Sikh Heritage in Pakistan

[unbreakable]

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[amandeepm]

dear "unbreakable"

Thanks for your support. I do hope that you have visited the punjabheritage site and that you can encourage others to do so.

Those of us who care about culture and heritage are in a tiny minority. I have high hopes that the punjabheritage web site will bring with it some sense of community and together we can exert some force against the Tsunami of destruction that the authorities and the sangat are engaged in.

Some practical steps to preserve Sikh heritage are :

1. Stop giving the people whop destroy heritage any money. You can decide for yourself whether this includes the SGPC, Kar Seva babas, Building fund collections etc

2. When the Kar sevaks come asking for money , bend their ear and tell them of the destruction that they are causing.

3. Document what you do see now. Take pictures of even the most modest historical structure or material heritage. There is little guarantee that it will survive.

4. Take an interest and visit places of heritage in Punjab. Local communities will feel a sense of pride / ownership about places where foreign visitors come to see them.

5. Educate those around you. Buy good quality books as presents, encourage people onto websites like punjabheritage.org. Please sign up to the website because then I can send you details of any campaigns or really important stories.

6. Start openly discussing the heritage destruction that the SGPC and Kar Sevaks are engaged in. This isn’t a dirty secret. All Sikhs that I talk to will nod in agreement and wring their hands at the state of our heriateg and are concerned about the damage that is being done. But, typically, no one does anything particularly practical and they continue to fill the gholaks of the worst offenders. We need an educated, engaged and vocal sangat. Once the sense of outrage hits that tipping point we will be able to stop this thing.

[vijaydeep Singh]

Gurfateh

Regarding whtie washing or remvoing something old das can say that if someone one has idelogical problem(person like das),we can remove something(to musean or safer place) or put claoth on it(then whitewashing it or painting plain on it).

But das thinks that by that time kala afghanaism was taking root in sgpce and many so called missioanries or Granthis who come to Gurudwaras the wrold over are indoctrined Kala Afghanaism.

due to absurd mind of Sirdar Kala Afghan Sahib his followers are not as intelligent and are rather blind with thier jeal.which he made by making them afraid of a fictional Brahimin.So faith based on fear makes people cowards and they act like Taliban.

Das is oppsed to graves or pictures but will prefern them to be moved at safer places then say destryoing them.

They must be protected and kept at place where we could tell people that this is mre heritage but not an obejct of worship.

By acts of Kala Afghanism people will start going to non Sikh places to worship pictures or graves which we within our control could have used to explani that they are not worthy to be worshipped.

[unbreakable]

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[Har Naal Pyar]

If there are 100 of them kar sewa losers and 200 of us stand in front to stop them is that not possible, is it not possible to arrange for a protest wherever they plan to change things?

Is this not possible?

I'm asking because I don't know.

[unbreakable]

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