AnantS
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Bornubus, The Sikh Sainis and other Sikhs belonging to Kandi area (ie Una, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ropar belt) they pay obeisance to Baba Balak Nath Ji in Deotsidh (H.P). Jathas of Sikhs of same area do visit Naina Devi ji, Chintpurni Devi ji. Sainis have mixed marriages among hindus & sikhs in punjab and across in himachal.Can you give any example of 20% fanatic (Hindu ) Sikhs, both in India and abroad, i have never heard of them, must be Nihangs ?
And how many sikhs you know who will visit a Hindu Temple on his own, i mean not just to accompany his hindu friends ?
But you are right about increased Khali influence among Sikhs abroad and in India also. During my college days quite number of Jatt, Bhape, mazhabi Sikhs supported Khali. Khali events in Punjab have created a chasm & lingering mistrust between communities in Punjab. Drugs increased use is not helping case.
Punjab47 is unqiue. I mean he claims to be punjabi Jatt. And frankly he is the first I have seen in current generation who knows about Hinduism. Usually they are indifferent or have disdain towards hinduism practice. (Frankly Arya Samaj played vital role in spreading knowledge about Vedas in old Punjab region(Punjab+Haryana+Himachal) and re instilled some pride in Hindus of Punjab).
Since the times of Alexander, North west region has been under constant war conditions. Its just resilience of people that they managed to stand up tall again every time, after setback. Punjab needs employment, than just being treated as cannon fodder or just as farming state. BJP ought to have dismissed Badal govt and concerted effort should have been launched to weed out narco spread. And then pump money to create employment infrastructure.
Think about it, major Punjabi industries like Mahindra, Bharti, or even Hero, shy away from investing in their own state. You can think how bad it can be business env is. And to think Punjab region was among the first in country to have Chip Fab Plant, booming farm equipment industry, sports manuf industry, first to implement WLL in select sectors, all gone to drain because of communal chauvinism and superiority complex.