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Actually the Sikhs were about 13% of Punjab's total pre partition population not half. The Muslims were just about the majority followed by the Hindus and then the Sikhs.

I don't know, that's a tough one. Maybe Afghan Taliban is not as bad, but the TTP are like ISIS if not worse. The kind of videos you see of TTP of making a child do a beheading, playing football with a human head, lining up prisoners before shooting them. I'm sure Shakir Wahiyib must have taken...

He looks very young. How old was he?

Firstly, performing miracles to help someone in need is one thing, but to impress the crowd for no reason is not something that enlightened Sadhus do. This is something that low level Sadhus do who have acquired a few Sidhis through some Saadhna but are far from the ultimate goal of...

Performing miracles is considered a low level among real Sadhus. Parmahansa Yogananda writes about such Sadhus who acquire some Sidhis then waste it by performing them to impress the crowd who in turn think they are witnessing an enlightened Sadhu doing the impossible. Real Sadhus stay clear of...

Indrani ji, it is naive to think most Sadhus are authentic. This is Kaliyug not Satiyug. Most Godmen(over 95%) we see today are fakes. Authentic ones spend years in meditation and have acquired a mastery over their senses. Parmahansa Yogananda is not great because he was accepted by the west...

But are you of the opinion that all Sadhus are authentic? can there be no fake ones? I have spent plenty of time around these God men and know that vast majority of them are fakes. For most, the holyness is just a business because they know Indian people have a lot of respect for holymen and...

We all have these fake Godmen. Sikhs have some fake Sants, Hindus have some fake Sadhus and Muslims have some fake Pirs. Again, this is not to say all Sadhus, Sants and Pirs are fake. One should make a distinction between the authentic ones from the fake ones.

Bro, common is the insulting really necessary? Indrani started by insulting your religion, then you insult his religion, then he will insult your religion again. What good will it do? There are fake holyman in all religions who take advantage of regular folks. Fake Godmen is a problem all over...

That is how Punjabi people are, especially the rural ones. Generally rural people are brave people. But they are scared of Sadhus/Pirs because some are said to acquire miraculous powers that what they say can come true, and that might by true for the real Sadhus and Pirs, but those Saints are...

Actually a few years ago, I also was involved in such as incident. We attacked a fake Godman who was known to have taken advantage of women. But I didn't hit anyone, rather I was the type of guy who was trying to stop my companions from beating the fake Godman too severely. Many people watch...

Personally I don't think he should have been beaten. But one thing members here should also know that the Sadhu was not beaten because he is a Hindu. Their are plenty of Hindu Sadhus and Sanyasees in Punjab. But they always wear some clothing to at least cover the privates parts of the male...

Really sad plight of the Rohingiyas. One tragedy after another is happening to them

The Biharis are mostly seasonal workers. They work on farm and then they leave. They make life easier for the farmers. Problem now is, due to industrialization of India, these Biharis prefer to go to industrial states like Maharasthra and Gujarat. Now Punjabi farmers are noticing a shortage of...

Haha, true. I know a guy who didn't take any dowry for his wedding. All of his uncles thought the boy was crazy or that the girl's family had done some magic on him that he does not want dowry. Just for namsake they will accept a little just so he does not look crazy.''''''''''''''''''''

It's not just women from Bihar, but also from Bangladesh and Nepal that are brought in large numbers to marry bachelors of North India. People don't realize that importing a bride is only a short term solution. Something must be done about the evil trend of aborting female babies and dowry...

Very good news indeed. In regards to ISIS, maybe there is more than meets the eye. The Indians are not even Muslims, yet ISIS did not mistreat them.

well, you know what happened to the Ikhwans in the end after they served their usefulness to the Saudi kingdom

I think they are consolidating their hold on the land they have so far conquered. They will probably not be able to take over the Shia dominated lands of Iraq. Maybe their next target could be Jordan whose military is also not that strong or maybe FSA controlled areas of Syria.