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the west sides, just outside the desi areas.

I'm not in Cali, I'm a Londoner

that resentment shouldn't be there, the sacrifices should benefit everyone. Just as sikhs sacrificed in the past. The copycat slogans make them more recognisable. I remember muslims used to use #FreePalestine and we could easily use something like #FreePunjab Although we could come up with our own like #sikhs4justuce or #sikhs1984

Just heard this on Panjab Radio this morning in the UK. There was a consultation on changing the name for Havelock Road, Southall - this is also where the famous Singh Sabha Gurdwara is situated (which you will sometimes see in media and some British TV movies and documentaries), there is also another popular Singh Sabha Gurdwara on Park Avenue in Southall - just explaining to avoid confusion. Here is an article from 2002 to show context with regards to Major-General Sir Henry Havelock and issues with the name of the street. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2003119.stm So anyway the radio station was congratulating everyone as it seems the name change has been approved! Just found some Singh Sabha Gurdwara facebook posts regarding this now: https://www.facebook.com/sgsssouthall/posts/2646454702122065 Also on the gurdwara Facebook story https://www.facebook.com/stories/1817655594943329/UzpfSVNDOjI2NDY0NDAwNTg3OTAxOTY=/?source=story_tray A few days ago in Bristol, a slaver trader's statue was toppled by the protestors. Yesterday, Robert Milligan was taken off plinth in London by the Tower Hamlets Council in East London. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/sadiq-khan-orders-review-of-all-london-statues-for-slavery-links It looks like these protests about #BlackLivesMatter which erupted due to the shooting in USA are also useful for sikhs. This is already helping in pushing the case for Havelock's name to be removed from the street in Southall, whereas before no progress was made. The uk will now be looking at colonial statues and memorabilia to see what can be removed. This is important as many of the colonial related people affected sikhs in negative ways! NOTE: I know protests are going on, but as it is COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, please be safe and observe social distancing. There is too much crowding at these protests, and could lead to increases in cases for the virus!

But when I read about the views of some Nihang Singh online articles, they mention that jhatka is only for Singhs or warriors, and should regular people should just be vegeterian. But I am unsure if this is the view of all Nihang Singhs. As when we look at the times of the first 5 Gurus, jhatka and hunting didn't seem to be limited to just warriors only!

in India pends, langar would probably be done sitting outside, or perhaps tents can be set up. The audio would be much louder than in the uk langar halls, as it would be for open air.

Well what I am thinking is that there will probably be some kind of speaker system in most pends outside the gurdwara, During the langar, there should be some kind of prachar happening that can be heard in the location where langar is happening, and also those partaking in the langar need to be encouraged to do the sewa as well. The more people are involved the more likely they will want to join...

how do you mean?

there are a lot of canadian sikhs on r/sikh reddit who may be able to help you.

Yes, so what I was thinking to have the sakhis in a more Gospel like form to make it more accessible. Or since you mentioned the itihasic Granths, perhaps even if we had smalled books just containing chapters of Suraj Parkash for example. I know christian missionaries in the uk used to give out door-to-door gospels of Luke, and even in Gurmukhi. I don't think they really do this anymore. However I would not recommend this door-to-door approach in the uk. In the pends we require some kind of incentive to go Gurdwara. First we need parchariks and different types of classes to be associated in the pends to the gurdwaras. Then there should be regular langar there where different kinds of sangat comes there, including the poor of the pend. There should be some kind of parchar or keertan hapening when langars run. Some pends have more than enough resources to do all these activities, yet the gurdwaras are still ignored. It's the poorer pends that require support.

some crazy demonic santa clauses in there LOL. I know we have Guru Granth Sahib, but I think we need some kind of book to counteract the missionaries, or maybe we have any? Like maybe a concise book of the Guru jis' stories and sikh shaheedis for those people into biblical stories?!?

imported, what is the benefit of that?

I went to subway in Punjab few months back. I don't think any product had pork in it.

exactly. and Shimba or Chimba is a term used for people from Tank Kshatriya background, not really a surname or khandan name.

Ok, so an incident happened last week in the Brunel University 2019 Sikh Society Whatsapp group. Some Singhs posted this petition against halal in schools https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-stop-halal-meat-in-school-children-shouldnt-eat-slaughter-religious-meat-in-schools?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_medium=whatsapp&utm_content=washarecopy_19889602_en-GB%3Av3&recruited_by_id=ba2a1040-95cb-11ea-a83e-17d9f83f095a Both Singhs got kicked out of the group. I started a discussion about this being a bujjar kurahit. Everyone from monay to some group admins started on me. One group admin Singh said this years' sikh society is for oneness and that uni is multicultural, and we shouldn't discuss these things. One admin even went as far as saying 'Meat is Meat' whether halal or not. Anyway after some discussion I was disappointed, there were a few people that also agreed with me. But I can't believe these uni students were behaving as cucks. Some people were saying we were belittling another religion because of this petition?! Such is the state of uni sikh societies, it seems they will not support other sikhs who don't want to eat halal.

this trial was stopped years ago. the Southall McDonald's hasn't been halal for a long time. I have always been curious of what helped them to come to the decision. Were they losing lots of sikh customers for example?

please make sure you use lockdown to learn gurmukhi. reading in gurbani roman script is really really hard. it's difficult to know how to pronounce something when written in roman.

please make sure you use lockdown to learn gurmukhi. reading in gurbani roman script is really really hard. it's difficult to know how to pronounce something when written in roman.

there's quite a few white celebrities who drink their own urine. https://www.therichest.com/entertainment/top-15-weirdest-habits-of-popular-celebrities/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/one-four-people-admit-drinking-7303117

well I think the poster wanted to know 6 years ago, do you think they need the info now?

cool and CBD, I so rarely remember to use it I don't think I notice anything to be honest. you are supposed to take it 2-3 times a day before a person can probably notice anything. yes choc cereal or any sweet cereal need to cut down due to sugar content. Maybe eat porridge oats more, they are supposed to be really healthy. I rarely eat cereal now. Also a lot of cereals have wheat, and the kind of hybrid wheat for cereal and bread used these days is unhealthy compared to other grains and wild wheat grains. Look at what roti use to be made of back in Guru Nanak ji times. Used to be made from ghodre da atta.

it is not addictive. I have tried CBD oil. I actually forget to take it and it's already expired gone out of date. I got a 2nd one for a penny at the penny sale. I am trying to get my mum and dad to take it to help them. It is THQ which is addictive and gives you a high. This CBD is safe. I have the 5% one from Holland & Barratt, I haven't felt any effects. With regards to chocolate, I have more or less quit Milk Chocolate. I have moved onto Dark Chocolate for years now. You start off with regular plain or dark chocolate. Then slowly move onto 60% and then 70%. Some people move onto the higher levels, I usually have 80% bars around as well. Actually I think dark chocolate can help with migraines as well. However due to my allergies such as Hayfever, I have to try and cut down dark choc during summer as it is a Histamine. Maybe after lockdown you should get a test for allergies and intolerances, it could help?

maybe try to reduce the fizzy drinks. or at least drink ones that are sugar free. I would advise replacing them with something like Squash such as Robinsons. Also maybe reduce the drinks that contain the Caffeine. I think the headaches could be related to coming down from the rush from caffeine and sugar.... Try replacing the sugar with Gurh or other unrefined sugars. Since it is lockdown, just don't buy or order anything that contains sugar or caffeine. If it is not near you, you will not be tempted... I saw the post about CBD, I saw that they sell it online at Boots as well. I think you have to take it a few times a day. I think the part of the plant or leaf that Nihang Singhs use for Shaheedi Degh may be CBD related as well. Anyway we know CBD is kind of panth approved LOL

oh so is that where the implementation in Sharia Law or Islam comes from, where it is ok to kill a non-muslim? Or an inspiration at least?!?

Are you all sleeping enough and taking enough naps? If I feel head pain coming around, normally going for a rest like a nap or sleeping really helps. Don't go for the caffeine straight away for tiredness, it's important to rest. I think for these migraine situations it's important to get an additional nap additionally to normal sleep. Some people do biphasic sleep which used to be normal not too long ago. Also try to keep hydrated, which I am always forgetting about now that I am at home during lockdown.