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I'm not Indian, I'm indigenous from Canada and I grew up in Vancouver, where the population is mostly from Asia. Being surrounded by people of asian descent is very normal for me. I don't expect anyone to assimilate and lose their culture to exist here. I knew we had a large population of Sikhs here but I didn't think it was nearly as many as in India... and now I find out there are more sikhs here than in India. Amazing. I also didn't know we had so many Sikhs in parliament, let alone Indians. My school is mostly Indian and everyone I talk to has come from Punjab. Everyone seems to love it here, and the school is in the middle of little Punjab so I've been told by my classmates it is the perfect place for the students who are homesick because they are surrounded by their community. I rarely hear English when I walk down the halls, there is even a course to learn to speak Punjabi, which I want to take so I can talk to the students who don't speak English as well. We have many large gurdwaras, and one near me I've eaten langar almost everyday for the past 10 years. Most people here know Sikhs to be very generous and humble. It was a shock to me when I heard the president of Guru Nanak Gurdwara was shot, because I believed Sikhs to be very kind and peaceful, and the gurdwara has a very good reputation as they take lots of food into Vancouver and feed the homeless. They even opened a kitchen in the DTES during the pandemic to be able to have food available to the people immediately. No one else did anything like that. They delivered a lot of food. Now they have an auxiliary kitchen in the DTES permanently that serves free meals. I thought more news would come out of the shooting but it seemed quiet for a bit until Trudeau accused the Indian government of the attack. This news also shocked me, so I decided to start looking into it slowly. I couldn't really get a good idea of what was going on until I searched a video for Diwali and your videos came up. I will share it with my husband so he can be educated on the matter as well. Thank you for your diligent research and dissemination of important knowledge.

Brampton is not India, it's mini Punjab. Horrible.

Hlo sir mare husband v private job krde ne mai Anganwadi woker ha ji in punjab my qulafaction M.A.bed no gap India se Canda PR laga sakte ha ji

Brampton is a Mini Punjab not mini India

Brilliant video Nitish...\nIm a proud Indian Sikh from Jammu, settled in Bangalore for almost 10 years as a Senior Software Professional. Quite happy with my life (apart from crazy traffic). Have visited many countries for on-site business work, including Canada but India is good despite all the chaos, espcially South India. Started my career in infosys Chandigarh, then Gurgaon then Bangalore. My parents also might move in with me next year and Im also planning to start my own Food eatery. Over 95% Sikhs are just like me and patriotic and Love India, but yes there are issues in Punjab which need to be addressed...\nBut a large portion of the blame sadly goes to Sikh politicians. I want to tell the youth that Khalistan is a waste of time and politicians in Punjab, especially sikh politicians are completely bullshit. They are corrupt and have no vision and rely on rural votes which is sikh majority and Jazbaati over every issue and largely into farming. The Punjabi Hindus, baniyas, aggarwals and Jains own the urban economy and are comparatively more practical and forward looking in life. Many of these sikh politicians sadly themselves are involved in drug, own illegal abortion centres and labs, and even coaching centres to send students to canada on fake letters in exchange for a lot of money...\nI want to tell the youth, There is a lot of good opportunity in India. I know Punjab doesnt have much as of now (hope someday one of us can take our experience and setup a startup hub there), but other cities like Pune, Hyd, Bangalore, Mum, Chennai etc are good and once you have a stable job, its quite satisfying. Punjabis especially Sikhs are also loved everywhere by common people. Please dont spend your money on fake asylum letters and Canadian Dreams without thinking and planning.

Recently i went to punjab 2-3 months ago , i never felt that they are against India , everyone was helpful and they talked with us nicely, i guess these khalistanis are very few compared to others in Punjab, i hope this matter get sort out quickly.

India ?? Punjab ❤ best ✌?, baki sirf bhead Chaaal aa , fake show off , credit te life . Now doubt India ch population aa but business vi yada kar sakde aa . Azaadi feel sirf India ch ho sakdi aa .

Not India. She talks about Punjab.

All Sikhs - this is not Punjab. Please follow rules of that country. Even in India except from Punjab anybody can questions us Sikhs…so let’s not give them reason. A long time back when I started working in Mumbai I came to know from a localite that a license is required for Kirpan! I was so surprised as I was from Punjab and to me that seemed really absurd. But later I understood other people don’t understand our religion and that we are NOT engaging in any fight with Kirpan…even after others are educated of our religion it is better we don’t display Kirpan in public and follow the rules of that state or country.

Sikh are the pride of our nation. They represent what brave, honest and integrity looks like. Their roots are laid in Service to humanity. I am proud of my Sikh brothers. All I have felt when I am around them is safe protected and respected. I would once in my life go visit the Golden Temple to pay my respect to this religion dedicated to service. \nThe government need to have a long term and short term plan for helping Punjab. I see how the current govt is vying to get foreign investment in India. I hope, they can set up more economically advantages industries in Punjab and North east of India too. Better times ahead for us, if we stick together and work together

Nothing like Punjab India. If you are set here never go anywhere

Brapton is not mini india its mini punjab you mt fk

Agreed with the video for the most part but what were the changes the government made reaching out to the people of Punjab things didn’t change much like the capital and water rights also the Khalistan movement becomes even stronger because when the people of Punjab ask for rights like the farmers protest people labeled all of them a Khalistani so they feel they are not treated as equals in India

Khalistanioo ko sirf India ka hi punjab chahiye ?pakistan ka Punjab gaand marane jaeeee ?? chutiya log hai pagadi k aandar gobar bhar k rakha hai????

MINI Punjab not india

Mini Punjab not mini India ?

Jo hindu saade punjab nu galat bolda hai,,mai tuhanu das deya india de azadi ch sab toh vadh yogdan Sikh kaum da hai,,phir bhi hindu janta ne bahut jurm kite ne sikha te,,badla ??

Indian government is not honest and never be honest in future, because the leaders are uneducated and selected from the gangs not from the universities. There are most difficult entrance tests for admission in IIT and AIIMS for developing a good engineer or doctor but there is no such test for selection of leaders of the countries. India is not growing but it is going down year by year because most of the citizens has been lost their culture. Today you are seeing one Khalistan demand in future you may see such voices from other states also because there is always injustice from the government side. The biggest problem of Punjab is drugs not electricity or good roads , there is no single institution in the country who is educating the teenagers about drugs with a dedicated one hour class in a school. This country is sowing terrorism for future due to bastard leaders and sold media .

Bhai kyu unko dekha Raha hai. Woh India ko pramote nhi kr rahe. Woh Punjab ko kr rahe hai...unko India se koi lena dena nhi. India mein inko alag se Punjab nhi mil raha toh. Ye canada ko khaalistan bana rahe hai. Agar yakin nhi hota toh waha ke kisi bande ko pakd usse Jai hind bulla ke dekhao. Nhi bolega

I am proud i am ❤Indian Punjabi Sikh , I love my india, punjab mai 99.99% Sikh khalistan ko suport nhi karte , kuch bewakoof hai Jo porkistan ke behkave mai aker khalistan khalistan chilate rehte hai , humare punjab mai khalistan ka koi mudda na hi koi movment chal rhi hai ...but fir bi godi media or jahil anbhakti hum sikho ko khalistani bolte rehte hai , punjab mai aj bi har ek Ghar se Indian army mai hai , jab punjab ke kisano ne apne haq ke liye kisan andolan Kiya tha tab bi humara godi media or andbhakt hme khalistani bol rhe the

Sikhs are amazing when u contact at individual level. But I had bad experiences about them in Canada. They are very territorial about Canada and doesn't respect other Indians. They were rude just because I am not Sikh. That was a totally different experience than what I had in India. And whatever problems Punjab has faced almost every state has faced them. That's not an excuse for Khalistan. Pesticides and Cash crops are grown across India. Wake up guys. Earn your respect. Respect is not by making songs and drinking all the time. You've to work hard for it.

Indian Government always ignore punjab\nno jobs in punjab\nonly drugs are supplied in all over punjab\npunjabi’s love india\nour grandparents have seen 1947 nd 1984\nbut new delhi doesn’t care\n\nid new delhi wants to remove khalistan then they must take some bold steps to improve the living standards in punjab\nthey should block the drug routes in international border area\nthey should start some good industry in punjab so that young punjabi’s can live and work happily in punjab

It’s Mini Punjab, not India

Mini Punjab not mini India

Yeh sach hai Punjab ko kuch nahi deta india es liye supporter jiada ho jayege khalistan k

Bro its not mini india its mini punjab bro❤?? pinned

Mini india nhi mini punjab aw ❤

Bramton mini punjab a na ke mini india

#Navankur_bhai hum hi inko Indian bol rhe hai \nLekin dukh ki bat ye h ki punjab ke bhar pair rkhte hi ye log India ko gali dena suru kr dete hai.

Mini india ni, mini Punjab

Bro it's mini Punjab not india.

As a sikh indian I respect your research you have put the reality of 1984 and discrimination that sikh faces in india \nBut what was nehru promise to sikh community what is given to us till by politics of India you must read nehru promises to punjab mainly found in British library that was real reason to demand of Khali stan

Asal mein mere bhai Punjab India ka hissa hi nahin tha jo punjab hai bo alag riyasat thi maharaja ranjit Singh je ka Khalsa raaj tha

Beant Singh indeed was responsible of killing thousands of innocent youth of Punjab. Not to point fingers, everyone need to do their own research and not rely on only Indian government provided sources such as newspaper and other media. Now these days media and YouTube channels get paid blindly by our government to defame Sikhs and call them terrorist even if they are fighting for their own rights. In the India airline bombing over 70% were Sikhs that were killed. Ripudaman Singh Malik was found not guilty, but he was shot dead in his car and suspect was not found, only one burnt car nearby. May be it was the same people who bombed Indian airline and killed Ripudaman Singh Malik to defame Sikhs. We all know how our Justice system works; Suspect get created by assumptions and then encounter. Sajjan Kumar is one of the master mind behind Sikh genocide, he was sentenced life imprisonment by Delhi high court in 2018, but he’s out of jail now-why? In 1978 Bholanath pandey and Devendra pandey hijacked airline to release Indra Gandhi from jail. Both of these guys were not arrested/encountered nor called terrorist instead they were given MLA seats; Is this our justices system?

There was no such thing as India before 1947. Sikhs came from Punjab which was its own independent country at the time.

excellent analysis of the Punjab problem... Khalistan is not at all an issue in punjab.. economic reforms is the need... Punjabis n Sikh are brave patriotic people of India...let all Indians know this... by labelling every Sikh as Khalistani, we will be doing more harm to our country...\noverall a great video

a bomb India rao nay blaste ketay c ,hum punjab vich khalistan chahiya

Bro I live in nz been renting wih young people for Punjab 25 to 35. They still hate India and think BJP is responsible for all this.

BABAR KHALSA ATKWAADI NAHI C \n\neh babbar khalsa moment ohi aa jo ajadi time baba gadri lehar vich cc te india liy angreja nal ladhi aa hun o india gorvment nal ladhi iss liy kiha janda aa atwadi kyu k jdo desh liy ldho ta satwadi j apne liy ladho ta attwadi \n\n dekho ehnu video vich kiha k m singh te L singh dona ne 1984 to bad bomb blast kita rajiv gandhi nu maran liy te parminder singh ne v baad vich hi plan bnaiya te eh una nu attwadi khaa riha tci socho una nee attak to bad eh km krn ware sochiya mtlb o ta revange lena cc una ne te attwadi ta bina glo mrde aa bt ina ne ta mariya kyu k rajiv gandhi huna ne sikha da katliyam krwaiya cc o ta revange hoiya j revange len wala bnda attwadi aa ta bai shaheed udam singh v fr attwadi aa darbar shaib te attack kr k hazara beksoor lokanu mar k te dehlli vich sikha da katliyam kr k rajiv gandhi kihra hall kadan chlaa cc eh dogli jankari aa bai j babbar akali movment attwadi cc o hamlaa 84 to phla krde naa k bad hun bai koi sada ghr dhaa dwe bina glo ta asi ohda obasly revange lvage te tci app dekho eh bande nee kiha k parminder singh ne public nu anouce v kita cc k koi us air line vich safar naa kre mtlb o banda beksoor loka nu marna nhi chaunda cc ohda sirf motiv cc rajiv gandi nu marna te bai apa jitho tak jande aa beksoor loka nu marn wale attwadi hunde aa jinaa ne phla loka da katliyam krwaiya hove una nu marm wale thori attwadi hunde a\n\nbaki veere 310 lok air line vich mare ohde kr k ina ne babbr akali lehar nu attwadi bna dita te darbar sahib te 1000 to wad lok india gorvment nee mar dite o ohde te eh lok vichar nhi krde\n\nnale green revolution punajb nu gorvment nee oder nhi dita cc jdo sariya sterrt nee peer pishe khich liye cc udo punjab nee iss desh di food problm nu khtm krn liy app agee hoiyaa ccc baki veer apa punjab vich rahnde aa tuhanu v pta punjabi ki chaunde abs\n\n\nPuri jaankari rakhi karo bhai saab aadhi adhuri baate bta kar kya sabit karoge sab k baare mai barabr bataya Karo ???

Hi, bro you are doing a good job, you told many knowledgeable things some of them are right but some are not. You can make a single video on Punjab regarding that Punjab was also one country earlier time. In 1947 Punjab was combined to India. People who are asking for Khalistan they are just asking for their old Punjab.

Veere Good kam kar rahe .. bahut cheej sahi dasyian tusi .. kush vicho galt ve ne.. Tusi ik video ess cheej te banuo k Punjab pihla ik country c.. 1947 de vich .. ess nu India de vich shamil kita giya . Jo Lok Khalisatan di mang krr rahe oh Apne purane punjab do mang kr rahe.

I am afghani sikh from uk. \nI always believe in making punjab better than separate nation, as together we can become stronger make punjab proud again sikhs & Sikhism even our gurus have done so much for india we can't and shouldn't leave india at all we should fight for our pride and respect and punjab. That's all we need not a separate nation. And thanks to the team for this ture video and research.

Thanks for such nice and concise information about Punjab and its contribution in India and Canada

Now you know that how terrorist sikhs are bro this so bad if sikhs want their own nation why people start saying us khalistani and i want to say one thing that khalis meaning is pure and we want a khalsa raj like ranjit singh and before partition we have an opportunity to have a nation and now we want that so how we become terrorists sikhs are helping indians in their harsh times so it should be in people heart of india that they should support sikhs to have a nation because we are facing a lots of problem like natives of punjab are unable to get jobs because outer state individuals are getting jobs and local are still unemployed so this is the reason sikhs are going to other nations and sikhs had sacrificed their lifes and indian people are not understanding

Have the 700 to 1000 students whose immigration application for permanent resident status been deported back to india.. They need to be deported back to Punjab. The community is over representrd in Canada and not in a good. Why is 18 ,% of crime in Canada associated to just one community. The appearance of Delta and Brampton will vastly improve if you see other folks there.. Indian government should shutdown the Canadian consulate in punjab. Isn't Punjab the most backward state in Present day india.. Green revolution is long over. Dont need hear annoying Punjabi music being played loudly from cars in Brampton and Delta.

Sant jairnail singh Bhindrawale never demanded khalistan and not even single FIR was filled against him. He was just targeted by government at that time and destroy his image by saying him terrorist. He just wanted punjab to be drug free and educated but government did not want this. We as a sikh are never supported by any party . They hate us. That’s why we want separate state. I am from todays generation and who said only elders want khalistan . Still now if we ask for rights in punjab , we are sent to jail,, they we support khalistan moment which is ultimate solution because it’s reality people of india and Indian government can never appreciate our contributions towards country which are always in majority.

The central government has been perceived as neglecting Bengal and Punjab since India's independence. Despite Bengalis playing a crucial role in the country's independence, no Bengali has become the Prime Minister to date. Even Netaji's birthday is not a national holiday.

Nitish!! GOD BLESS YOU!! You have showed in your videos what Punjabs grievances are with the Union of India and no one literally NO ONE wanted to show that on news channels or on their platforms! You, Dhruv and Ranvir and respectable humans.

I am a kattar Hindu but trust me, I really love my Sikh brothers. They are the most wonderful souls and warrior blood lines that we know of who really love our mother land. Punjab and all parts of India needs to be focused by our Indian politicians. Request Sikhs to love us as well. Modiji is already focusing on these areas and soon we will all live in harmony.

information that is hidden for almost everyone but punjab sikhs know ’ nearly 5 lakh sikhs were killed in that time most of the encounters were to gain rank by police officials torture , rape, and killings of innocent sikhs were common by army and police officials alot of goons were hired by police to kill and rape hindus to set a narrative against militant sikhs because they we’re getting support from public because most of the army was from hindu religion and due to indra gandhi death they were hating sikhs they did medival types of tortures and at that time police can do anything without asking any official they actually beated brutally to my own dad just for fun they were beating and laughing police did alot of looting to gain fortune for their own THESE ARE THE MAJOR REASON MY SIKHS LOOSE SENSE OF TOUCH FROM INDIA and even now if sikhs demand anything even issue like msp kissan the media say khalistani khalistani we tired now