/642347095799974
  2. Yes I agree, there should be a seperate "anti-corruption" Police force consisting of young people taken from a young age and educated and trained extensively so as to be groomed into un-corruptable law enforcement officers and working in the best interests of Sikhs. and Gurdhwaras would need educated Gianis who can preach and engage in discussion with people and properly explain the Sikh teachings, the reasons and benefits for living your life in the pure way. I agree the pendu's just go there to eat, its really annoying. Pls check out and like my facebook page if you are interested in this topic:) https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Republic-of-Punjab/642347095799974
  3. HI everyone, As a sikh i think it is important that the sikhs have a homeland we can call our own since our Gurus sacrificed and faught so much for our freedom, rights and our land, Punjab, which we have now lost to India and Pakistan. We all need a nation and sikhs, for a proud and militant race with a noble history still do not have one yet. Currently the only option on the table is the Idea of a Khalistan which upon closer inspection seems like a hastily put together Idea in desperation to get a sort of a consolation prize. In my opinion it holds no value and I wanted to know what other intellectual Sikhs thought about it as currently it seems as though the driving force behind the notion of Khalistan is very disorganised and poorly thought out. Please share with me your thoughts, do you think Khalistan is an acheivable or realistic goal? Here are my reasons for critisizing the notion of Khalistan: Punjab is the Sikh homeland and it is here where our religion was born. Sikhism grew to popularity in Punjab in the 16th century in opposition to the Mughal rulers policy for the entire population to submit to Islam. Historically Sikhs resisted forced conversion and faught to defend other religios groups from persecution and submission to Islam also and eventually overthrew the mughal rulers. Punjab was then ruled under sikhs as a secular nation and under the principles of sikh teachings where all faiths and creeds were treated equally and in turn was revered by muslims, hindu's and sikhs alike. So why would sikhs now demand a small portion of Punjab as a country for only Sikhs? This would surely contradict the guru granth sahib which preaches co-existence and tolerence for other religions. When I think of a Sikh nation, I think of the pride of sikhism. An impressive reflection of Sikh values such as tolerence and freedom which would breed a vibrant, clean, non-currupt, multinational/cultural democratic country consisting of beautiful buildings and beautiful statues. I hardly think a sikh-only country demanded by narrow minded individuals will be able to acheive this since there will not be a diverse enough population to draw from in order to progress economic, social and urban development. Sikhs have a legitimate claim to the Whole of the Punjab. The fact that a minority of Punjabi's are sikhs does not mean we cannot claim the whole of Indian Punjab. A sikh country does not mean Sikh-only country, the fact there are many Hindu and Muslim punjabis in India does not mean that they will object to a sikh state if it was secular. I beleive Khalistan will be rejected by the non sikhs but an Independant Punjab has more validity and will be accepted by sikhs and non sikhs alike and therefore increasing the prospect of the state being created. Punjab IS the Sikh homeland PERIOD. An independant Punjab, The Republic of Punjab, will be the Sikh nation which in line with Sikhism will be democratic and secular for all Punjabi, and non punjabi, peoples. I wanted to bring these things to light and start a discussion with real sikh intellectuals rather than with the ignorant people who are mindlessly calling for a Khalistan. I started a Facebook page to make people more aware of these issues if you'd like to support it please like or share it, link is as follows: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Republic-of-Punjab/642347095799974 thank you, I'll look forward to hearing your responses!
  4. Ye the new Miss USA is of Indian origin and she certainly is not Fair but Gorgeous:)
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