The Sikh Renaissance: Recent Episodes
The Sikh Renaissance
Men are under pressure in today's world: to conform or die. It is only the exceptionally rare male who can withstand society's insidious pressures and remain true to his ideals.
In this episode, we explore the life of the legendary 18th century Sikh martyr Bhai Sukha Singh Shahid and discuss how he can serve as a positive role model for Khalsa men of today.
The Dal Khalsa was the pinnacle of Khalsa governance. Its sanguinary rise in 18th century Punjab and dominance of its foes paved the way for the eventual rise of Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire in the early 19th century. But why did the Dal Khalsa fade away? Listen to find out more.
In this episode, we trace the history of the Dasam Granth and its purpose among the broader Sikh literary heritage. We answer allegations levelled against the Charitropakhyan by non-Sikh detractors of the Panth seeking to convert non-Sikhs to the falsity of their faith.
Knowledge is power, and it's high time we leverage it to defend our Sikhi and our heritage.
Operation Panja Sahib: Discover the untold story of the final effort for Sikh sovereignty in 1947. Led by Bhai Randhir Singh and the Nirban Khalsa Jatha, this daring plan aimed to restore Khalsa-Raaj post-British rule. Learn how historical mistakes from a century earlier sealed its fate. Watch to uncover the hidden history and lessons learned.
From misappropriating the Sikh dastaar even though the Bible forbids head coverings for men to being unable to heal their own family members while claiming to heal others, Christian pastors have become a controversial aspect of the Punjabi religious landscape. Carrying on from our previous episode, in this sequel we continue exposing their tactics and the contradictions of the Bible.
Punjab is undergoing a sweeping Christian missionary offensive where its poverty-stricken citizens are being manipulated into converting to Christianity either through bribery or threats. A Singh reached out to us from Gurdaspur requesting information to refute Christian attacks on Sikhi. We responded with this episode. Defend your Sikhi, defend yourself against the falsities of false faiths.
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What comes first? ancestral loyalty or religious loyalty? In this episode, we explore the saakhi of Sham Singh Nihang, from the Sri Gur Panth Prakash, a Jatt warrior who was so strong in his dedication to Sikhi that he refused to honor the requests of fellow Jatts.
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Building on our recent episode on the negative impacts of ghetto music on Punjabi artistry, in this episode we explore how media itself is being weaponized against Sikhi by non-Sikh actors and how we can protect ourselves and our children. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-sikh-renaissance/message
An analytical look at the career and assassination of Sidhu Moosewala and the infamy of the Rap genre and how it is weaponized against target communities.
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A retrospective analysis of the Sikh-Pakistan relationship and how Pakistan betrayed the 1984 Sikh armed struggle on religious grounds in Punjabi.
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In an era of divergent and often conflicting identities permeating the Punjabi social sphere, the upholders of Punjabi nationalism are unwilling to answer the question: which community is the true heir to Punjab's sanguinary tradition of standing for one's rights and slaying the imposers of tyranny? For us, the answer is simple; only Sikhs are worthy of being declared the true heirs to Punjab. Listen to find out why.
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A brief analysis of our foreign-based western Sikh preachers and their agenda-based preaching.
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A wake up call for Punjabi listeners regarding the recent events in an UK Sikh school where Sikh children were converted to Islam right under the noses of Sikh trustees by Islamist child groomers.
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Irfan Habib- a controversial figure in subcontinental historiography. In early 2001, Habib captained the publication of Sikh History From Persian Sources. Though the text was praised by Sikh personalities at the time, its content reflected Habib's long term tendency of misinterpreting historical facts with convenient alterations to cast doubt on the history of non-Muslims. Listen to find out how Habib and his father were co-opted by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in altering Sikh history. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-sikh-renaissance/message
An analytical episode on what our forefathers exactly fought for and how modernity regresses their sacrifices.
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Niccolo Machiavelli, the infamous author of the equally infamous The Prince. Contrary to the popular view of his immorality, Machiavelli argues that power is amoral and only its execution can be bifurcated into immorality or morality.
The Prince is highly relevant to the Sikhs today considering their unceasing pursuit of power. What can we learn from Machiavelli as Sikhs and is the man's reputation deserved? As we say, listen to find out.
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The enforced regression of Sikh societal values as a political policy and its adverse impacts on Punjabi culture, overall, are unmissable today. From ludicrous stunts on tractors costing lives unnecessarily to high-handed caveman antics abroad, Sikh youth lack the foundational cornerstone of Sikhi: Responsibility. So then what is the solution if a lack of responsibility is the problem? Listen at your own peril.
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Hate it or love it, but it is fast becoming a conspicuous fact that the smarter generation of Sikhs was finished off in the 80's and by some seeming design the incompetent were allowed to escape and spread abroad. These vestiges of a fallen generation now control Gurudwaras and Panthic institutes captaining the Khalsa ship to oblivion due to their lack of guile and an even more atrocious lack of vision. How did this situation arise and what are the cures, if any? Listen at your own peril!
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Would you trust a serpent to repay its dues to you after you save its life? Or would you be realistic enough to acknowledge that the serpent is venomous by nature and strikes both friend and foe alike? If the latter is your answer and not the former, then ask yourself: why would you trust individuals or communities whose beliefs emphasize your eternal damnation in hellfire because you do not conform to their way of life? Why then would you help the arbitrators and disciples of such belief systems and philosophies when they have multiple nations of their own and we Sikhs have not a single one?
In this episode we explore:
(a) Why we allow the serpent of Bhaichara to strangle us.
(b) Why we seek validation from others.
(c) The consequences of Bhaichara.
(d) A brighter future without Bhaichara.
(e) How Bhaichara fanatics are usually seeking validation for their own inferiority complex.
Listen at your own peril.
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Bhaichara, a term fast devolving into a pejorative for asinine solidarity in which Sikhs suffering from inferiority complexes splurge the community's precious resources on non-Sikhs whose religious ideology emphasizes that we will burn in hell for our non-conformism to their beliefs. We are joined by the legendary historian S. Inderjeet Singh in discussing the fate of Sikhs outside Punjab and how several sections of diasporic and Punjabi Sikhs whitewash the atrocities inflicted upon them for Bhaichara or one-sided brotherhood.
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We are joined once again by the legendary Anmol Singh Rode, Ranneeti Punjab, for another exciting episode. This time we discuss the discipline of historiography, a field bordering on an art form in which academics and intellectuals study how and why history is formed in our minds. We delve deep into the fundamentals of historiography, its relation to Sikh academia and its implications for the future of the Panth.
We are greatly indebted to Sirdar Anmol Singh Ji for taking the time out of his busy schedule to privilege our listeners with his priceless wealth of knowledge.
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In this brief episode we look at a marvellous incident from the Sri Gur Sobha of the poet Sainapati, a contemporary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Sainapati was an eyewitness to the Guru's destruction of a village called Alsoon in the vicinity of Anandpur Sahib after the 1691 battle of Nadaun. The Sikhs had triumphed and were returning home when the Guru passed near Alsoon. He immediately ordered it destroyed with his forces driving out all inhabitants and razing it to the ground. What had the inhabitants of Alsoon done to deserve such a fate and was it justified? Listen to find out.
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This idea for this episode originated after a heated debate between a team member and an evangelical zealot. The zealot in question ,Shahi 1987, adopted the position that death could not be divine and was not brought into existence by God. Such fictional mythologizing runs against the grain of reality that Sikhs accept as being Hukam, divine will. In this episode we distill the gist of what this debate taught us but also how Sikhs can answer evangelical missionaries using their own baseless scriptures.
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In 1781 the fanatical Mughals attacked the Punjab for the last time. Bested by the maverick general Baghel Singh of the KaroraSinghiyaa Confederacy they were effectively routed and beat a hasty retreat never to return. But the KaroraSinghiyaa was an unique body of Khalsa men who swore to get even and in 1783 launched a massive campaign which resulted in Delhi, the subcontinental capital, being raided by the major Sikh Confederacies. Who were the KaroraSinghiyaas and what made them unique? Listen to find out!
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December, a month of remembrance for the Sikhs who pay tribute to the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's family and four sons while treading the path of Guru Nanak. However, do we still retain their militant spirit?
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Bhai Bota Singh and Bhai Garja Singh are two of the most conspicuous Martyrs of 18th century Sikh history. In this episode we explore their lives and the relevance they hold for the Sikh world today.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-sikh-renaissance/message
Professor Audrey Truschke, the Hindu Right and Islamists-these three seemingly disparate entities are united in denying and disparaging the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur the ninth Sikh Guru. In this episode not only do we answer their allegation that no contemporary source exists to evince this martyrdom, but we also cite contemporary Persian sources written by those nearest to Aurangzeb substantiating the lead-up to the event and its aftermath. We are joined in this episode by eminent Sikh historian and researcher S. Inderjeet Singh (Afghan Hindus And Sikhs) who rediscovered these sources in the late 2010s.
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A Punjabi episode on how disparate gender ideologies and second wave feminism harm the Sikh nuclear family unit.
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Life is cruel, so is reality. But what if we make this Cruelty our mentor like Guru Nanak emphasizes?
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The Sri Gur Panth Prakash is a 19th century Sikh chronicle delineating the historic ascendance of Khalsa sovereignty in 17th-18th century Punjab. In this episode we explore all the information available on the text; discuss its history and compilation as well as refuting H.S. Chopra's specious allegations (made in 1988) that the polemic Bhai Vir Singh altered it.
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Society overtly favors professional victimhood. The Khalsa opposes this. Listen to how this war plays out today.
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We are joined by eminent guest Dr. Joginder Singh Ji Tej Khurana who is the foremost historian of the Afghan Sikhs. An ex-serving member of the Afghan Grand Assembly, medical specialist and unrivalled intellectual-Dr. Tej Khurana charts the past, present and potential future of Afghanistan and its Sikh populace. Since the seeding of Sikhi among the Afghans, Sikhs have confronted hostility and sanguinary persecutions. Yet their unwavering faith in Sikhi has seen them surmount even the most titanic of obstacles.
We appeal to the Sangat at large that Dr. Khurana's efforts to rescue the Afghani Sikh populace be further strengthened by contributing in any way and form to the Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation in Canada which is involved in all amnesty and refuge initiatives for this community whose glorious history is unheard of today.
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Sikhi is universal. Its moralistic aspect transcends borders, nations and territories. The Sikh faith was seeded beyond Punjab by its progenitor Guru Nanak. One of the fecund regions of the subcontinent which even today has a strong and growing Sikh population which Guru Nanak graced is this very same East India. The rich history of East Indian Sikhs has only now been revealed by eminent authority Professor Jagmohan Singh Gill who joins us to discuss the vanguard of Sikhi in the East of the subcontinent which has remained pristine and untouched since the advent of Guru Nanak and his successors.
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Misl Shahid was an 18th century Khalsa political Confederacy which was a precursor to the likes of the SGPC today. Its rise and fall encapsulates the internal strife which plagued the Misls after their heyday. By understanding the history of Shahid Misl we can unlock many enigmas of the Sikh past, particularly those of the modern Akali-Nihangs.
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Maharajah Ranjit Singh-maybe the most Machiavellian ruler of them all. His meteoric rise to power belied a very cunning and Machiavellian persona which unfortunately the Sikh leaders of today lack. What can we learn from Ranjit Singh and how is it relevant to today? Listen to hear more.
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The Heart Of A Warrior is a leadership principle. Akin to the Warrior stepping onto the field of battle, preparing to make sacrifices, so too does the Leader step onto their field of battle. The Warrior steels his heart and stiffens his spine; resolute in the face of death. The Leader too must steel their heart and stiffen their spines; resolute in the face of the unknown. In this episode we discuss how the Heart of a Warrior principle can alter our futures and even lives for the better and make us transformative Leaders-an ingredient found wanting in Sikhs today.
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We are joined by savvy historian/historiographer Anmol Singh Rode (Ranneeti Punjab) in debunking the outrightly fallacious claim of right wing propagandists that the Marathas entered the Punjab in the mid-18th century to save Sikhi and rebuild the sacrosanct Sikh Darbar Sahib. Relying primarily on Maratha historians (Besam, Kulkarni, Sardesai, Gordon and Sarkar) as well as contemporary material we evince that the Marathas had:
(a) No interest in being in the Punjab and only arrived when lured by the substantial booty promised by the wily Adina Beg.
(b) Left token garrisons in the region to quieten an otherwise contumacious Adina who feared their return to Pune.
(c) Were summarily annihilated by a returning Ahmad Shah Durrani.
(d) Were viewed by Sikhs and non-Sikh Punjabis as foreign oppressors.
We also expose the genesis of the aforementioned myth; the times in which it was made and the historic facts which arm the Sikhs to battle it.
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There has been much unnecessary academic controversy ignited over the 5 K's. McLeodian allegations have included denying their origination with the tenth Guru and accusing the Singh-Sabha Lahore of concocting them. On the other hand the modern Upgrade school ludicrously proposes that the priestly class invented the K's and all evidence related to them within the span of one century and that All Sikhs fell for the bait hook, like and sinker.
The truth is somewhat different as we establish. The K's emphasize a very unique comprehensive perception of Sikhi based on the SGGS. A perception which we tend to evade today in a bid to make Sikhi more palpable to our own misassumptions.
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Gurbani identifies fear as a contagion; an illness which rapidly proliferates and takes over its host society. What exactly is fear and how does one Master it? We argue that the vilification of fear is a matter of perception and just as the occasional exposure to pathogens strengthens our immune system similarly exposure to fear emboldens us to live life wholly by transforming it from a handicap into a fuel.
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Decadence and decay-the two most relevant adjectives to describe the state of society today. But why is society atrophying and what can Sikhs learn from it? Will Sikh society, if ever restored, too perish similarly? Listen to find out.
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How should we approach the question of Sikh history? How should we comprehend our Ithiaasic Granths? Through the framework of blind Sharda (faith)? Through the application of common sense? Or through careful sifting of fact from fiction and applying Gurbani as the ideological touchstone to understand each and every facet of our physical and written heritage?
Covering vast historiographical topics from the unique testaments of E.H. Carr to the categories of historians devised by G.R. Elton and applying the principles of studying historians before their written histories we focus on several narrations of Sikh history to discover and underscore the truth.
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Why is the SGGS subjected to atrocious intellectual and physical attacks? It is high time that each and every professed Sikh look within it and comprehend its words to understand that its stance on liberating Sikhs from bondage and making them true Khalsas is antithetical to political, religious and social agendas ergo its repeated targeting.
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The Ghadar Party was a majority Sikh based anti-imperialist militant nexus of globally based Sikhs aiming to forge a coalition of subcontinental provinces to overthrow the British in India and establish a subcontinent wide commonwealth. Its failure removed it from history by default with Marxists, Nationalists and Socialists misappropriating and revamping its history for their own insidious aims. In this episode we make a strong defense of Ghadar's Sikh values and Khalsa ideals arguing that Sikhi influenced it predominantly and no other ideology.
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54 Laws of Khalsa Leadership-we do not intend this to be an exhaustive list. Rather, it is a nascent start detailing what we believe to be 54 of the Khalsa's fundamental leadership laws based on our reading of Sikh history and Sikhi in action. Join us as we kick off 2022 with an exploration of Leadership as a calling and as a principle.
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The age-old question of what is right and what is wrong, election or selection? The Ancient Athenians onwards, communities and societies have often favored selection over election with the crucial difference being that selections are done by a few for the many whereas elections are done by the many for a few. In this episode we get to the bare bones of both systems and make a case for selection given that this was the historic Sikh practice.
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Irrespective of its various historic manifestations, Cancel Culture is not a Sikh phenomena nor a Sikh oriented ethic. We explain why.
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A general look at the Leadership principles enshrined within the Guru Granth Sahib and how best to live them today.
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We explore how current Sikh academics betray the trust reposed in them by the Sikh masses to pander to distorted perceptions of Sikh doctrines and the Sikh past with a particular focus on the fallacy of Sanataan Sikhi.
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Bhai Sukha Singh (1721-1753) was an eighteenth century convert to Sikhi who became synonymous with the Khalsa military ethos during his lifetime. Stoic in the face of pain, he was a man of high dynamism who straddled both the military and political spectrums effortlessly. Famed, and somewhat stereotyped, for his sterling role in the assassination of Massa Ranghar we revisit him to see what lessons his life can impart us for living in today's times.
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The Guru Granth Sahib provides us with a template to raise our children; our future generations. The Guru expects us to raise our offspring as Sikhs. After all, we are not raising our own children in the sense we are giving them our own ideology to follow. Rather, we are aiming to raise GurSikhs and Khalsas of the future.
However, we are also witnessing a digression in the current period where Sikhs themselves are not ensuring that their own children inherit Sikh values. Rather, they are giving them 'woke' idealism i.e. sheer disconnection from Sikh values.
How do we rectify this? We discuss solutions.
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We define the Spartan-Testudo complex as being the entrenchment of particular cultural, political, social and other alternative traits which hamper one's mental and interactive mobility in the world today. For the Sikhs this complex is exemplified by the current wave of hyper-excessive woke liberalism as well as the polar opposite of traditional living with tradition being living as we did in the 18th century. We believe that both these clashing dichotomies are preventing the Panth's progression and argue for a third front, that of Sikh Revivalism shorn off traditionalist ossification and Upgrade dissolution of identity.
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As we somberly observe the 20th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks (2001), we also reflect on the countless Sikhs who were targeted by xenophobes worldwide owing to their turbaned appearance. With the current Laissez-faire attitude adopted towards Sikh doctrines, it has become commonplace to criticize and even vilify those Sikhs who differentiate between themselves and fundamentalists given the turbaned appearance of both. Such disparity and self-apathy is becoming commonplace among western Sikhs owing to the promotion of self-hate academia in western educational institutes. We explore the eventual outcomes of this intellectual regression and how best to defend against it.
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Nawab Kapur Singh-the charismatic but equally enigmatic 18th century Sikh leader who captained the Khalsa Panth during its darkest days in the post-Banda Singh period. What we know of him is derived from a few scant references in the Sri Gur Panth Prakash of Ratan Singh Bhangu, the oral histories of the remnant Nihang bands or the testimonies of his enemies. So who was Nawab Kapur Singh who historians told us preserved the existence of the Khalsa Panth as it faced oblivion in the face? And why is there such a silence around him?
We sit down with S. Deepinder Singh Virk and Mrs. Maninder Kaur of Bharatgarh Fort, 9th generation descendants of the Nawab's bloodline, to learn about a heroic figure who swore to die upholding Sikhi and liberate the Punjab and the subcontinent from foreign invaders. His ultimate betrayal came not during his lifetime but from those who he passed his mantle on to.
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Exactly! Who was the real Guru Nanak? A hyper-liberal pacifist? A renunciative Buddha-like Saint? A Vedic sage? Some Pooran Tam Avatar? Or was he something radically different? We are joined by Professor Balwant Singh Dhillon (GNDU) to seek out Baba Nanak's own testimony as to who he was within the Guru Granth Sahib and to prove that Baba Nanak envisioned the rise of the Khalsa and the Panth's sovereign ascendancy.
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We are joined by special guest Dr. (Prof, Retd.) Balwant Singh Dhillon of GNDU and also Retired Director of Centre For Studies in Guru Granth Sahib (Amritsar) in discussing the life and betrayal of Baba Banda Singh Ji Bahadur as per contemporary Persian sources recorded by eyewitnesses and military/political personalities conversant with the rise and fall of the first Khalsa state. Dr. Dhillon, in a career spanning three decades, has unearthed numerous primary sources in Sikh history and lent new avenues to the world of textual studies. This episode covers:
(a) Banda Singh: Pre-Sikh past.
(b) Banda Singh: Meeting with Guru Gobind Singh Ji and initiation into the Khalsa.
(c) Banda Singh: Paterfamilias of the first Khalsa state.
(d) Banda Singh: Revolutionary social engineer.
(e) Banda Singh: Betrayal.
(f) Banda Singh: Appropriation by Hindu Mahasabha.
(g) Banda Singh: Defended by Sikhs.
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What can Sikhs learn from Israel? Listen to find out.
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A pointed discussion on the five cognitive rebirths of the Sikh upon entry into the Khalsa and what they mean in today's context.
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Sikhi is rivalled with atrophied South Asian cultural norms which are hampering its progression. One of these norms is the direction of violence against women and anyone else classified as being 'weak.' We discuss the inimical affect of this tendentious cultural nefariousness in Sikh families and how it is high time we obliterate it from within Sikh society.
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The Devolution of Sikhi's emphasis on gender equity.
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A wake-up call for all Sikh men: stop giving lip service to the concept of gender equality. Actually implement the gender equality which our Gurus envisioned and gifted to us! We are joined by Sikh activist Simran Kaur in this episode as we chart where we went wrong in regards to protecting our sisters' rights and why they are falling prey to grooming gangs today.
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How much selflessness is too much selflessness? And does selflessness only consist of spending consumable/financial resources for global notice? What is our overarching strategy here, and is it paying off? What is the cost to benefit ratio in everything we are doing on a worldwide scale? Or are we, Sikhs, wasting our hard earned resources as a Panth to only receive unwarranted hatred in return?
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Is Reincarnation a Sikh belief? What is the rationale behind it and what is an effective alternative to both heaven-hell and Reincarnation quandaries?
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In Zameer we discuss the significance of Shahidi (martyrdom) in Sikhi and how it directly relates to Gurbani's emphasis on living a conscientious life. We answer many long-held myths about the concept in Sikhi while also providing a correct and conscience translation of the oft-mistranslated and misnomered Babur Vani which-in actuality- is a clarion call to arms for all Sikhs by Guru Nanak.
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The title says it all, are Sikhs idolaters and how does Sikhi philosophically view idolatry and are Sikhs guilty of committing the practice when they bow to the Guru Granth Sahib?
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Are the Panj Kakkars a means to an end or the ends themselves? How is it that Sikhs are fooled via infiltrators retaining their Kakkars? Have we misunderstood the Kakkars? Listen to find out as we discuss this relevant and also tendentious issue.
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The Gaza conflict annually polarizes the Sikh community on social media into pro-Israel vs. pro-Palestine. Our stance is that while Sikhs should decry the human cost of the conflict, they should not be swift to take sides as the issue is more nuanced than they would care to admit.
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Thought Crimes and how they led to the development of Sikhi.
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We discuss the theo-political status of Darbar Sahib and its original purpose intended by the Gurus and how best to restore it to its pristine state.
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Why is Punjab afflicted with drugs? And how can it be made drug free? Listen to our discussion as we tackle this most thorniest of issues.
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We discuss the life, legacy and martyrdom of the Ninth Nanak with a particular focus on his legacy and its misappropriation.
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Who created the Khalsa? Guru Nanak. When was Guru Nanak born? Vaisaakhi. What is the Khalsa's mission? Emancipation of humanity. Is the Khalsa a substance abuser? We dissect Sikh history; we sift through Gurbani to prove what we say. The Khalsa is Nanak's and no, the Khalsa is no stoner.
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At over 1 hour, 30 minutes, this is our longest episode. However, when discussing what lessons we can derive from a personality as glorious as Nawab Kapur Singh we believe any length of time is justified. Listen as we dissect the life of one of Sikh history's most dominant but also enigmatic leaders to underscore what made him so effective in his mission.
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We sit down with S. Gurpreet Singh (GP) of Sikh Saakhi to discuss his book Sole Enemy of a Sikh: Brahminism as well as discussing Sikhi's opposition to caste and how best to annihilate it from within Sikh ranks.
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Laws never stop evil. Humans do. On 13th March 1940 Udham Singh precipitated a crisis of conscience in great Britain by shooting dead the tyrant Michael O' Dwyer. Listen to why he did what he did and how he altered world history forever.
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The Chota Ghallughara or the Smaller Holocaust-March 1746. By the end of a bloody week, 12,000 Sikhs lay dead including non-combatants. What precipitated this bloody genocide of the Khalsa, what was the aftermath and what lessons can we learn from it today? Join the boys for an intense talk on a blood-drenched period of Sikh history and how it is still relevant today.
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We are joined by special guest Dr. Rajkumar Hans (former Professor of History-Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda) who rediscovered the Sri Gur Katha of Bhai Jaita (Jivan Singh) Shahid and restored it in the Sikh psyche. We discuss the contribution of the alleged inferior castes to the world of Sikh intelligentsia and how best to restore their legacies so we can acquire a pristine understanding of Sikhi in lieu of the heavily mythologized and dubious narrative we are fed today.
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The Babbar Akalis- From 1921-1925 they were the bane of the British in the Punjab. Who were they? What happened to them? And why was their movement written out of history? Join us as we discover the truth.
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Nankana Sahib-the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the progenitor of Sikhi. In the 20th century, it was home to a notorious debauch Narain Das who left no stone unturned in violating its sanctity. Listen to find out how the Sikhs finally arose as one to not only liberate Nankana but the countless other Gurudwaras hijacked by their detractors.
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February 5th 1762-The Wadda Ghallughara, The Bigger Holocaust, Done At The Behest of Ahmad Shah Abdali And Punjab's Elite Castes. Over 30,000-50,000 Sikh Non-Combatants Massacred. What Lessons Can Sikh Leaders And Budding Sikh Leaders Learn From That One Bloody Day Nearly Three Centuries Prior?
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Are Sikhs allowed to convert, or is it anathema in Sikhi? Listen to find out.
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Interfaith Marriages- what do they actually entail and should Sikhs accept them?
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The Mutiny of 1857- used to lambast the Sikhs. We discuss the Sikh perspective with esteemed historian, S. Inderjeet Singh.
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A very insidious myth has been propagated from the 20th century onwards that Sikhs are only warriors and can amount to nothing else. What's more, it has been asserted that Sikhs are some temporary sword arm who have outlived their purpose. We not only answer such kitsch allegations but also expose the thinking behind them.
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Sikh history has continually been misappropriated by elements opposed to Sikh progression with the aim of commandeering the Sikhs as some anti-Islamic military force. Sikhs, themselves, have unwittingly allowed this nefarious design to succeed given their excessive passion for their past. In this segment we discuss the malignant affects of this misappropriation, its various forms and how best to defeat it and defend Sikhi and Sikh history.
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For the Sikh "woke" Brigade and self-professed Liberals-don't allow your identity to be defined by others. Rather, stand your ground as Sikhs.
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Wherever you are, raise your youngsters to be autonomous and independent-not followers but leaders.
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It is easy to talk about Miri-Piri. It is more easy to dream of Miri-Piri, but what is Miri-Piri? Do we even live Miri-Piri that we can talk effortlessly about it?
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The duo discuss why not to await your life's purpose, but to discover it for yourself. Sikhi liberates humankind cognitively so each and every individual can pursue their purpose in life as long as it conforms to the following criterion:
-Ensures the Freedom of Conscience.
-Accesses humanity's common heritage in the form of progressive innovation.
-Contributes to humankind's progression.
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Who was the real Guru Nanak? A Conformist or a ਬਾਗੀ? We present the real Nanak: Nanak the Baaghi; Nanak the Revolutionary.
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On special request, the boys discuss Sikhi and Sikh Saints. Who or what is a Saint in Sikhi and can humans become Brahmgyanis (infinitesimally wise)?
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Amarjeet and Navjeet critique the so-called Martial Race theory and how it historically wrecked havoc in the Sikh psyche and continues to do so even today. The Sikhs are neither more violent than other communities nor prone to being violent than the next faith in line. Yet, they are stereotyped as born and bred soldiers. Though a number of Sikhs luxuriate in this epithet-it more or less stereotypes them as cannon fodder.
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The boys discuss the life and times of Sikh generalissimo Banda Singh Bahadur and explore how a deep-rooted conspiracy displaced him from succeeding in his Guru ordained mission: the establishment of a perennial Khalsa Raaj.
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The boys discuss the Gurbani Shabad: ਪੀਊ ਦਾਦੇ ਕਾ ਖੋਲਿ ਡਿਠਾ ਖਜਾਨਾ (Ang. 186) and the Shabads of Bhagat Bani in it's light. They also enunciate the more salient facets of Sikhi which emphasize intelligence as the true Amrit and discuss their relevance in the 21st century.
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While replying to Bhagat Surdas's advice to relinquish the company of cynics and infidels, Guru Arjan emphasizes that the preservation of your beliefs is decided by the strength of your convictions. This very same principle should be the guiding light of the Sikhs today where multiculturalism has become an euphemism for forced assimilation.
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In this episode, we are joined by Veerji Tegh Singh and Bhenji Rusveer Kaur as we discuss Punjabi conservatism vs. Sikh liberalism vis-a-vis sex and sexual abuse in the diaspora.
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On popular request-the Renaissance boys discuss why exactly the Republican Dal Khalsa failed to spread beyond the Punjab despite being optimally primed to do so by Nawab Kapur Singh. The age-old question-why Republics fail?-is also answered with a keen lesson for the future: do not repeat the mistakes of the past by deifying history and declaring it sacred. That way, we worship the errors of our forefathers.
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Sikhi, undeniably, has a martial aspect. But what does this entail in the 21st Century?
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The Sixth Guru, a peerless warrior but something more as well: a revolutionary, an upholder of the Nanakian ideal.
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Amarjeet and Paul Singh (UK) discuss the current state of affairs in our Gurudwaras and whether they are the same as what the Gurus envisioned them to be.
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Amarjeet discusses the role of pain in life as per the Sikh purview and whether it matches with conventional dogma found in other faiths.
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The conclusive stanza of Japji Sahib summarizes "the air is akin to the Guru, the water to the father..." But by 2020, water will be in dire straits and consecutively humans. In this short podcast we explore some fundamental problems and solutions.
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Amarjeet and Navjeet discuss the relationship between faith and rationality; the role of science and faith in life, and Sikhi's relationship with science in this 58 minute 40 second segment.
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