The R4G used to protest against the taking of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to hotels and bars etc because it was a great disrespect. But Sikh organizations organize these melas; what is the difference between a mela and a hotel?
People smoke in the park.
People sneak in the drink.
People come to the funfair in the mela buzzing.
The people who set up the fun fair are buzzing and always smoke (ignoring the signs).
Islamic extremists wear Karas and target venerable Sikh girls.
Guys and girls are kissing and messing about. The dress sense is outrageous!
Fights break out over stupid things.
It is bhezti and takes the piss out of our community.
These melas bring shame and dishonour to the Sikh people.
All this in the presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji! What to we gain apart from wasting money which got be used for other causes.
Why just don’t they do a Nagar kirtan without the mela? Even if you want to have a Mela why have Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in the park; were all these activities go on, it is a great disrespect! People that want to listen to Gurbani and kirtan will go back to Gurdwara. The people that just want to mess about will go to the mela. Why mix the two, last year innocent people got stabbed (at handsworth mela); have we still not learned?
