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Sikhs prefer going to UK, Canada, US and Australia, but Bangladesh. This is something new to me. Punjabi's speaks Punjabi with a Punjabi. :)
Punjabi speak Punjabi with a Haryanavi too :D
 
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I have problem with the classification. We Sikhs don't practice Sanatana Dharma. :lol:

Why you skipped other questions? :lol:

Sikhism also teaches the Dharmic principles as its core teachings, But with a touch of warrior ethics.

Regarding reservations, laptop schemes and Pilgrimage payings

Reservations are needed since some of the communities are oppressed for centuries in India. The social fabric of India needs to maintain equality. The sooner this equality is achieved the sooner these reservations will go.

Regarding Pilgrimage for a minority sect, economic help goes to the poor who cannot afford the money for the pilgrimage which involves thousands of Kilometres.

These schemes are encouraged because of economic backwardness of these people and are needed.
 
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11,000 Sindhi, Sikh migrants in Indore to get citizenship
Sunday, 16 November 2014

Last Updated on Sunday, 16 November 2014 08:35

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Written by The Free Press Journal


It’s time for celebration, as 11000 city-based Sindhis and Sikhs, who migrated from Pakistan and Afghanistan prior to December 31, 2009, get Indian citizenship.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has reduced the minimum stay period of migrants of both countries from 7 years to 2.6 years. The orders in this regards were issued on Friday.

The Narendra Modi-led BJP Government has given this gift to over 1 lakh migrant Sindhis (Hindus) and Sikhs by granting them Indian citizenship, who completed 2.6 years of stay in India.

General Secretary of Sindhi Samaj, Indore (Regd) Prakash Parwani said that over 11000 of both the communities, residing in the city, got the benefit.

Out of them, 6,000 have already completed 7 years stay in India while the rest 5000 have completed 2.6 years of stay in Indore (India).

Parwani further said that local leaders of the Sindhi community had been doing efforts for long. After, change of power at Centre, a delegation of the local Sindhi leaders led by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on July 24 and 25, respectively, in New Delhi.

The delegation acquainted both the leaders about the problems being faced by these people. The announcement made by MHA on Thursday is considered to be the outcome of those efforts.

It is to be noted that the Government of India on November 13, 2014 gave a number of concessions to Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan. The govt also relaxed procedure for granting them Indian citizenship.

Rajnath Singh approved the proposal for manual acceptance of applications for granting Indian citizenship to minority community nationals of Pakistan and Afghanistan, who entered India prior to December 31, 2009.

PM fulfills his promise

Narendra Modi, during poll campaigning in West Bengal and Rajasthan, said that Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindu refugees would be treated like Indian citizens if he became Prime Minister.

One lakh in country get benefit

There are about one lakh minority community refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan living in India. While approving the concessions, the Home Minister directed the Foreigners Division of his ministry that the grievances of these applicants should be addressed.

The move came two months after the Ministry okayed the setting up of a task force to monitor and expedite the process of the citizenship and Long Term Visa (LTV) applications of such persons.



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Pm Modi is doing what he has promised giving asylum to hindu and sikh minorities in India.

Stop blaming Pakistan when these people are from Afghanistan taking refuge in India due to war in Afghanistan, look at those few who immigrated to Indian from Sindh province to India, they want to come back. stop your spins of blameing Pakistan, typical Hindu always blaming Pakistan by their strange spins.
 
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That's the reason of my surprise!




Yes, that's what I said, the Sikhs in Bangladesh talks in Punjabi among themselves but they are also fluent in Bengali.

I'm a Sikh and what you are telling me about Migration to Bangladesh is a big surprise nah Shocker to me as well. :D

Well if you live in a certain country, you get accustomed to it's language too. That is why they could. :)
 
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What Dharmic Principles are you referring to? :what:


Sikhism also teaches the Dharmic principles as its core teachings, But with a touch of warrior ethics.

Regarding reservations, laptop schemes and Pilgrimage payings

Reservations are needed since some of the communities are oppressed for centuries in India. The social fabric of India needs to maintain equality. The sooner this equality is achieved the sooner these reservations will go.

Regarding Pilgrimage for a minority sect, economic help goes to the poor who cannot afford the money for the pilgrimage which involves thousands of Kilometres.

These schemes are encouraged because of economic backwardness of these people and are needed.

A dalit or SC or Special Community person was given a Sarkari Job for emancipation of his family in 1950. His son also got Sarkari Naukri and his Grand Son also gets it. Further, his grand sons, son would get it? Yeah Kaisa Secularism hai? 67 years were/are not enough! :what:

Ya ya, bread 20+ kids and live in Ghetto for centuries and get special privileges? :disagree:

Why no same law for everyone?
 
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What Dharmic Principles are you referring to? :what:

The Guru had familiar and common beliefs as in Hindu concepts like Karma, Dharma,Reincarnation, and meditating on God's name.

These are the basic teachings of Dharma and the basis for Sikhism also. Buddhists and Jains also believe the same

Praying and some rituals may be different, like dressing and all, But similarities count on what you people and Sanata Dharma people believe.

Other similarities in rituals

Here are some of the similarities between Hinduism and Sikhism:

  • At the time of the Gurus, most Hindu Punjabi families would remain "Hindu" while the eldest son was a "Sikh."[1] Hindus enlisting their eldest sons in the Khalsa was done for protection against the Mughals.
  • Many Hindus, particularly Punjabi Hindus, visit Sikh temples. For instance, the Hemkhund Sahib is a high-altitude lake in the Indian State of Uttarakhand is regarded as a pilgrimage site by the adherents of Hindus [3] and a Lakshman Temple and Sikh Gudwaara exist close together on the banks of the same lake there.
  • When a Sikh dies, cremation is the preferred method.[11] This is the same in Hinduism, although this is a cultural similarity between many cultures.
  • Sikhs may also do the 'immersion of corpse remains' in a river after cremation, as Hindus do, although this is not a requirement; ashes may be deposited anywhere sentimental.[12]
  • Both have almost the same wedding rituals and traditions, especially North Indian weddings such as Lavan Phere, Paani Vaarna, Mangni/Shagun, Rokka, among many others. The groom carries a sword and is accompanied by a younger nephew or cousin known as a sarbala.[13]

A dalit or SC or Special Community person was given a Sarkari Job for emancipation of his family in 1950. His son also got Sarkari Naukri and his Grand Son always gets it. Further, his grand sons, son would get it? Yeah Kaisa Secularism hai? 67 years were/are not enough! :what:

Ya ya, bread 20+ kids and live in Ghetto for centuries and get special privileges? :disagree:

Why no same law for everyone?

Every scheme has its drawbacks. There are still people in Villages in large numbers who needs social uplift.

These days Corporate jobs offer more pay and better life. They are large in number. Govt. Jobs even do not offer pension these days.

I agree to the fact that the reservations should be there only for the entry level.
 
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Every Religion has something in common with it. Sikhism has things common with Islam, Islam has things common with Hinduism. Why not list Hinduism under Islam or Sikhism?

The Guru had familiar and common beliefs as in Hindu concepts like Karma, Dharma,Reincarnation, and meditating on God's name.

These are the basic teachings of Dharma and the basis for Sikhism also. Buddhists and Jains also believe the same

Praying and some rituals may be different, like dressing and all, But similarities count on what you people and Sanata Dharma people believe.

Other similarities in rituals

Here are some of the similarities between Hinduism and Sikhism:

  • At the time of the Gurus, most Hindu Punjabi families would remain "Hindu" while the eldest son was a "Sikh."[1] Hindus enlisting their eldest sons in the Khalsa was done for protection against the Mughals.
  • Many Hindus, particularly Punjabi Hindus, visit Sikh temples. For instance, the Hemkhund Sahib is a high-altitude lake in the Indian State of Uttarakhand is regarded as a pilgrimage site by the adherents of Hindus [3] and a Lakshman Temple and Sikh Gudwaara exist close together on the banks of the same lake there.
  • When a Sikh dies, cremation is the preferred method.[11] This is the same in Hinduism, although this is a cultural similarity between many cultures.
  • Sikhs may also do the 'immersion of corpse remains' in a river after cremation, as Hindus do, although this is not a requirement; ashes may be deposited anywhere sentimental.[12]
  • Both have almost the same wedding rituals and traditions, especially North Indian weddings such as Lavan Phere, Paani Vaarna, Mangni/Shagun, Rokka, among many others. The groom carries a sword and is accompanied by a younger nephew or cousin known as a sarbala.[13]



Every scheme has its drawbacks. There are still people in Villages in large numbers who needs social uplift.

These days Corporate jobs offer more pay and better life. They are large in number. Govt. Jobs even do not offer pension these days.

I agree to the fact that the reservations should be there only for the entry level.
 
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