New Fashion

New Fashion, not too long before we see these tops worn in gurdwaras at weddings.

Rakhri Abuse

Raksha bandesh is an Indian cultural ceremony. It might be a Hindu ideology but it has nothing to do with the Sikh faith as the Sikh Gurus rejected nonsense rituals which have no practicality. There may be a photo of Guru Nanak Dev Ji accepting a rakhri from Bibi Nanaki, but this is made by someone who lacks knowledge of Gurbani, I could make a picture of Guru Nanak Dev ji drinking that does not mean Sikhs can drink. If you read Gurbani you will see that Rakhri has no place with the Sikh Religion.

Gurbani being put on Rakhris. They are made very weak and the Gurbani falls on the floor and is sometimes lost by the wearer.

Notice the Notice Board

Dear Frontline I was reading the notice board on my local Gurdwara and I noticed that some receipts and documents had Gurbani on them. The people who put those documents up put the pins through the Gurbani instead of the corners of the page. They must have put them up in a rush and probably had no bad intention to cause disrespect. But Gurbani is our Guru it is not right to put pins through it just to hang up a document. Anyway I got the committee to look at it and they sorted it out. Please make sure this is not happening at your local Gurdwara.

Thank you by amandeep age 14 from Barking

SMS CAMP CHIGWELL

Dear Frontline, My name is Pooja Kaur and I recently attended The SMS (Sikh Missionary society) camp they held this year at Chigwell colleague London. I enjoyed the camp it was a good experience and the spirituality was great. However I just wanted to share with the sangat improvements that they could make to progress the camp.

1: Not to use Gurbani on a poxy name badge as the kids will only end up throwing it away.

2: Not to put Gurbani on the back of the children’s exercise book as we had to use the books on the floor and put them on their backs.

Front of kids book!

Back of kids book

3: I think the group leaders need to be more knowledgable and better role models. As some of them had no Sikhi knowledge at all and there dress sense was abit inappropriate.

Other then that the camp was fantastic, we woke up at amrit vela everyday and the environment of the camp was friendly. I had a great time.