Akaali hiii Akaaal,

Video linked courtesy of the Rock, title suggested by Sarpanch Sahib.

Thanks to Kamal Ottawa Valaa, for linking the video, and f.y.i - thats not a blunt in his hand but a fat pen (I think).

For more info check out the article in the star - http://www.thestar.com/article/346963

I haven’t heard much about the Laibar Singh case out here on the East Coast. It hasn’t been headline news and it hasn’t been a topic of discussion on any of the popular talk radio programs that I listen to, so all I really know about the case is what I found out while checking the various news outlets and snooping around on some West Cost blogs.

Basically, Laibar Singh came into Canada on forged passports, filed a refugee claiment saying he fears being tortured and prosecuted if he returns to India because he’s been unjustly blamed for terrorism. The fed’s end up not buying his story and order him out. He then seeks refuge of the Sikh Sangat, and then suffers a stroke which has left him a quadrapalegic. The community again files for asylum on compassionate and humanitarian grounds, stating that he’s in no condition to be deported and will not recieve the care he now needs if sent back to India. The government again turns a deaf year to all the lobbying and Labair Singh was to have been flown back to India last Sunday. Fortunately for him, the Sangat stood by him and came out in the thousands to protest at the airport, blocking all traffic and making it impossible to get Singh on the plane. Left with no choice the government granted Singh an extension and so thats where things were left, last I checked.

Not having all the facts let alone most of them, I still have a hard time believing the original refugee claim. Not that it can’t be true, just seems like everyone plus their mother has been taught to use it. Same time you can’t blame the portion of society, who wants the man out, he did after all break the law and could potentially be a burden on the system, and the law is the law, so why make exceptions or pick up the tab for his misfortunes when there are others who may very well be more deserving.

All that aside though, the fact that he is in the unfortunate circumstance that he’s in; having no family, and not being able to begin help himself, it’s only fitting that society as a whole lends out a helping hand. Also, with a community willing to pick up the tab, its hard to imagine what burden he can be on the system if any, so why make a fuss over it.

The politics of the matter already have the conservatives red in the face, and having a reputation of being anti immigration you would think they of all people would want to do something to change that. Then again, if nothing else comes from this, as someone else had pointed out to me earlier, its always good to see a community known throughout the mainstream for its infighting and distention amongst its groups, to have come together and put up a united front.

Seems like Kimbo has evolved to become more then just a YouTube street fighter, who fought for a a small purse to having finally entered the cage/ring to put his talents to their real test.

The fight itself wasn’t all that spectacular but this clip really did help sell things:

Anyways, it’ll be interesting to see how Kimbo fairs in the long run. I’d love to see him and Houston Alexander get it on, seeing as how they both started out as back street brawlers.

P.s - Who would have guesssed that training with Bas Ruten helped Kimbo develop a ground game, never thought that I’d see the day when Kimbo won a fight via submission, on the ground.

For more info check out NeverForget84.com

It’s amazing the things you come across while randomly passing time looking at different Sikh blogs from around the world.

Anyway’s I came across this video from Jagjit Singh’s of Malaysia’s blog, which reminds us to take a moment and reflect on the classics. Hopefully Singh won’t mind that I jacked the video.