Men In Haryana Trying To Join Indian Army By Becoming 'Fake Sikhs'

[singhbj singh]

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/men-in-haryana-trying-to-join-indian-army-by-becoming-fake-sikhs-322466.html?google_editors_picks=true

[jkvlondon]

already being discussed under can't trust hindus thread

[ipledgeblue]

However that other thread is not specific to one issues, so is a bit generalised.

 

What I don't understand from this article is after taking amrit, would the "Singhs" still follow maryada, especially as they couldn't describe any sikh tenets?

[Guest AjeetSinghPunjabi]

16 hours ago, ipledgeblue said:

However that other thread is not specific to one issues, so is a bit generalised.

 

What I don't understand from this article is after taking amrit, would the "Singhs" still follow maryada, especially as they couldn't describe any sikh tenets?

If they stick good. The first few generations are almost sure to mix hindu and sikh ways. 

Some people just spend their whole lives living on the fuzzy borders between sanatan dharam and sikhi . Others slowly adopt. I know haryana people who first stepped into sikhi by starting to go to gurudwara . Some faltered away back into hinduism, others sticked and now their kids are kesadhari. 

I also know of some destitute women with many kids, who stayed in gurudwara , helping in langar and sewa and slowly adopted sikhi . 

Our hindu ancestors most likely stepped into sikhi thinking of it as a sect of vedantic hinduism. They certainly didn't see it as some alien religion . 

[ipledgeblue]

On 2017-5-27 at 7:48 AM, AjeetSinghPunjabi said:

Our hindu ancestors most likely stepped into sikhi thinking of it as a sect of vedantic hinduism. They certainly didn't see it as some alien religion . 

well yeah (besides your very colonial of way describing dharmic panths as religions, and as if the term hinduism even existed before the goras created it in British India), our ancestors saw sikhi as a panth that follows dharma. But also something more, especially with the Guru jis and their teachings.