My Response to the recent Khalistani Music Video: "Kaali" by Chani Nattan

[TheeTurbanator]

Please watch the video before you read my response: 

 

 

MY RESPONSE: 

 

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! 

As someone who actually supports the concept of an independent state run on Sikh values (Khalistan), I don’t think that songs like this do anything for positive the movement. We need less gang bang hood type of music videos, and we need actual change in terms of drug addiction, female infanticide, low birth rates, lack of education, etc, all of which will actually help the Sikh community, rather than a music video in which we are waving around guns and talking about assassinating people. 

They put videos of Baba Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, but don’t realize that whenever people came to him asking to join the movement, the first thing he said was to pick up a Gutka before the Gun, because the real power of Sikhi comes from Bani. Baba Bhindranwale also never boasted or showed off, and and neither did he all of a sudden start demanding a separate state, but he primarily focused on major issues in the panth, and used violence as a last resort. Our community has a habit of ignoring the important humanitarian and intellectual work of sevadaars and mainly focusing on the action part. People always talk about Baba Deep Singh as a physical warrior, but forget how he had an entire life of studying Bani that led up to his legendary Shaheedi. 

We all like to talk about Khalistan, yet forget the main issues affecting the panth like drug addiction, farmer debt, suicide, casteism, sexism, lack of education, low birthrates, etc. The Panth doesn't have the infrastructure to build or support another country, and before we start boasting about end goals, we should at least primarily focus on our main issues. 

A common response that I get is that this is just a music video, and that it at least does a good job of reminding people about important issues, however I would argue that there are better ways of talking about the issue of Sikh independence without waving around weapons and acting like a gang. The last thing the Panth, and the Khalsitani movement needs right now is even more bad publicity, and videos like this only reinforce the common held belief that the main advocates of Khalistan were from the west.
PS: At least they didn’t put a communist flag in this video, it was a decent song tho. 

 

TL;DR: Can we focus more on Bani and less on wearing Kaali ? Thanks! 

 

Question for the Sangat: What do you guys think of this video? 

[GurjantGnostic]

There's definitley better Khalistan and Shaheed music out there. 

More culturally appropriate music, which paints itself in a more honorable way. 

I hope somebody gives these guys some firearm training. They don't handle their weapons well at all. 

Props for the map imagery and the #freejagginow shout out, but they might want to train before trying to pull anything off. I kept feeling like they were about to fumble and drop those weapons. 

My personal rating is a shaky meh, with some smh mixed in, but good for them. 

Hopefully the proceeds go to some form of charity. 

[sitokaur]

 

 

[superkaur]

Yeah I think it's indicative of rudeboy/thuggish immature and full of bravado typical neo-punjabi testosterone type songs these days.

Little on substance and focus on why people should opt for khalistan and how khalistan will bring about the betterment and upliftment of punjab and Sikhs. I'm a big fan of Khalistan but this type of music video leaves a bad impression for me and doesn't send the message that we really should be aiming for.

If you look at all the successful freedom seeking nationalist movements of the world they have iconic patriotic songs that give the listen a vision of the utopia of their freed lands. Khalistan doesn't have that at the moment because collective Sikh consciousness and Sikh intelligentsia is not woke to take it to that level yet
 

 

 

 

 

[MrDoaba]

I agree with OP.

I thought this song was about Kaali Naagni.

May as well be seeing as they're dressed like gangbangers.

[S4NGH]

20 minutes ago, MrDoaba said:

I agree with OP.

I thought this song was about Kaali Naagni.

May as well be seeing as they're dressed like gangbangers.

Hello. Keep it PG. This is the second time I've had to warn you bro.

[MrDoaba]

2 minutes ago, S4NGH said:

Hello. Keep it PG. This is the second time I've had to warn you bro.

I'm sorry I don't follow? PG....?

[TheeTurbanator]

11 minutes ago, S4NGH said:

Hello. Keep it PG. This is the second time I've had to warn you bro.

But he didnt even say anything wrong... 

[superkaur]

Also I'd like to say it's a good effort the music producers and singers have talent its not all bad track however. The message is not right as people don't really look up to rudeboys/thugs and gangsters. Maybe criminals or school/college teen kids might... but your average person don't they might respect them or they might out of fear of violence but they hate them and wish them dead really.

Armed Sikh shaheeds ....all those good people who carried weapons to defend the faith, holy places and the normal innocent people however they will always be loved and remembered for their deeds of bravery for the righteous and good causes. If you look at the 1980s the intelligent and wise hindu punjabi's knew that real armed Sikh separatists were their punjabi brothers and would never try to scare them or turn their guns on them. Only fake sikh indian intelligence agents or criminals/gangsters (hindutva or congress funded) dressed up as Sikhs would try to do that. Sadly the evil Indian authorities were successful in their policies.

That is the difference between great punjabi sikh shaheeds like sant bhindranwale amoung many who was respected and feared by oppressive indian authorities not for his alleged "militancy" but the ideological change he was bringing in Sikh and punjabi society by waking up a sleeping sikh consciousness to change their bad ways (of taking intoxicants, feelings of depression and helplessness, fighting for useless anti-sikh issues, etc) and reconnect with their faith. So he died defending the rights of Sikhs and Sikhi and we can see the stark contrast with low life Canadian punjabi thugs/gangsters like bindi johal who died for only drugs and cash.

[sitokaur]

Vahiguroo Jio,

please remove kali video, that is rap music and dance, defaming nobility of Sikhi atey Gurbani, and Jaggi featured..and youth on bike, TOTALLY FOOLISHLY GIVING nindia to innocence of Jaggi atey Sikhs who can only afford bike for transportion...GURBANI IS BANI NOT kali, that video on my facebook too, and i commented for them to be sure they earned enough Naam Jorr as Vaho past noble Shaheed Singho, who ONLY SAINT WARRIORS AGAINST EVIL there, as bush for his father against sadam IN >DEFENSE < not offense ji_/\_