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We all believe that Sikhs do not believe in caste-ism but reality is strikingly different. Majority of Sikhs these days use caste based family names and some even try to hide "Singh" and "Kaur" as middle names, and an increasing number of Sikhs drop them all together. Hindu or Sikh? These Sikhs who use Hindu caste names as their family names, are the Hindu or Sikhs? Are the Punjabi last names like Dhillon, Sahni, Sidhu, Matharu, Chhabra, Kapoor, or Saini demonstrate Sikh heritage or Hindu ancestry?  To understand this thought, you will have to learn the meaning of these family names and how these are related to Hindu caste system. Hindu Caste System The caste system in India is a system of social stratification which has ancient origins, The Hindu conception of the social order is that people are different, and different people will fit well into different aspects of society.  The duties or "Dharma" of these four castes are documented in sac

Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them.Tobacco contains the alkaloid nicotine, which is a stimulant. Dried tobacco leaves are mainly used for smoking in cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and flavored hookah tobacco. They can be also consumed as snuff and chewed. Tobacco  Consumption Harmful Affects of Tobacco Tobacco use is a risk factor for many diseases, especially those affecting the heart, liver, and lungs, as well as many cancers. Tobacco smoking poses a risk to health due to the inhalation of poisonous chemicals in tobacco smoke such as Carbon Monoxide , Cyanide , and Carcinogens which have been proven to cause heart and lung diseases and Cancer. Used Cigarette Butts According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. The WHO estimates that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004 and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century. Similarly, the Un

We all are familiar with Waris Shah (Urdu: السيد وارث علي شاه النقوي الرضوي البهكري البدراني‎) , ਵਾਰਿਸ ਸ਼ਾਹ (Gurmukhi); 1722–1798) who was a Punjabi Sufi poet of Chishti order, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature by immortalizing the love story of Heer Ranjha .  His poetic verse is a treasure-trove of Punjabi phrases, idioms and sayings. His minute and realistic depiction of the details of Punjabi life and political situation in the 18th century, remains unique and the entire poem is an album of colorful and enchanting pictures of life in the Punjab, deeply absorbing. Abdur Rehman Chugtai painting of Heer and Ranjha Waris Shah was deeply learned in Sufi and domestic cultural lore. His depiction of story of romantic love is a poetic expression of the mystical love of the human soul towards God – the quintessential subject in Sufism and a recurring theme in both Sufi and Sikh mysticism. The Legend Heer is an extremely beautiful woman, born into a wealthy family

The western world has just been exposed to the expansionist and destructive philosophy of radical Islam. The acts and venomous rhetoric of these radical Islamists has shaken the liberal core of Europe. The Europeans and the most of Western world are at loss to comprehend the viral force that they are confronted with. May be they could take some lessons from Punjabis in general and Sikhs in particular. Radical Islamists in Europe Background on Jehad Radical Islamists take their cue from the writings of Quran and Suras that asserts that Islam must be supreme among religions. Members of all religions other than Islam are classified as ' Kuffars ' - and their followers as Kafirs or infidels who must be humiliated and in some cases exterminated. Jews and Christians who accept the supremacy of Islam are dhimmis (zimmis) who are allowed to live in subjugation, although the Koran requires that all Jews must be exterminated eventually. Sharia, Jehad, and Infidels Sikhs (tog

Jayapala , was the ruler of the Kabul Shahi dynasty from 964 to 1001 CE. His kingdom stretched from Laghman to Kashmir and Sirhind to Multan, with Peshawar being in the center. He was the son of Hutpal and the father of Anandapala. Epithets from the Bari Kot inscriptions in Swat Valley record his full title as " Parama Bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Sri Jayapaladeva " Raja Jayapala Janjua of Kallar Jayapala is known for his struggles in defending his kingdom against the Ghaznavids in the modern-day eastern Afghanistan and Punjab region. Jayapala saw a danger in the consolidation of the Ghaznavids and invaded their capital city of Ghazni both in the reign of Sebuktigin and in that of his son Mahmud, which initiated the Muslim Ghaznavid and Hindu Shahi skirmishes. Sebuk Tigin, however, defeated him, and he was forced to pay an indemnity. Jayapala defaulted on the payment and took to the battlefield once more. Jayapala, however, lost control of the entire region between the K

Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev, also known as Bairagi Madho Das (27 October 1670 – 9 June 1716) was a Sikh military commander who avenged the execution of two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh and destroyed the foundation of Mughal empire in Northern India. Banda Singh Bahadur Monument at Chappar Chiri Wazir Khan of Sirhind Sirhind the town located in Punjab India, which was the unfortunate witness to the the martyrdom of the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh in 1704. Wazir Khan, its Subadar (Governor) at the time had vowed to finish off the Sikhs, 'root and branch', after they had left Anandpur Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh with sons at Chamkaur Fortess Though the Sikhs had been given a promise of safe passage to Punjab, a promise written in the flyleaf of their holy book, the Qur'an which included the seal of the Emperor Aurangzeb. The Mughals supported by Hindu hill chieftains betrayed the promise and attacked the Sikhs from behind. Despite this, the