Sikh Organisations/Gurdwaras and Sangat in general, are completely disconnected with all the “twists and turns” regarding Multi Academy Trust (MAT) structures and how it's clenched Sikh Faith school set up in the UK. (Thread 👇)
So, philosophical foundation of these schools in UK was based on tenets of Sikhi. When presented to @educationgovuk, it was a school model encouraging citizenship through the Sarbat da Bhalla, equality, hard work etc. commonly communicated as central to the Sikh way of life.
It was with this aspiration and vision that thousands of Sikh parents signed up for, exciting concepts and visions for new Sikh schools. Some of us were heavily involved in that new wave of exhilaration and shared goals. I myself was a co-founder of a school in East London.
Saddaned about the departure of Sant Baba Sant Partap Singh Ji, Mukh Sevadar and founder of the Institution Gurdwara @KaramsarUK in Ilford.
To me Baba Ji was a stalwart, a pioneer, a visionary, a figurehead and the mentor so many needed.
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Building and sustaining an institution is a blessing and leading that seva is given to those who come with the virtuous temperament to unite Sangat and connect them to the One. And Baba Ji was blessed with that Seva which won him so much love and respect.
Cast our minds back to the early 1990s in Ilford. There was still no Gurdwara in the heart of Redbridge, a borough that was home to one of the biggest Sikh populations in the UK. There was no spiritual hub attracting Sangat in their masses yet.
WHY ARE THE PUNJAB FARMERS PROTESTING AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT.
A brief thread that hopefully breaks down what has happened over the past few weeks, why Punjab farmers are marching in mass to Delhi and what the longer term impacts could be. #FarmersProtest
In a nutshell Modi's government is trying to open up the agricultural sector to corporate forces as he has done with other industries resulting in exploitation of natural and Human Resources, lowering of environmental standards, displacement of people from ancestral lands etc.
This would would result in the consolidation of land into mega-farms, destroying small holders who are the backbone of Panjab it would result in a vicious monopoly and completely destroy the unique culture and character of a region and its people that is millennia old.