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<blockquote data-quote="amar7979" data-source="post: 62225" data-attributes="member: 5325"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">“The mother makes a child a Bhagat, a Surma or a Datta. Thus, only if a mother desires, can a child be a Sikh. I am beginning to wonder whether this can serve as a clue to the solution of our problem – problem of vanishing breed of visible and practicing Sikhs. So let us investigate this further. The sex-ratio, implying the number of females to males, is adverse at less than 800 Sikh females for every 1,000 Sikh males. Given this adverse ratio, evidently, many Sikh males will marry non-Sikh females. Also, in a natural course in any society, some Sikh females and some Sikh males will choose to marry a non-Sikh. The children born from such marriages, generally, can never be visible Sikhs. But the most surprising fact is that even in many families where both parents are practicing Sikhs and father is a turbaned Sikh, the children do not follow Sikhism and male children do not sport a turban.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">In all other main religions of the world, scripturally, the position of a woman is inferior to that of a man. Despite this position, in Hindu religion, there are a number of Goddesses and in Christianity the position of Mother Mary is very important. It is surprising that in Sikh religion where woman has been granted equal status to man, the important role of woman is missing in most of our literature and parchar. On the occasion of any Gurpurab, do we recollect the name and role of the mother / sister / daughter of the Guru. Sikh history is rich with examples that during the times of each of the ten Sikh Gurus, a role model for the woman was always available – Bebe Nanaki, Mata Tripta, Mata Khivi, Bibi Bhani, Mata Ganga Ji, Bibi Kaulan, Mata Gujar Kaur Ji, Mata Sundar Kaur Ji, Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, Mai Bhago, etc. In the modern times, we have stopped discussing the role of Sikh women in our history. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">At present, it is very difficult to distinguish a Sikh woman from any other woman in the street or in a crowd while a Sikh male can be easily identified anywhere and in any situation. To merge completely with the crowd and not look different physically, our Sikh women have also begin to visit beauty parlors for hair removal and other related activities which are prohibited in Sikh religion like shaping eye-brows. Such women begin to wear bangles, ear-rings, anklets, sindhoor, mangal sutras, nose-pin, etc. Such Sikh women, just to completely merge in the cultural identity of the neighborhood, also begin to observe fasting on days like Karva Chauth and celebrating Raksha Bandhan, Holi, Dussehra, etc. Such a Sikh woman can never tell her children to practice Sikh religion properly for she herself is deviated from the actual practice. A mother who deviates from the principles of Sikh religion even partially should be prepared to have children who deviate substantially. And by the third generation of such families, Sikh principles are visibly lost. This according to my understanding is the cause of deteriorating situation amongst the Sikhs – shortage of mothers who practice Sikhism.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: black">So what should a Sikh woman do?</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">I think a Sikh woman should practice Sikhism a little more sincerely. We need to remember two things – </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">a) The purpose of life is spiritual, to attain self realization; and </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">b) We are a bead in the long chain of human life – we have received some wisdom which we should pass on, if not more, to the next generation. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">To guide a Sikh woman, we have the Sikh Rehat Maryada based on the teachings contained in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and actual life style followed by the Sikh Gurus. If we Sikh woman, mother/sister/daughter/wife, make a sincere effort to live life as given in the Sikh Rehat Maryada we will be able to give our generation and the next some Sikh values. Remember Bibi Amro Ji was able to help the elders in her family and Sikh religion benefited by getting their third Guru. One thing, illustratively, which affects all of us Sikh woman is covering our head, as directed in Sikh Rehat Maryada. To my mind, we should not be shy of it as in many other religions this is prevalent and happily practiced – Islam and even Christianity (nuns have to cover their heads always). Rather in other religions, men may or may not cover their head, but woman have to but in Sikh religion both man and woman have to cover the head all the time –equality in practice. Amongst us, some have chosen to tie a turban on their heads, while others wear a scarf and majority of us use a makeshift arrangement of Chunni, which invariably slides down to the neck. I think, like our male counterparts, we all should not be shy of sporting a turban, looking distinct and being proud of the fact that we are equal in religious practice to Sikh men. The scientific advantages of covering the head are many, which are besides my focus here and can be perused by the interested reader on the web, the one most important being that loss of energy from the body is minimized. Once we assemble the courage to look distinct, our urge to submerge our identity into the neighborhood would vanish – this urge to look similar to the crowd is a unique herd mentality and not a sign of self-esteem or abundance of self-confidence which a Sikh on the path of righteousness should exhibit. A rose and a lily both are beautiful and nature has made them that way – abundant nature loves diversity so why harbor an urge to look like others – why fear having a distinct personality/look.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: black">What should a Sikh man do?</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">I think a Sikh male should support his female associates, be it sister, mother, daughter or wife, to build the confidence of looking distinct. This can be done in many ways, to illustrate –</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">a) Allow females to wear a turban, dastar or scarf, any way the females like.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">b) As the Sikh man has changed from wearing traditional kurta pajamas to shirts, jeans, pants, shorts/Bermudas, etc though continuing to wear a Turban, a Sikh woman should not be restricted to wearing salwar-kameez-chunni or a sari. She should be allowed to wear dresses of her choice even while sporting a turban of any color or design as do Sikh men.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">c) A Sikh man should not subjugate his wife by asking her to observe fasting on Karva Chauths or his sister by demanding Rakhi to be tied. These festivals demean a woman and are against the principles of equality of man and woman, taught in Sikh religion. Rather, in modern times, many women are working in police/army/para-military/civil services/politics and protecting the men folk of their country. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">d) Sikh males should just stop demanding and /or accepting dowry. We need to set a proud example for the society and walk in the direction as taught to us by our Gurus. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">e) Sikh males should never accept female foeticide as this is against our religion. In no family can female foeticide or infanticide take place, if the male head refuses to accept it.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: black">What can we all do?</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">a) Encourage women kirtanias, kathakars and parcharaks.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">b) Have more women granthis and sewadars.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">c) Involve women in our Gurudwara management Committees. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">d) In our Kathas and narration of history in our Gurudwaras, give rightful place to the role of women in Sikh history - don’t invent it, it already exists, just share with the sangat, implying don’t deliberately underplay it as is being done currently.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">e) If Sikh men want to celebrate the cultural events like Raksha Bandhan and Karva Chauth, then we should have a parallel festivals like “Sikh barabari bandhan” where a male will tie a rakhi to his sister to give her a feeling that spiritually we are equal and on that day or another, a Sikh husband will fast on that day to impress upon his Sikh wife that spiritually we are equal. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">f) Celebrate the birthday of Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, the mother of Khalsa.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">g) Dedicate a day each, at least, to the following – Mata Sulekhni (mother of Guru Nanak Dev Ji), Mata Ganga Ji (mother of Guru Har Gobind Ji), Mata Gujar Kaur Ji (mother of Guru Gobind Singh Ji), Bibi Kaulan (lady who risked her life just to be Sikh) and Mai Bhag Kaur Ji (lady who infused confidence in Sikh males). “</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Excerpts from...</span><a href="http://saabt.com/article.asp?article=2197" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue">http://saabt.com/article.asp?article=2197</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amar7979, post: 62225, member: 5325"] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]“The mother makes a child a Bhagat, a Surma or a Datta. Thus, only if a mother desires, can a child be a Sikh. I am beginning to wonder whether this can serve as a clue to the solution of our problem – problem of vanishing breed of visible and practicing Sikhs. So let us investigate this further. The sex-ratio, implying the number of females to males, is adverse at less than 800 Sikh females for every 1,000 Sikh males. Given this adverse ratio, evidently, many Sikh males will marry non-Sikh females. Also, in a natural course in any society, some Sikh females and some Sikh males will choose to marry a non-Sikh. The children born from such marriages, generally, can never be visible Sikhs. But the most surprising fact is that even in many families where both parents are practicing Sikhs and father is a turbaned Sikh, the children do not follow Sikhism and male children do not sport a turban.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]In all other main religions of the world, scripturally, the position of a woman is inferior to that of a man. Despite this position, in Hindu religion, there are a number of Goddesses and in Christianity the position of Mother Mary is very important. It is surprising that in Sikh religion where woman has been granted equal status to man, the important role of woman is missing in most of our literature and parchar. On the occasion of any Gurpurab, do we recollect the name and role of the mother / sister / daughter of the Guru. Sikh history is rich with examples that during the times of each of the ten Sikh Gurus, a role model for the woman was always available – Bebe Nanaki, Mata Tripta, Mata Khivi, Bibi Bhani, Mata Ganga Ji, Bibi Kaulan, Mata Gujar Kaur Ji, Mata Sundar Kaur Ji, Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, Mai Bhago, etc. In the modern times, we have stopped discussing the role of Sikh women in our history. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]At present, it is very difficult to distinguish a Sikh woman from any other woman in the street or in a crowd while a Sikh male can be easily identified anywhere and in any situation. To merge completely with the crowd and not look different physically, our Sikh women have also begin to visit beauty parlors for hair removal and other related activities which are prohibited in Sikh religion like shaping eye-brows. Such women begin to wear bangles, ear-rings, anklets, sindhoor, mangal sutras, nose-pin, etc. Such Sikh women, just to completely merge in the cultural identity of the neighborhood, also begin to observe fasting on days like Karva Chauth and celebrating Raksha Bandhan, Holi, Dussehra, etc. Such a Sikh woman can never tell her children to practice Sikh religion properly for she herself is deviated from the actual practice. A mother who deviates from the principles of Sikh religion even partially should be prepared to have children who deviate substantially. And by the third generation of such families, Sikh principles are visibly lost. This according to my understanding is the cause of deteriorating situation amongst the Sikhs – shortage of mothers who practice Sikhism.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][B][COLOR=black]So what should a Sikh woman do?[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]I think a Sikh woman should practice Sikhism a little more sincerely. We need to remember two things – a) The purpose of life is spiritual, to attain self realization; and b) We are a bead in the long chain of human life – we have received some wisdom which we should pass on, if not more, to the next generation. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]To guide a Sikh woman, we have the Sikh Rehat Maryada based on the teachings contained in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and actual life style followed by the Sikh Gurus. If we Sikh woman, mother/sister/daughter/wife, make a sincere effort to live life as given in the Sikh Rehat Maryada we will be able to give our generation and the next some Sikh values. Remember Bibi Amro Ji was able to help the elders in her family and Sikh religion benefited by getting their third Guru. One thing, illustratively, which affects all of us Sikh woman is covering our head, as directed in Sikh Rehat Maryada. To my mind, we should not be shy of it as in many other religions this is prevalent and happily practiced – Islam and even Christianity (nuns have to cover their heads always). Rather in other religions, men may or may not cover their head, but woman have to but in Sikh religion both man and woman have to cover the head all the time –equality in practice. Amongst us, some have chosen to tie a turban on their heads, while others wear a scarf and majority of us use a makeshift arrangement of Chunni, which invariably slides down to the neck. I think, like our male counterparts, we all should not be shy of sporting a turban, looking distinct and being proud of the fact that we are equal in religious practice to Sikh men. The scientific advantages of covering the head are many, which are besides my focus here and can be perused by the interested reader on the web, the one most important being that loss of energy from the body is minimized. Once we assemble the courage to look distinct, our urge to submerge our identity into the neighborhood would vanish – this urge to look similar to the crowd is a unique herd mentality and not a sign of self-esteem or abundance of self-confidence which a Sikh on the path of righteousness should exhibit. A rose and a lily both are beautiful and nature has made them that way – abundant nature loves diversity so why harbor an urge to look like others – why fear having a distinct personality/look.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][B][COLOR=black]What should a Sikh man do?[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]I think a Sikh male should support his female associates, be it sister, mother, daughter or wife, to build the confidence of looking distinct. This can be done in many ways, to illustrate – a) Allow females to wear a turban, dastar or scarf, any way the females like. b) As the Sikh man has changed from wearing traditional kurta pajamas to shirts, jeans, pants, shorts/Bermudas, etc though continuing to wear a Turban, a Sikh woman should not be restricted to wearing salwar-kameez-chunni or a sari. She should be allowed to wear dresses of her choice even while sporting a turban of any color or design as do Sikh men. c) A Sikh man should not subjugate his wife by asking her to observe fasting on Karva Chauths or his sister by demanding Rakhi to be tied. These festivals demean a woman and are against the principles of equality of man and woman, taught in Sikh religion. Rather, in modern times, many women are working in police/army/para-military/civil services/politics and protecting the men folk of their country. d) Sikh males should just stop demanding and /or accepting dowry. We need to set a proud example for the society and walk in the direction as taught to us by our Gurus. e) Sikh males should never accept female foeticide as this is against our religion. In no family can female foeticide or infanticide take place, if the male head refuses to accept it.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][B][COLOR=black]What can we all do?[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]a) Encourage women kirtanias, kathakars and parcharaks. b) Have more women granthis and sewadars. c) Involve women in our Gurudwara management Committees. d) In our Kathas and narration of history in our Gurudwaras, give rightful place to the role of women in Sikh history - don’t invent it, it already exists, just share with the sangat, implying don’t deliberately underplay it as is being done currently. e) If Sikh men want to celebrate the cultural events like Raksha Bandhan and Karva Chauth, then we should have a parallel festivals like “Sikh barabari bandhan” where a male will tie a rakhi to his sister to give her a feeling that spiritually we are equal and on that day or another, a Sikh husband will fast on that day to impress upon his Sikh wife that spiritually we are equal. f) Celebrate the birthday of Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, the mother of Khalsa. g) Dedicate a day each, at least, to the following – Mata Sulekhni (mother of Guru Nanak Dev Ji), Mata Ganga Ji (mother of Guru Har Gobind Ji), Mata Gujar Kaur Ji (mother of Guru Gobind Singh Ji), Bibi Kaulan (lady who risked her life just to be Sikh) and Mai Bhag Kaur Ji (lady who infused confidence in Sikh males). “[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=blue]Excerpts from...[/COLOR][URL="http://saabt.com/article.asp?article=2197"][COLOR=blue]http://saabt.com/article.asp?article=2197[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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