To tie or not to tie..that is the question..
Writing by shinda on Monday, 14 of August , 2006
You know its that time of year, every year when you see the message boards [and now blogs], light up with threads on Rakhri, and how it needs to be stopped amongest Sikhs as it has nothing to do with Sikhi, its bhamin vaad, Hindu culture, etc.
Personally speaking I’ve never been a fan of the whole thing, and looking back as far as I can remember, I never was fond of it. Not because I felt it was against Sikhi, rather because paying $20 to my sisters for a piece of string, that I never wanted in the first place, didn’t seem worth it, and most of them weren’t happy with the ten cents I was willing to part with.
Nonetheless, a big deal is made every year with call for resistance of this Hindu ritual, that many believe has no place in Sikhi, whatsoever, which I question on a few fronts.
Firstly the main argument made against accepting or giving a rakhri is the fact that it shows a gender bias, with the implication that men are superior to women [hence them asking for the males protection], and thus has no value in terms of Sikhi. Yet this onus should be placed on the bibi to not give a rakhri so to not ask for protection rather then on the Singh to refuse it. Be it as it may, refusing the Rakhri on these grounds by any Singh only implies that the the Singh is refusing the gesture to give protectionon on the grounds that he feels his sister is capable of protecting herself. What if she feels the contrary, and therefore feels the need to offer this gesture, how can it then be refused. Also Singhs have long been known to be the protectors of not only their own sisters yet the wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of all people, so if those females feeling obliged to offer their brothers in arms a rakhri as a gesture asking for protection be adamantly refused? Point being, the onus should not be on the male to refuse the acceptance of this gesture rather on the individual Bibian to not make it.
Secondly, if the Rakhri should not be celebrated based on it being a cultural event then at the same time neither should birthdays in the manor that they are today. I’m not saying ban the doings of Kirtans and Sehaj Pahts that is customary among many families, but rather the whole gifts, cake, parties thing. Yet when it comes to this cultural norm there is a much more indifference to the whole matter. Same could go for Halloween, and what ever other practise one chooses to divulge in based on the customary cultural norms of there soceiy. If you’re not going preach against something based on the fact that its not part of the Sikh culture then its only right that you preach and obstain against all. (Considering of course that is your argument)
Lastly, in terms of Sikhi, Rakhri isn’t completly unheard of. In some Nihang Dal’s its common for Singhs to ordain their Shastars with Rakhri’s as a gesture of seeking protection. Of course this isn’t saying that this justifies Rakhri, and may just be a consequence of ‘morphing’ the occasion to fit into a Sikhi mould versus being a long standing tradition coming from Guru Sahib’s times, but I can’t see nothing wrong or against that.
Now I agree that this is a redundant post on a subject that many of us could care less about, but I figure if it’s really going to hurt someone by refusing to wear a Rakhri that they want to tie then is it really that big of a deal, not like the strings going to last more then a week if even a day, or if you’re anything like me as a kid then anything more then 10 seconds after it being tied.
Actually I propose that for Singhs instead of tying Rakhri’s they demand a nice Karda instead and none of this thin alluminium ones that came from the SGPC factory neither. I’m talking about those old school AKJ amrit sinchaar type. The ones that always went missing before an Amrit Sinchaar..
Finally, if any of my cousins are reading this then now you know, and knowing is half the battle. As for everyone else annoyed by the time they wasted reading this post, then just know it was equally boaring writing this, but having people tell me I hadn’t updated in a while everytime you see them, really does get to you.
Shinda, you’re blogs been pretty dueced up lately. You’ve been in A-Rod type clutch, you gotta step your game up. STEP UP NIGGA STEP IT UP!
yea man just a piece of string, put it on for a while make ur sister happy.
Man this is stupid! Shinda is stupid. this blog of his stupid. he’s a hater of everyone. thinks hes the ****, no1 is better than him. osy ppl are wayyy better than him and so are their websites. their sangat programs are much better than any other programs i go to. plus they know how to make a person feel welcome, even the girls say hi. and i gotta say those girls are fun to be around and they treat you as an equal. and then you have shinda here always hating against everyone but himself and a couple of his b****hs. man frig u, im tired of this stupid blog and ur stupid corny attempts to make urself look smart cuz lets face it ur not. after this year, the experience i had hanging wit the osy crew, their camp, their picnics, their simran programs, their sangat, i was overturned. you can call em dodra if you want, call me dodra if you want, i dun care, you can say they shook wit their girls, but lets face it, they much more accepting of everyone than anyother jatha bandi i know. They even taking intiative to do a sanja smaagam, the same smaagam that shinda openly punked. This is one wen i came to realize that this blog of shinda is a tru waste of time as he has nuthing important to post, its always garbage and i for one am sick of it and its about time ppl heard about it. So Shinda I for one will no longer visit your page. and all of the other people who gonna come and visit, you’re all wasting time, come and join me in sangat.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
wat a joker!
if the girl actually wants to tie a rakhri on you for ‘protection’ she needs counseling re: the laws of sikhi. Is any man or woman going to be there with her 24/7 in the face of all evil and illness/attack… So many sisters of sikhs were abused in Punjab during the 70s and 80s and their brothers, being bolder warriors than the like of today, may not have been able to do a thing. Regardless of how many rakhris they had on their arms
I say the more you avoid these bahmanistic rituals, the more the world realizes that gursikhi is a ‘vakhri nassal’
“In some Nihang Dal’s its common for Singhs to ordain their Shastars with Rakhri’s as a gesture of seeking protection.” This is an example of bahmanism being integrated into GurSikhi to the fullest form, even though we should give all due respect to Nihang Singh jis and most of those nihangs may do it out of love. Still, Why do people tie rakhris on nishan sahibs? Is guru ji gona protect you by a little string that has no value in Gursikhi? If a rakhri really symbolized ‘protection’ why didn’t our Guru Sahibs tell us to follow those things, or why wouldn’t they outline that in any bani… Because obviously, it’s bipran ki reet, and why would the Khalsa do that? They’re above these miniscule rituals.
First of all, a bibi in that case needs help. WHY should she feel that she needs a physical protector, those are temporary things no one should hold on to, She should use akaal as her protector. No other human can come to our aid in times of need, only Akaal. Such bibian who demand tying a rakhri for protection are obviously not inclined to the sikh beliefs where ‘jis ke sir oopar tu suaami so dukh kaisa paavey’ or ‘taati vaao na lagai parbrahm sarnai’ chaugird hamare ram kar protects us, not a rakhri or the guy who’s wearing it, simple
Just tie the damn string, eat some ladoo and hand over the cash!
The most you can hope for is for them to understand that it doesnt mean anything.
Family’s in the west are breaking up on a daily basis. If this one occasion marks the meeting of sisters and brothers, even if it isnt for sikhi reasons. Why should we hate on it.
I know for a fact that my sisters get all happy when this day rolls around every year. They have a blast and start to call me in the wee hours of the morning. If it doesnt teach anything except love, then what the hey. Just go along with it. Parting a little bit of cash for a piece of string and a little love is a great bargain. (Because you know the only sisters who tie a rakhri on you, are the ones that still love you)
And the Survey saysssssss………………
Another one, for the good guys
ShindaSingh ji please post this on your homepage
AUGUST 15 - GHULAMI (SLAVERY) DAY
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While Pakistan and India celebrate their “independence” this August 14 / 15, countless Sikh widows and mothers will continue to live with poverty and injustice while no charges are laid on the murderers of their husbands and sons; and countless Sikh activists will continue to suffer inhumaine torture as political prisoners without fair trial; and all Sikhs around the world will continue to live under the shadows of an extremist movement in the Indian government, and RSS-infiltrated Sikh institutions like the SGPC, working to destroy the Sikh faith and continue to keep the Sikhs as slaves.
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PUNJAB: DIVIDED
August 15, 1947 - “The Sikh Homeland handed over to the Hindus against the wishes of the Sikh nation and divided into East and West Punjab. Punjab was divided into East and West Punjab. A major segment of the Sikh community was uprooted from their ancestoral land and forced to migrate to India. This day marks the “Independence day” for India. Though citizens of India, the Sikh coumminty encoutered organized and pre-meditated killings of their members, lootings of all their worldly possessions, and general human suffering and deprivation that is unparalleled in the history of humankind. Over two lakh Sikhs gave their lives in search of freedom while being forcibly migrated to East Punjab. However, untill today the independence promise remains unfulfilled for the Sikh community. The community itself continues to persists in petty internal squibled, allow others to dictate terms, and is unable to establish its own sovereign state where Sikhs may prosper without any restriction. More than the lost lives, dearer than homes and lands left behind, was the Holy Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev. Numerous other historical gurudwaras were also left behind with their fates unknown.” - “Human Geography” section, on page 33 of the September 1994, Volume 42:9, No. 489, issue of The Sikh Review.
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PREFER DEATH TO LIFE AS A SLAVE
“No matter how much we talk, no matter how much we boast, until it is ingrained in the mind of every son of a Sikh, of every old man, of every mother and sister, that we are slaves, we shall not be able to throw off the yoke of slavery and achieve freedom. Freedom from slavery is achieved only when a person starts to feel and understand that he would prefer death to life as a slave; when he does not consider living (as a slave) worthwhile. Only then one gets rid of slavery, never otherwise.” - Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhinderanwale (Speech delivered on September 20, 1983 at the annual conference of the All India Sikh Students’ Federation, held on the second anniversary of the martyrdom of 18 Sikhs at Chowk Mehta)
What are you smoking, chicooo. The only reason ur sisters a rakhri on u is not because of love (well not for the most part) but rather cuz like everyone else, they wanna get PAIDDDD!
One more for the bad guy.
N.W.O. 4 Life Dont Turn Your Back On The Wolf Pack,You Might Wind Up In A Bodybag.
This was exactly what i was talking about. first shindas idiots are talking about hindus and then wreslting. this is the kinda stuff that gives this idiotic shinda stupid stuff to rite about. instead riting about the good things that are coming out of this sanjaa smagam he not only went against it but now hes you people talking about wrestling and hindus. let me once repeat my point by saying how stupid shinda is and how stupid this blog is. no one even posts any events on this blog so that other people like me could attend and listen to kirtan. shindas blog is usesless and everyone reading this needs to realize that. why are you following this imbicile. do somethin productive with ur lives rather than sitting here and reading all the stupidness shinda rites. attend the sanja smaagam and other sangat programs and post your events, kirtan or other sporting events, on the ontario sikh youth website. thas the real website for the youth of ontario, so lets make use of it and forget about posting on shindas blog as most of this stuff is useless.
what makes me laugh is everyone talking how its bipran kee reet yet they the first in line to cut the cake at birthdays and all that jazzy jazz, bipran kee reet is more then just doing hindu rituals its about western culture to islamic culture all those things rolled into a nice ball..
do the right thing be a man jus say NO
Hey Yo!
I was in the back sitting with Eric Bischoff, and here this punk who wants some change, comes out and starts to front on Shinda. So Big **** Kevin Nash, points at the screen and lets his brother know that there needs to be some change.
Surveyyy Timeeeeee…….
How many of you here came to see OSY??????
ok…ok…ok…That wasnt bad….
But how many of you here, came to see
S-H-I-N-D-A
It was close, It was close.
But………
One more…For the Good Guyssssssssssssssssss
(NEW NEW NEW NEW WORLD ORDER)
(FA-FA-LIFE)
Time for a Change…
do you have “blog” envy or something? What’s up with this hate for Shinda? He writes what he thinks, it’s HIS blog. If you don’t like pick up and move on. I don’t agree with what he writes all the time, but then again, i visit HIS blog so chances are I’m gonna read HIS opinions about things.
And what’s this noise about us “following this imbicile”? Who says we’re following him? He’s just some Singh who has a mildly entertaining blog.
Stop starting up useless fights…you can go to tapoban.org for that.
loooooooool as usual shindas site delivers some entertainment and some randomness to think about …thats why i come hereeeee
Two more of shindas b****es. What kinda name is balzey, you idiots cant even come up with good names. and then you have a wrestling *** talking like he part of the nwo. Why don’t all of you and especially shinda grow up? And who said anything about people coming hear to read about osy, this site over and over punks osy and dodra and other jatha bandis. obviously everyone comes to this website to read shindas idiotic views.
Go onto the osy.com website, the akj.org website, sikhsangat.com website or the tapoban.org website, they all better than this. Go ask on those websites what they came to read and who they wanted to see, i doubt shindas name is even mentioned.
And since you people or otherwise known as shindas idiots, will only understand what i’m saying through wrestling terms then let me say it like this:
WCW just got together n the nwo along with shindas b****es ran out of the ring with their tales between their legs.
And for sites that actually offer something please visit:
http://www.ontariosikhyouth.ca
http://www.akj.org
http://www.tapoban.org
http://www.neverforget84.com
http://www.damdamitaksal.com
http://www.sikhstudents.ca
http://www.sikhisensations.com
Are you jealous of Shinda’s following? Are you jealous of the fact that if he said he was wearing white while he types that people would probably start matha teking to ther computer screens. Man your more jealous than a Tapoban Singh watching someone eat a bk veggie.
haaahahahaaaahahahahahahahahahaaahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Damnnn being more jealous than a tapobani mean you’re at a level of your own. Don’t hate on shinda. Don’t Hate the Playa, Hate the game.
just the fact that this fool keeps coming back proves this site is ill. he seems like that jealous type whos insecure about himself. and your wrestling example was soooo *** so dont even use that again.
jealousy got the best of you son, go do some simran on the beach to calm your mind … yeah because its sooo peaceful at a beach full of half naked girls running around.
Ahahahah yeah Shinda……………….Mans be bringing the hot-fire!
I smell burnt fish
doktor pennfield..i smell burnt toast
gotta be canadian to get that…it has no relevance to anything..just thought i’d pitch in, cuz that’s what came to mind after my Father, Deuce said
“Time for a change” is getting some beats…
“WCW just got together n the nwo along with shindas b****es ran out of the ring with their tales between their legs.”
buddy, get your english right: its tails not tales
Great post Shinda! I like that we should not then celebrate B’days, halloween etc. I say let us just wear it for the fun of it and kids like it. Hey, what is this about Karas gone missing before Amrit sanchar? Is this really true?
time for a change,
ppl started calling me balzey in highschool i never made the name up myself…..
but my real name is jasdeep singh from ottawa, tell me who u are if ur not shook
BALZEY
o btw, i don’t like wrestling so i dunno where u got that from
balzey likes making flims
First off Balzey you idiot, I didn’t say you liked wrestling and I wasnt talking about you when I made the wrestling reference. I was talking about Scott Hall, who no longer posts. Shinda’s idiots keep getting stupider and stupider. You idiots still have not realized how stupid this blog is and I guess you never will. Idiots will stay idiots forever and keep reading the stupidness shinda will post. I will no longer read this blog and this will be my last post. I will continue to do seva with other organizations that do a much better job than shinda and who are much more accepting of others and newcomers as well.
And on that note, please visit the following websites:
http://www.ontariosikhyouth.ca
http://www.akj.org
http://www.tapoban.org
http://www.neverforget84.com
http://www.damdamitaksal.com
http://www.sikhstudents.ca
http://www.sikhisensations.com
mother Deuce from 
Made Wednesday, 16 of August , 2006 at 11:23 pm
You forgot
Ok Listen Hear all you HULK-A-MANIAC’S Brother’s,Hulkster Say’s U need to lift your weights Brothers,eat healthy Brother’s,take your vitamins Brother’s.Stop all the argueing Brother,you better know all you HULK-A-MANIAC’S Brother,that Hollywood Hogan Say’s Rakhri is str8 Manmatt Brother’s,you dont see us Brother’s asking Sister’s Brother for a Rakhri Brother.Were all equal right Brother’s,Singhnees are equal,so they should also promise to protect us 2 Brothers.
SO WHAT YOU GONNA DO ???? WHEN HULK-A-MANIA RUNS WILD ON YOU !!!!!!!!!!
P.S.-MACHO MAN Say’s “uuhhYeaahh Macho Man Randy Savage!!! Can you dig it????”
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
ITs the nature boy rick flair, dropping some knowledge for all you no good people out there. The person named ‘time for a change’ its raising all sorts of rawkus around here, therefore, I have decided to step to the ring.
Thats right the 18 time world heavyweight champion of the world..
The nature WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boy WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Rick WOOOOOOOOOOOOO Flair!!!
So this is an open invite for everyone to come to my Georgia home. I will send a plane for you. Becasue TO BE THE MAN, YOU GOT TO BEAT THE MAN
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ps. Shinda Singh Is the MAN!!!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Yeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
ITs the Maacho Man Randy Savage back on this track for all you no good sons a’ *******.
Just like Hollywood, Hall and Flair were talking about, I had to come and speak on this motha.
Myself and Elizabeth love coming to shindasingh.com because it provides us with the excitement similar to snapping it to a slim jim.
Ofcourse there are going to be haters, Ofcourse there are goign to be punks. Just like my short lived rap career, I still have the stuff. I can bring the beef to anyone’s front door like Dominos Pizza.
Therefore, If you is vegetarian and need come excitement but cant snap it to a slim jim
come to Shinda Singhs Blog
OOOOOOOHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
hahah time for a change is so shook he wont even give me his name. pussyclat
Props to the men who can speak without hiding behind computer screens…
Damnn Shind! Your blog is toooo muchh. Don’t ever go away.
Isn’t elizabeth dead?
I thought she died .
The symbol that is Elizabeth, The women beside the beastly man that is macho man will never die?
CAN YOU DIG IT?!??!?!?!?
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Yes its me, the excellence of execution here to talk to everyone about Shinda’s blog. Since I have beaten every single one of these wrestlers…Nash, Hogan, Hall, Savage and Flair, I have the right to come here and talk my mind.
I’ve been in this game for 15 odd years and no one has got it the way Shinda does. He brings his game in night in and night out. There is no one who can hold his Nala.
For all you haters, who continue you to hate, remeber one thing.
If I said it, its either done or its about ot happen.
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The preceding was brought to you by the Hart Foundation.
OMG OMG OMG! IT’s STING, it’s STING! Sting’s here, look up at the rafters its Sting. Look at the face of Hogan, Nash, Hall and the rest of the nWo. They can’t believe it.
(few minutes later)
Sting just nailed Hall, he just hit Nash & Hollywood quickly runs out of the ring. Look at Hogan, he can’t believe what just happened!!!
(another few minutes of staring and then Bichoff comes out)
Right here on Nitro next week, in the main event, it will be STING vs. HALL!
(the crowd goes wild and so do the announcers.)
OMG! OMG! OMG! STING, HALL, next week! ALL HELL IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE.
hmm shinda, why dun you just make a wrestling thread while your at it, there seems to be much interest in it ! haahahah
Finally the Rock has come BACK TO SHINDA’S BLOG!!!!
You know the Rock has been listening day in and day out to Time for Change’s whining about Shinda’s blog. Ya know Balzey asked you for your name, but IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!
All you have to know is that you should KNOW YOUR ROLE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH…
So listen up Jabroni, stop hating because unlike you Shinda might just be half as entertaining as me, so STOP GIVING ME ALL THAT MONKEY ****!
Next time you feel like giving your opinion about this blog, here’s what i want you to do…
take your opinion…shine it up real nice…turn that sum-***** sideways…and SHOVE IT UP YOUR CANDY ***!
If ya SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…
…what the ROCK….
….is cookin’!
As a once avid wrestling fan, I gotta say the Rock takes this one home with those lines. The Rock Always knew how to electrify the crowd.
His lines were perfectly scripted and knew how to take it to the fans.
But I gotta admit, with all these old wrestlers posting on this thread, it did bring back old memories….Hmmm is right, Shinda start a wrestling thread……………………….
But When talkin about Wrestling, its all about the New World Order…
NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW WORLD ORDER
FA-FA LIFE
JUST TOOOOO SWEEEEEETTTT















