dalsingh101 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 This is weird: http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikh-owners-transform-pub-christmas-haven-spread-solidarity-message-between-all-faiths 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 What's so weird about it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savinderpalsingh Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 idiots need a hard smack, sarab nahi sewanee, chaped khan wale honye ne eh lok 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaikaara Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hindustan'ch inne saal rehe ke Hindu Dharam naal vair rakhna hor othe Christianity sohni lagdi ..Dhan hai ohdi Sardari nu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koi Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 What's so weird about it? Um....everything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I just wonder if he does a fateh on entering the pub? What is this geezer thinking? Bhagat man! It's weird because it is incongruous. Dude looks like he is getting married though?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) I have seen much more weirder things so maybe I am just not weirded out as much as you guys. As for what he is thinking: He's probably trying to promote his business. And yea it's a marriage dress today. But back then royal sardars used to dress like this. I am going to call this phenomenon "The uncanny valley of the Sikh image". Non-Sikh-->Non-Sikh dressed like Sikh-->Sikh with pub, cut beard, marriage dress-->Sikh Edited December 23, 2014 by BhagatSingh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 He's probably trying to promote his business. I'd guess the same. Plus with rising antipathy between communities here in the UK, he might be trying to get white customers into his establishment? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 That would be my guess too. If he's already got white folks coming in then he's trying to strengthen that bond. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lucky Posted December 24, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Yep, I guess he's just trying to promote and obviously trying to get white folk in. Like Bhagat says....'' Non-Sikh-->Non-Sikh dressed like Sikh-->Sikh with pub, cut beard, marriage dress-->Sikh'' He's still sikh to some scale, but if full bearded amritdhari sikhs don't want to class him as some level of sikh, then they are just talibanising sikhi. Im not sure why he put the wedding outfit on....maybe wearing that with turban and kirpan is the most 'sikh' he has ever felt physically....especially if your a mona. (When i was mona and got dressed like that for my wedding, it was the most 'royal like singh' feeling that could ever be expressed in my aura at that time!) The problem is that we let prejudice govern our ego's too easily... the first glance of the news above....we see the word sikh,...then we see pub... then we see the dress up and immediately start nodding our heads!..tut..tut.. The guys not promoting sikhi, he's trying to promote the fact that he appreciates and understands the gora festive season and that this should help bring in some more custom for his business. Besides, how else does he describe himself or wants the gora to their family? ......Not going to want goray saying ''we going to that pub run by pakis".... or "the brown asian guy's pub'' Most goray are pretty much aware if the brown asian belongs to hindu, muslim or sikh culture and that's how they will label him and his family. Sikh is the descriptive term that is used to differentiate from muslim and hindus in this sense. It's a good identifier and way for them to categorize the brown asian guys This is why some goray understand that sikh cultures are different and try adapting to western life and contribute to society whereas pakistani muslims would rather drain the welfare systems. This is how most of them perceive us differently and appreciate the positive impacts we have made for the economy. And besides, if he were full amritdhari ....then there would certainly be some questions to raise but we are just jumping the gun here because the word sikh was used ! And Dalsingh is probably aware of just how many full amritdhari sikhs in UK own off-licenses and newsagents. (for those of you outside UK...off-license is liquor store and newsagents sell tobacco) Edited December 25, 2014 by Lucky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 That's an insightful post Lucky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Is he wearing his wedding outfit? How odd.... Crystal Edited February 5, 2015 by Crystal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I believe this is a prime example of Sikhs who feel its a fashion to dress up be it bana, kurta pyjama or a shervani. Crystal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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