Sooner or later at some time, someone will call you an idiot. It’s just one of those things that happens. To see if there is/was any merit to that comment I present to you the Idiot test. Which I copped from VivaLaGames.Com
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Category: Procrastinating Thoughts
We’ve all heard about it, the misuse of certain words in Sikhi. Most prominitly the words, Sant, Bhramgianee are brought to the forefront, and a big fuss is made about the misuse of these words causing for the degradation of Sikhi as a whole. Now as much as I disagree with certain points, there is some validity in the points constantly being raised, but I’d take it a bit further then to say that the misuse of certain boli is not limited to just these few titles, in fact it is more far reaching and in general has a more perverse collective effect. Certain terms have become so common place that the words themselves seem to carry much less weight then they used to. A lot of it can be credited to mis-education, with certain words being mis-represented in the media, and the ignorance is spread further with youth who hear the words but never understand what they mean but go about gleefully spitting these lines at the next ignorant ear in the hopes of seeming more chardi kalaa, and the vicious cycle then continues.
Here’s a quick and breif anaylsis of each:
Chardi Kalaa..
These days everyone is Chardi Kalaa. A guy rapes girls, but does awsome kirtan, and he’s described as being Chardi Kalaa. Kids dress in Banaa, are they not so Chardi Kaala. I think the misuse of the term “Chardi Kalaa” is much worse then the misuse of the word Sant, simply because once every other joe who has a dhari, ties a dastaar becomes Chardi Kalaa, then what do you call those people who really are Chardi Kalaa?? Now the Khalsa Panth is always in Chardi Kalaa, but that doesn’t mean that everyone who takes Amrit is. Just because someone has a good voice, they can swing a soti really fast, or they know how to rock a chola, doesn’t entitle them to being Chardi Kalaa. Someone who does there Nitnem once a week doesn’t become Chardi Kalaa. Being Chardi Kalaa means not worrying about being Chardi Kalaa and just being free. It means “being nice with it”, not because you want people to think you’re nice, but just because thats who you are. More then that, its about being on the upside in your daily battles. Not getting angry, not getting jelous, not letting your eye wonder, it means being set and having your head on straight on a consistent basis.
Panj Pyarai
Sad to say, even the institution of Panj Pyarai seems to have been completly exploited. Now I may be defnitlly letting my ego loose, but sometimes I see Punj Pyarai and I can’t help but to think, are you kidding me. A prime example of what I’m talking about, is a common occurence at Gurdwara’s come Nagar Kirtan time,
Commitee: “We need Punj Pyarai!!” Hmm, Quick grab 5 guys.
That Singh gots a nice dhara, “you do your nitnem? Good you’re in” you didn’t do your nitnem? You read Jap Ji Sahib? Thats more then enough.”
Come on now, this aint limbo, we aint trying to see how low we can go.
There is also a Sakhi about Sant Baba Nand Singh Ji, where some political minded folk wanted mahpurkh to get involved in some morcha to help support their cause which itself was guided by ego and not in true service of the Panth. They approched Baba Ji and asked them to come out and show face, but Baba Ji seeing through there political guise declined and told them to bounce. Realizing that Mahpurkh was a true Gursikh, they tried to use Mahpurkhs love of Gursikhi against them and again approched Mahpurkh in the sacred roop of Punj Pyarai. The five Singhs then demanded Mahpurkh support the cause and that in the roop of the punj pyarai they could not be denied. Mahpurkh lovingly gazed at the five Singhs, and said “you call these five, Punj Pyarai?” Akhooo Satnaam Sri Vahegurooo. Khalsa Jee Mahpurkh said, these indidivduals who dont do their nitnem, don’t wake up for amrit velaa, dont keep the Rehit of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, you call these the punj pyarai? Bounce from here.
Now that may not be be exactly how things transpired, but you should catch the drift. There have also been times, when I’ve seen good groups of Singhs approched at random to help serve in the Punj Pyarai, none the less decline after feeling weakness in themselves for not being up to par with what someone in the Punj should be. Often times after you do get a glimpse of the “Punj Pyarai” that were assembled and the results are often heartbreaking. Bibian with earings and there faces done up, Singhs who can barley read Gurmukhi let alone complete the punj baniaa, and sometimes ones left to wonder, damn maybe those Singh’s were better off going in at least since they’re not near as bad as that. But just as that moment of hankaar passes Guru Sahib delivers a hard slap to the face and reminds one, that Singho, Bhai Mati Das was a true Pyara, who when being sawed in half still recited Jap Ji Sahib. Bhai Daya Singh, and Bhai Himmat Singh, were Punj pyarai who gave their heads, when no one else would. Those are punj pyarai…NOT just any joe you see with a long dharaa..
Raagi.
This one had to be mentioned. These days there are tons of Ragi’s just few who know anything about Raag. A Ragi is one who plays Raag. Ideally a Kirtani and a raagi are one and the same, but since Raag isn’t in right now, lets at least leave this term for those who still are gracious enough to learn Raag. I’m not against other styles of Kirtan but come on now, just because a mans from India and does kirtan doesn’t make him a Raagi, let alone a member of a Ragi Jatha.
Bhenji / Veer Ji
All right, I admit I’m getting anal with some of these definitions, but I know I’m not the only one who has ever been bothered by this. How do you call someone bhenji then at the same time try to drop lines and run moves? Do people have no shame? This one Singh I met, felt that the term Bhenji had been so degraded that saying Bhenji to a sister no longer felt the same or carried the same weight, that he turned around and started to just literally address them as sister in english. Sister grab me that, sister do this. Yea its an extreme but can you blame him considering all the sakhis you hear about bhenji’s and veerji’s these days.
Dass
This one deserves its own post, but seeing as how I’m getting tired, I’ll let it go easy. Now I’m not trying to say we shouldn’t be humble, but this word gets more play then Uros Slokar, which just isn’t right. It would seem that this word has a direct correlation with being chardi kalaa, since it always seems that those who use (abuse) it, in turn get the title of also being the most Chardi Kalaa.
All right, I’ve ranted long enough and I’m sure by now you get the point, so I’ll quit while I’m still ahead. Just to clarify I’m not against these titles or words. I’m not saying lets wipe these words from our boli or history, I’m just saying, be real with it. Calm down on the misuse of these terms and lets quit with the everyone is chardi kalaa because they look nice in Banaa, or can fit the word Dass twice in every sentence they say, since that just leads us to go out and find new terms to help elevate or describe those who truly deserve these titles from the rest.
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Category: Procrastinating Thoughts, Sikhi
Security: “Please place all metal objects into the bin and proceed through.”
<Walks through>
Alarm: “BEEP…BEEEP..BEEP”
Security: “Sir do you have any other metal objects on you…”
Me: “yea this”, shows them kardaa, “and this”, pulls out kirpaan.
Security: “SIR, IS THAT A KNIFE?!?!”
Me: “Naw, relax its my Kirpan”
Security: Looking bewildered, “Your what now?”
Me: “KIR-PAN”
Security: “WTF is a KIR-PAN”
Me: “Go look at up. I’m outta here”
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If you wear a Kirpaan then you’ve probably been involved in a scenario similar to the above. It’s because of such scenarios that I hate metal detactors, since its their insinuous beeping that brings about the interrogation that is sure to follow. None the less in a world warped in paranoia over security threats, of which metal detactors act as the first line of defense, its safe to assume that they wont be going anywhere anytime soon. So seeing as how I can’t beat them, and seeing how I normally don’t much enjoy the scenarios that result, I tend to avoid places which have metal detactors installed. Airports, court houses, Sports stadiums in America. If there are high chances of ignorance + metal detector then chances are I’ll be avoiding that place.
So you can imagine my dismay when I read,
In reaction to this note note, security of Sri Harmandir Sahib was greatly heightened to eliminate any chances of letting this ’threat’ come true. Capt. Amarinder Singh’s Government took the initiative of providing the complex with additional security guards outside. In addition, metal detectors were also installed at the main gates to check all visiting pilgrims.He added that if the SGPC President so permitted, covert security guards would be assigned to monitor the inside.
- Panthic Weekly
Go figure, that at the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, the last place you’d conceive to have thought you’d be harassed over being a Sikh, Amritdhari’s are now being made to check there Kirpans in at the door.
Fine I’m exaggerating, but none the less, how is installing a metal detectors at Darbaar Sahib going to stop someone from walking in with explosives? Why not have bomb sniffing dogs waiting outside at the gates? and even more since when did Sikhs, need Government protection. What we really need is a restraining order against the Government, since they’re the ones always shooting us in the back, and when confronted about it they just shrug there shoulders and say, “wasn’t me”, but then again that’s neither here nor there.
Anyway’s, it feels good to have gotten that of my chest, now to get back to reading and coding…have a nice day…
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Category: Procrastinating Thoughts
Having some time and having gone through Trench’s AKA Kimveer Gills blog a few times I figure’d I’d take some quizes that he had posted to see how I rated:
You scored as Chav, Townie, Rude Boy, Ned, Kev. Your a Chav! Chav is a slang term which has been in wide use throughout the United Kingdom since 2004. It refers to a subcultural stereotype of a person with fashions such as flashy “bling” jewellery and counterfeit designer clothes, an uneducated, impoverished background, a tendency to congregate around places such as fast-food outlets or other shopping areas, and a culture of antisocial behaviour.
Your death will be by disappearing, probably a camping trip gone wrong or an evening hike you never returned from. Always remeber that one guy who was hiking alone and got in a rock slide. He could have died, but he cut his own hand off to save himself. Don’t end up like him (or worse, dead).
You scored as “Ghetto”. You are what you are! Just don’t talk to me…
All right thats enough of that, if you feel like you want to do the quizes hit up http://www.quizfarm.com
….Bun it still bored here are some more…
You scored as Jigsaw. You are Jigsaw. You dont enjoy killing people at all. You instead love to see how far people will go to live. However if it ends in a bloody death, you still sleep with a smile on your face. You are intelligent, and know how to outwit just about anyone. And that spells bad news for anyone who falls into your games of death and torture.
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Category: Advice, Procrastinating Thoughts, Sikhi
Last weekend SikhSangat.com (popular Youth message board) was hacked, and everyone (actually just a few blogs) were up in arms over this despicable act. After all WHO would do such a thing? RSS, Congress, CSIS was the silent cry that resonated in the thoughts of few, after all who else would want to destroy SikhSangat.com?
From past experience anytime a Sikhi based website, especially one geared towards the Youth, has ever been hacked, the culprits themselves were Sikh Youth. The reason behind many of these hacks themselves consisted of personal squabbles where individuals had gotten into a fight of sorts with the admin.
The most famous and notorious of these so called hacks in my books was the whole SikhSangat and partners departing from W!N, leaving W!N like Humpty Dumpty.That’s not to say that change maybe wasn’t needed and the whole split was probably and most likely for the best, but none the less, it wasn’t exactly the most professional of breakups.
Anyways, after reading this post, on a blog that has become known for its thought provoking, in depth and inspiring articles, (hopefully that’ll keep them from coming after me), I get the feeling that the SikhSangat hack wasn’t all that much of a random act, and maybe, just maybe it was revenge. Then again that can’t be confirmed, leaving it neither here nor there. I’m also more then confident that the W!N admin team, condemn such acts, after all they’ve been in similar shoes numerous times in the past.
Whats even more ironic though is that these websites (run by Youth) mimic the Gurdwara politics we see amongst the so called lost and confused elders. Just think about it; Group 1 and Group 2 all got sikhi parchaar as their ultimate goal. Group 2 feels Group 1 is not listening or cooperating and is pushing their own personal agenda so they book it and go off on there own, (of course only after trying incredibly hard to reconcile there differences, to no avail). Time goes by and Group 2 seems to be doing better, which off course takes the pisss with group 1, who now feels that group 2’s movement is detrimental to their own, which off course is to do Sikhi Parchaar, and for that reason Group 2 is now the enemy, who should at no cost be spared. At the same time it would seem that all the new attention and “power” has gotten to Group 2 and as prophesied by many power corrupts. Group 1 wasting no time is all over the scandals. The corruption of Group 2 is brought out to the forefront, individuals are defamed and made to loose face, and then it all repeats.
So end of the day are we really all that different from past generations who we despise and credit for dropping the ball, since we’ve clearly already started down the same path? Is it fair to ridicule the so called elders in the Gurdwara committee’s when in-fighting occurs, while we proudly boast that the new generation has a better grasp on things when clearly we don’t. End of the day Internet sites only make up a small if not minuscule portion in the parchaar that is done, so if there’s issues at such a low level of sikhi parchaar then what can one expect for the future?
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Category: AntiWar, Procrastinating Thoughts, Sikhi
Everyone’s done it, procrastinated to the point where you only have 10 minutes left before a final and all of a sudden you realize, that you just don’t got a chance, so now you got two options you can either, run a scam (defer, cheat, whatever) OR you can fail in style.
Running scams is all fun but sooner or later it catch’s up with you and you just get to the point where it doesn’t seem like its worth your while. These days I feel as though I’m just too old and can’t be bothered with the acting, and thinking involved in preparing a scam so I opt for option #2, (the lazy mans option no doubt), failing in style.
Now various ideas come to mind, you can walk in and walk out Walk in scream at the prof and walk out. You could just not show. The ideas are plenty, but all lack the creativity that would make them relevant and memorable, after all how many of us haven’t already seen someone air out a prof or teacher before.
So as I sit in here 10 minutes before my final exam I turn to YouTube to show me how its done. Although incredibly stupid this fool ranks high almost a prefect score when it comes to creativity. I figure if your going to fail there’s no better way to do it, other then to do it like this fool. (Note: Although creative personally this would just be embarrassing for me to do.)
I doubt I’d ever able to run that, and get applause or laughs. If anything the auditorium would clear out with screams of terror, thinking I’m some next suicide bomber. (Reminds me of the time in Cinci @ Lord of the Rings ;))Anyways got too think positive thoughts, I wonder who’s going to get fired tonight on Apprentice?..Chuloo time to bounce..
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Category: Procrastinating Thoughts, Video
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