• Welcome to all New Sikh Philosophy Network Forums!
    Explore Sikh Sikhi Sikhism...
    Sign up Log in

Recent content by ac_marshall

  1. ac_marshall

    Supernatural Sikhs, What Do You Think Is It True? What Is Your Opinion?

    Sat Sri Akal, May I add a few words from science point of view? I feel it is possible for human organs to be in action for a few moments after decapitation after considering the mechanism of neurons i.e. nerve cells that transmit the commands from the brain to the other parts of the human body...
  2. ac_marshall

    India Over 9,000 Deras In Punjab, Some As Old As Sikh Religion Itself

    Another newspaper says that Dera Sacha Sauda is likely to support Congress. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/punjab-assembly-elections-2012-dera-factor-smaller-parties-hold-the-key-in-punjab-polls/articleshow/11673720.cms
  3. ac_marshall

    India Manmohan Singh: I Will Personally Work To Provide Honest, More Efficient Government

    Sat Sri Akal Ambarsariaji, My experience started with obtaining my father's death certificate in 1991 that too during Rajiv Gandhi's election campaign about a week before his assassination. I was a minor at that time, but saw the trouble my paternal uncles had to take. This was followed by...
  4. ac_marshall

    India Child Sacrificed, Liver Offered To Gods: Indian Police

    Sat Sri Akal Ambarsariaji, Unfortunately the politicians would stir a caste violence if these things are challenged and the people who practise these evils want these to continue for various vested interests. For example, taking the case of rolling over food left overs, the Karnataka Government...
  5. ac_marshall

    India Manmohan Singh: I Will Personally Work To Provide Honest, More Efficient Government

    Leave alone becoming an enterpreneur, one has to pay bribe to get a death certificate for a deceased person. To bury a dead person's remains in a city's cemetery, one has to pay the staff there an extra sum as tip. It's even worse in case of cremation. One has to pay an additional tip even to...
  6. ac_marshall

    India Child Sacrificed, Liver Offered To Gods: Indian Police

    I wonder when would these superstitions end. In the past few weeks I have come across similar superstitions reported from various regions. Some of them are: i) Pilgrims roll on food left overs served on Banana leaves for some blessings. ii) Get a man married to a female donkey for rains. iii)...
  7. ac_marshall

    India Centre Drops Proposal For Separate Sikh Marriage Act

    Ambarsariaji, I'm saying that the term minority itself in India is a flawed concept as the real minorities who constitute less than 3% of population are never given their rights and are made to accept that they are sects of the large Hindu (as defined by Banaras based Brahmnical Institutions)...
  8. ac_marshall

    India Centre Drops Proposal For Separate Sikh Marriage Act

    The term minority that the Government understands does not include Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists as the number does not constitute a sizable vote bank i.e. less than 10% of the population all put together. For the government, it is like a Return of Investment. Reservations have been implemented...
  9. ac_marshall

    Opinion Imagining A World Without Dictators

    Unfortunately, the term "dictator" at present only applies to military rulers. The elected dictators and dynasty politicians also have to go for the good of the world.
  10. ac_marshall

    India Centre Drops Proposal For Separate Sikh Marriage Act

    I wonder how can the government dictate terms on one's marriage. For a Sikh, if Anand Karaj is the prescribed wedding ceremony, let that be upheld and respected. For certification, let a Jathedar/Head Priest issue the religious certificate and let the appropriate registrar of the area register...
  11. ac_marshall

    India Akal Takht's Directive To Gurdwaras

    Whoever has committed this condemnatory act needs to be punished severely. Such perpetrators only belong to a dangerous religion (sorry for using this word) called "hatred" which needs to be wiped out of the human society. If I were a legal officer, I would have treated this act as murder since...
  12. ac_marshall

    General Biting The Hand That Helps

    Sat Sri Akal Shwetaji, Unfortunately these fake Sewadaars roam unchallenged in Bangalore and I personally feel that this menace has to be stopped. Many get cheated due to ignorance as any person with a turban and beard impersonating a True Sikh Sewadaar is thought to be a real Sikh Volunteer...
  13. ac_marshall

    India Judiciary Taking Over Executives's Functions: Govt To SC

    I didn't say that a pawn deserved commutation of death sentence. I just pointed out at the fact of the conviction. I would rather say that those involved in genocide should be executed immediately. Even if pawns, if a murder was targeted at congress members or even at a goon who carried out...
  14. ac_marshall

    India Judiciary Taking Over Executives's Functions: Govt To SC

    Yes Kanwardeep Singhji, the judiciary also is not completely free. In Mr. Bhullar's case, Justice MB Shah had actually acquitted Mr. Bhullar dismissing the Police Theory and the presented confession as "teller made confession". Despite that, the other 2 judges convicted him. In case of 1984...
  15. ac_marshall

    India Judiciary Taking Over Executives's Functions: Govt To SC

    Well, it's good to see that the Judiciary in India is intervening to fairly investigate the matter of black money in a situation where the legislature and executive have failed. I hope this continues and applies to crimes and genocide also.
Top