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He is not a food Bibeki ie those who cook & eat only from strict Amritdhari's. They also cook in Sarabloh utensils. Being a newbie he's trying one thing & not other so let him be. Sooner or later he will come around once he has to prepare own Dal-Roti :-)

Sikh female taxi driver in Glasgow MUM-OF-FIVE, who loves her punters' banter, is helping break down barriers and social stereotypes.WHEN passengers hop in to Balwinder Singh's taxi, they are pleasantly surprised - if a bit shocked - to see her smiling back at them from the driver's seat.This is because the mother of five is the only female Asian taxi driver in the city of Glasgow.Every time Balwinder gets behind the wheel, she is helping to break down barriers and turn stereotypes on their head.And she is particularly proud of her job because her beloved dad Kuldeep Singh - known as John - was the city's first Asian Hackney driver four decades ago.Proud Scot Balwinder, who has a brother and sister, told Record Woman: "Now it is my turn to follow in his footsteps and I feel proud and a bit overwhelmed. My dad came from India when he was two and then moved to Ireland."He spoke Gaelic and worked in the potato fields."Then he came back to Glasgow when he was about 10 and stayed in Pollokshields, where I grew up."My mum Raj was living in Leeds and came to Glasgow in her 20s and married my dad."Dad worked on the buses as a driver. I remember he cut his hair to do that job because back then they wouldn't let Sikh men drive with their turban on."Then he became the first Asian black cab driver in Glasgow."We used to clean his taxi when we were kids. My sister and I got 10p for doing it and my brother got 50p - because he was a boy."He used to pick us up at secondary school and we would brag to our pals that we were getting a taxi home. But we never said the driver was our dad. I grew up in a Hackney because of my dad."Family and tradition are very important to 46-year-old Balwinder, who lost both her parents eight years ago.She is known to friends as Paula and she still wears a necklace with that name on it, which her mother made for her 30th birthday.Making the decision to break with tradition and drive a taxi when her husband of 28 years, Raj, took ill was a tough one.Raj, 48, was driving for city-based Network Private Hire when he suffered a health setback - and it was him who encouraged Balwinder to get her taxi licence and start with the firm.Balwinder, who doesn't work past 9pm, said: "When we got married, Raj was a head chef, then a bus driver for 12 years."Then he joined Network but he had to give it up because of a health issue."Now he is my navigator and hotline number. He has always respected me and supported me and he told me to apply for my badge."He told me it would be safe and I would be picking up mostly women - grannies and mums with children."Raj threw me in at the deep end and, at the start, I was nervous and scared about picking up passengers."They would get in and say, Sauchiehall Street'."I would know where it was but not how to get to it - but the passengers were great about it."She started getting her first hires back in November 2012 and is now totally at ease behind the wheel, enjoying the punters' banter."I love being Scottish and I love Glasgow. Passengers say they can talk to me and get a positive vibe from me."A guy said to me once, Is your man in bed and he sent you out to drive his taxi?' - I just laughed."The girls tell me that they feel comfortable, safe and relaxed in my taxi and the older ladies want to adopt me."They tell me not to work late at night because they'll worry about me."Other Asian women who get in say they are impressed that I drive a taxi. They are pleasantly surprised because I am married."The reaction is positive and this makes me keen to do the job and do it better."I feel I am breaking down barriers and boundaries. And my children are proud of what I do. Source - http://www.punjaboutlook.com/3412-sikh-female-taxi-driver-in-glasgow.html

ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਿਦਿਆ ਬੇਚਹੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥ माइआ कारन बिदिआ बेचहु जनमु अबिरथा जाई ॥३॥ Māiā kāran biḏiā becẖahu janam abirathā jaī. ||3|| For the sake of Maya and money, you sell knowledge; your life is totally worthless. ||3|| ਅਬਿਰਥਾ = ਵਿਅਰਥ ॥੩॥ (ਇਸ ਪੜ੍ਹੀ ਹੋਈ ਵਿੱਦਿਆ ਤੋਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਪ ਕੋਈ ਲਾਭ ਨਹੀਂ ਉਠਾ ਰਹੇ, ਇਸ) ਵਿੱਦਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੀ ਖ਼ਾਤਰ ਵੇਚ ਹੀ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ, ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਵਿਅਰਥ ਗੁਜ਼ਰ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ॥੩॥ Source - http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1103&g=1&h=1&r=1&t=1&p=0&k=1&fb=0 Only those who rise above "Tre-guni maya" are role models. Aam aadmi are driven by maya unlike Holy people. So set your standards high, accept the tv show host as just another Sansari.

Excellent views Harsharan ji

What is your priority in life ? Take a pen & paper, right down top 5. Later figure/plan/discuss how to achieve them. This exercise will help in getting a definitive answer.

Baba Iqbal Singh ji Awarded a Citation for being an outstanding individual, one which is worthy of the esteem of the country, the community, and the great State of New York. http://barusahib.org/?p=4448

Are we obliged to challenge religion as unbelievers? 26 May 2014, 10:32 Should unbelievers be actively challenging the religious and their ideas or should we take a more passive approach? Should unbelievers be working as hard as the religious, to promote knowledge over faith, reality over superstition? Ive been accused all too often of being too open and aggressive with my views on religion and its lack of validity. Often being accused of being Just as bad as the evangelists, pushing my ideas whenever I can. This is my take on the issue It is our reasonability as unbelievers to point out the logical fallacies of religion whenever religion is presented or promoted. This should be done with the same vigor as the religious, to give young minds a chance to use all the information available in order to make informed choices. Simply leaving young minds unprotected from relentless religious brainwashing techniques that have been perfected over centuries is not an option, and quite frankly unforgivable. Part of the problem, as I see it, is that rationality demands more brain activity than the irrationality of faith. Religion has a default God did it, all you need is faith position that absolves us of our obligation to engage our brain and think. In fact the idea of surrendering your intellect in favor of faith is seen as a virtue - in my view a stupid idea. Faith being the easy option, is easy to peddle, especially to the young. Once the belief system is entrenched, it takes a great deal of effort and mental anguish to break these belief systems and replace them with a system based on Knowledge and Logic. In my view it is better to compete with religion as early as primary school level (before indoctrination is successful) if not earlier. This battle is basically an educational one. Kids need to be taught to be skeptical, to ask questions and to think for themselves. Our education system is far too fact regurgitation orientated and not critical thinking & problem solving orientated, causing students to be vulnerable to accepting false ideas as true, simply because someone in authority said it was. The idea that religion has special privileges and cannot be questioned is false and students need to be taught that surrendering their decision making to someone or something else is a very dangerous, bad idea. Its time to level the playing fields presenting all sides of the argument at all times using all the information available to us, so that we can move forward to a sane, rational society, free from superstitious woo woo. Source - http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Are-we-obliged-to-challenge-religion-as-unbelievers-20140526

A second Sikh temple faces opposition in Sacramento County By Brad Branan bbranan@sacbee.com Published: Sunday, May. 25, 2014 - 10:25 pm A second proposed Indian temple is facing community opposition in unincorporated Sacramento County, and questions of racism are again part of the debate. Sri Guru Ravidass Temple wants to replace its existing Sikh prayer hall with a 12,000-square-foot building with gold domes in a rural neighborhood near Dry Creek Road and G Street in Rio Linda. Neighbors have twice shown up before a community planning board to oppose the project, citing concerns about drainage and parking, among other things. The Community Planning Advisory Council is scheduled to hear the proposal for a third time at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Rio Linda Depot Visitors Center. The council will make a recommendation on the project, with the final decision coming from the county Planning Commission or zoning official. Opposition in Rio Linda comes only a month after residents near Galt persuaded the Board of Supervisors to reject construction of another Indian temple, Mishra Gathering Place. Temple supporters in both communities question whether race has played a role in the opposition, especially since other churches have had relatively few problems getting projects approved in the county. Project opponents and county officials deny claims of racism in Rio Linda or the Galt area. County officials say the complaints raised by project opponents are not unusual when development is proposed in rural areas. Ramesh Banger of Antelope said he has wondered about opponents motives since applying for county approval of the Rio Linda temple in 2011. He said he has repeatedly met the county requirements, only to be told of new ones. When someone keeps complaining without reason, then you might guess that racism is the reason, Banger said. Charlea Moore, a member of the Community Planning Advisory Council, said neighbors have legitimate concerns about the project, but she said she thinks they can be resolved. Residents raised complaints about how the temple would use properties adjacent to the prayer hall, so the council asked project supporters to return with a plan for all their land. The temple complied. At a subsequent meeting, neighbors complained about drainage on the temple property, because flooding is a perennial concern in Rio Linda, Moore said. They also asked how parking would be handled. The projects supporters have since addressed those concerns with plans for a detention pond and shuttle bus service when large events are scheduled, said Tricia Stevens, principal planner for the county. Neighbors in Rio Linda dont appear to be as opposed to the temple as those near Galt were, Stevens said. Rio Linda residents seem focused on fixing the project, instead of outright opposing it, as was the case near Galt, she said. The Community Planning Advisory Council responsible for the area near Galt recommended denial of Mishra Gathering Place. The Planning Commission, however, unanimously approved the project, only to have the advisory council appeal the project to the Board of Supervisors. The board held a contentious hearing lasting more than five hours before rejecting the project, calling a compromise plan fashioned by the Planning Commission unworkable. During the meeting, about 120 Indian and Fijian backers of the temple sat on one side of the chambers, and about 40 white opponents sat on the other side. Supporters repeatedly accused opponents of racism; opponents said the temple was loud and clashed with the rural environment. In the last 15 years, churches have occasionally faced neighborhood opposition when proposing expansions, according to records on the county planning division website. But of the 22 projects receiving a final decision, only two have been rejected Mishra Gathering Place and Missionary Gospel Church. Like the Indian temple, Missionary Gospel Church faced opposition to its planned expansion in Rio Linda. The Community Planning Advisory Council, citing problems that would come from large church events, recommended denial, and the Board of Supervisors supported that decision when the church appealed. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/05/25/6432214/a-second-sikh-temple-faces-opposition.html#storylink=cpy

He is just a tv host not a Saadhu-Sant. It was Sanjog. "Live & let others live" Those holy people who wrote Gurbani got married in their teens. Nowdays guys/girls aren't getting married or laid even in 30's. So where is the tradition and what does religion say about it ?

Singh ji, I would like to give a new dimension to the topic at hand. Where are parents & Dharam in all this marriage business ? Aren't the parents responsible for marrying their kids ? Why is Sikh Rehat Maryada mum on the age for Anand Karaj and what are guy/girl suppose to do if parents aren't bothered ? Hence we should conclude "To each according to his or her destiny". Even Amritdhari turban wearing females are getting divorced so what do bogus Panthic people do about it !

Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh First Shabad http://searchgurbani.com/scriptures/ggs_shabad/2355/line/4 Second http://searchgurbani.com/scriptures/ggs_shabad/2356/line/2 Third http://searchgurbani.com/scriptures/ggs_shabad/2357/line/3 In future search online via - http://searchgurbani.com/?normal_view=1 http://www.sikhitothemax.com/search.asp?Spicy=1 Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh

Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh Wear a Sikh beard net or THATHA. Thatha will also prevent Turban from coming off. Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh

Who said BAD ? Don't try to put words in my mouth. Lastly I checked USERNAME "miss pappu" is not taken, It's available :-)

Com'on you can do better then that. Whole Womankind is depending on u :-)

I think it's the other way around - No FEMALE without a MALE No SHE without a HE No WOMAN without a MAN

So who is it going to be ? * FISHERMAN Wife wanted, must be able to dig, clean, cook worms and clean fish. Must have own boat with motor. Please send photograph of motorboat. * SALESMAN Once in a lifetime offer, to get yourself the original, genuine article. One of the most handsome and smartest bachelor's around is now looking for a wife. And you could be the lucky one he chooses! Has own house, car and a successful carrer! * ECONOMIST I am in demand of a wife. Supply is great though my requirements are high. However the Elasticity of my demands should not bear too heavy a burden upon the national interest. * MATHEMATICIAN Wife required to complete the formula of my life. Must be numerate and understand complex algebraic logarithms. Needed to help further my family unit. * IT CONSULTANT Well there is definite room for improvement in my life. The speed of my current flows of information and processes is slowing down and the injection of a wife into my life is bound to improve efficiency * POLITICIAN I feel there is a need in this world, to improve the ways we live, to harmonize the processes of life and to build upon past differences and short comings. I believe that we the people need someone to share our lives. To feel the joys of parent hood, and bear the social responsibilities, as we should in a civilized society................. (etc etc and never getting to the point) * CAR DEALER Wanted a sturdy, reliable, low depreciating wife. Should be in excellent working condition. * FARMER Wanted a wife from good stock. Required for breading. * LAWYER I hereby propose to solicit myself as an eligible candidate for the post of wife after marriage. The person whom I'm looking for should be strictly a girl. The girl should be strictly a girl, with evidence to support this view that she is a girl. The girl should be willing to surrender to the service and jurisdiction of My Lord i.e. Myself. Any objections would be overruled and will not be sustained. Apply in limited confidence as all liabilities are null and void in the event of failure on our part of any kind whatsoever. * PILOT Wife required to complete my life. Please only level headed applicants. She must not have her heads in the clouds, but have her feet firmly on the ground. Her heart must be in it for the long haul. And she absolutely must also be aerodynamically sound!! * BANKER Wanted wife who takes interest in me and credits me with her service. * ACCOUNTANT Required a girl - 5'8' & 34' 24' 36' with a good head for figures. She must be averse to making unnecessary expenditure and her very nature should be one of generating as few expenses in my life as possible. She should profit from a nice personality and be a credit to her family. * BUILDER Wanted a wife to help build upon the foundations of my life. Must be homely and willing to build relationship from the groundup. * DOCTOR I am looking for a wife to cure the emptiness in my life. However if you feel the need for a second opinion then it's fine by me. * ARMY COMMANDO My mission in life is to find myself the perfect wife. Successful applicants must be able to use a penknife and a compass, She who dares wins. * RACE CAR DRIVER A model wife required to fit in with my fast track life. Must be able to keep pace! * ASTRONAUT I'm searching for a wife to fill the space in my life. Someone to share my universe. Must have looks that are out of this world!

Sorry my mistake, not all just 99%. This includes Amritdhari guys born to Amritdhari parents. So are you good at cleaning, washing, cooking otherwise pappu's parents will not give consent :-)

If you follow Gurbani then marriages are made through Sanjog. In materialistic world, the Norm is, guy should be rich and girl good looking/ sexy. Otherwise it is a struggle.

Reasons for Amritdhari guy's marrying Gori, Kali, Brown are 1. To get foreign citizenship. 2. No Indian origin parent/girl will marry a poor guy/non-resident irrespective whether he's Amritdhari. 3. Illiterate, backward, pendu, punjabis and the Caste menace drive people away from marrying within Religion. On the other hand there is no official record of Bibi Bhago ji getting Khandey da Amrit. She was a warrior who chose to fight for Guru ji for that I Salute Bibi ji. But as they are two sides of every coin, she went against Dharma of wife & daughter in law. Which goes against tenets of Grehast Jeevan. Bibi Rajni ji is the best example of Devoted wife in Sikh history, not Bibi Bhago ji. Moreso only Sissy's end up marrying larraku women. In Bibi Bhago ji's case it was a Sissy Jat !

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Join the next Toronto Sikh Professionals event held on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014. To register email torontosikhprofessionals@gmail.com Toronto Sikh Professionals event deadline to RSVP is Sunday, May 18th at 11:59pm. Event will be held at KPMG (333 Bay St, Toronto 46th flr). Source - https://mobile.twitter.com/PCHS4u

The main problem is disbelief in Sri Guru Granth Sahib jeeo. People don't read, contemplate & act according to Gurbani. That's why there is no Shanti (peace) & Anand (bliss). As for marriage "key to happy married life - low maintenance obedient wife" Get a God fearing Indian girl from a financially lower background. Acd, Bcd, Ccd's don't meet the minimum requirement of Mrs ie W - washing I - ironing F - food E - entertainment P.S - Acd ( American confused desi ) Bcd ( British " " ) Ccd ( Canadian " " )

If you are female then consider this option http://barusahib.org/wp/?p=2927 Kalgidhar Trust can give you training, suitable job, food & lodging. Overall a sense of community & security.

Harjinder Singh standing in the Elthorne Ward of Ealing Ealing Liberal Democrats May 2014 local elections Elthorne Ward Amritdhari Sikh Harjinder Singh (Man in Blue) is a candidate in the Elthorne Ward of the London Borough of Ealing. He is a candidate for the Liberal Democrats and is standing with Cllr Nigel Bakhai and Joanna Dugdale. Even supporters of other parties say that Nigel has worked very hard for the people of Elhorne in the last four years. Joanna and Harjinder want to join him. Our aim is to help Nigel to serve the people even better during the next four years. If you live in Elthorne vote for us, If you live elsewhere ask friends and relatives in Elthorne to vote for us If you live in London vote for Sarah Ludford in the European Election, she has worked hard for Sikhs and other communities in London Published and promoted by John Mitchell on behalf of Harjinder Singh (Ealing Liberal Democrat) at 47 Ridley Avenue, Ealing W13 9XW and by S Drage on behalf of Harjinder Singh (Ealing Liberal Democrat) at Unit 1 Streatham Business Centre, 1 Empire Mews, London, SW16 2ED. Source - http://maninblue1947.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/harjinder-singh-standing-in-the-elthorne-ward-of-ealing/