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    General Food For Thought: Spousal Abuse

    There is of course nothing new about spousal or indeed domestic abuse where ever it may come from. It is usually a female who is abused, whether by an elder, a sibling or spouse. Lets not forget child abuse. The tips of how to deal with it are extremely helpful. Let us all not forget, More...
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    Searching For An Answer

    hello again i was hoping for a religious answer and prehaps answer's from gurbani on how to obtain some peace of mind. To deal with worries and pain if either i have upset people and certainly deal with pain i am feeling. Please refer to shabads. Thank you
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    Searching For An Answer

    I need someone to help me understand something. I know that through naam, the Guru will forgive, even if you have commited endless sins or paaps or if you have hurt people and have made thier lives miserable. If you give up doing these things, reform yourself, mend your ways and through...
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    A Question ? Whom Does God Help?

    i have often too wondered and observed this question. Does God help the sinners as well? I have read that your sins can be forgiven once you surrender yourself to HIm and your sins get washed by Naam. But what about the victims? How do they deal with their hurt and injury? God helps them too to...
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    Ego/hankaar

    can someone please tell me that if 'ego/hankaar' is forbidden then why do we express ourselves as 'proud to be sikhs/ 'proud of our heritage/religion/achievements as sikhs' etc etc. Every where I go I see sikhs who are arrogant and see themselves as superior. Help. Confused.
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    Missing Sikh Girl

    Dont know about Bell the Cat but the families where actually killing the girls and it was a wide practice . It is like just any other issue concerning rights of women...ignored!
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    Missing Sikh Girl

    sorry what does Bell the Cat mean??
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    Missing Sikh Girl

    missing sikh girls. Female infanticide rates in the punjab are amoung the highest even today. Killing of baby girls even in sikh history has been prevlant and sadly it continued to be practices as an awful 'practice'/custom that existed historcally for e.g. just like the practic of 'satei'...
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    Kirpans/knifes

    please tell me why some sikh youth of today walk around with large 'knife' looking kirpans and a 'bullit' type straps. I have also seen the Khanda designs using swords/bullits etc? :hmm:
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