Films explore young gangsters in the Sikh community in Vancouver, BC

This film maker is in need of publicity so he chose a title for this movie that will grab the most attention ever possible. He got what he wanted - free publicity for his movie that knocks Sikhi down and pumps his name to the sky. When he chose this title he was not thinking at all sarbat da bhalla, but how can i grab the most attention for myself regardless of others.

The Khanda is raised high at all Gurdwaras and clearly showing this symbol is attached to Sikhi. The Khanda does not represent a warroir's religion, but a Saint-soldier's Religion. There are many Sikhs out in the world that just say Khalsa Panth is made to fight, claiming the same as this film has with his title. If we have Sikhs confused on understanding the Khalsa Panth, what do you think will be the reaction from the public that are even more unfimalir with Sikhi. Then on top, if this public views the video they will attach that Sikhi is a aggressive and threating religion because it talks about Punjabi people being gangster and grow up with Sikh parent's or have been taught few teaching's of Sikhi. Whether this title was chosen knowingly or unintentionally is unknown, but when the film maker was confronted by the Sikhi community, not the Punjabi community, (there is a difference here) he should have taken it into consideration and changed the name and taken the Khanda off.

Fearing he will lose the publics attention if the title is changed he still didn't consider sarbat da bhalla. He degraded Sikhi to aggression and gangsters for personal gain. Who won't remember this film maker.

If you really look into the problem of the youth turning into gangster's it has nothing to do with Sikhi because Sikhi teaches against this kind of life style and way of thinking. Where does this mentality come from and what drives these Punjabis to commit murders in a flash. Has this film maker even looked into what kind of music, movies, games, activities these Punjabi gangsters like to listen, watch, play and do. These punjabi gangsters pump gangster rap and hip hop music (50 cent, Tupac, Dr. Dre, Easy-E, Snoop Dogg, etc) through their car speakers and at home. These guys are constantly listen to music that speaks about killing, rapping, using drugs, the hustle of drugs and money, all in the pursuit of flashy clothing, nice cars, a big house, fame and degrading as many women you can in a life time, which this music calls success. The movies these Punjabi gangsters like watching are movies that speak about these rappers or mob movies like Goodfellas, scarface, American Gangster, etc. Again we have the same negative lifestyle being praised, but now with an image attached to it. Then we have video games like Grand theft auto where these Punjabi gangsters get to live out what they pick up on by listening to negative music in a virtual world. Sooner or later all this negative influence turns into reality for these Punjabis.(and for some it just stays in the virtual world) The thrill of just listening or watching this negative lifestyle loses it's edge and they want feel the real thing and live flashy lives as shown in these movies and games and music.

These Punjabi gangsters idoilize these type of people and the highschool kid in grade 8 idoilizes the rapper and the Punjabi gangster that is know to everyone for his hustlin and fear he has driven into others. Which high school kid doesn't want to be feared by everyone and drive around with a forty or more thousand dollar car and have the fame. When your in high school your young and stupid and will do anything to be cool.

Then we have Sikhi which teaches to work hard, live a simple and humble life where you treat everyone equally. Completely the opposite of what is picked up from the music, movies, and games these Punjabis prefer to make apart of their life. The amount of time these Punjabis spend at the Gurdwara or listen to it's teaching in a week equally to one rap song.(put into perspective the amount of hours these guys listen to gangster rap and hip hop music. It's uncountable.) And if it's a wedding (or any other occasion where his present is required) they have to attend then it's half an hour to an hour of sitting in the Gurdwara listen to Sikhis teaching. These guys love the reception because it has free liquor and then negative music playing where they can check out women and maybe hook up with one or two.

When these Punjabis do attend the Gurdwara majority of the time they bow their head take the Parshad and leave within 5 to 10 minutes and if a buddy is also at the gurdwara then they go chill outside and talk about what happened friday or another night at a house party or club or bar.

Looking at this problem we can see Sikhi did not cause it but the bad influence these guys get from a lifestyle that starts as a fantasy and end's with parents crying over the closed coffin.

Amar should have done his research and actually looked into this before pointing fingers in the wrong direction. This misinformation Amar is promoting will only lead to more problems and the people that cause these problem come out with a clean slate and will continue to feed their negative energy to the youth.

The True Guru is found in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. Day and night, praise the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause|| ang 22

Ranvir you stated that you wanted me to ridicule myself.

How's this for a start.

For over 400 years, Indians have been taken over, and they tried desperately to appease their conquerors. In the South they were Christians, long before christianity reached europe, but the Portuguese told them they were the wrong type of Christians.

In the North, the conquerors brought in Islam and slaughtered many indians, so to appease them Indians became muslims. Another group of Islamic invaders came and even killed the muslim Indians, telling them that they were not worthy to be considered muslim.

Then Sikhi comes along, being less than 1 percent of the population and they fight, spiritually/physically, and then at last someone from India is able to choose how they want to die.

This is "The Warrior's Religion".

Religion is an easy target, if you need some instant advertisement, controversy, just pick on a topic that has nothing to do with the actual religion, and create controversy around it.

A few days ago the toronto Star had an article by reporter Reena Aulakh, in which she mentions something about racism without any clear incidents. Then some young male in canada who probably didnt get a date for the prom, locked himself in the bathroom, cut his hair. He can now go clubbing, with confidence that those same racist will no longer pick on him.

Reena's fact finding mission ends with a young guy who feels it was better to give into racist taunts and cut his hair even at the cost of fighting with his parents and never having to speak to them again. Two years later he still hasn't contacted them, but he wonders if they know whether he exists. Who does know he exists are those racist that broke him, or was it really suzy in homeroom that drove him to cut his hair.

Cell phone movie director Mani Amar seems to have gone the lackadaisical route as well, and just because his movie looks like it was taped using a sony ericcson. He sneaks into a nursing home, and persuades a blind, parapalegic gang affliliate to help him make a movie, in journalism thats the equivalent of stealing candy from a baby, except he replaces the candy with a microphone.

He goes to a funeral as well and tapes a family who has lost someone from violence. Parading their sensitive emotional state under the banner "A Warrior's Religion" with a Khanda to represent the Sikh faith.

Basically he vandalizes the Image of The Sikh Faith, and is know trying to pawn it off at film festivals as a heart felt documentary on the plight of Sikh youths, a faith he claims he was born into but much like these gangsters does not practice. Of course the violence probably has nothing to do with drugs, shady dealings, girl/boy issues, and replacing your lucky blanket with a gun.

All he needs now is for actual Sikhs to show up, create a huge ruckus for which he's ready. He's hired bodyguards, paid up for a $110 insurance policy, and he's ready for the news media to proclaim him as a bon fide controversial film director, at least thats the ending he wants.