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I was born in a family where my father called himself a sahajdhari Sikh. My nanaji knew Guru Granth Sahib Ji by heart and predicted his and my nani's time of death. I was told that from our families, the first son was dedicated to the Guru in olden times and that he would become a keshdhari Sikh. Whenever I was sick in my childhood, Sukhmani Sahib was recited by my mother, which she knew by heart. I went to Bangla Sahib to bathe in the sarovar and drank the holy water, which made me well again. I have grown up in this family where some of my cousins are Sikhs. I could not believe what I heard in an audio message today that Navjot Singh Sidhu is not a Sikh because he worships Shiva. I was shaken as I always believed that Sikhs is a community within Hindus. Then, I started scouring the internet for answers, wherein I found people writing that Guru Nanak Dev Ji was not a Hindu as he refused to wear Janeyu. I would like to ask those people as to who was Mata Sulakkhani and Sri Chand and Lakhmi Chand. Are these not Hindu names? I had also heard from my grandparents that Guru Nanak Dev Ji was cremated which is done only by Hindus in the world. He also has a record in his name in the registers kept in Haridwar (though I don't have any means to validate). I am sure of one thing, no one in this world can take away the respect and love I have for my Gurus. Can anyone tell me my religion? Is it that only by one's appearance can he be defined a Hindu or a Sikh?