How Sikhism is Used by Politicians

I can’t emphasize enough on the part that Sikhism is not just about keeping uncut hair. I don’t know when we changed the definition of Sikhism from leading a great spiritual journey to just keeping hair.

People with uncut hair but absence of anything good in them has already led to a large scale destruction of the Panth. There’s a difference between looking like a Sikh and being a Sikh, we surely have forgotten that. That’s the reason we are just left with the looks of a Singh and when it comes to the mindset, its of just another person.

One result of this insensible thinking has lead to the birth of corrupt and evil politicians who easily grab the votes by showing their Sikhi look. You can look around for yourself and see how many politicians in Punjab have kept their hair and talk about Sikhi and then look at what they actually did for Punjab or the Panth. One of the greatest politicians India ever had is Bhagwant Maan who had cut his hair but is more of a Sikh than majority of other politicians from Punjab. It’s time to wake up and do a bit of reality check. Just stop associating Sikhism to keeping hair, its way more than that. You are not getting anything good happening to you by keeping hair rather by doing good. Keeping hair is a part of Sikhism not the entire faith itself.

Yes I have kept my hair but they don’t make me a good person. If I didn’t have hair, I would have been the exact same person. You reap what you sow, do good to get good, simple as that. Sikhism is about the spiritual journey where you fight against the evil inside you and attain oneness with God. A Sikh who goes on the spiritual journey will eventually keep his hair for sure. But every person who has kept uncut hair is not a Sikh. We are giving an easy way for the bad to be labeled as a Sikh, it’s not that easy in real. Hope my advice leads to a bit of more thoughtful thinking in the religion.

Response to the post by a fellow Sikh:

I Agree with this post, however this is with respect to the modern day stereotype thinking. This can be thought the other way round.

We Do not keep hair as if it is an external item. that would be a fake beard if we do so. Beard hair is natural, just like scalp hair and hair under arms, pubic hair etc. they have important function
It is cutting of hair and trimming beard what we actually do – a tangible action.

So we do not need to cut hair to look different or smart, or modern etc. and it does not prove we are good or bad. And generally Sikhs who are Sikhs from inside will also reflect outside, i.e., they would never cut hair… so the notion that Keeping hair or cutting is altogether derogatory and towards SIkhism, it is only targeted against Good Sikhs only to humiliate them that they are not cutting their hair.

If we analyze this properly we will find it useless and indecent to comment like that on hair.
Reflecting back on history, we see that even the Hindus and Muslims did not cut their Kesh and they were followers of Guru and other religions. It is the fashion that brought that change after Britishers invaded….

So it was common identity of long hair and beard back then and it is common today to be clean shaven.. which has now become identity of today’s Hindu and most Muslims and Christians

On a last note, I would only like to say that, following fashion does not make you more intelligent or a better person.