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Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh! Sangat ji I have had this kinda weird thought for quite some time. I just don't believe in the idea on nations and borders. After all it's all politics. I believe they are a by-product of cultures. But Sikhi teaches to recognise the entire human race as one and the same irrespective of religion, ethnicity, race and color, and in doing so to live with peace and harmony with everyone. So IDEALLY, there would be no need for borders if everyone lives peacefully. (This has led me to not feel any sort of "nationality" for the country I live in, but that's a whole another issue) I know Utopia does not exist, but I'm almost irrationally optimistic and hence such thoughts. ? I want to know if I've got something fundamentally wrong in my understanding of a nation. I'm not able to put all my scattered thoughts in a single post. (PS. Please refrain from touching the topic of Khalistan even if it might seem relevant as this is a general query ?)

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh! Sangat ji I have had this kinda weird thought for quite some time. I just don't believe in the idea on nations and borders. After all it's all politics. I believe they are a by-product of cultures. But Sikhi teaches to recognise the entire human race as one and the same irrespective of religion, ethnicity, race and color, and in doing so to live with peace and harmony with everyone. So IDEALLY, there would be no need for borders if everyone lives peacefully. (This has led me to not feel any sort of "nationality" for the country I live in, but that's a whole another issue) I know Utopia does not exist, but I'm almost irrationally optimistic and hence such thoughts. ? I want to know if I've got something fundamentally wrong in my understanding of a nation. I'm not able to put all my scattered thoughts in a single post. (PS. Please refrain from touching the topic of Khalistan even if it might seem relevant as this is a general query ?)

We as a Sikh community need to look back at our past to see what sort of politics what sort of world view brought us success upon success and victory upon victory. Was it the left wing liberal world view or was it right wing nationalist viewpoint? I would argue we started of as a left wing liberal faith with few numbers and became right wing nationalist after persecutions and gained an empire and huge demographic rise and now we have become left wing liberal again at the determent of our faith and people.