Gaurav Sharma - Latest Comments in Sardarji Barah Baj Gaye

Re: Sardarji Barah Baj Gaye

Kiran — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:41:31 -0000

In response to Karn and ATS, the British were in India around 1600 (other Europeans were there before that), and the 12-hour clock has been in common use in Europe since the 16th century (according to Wikipedia). So the possibility of referring to late night as 12 O'clock in the mid to late 18th Century is there.

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Dinesh — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:33:24 -0000

Hi Gaurav,
Iam Dinesh From chennai Thanks for the information about Sikh it was quite interesting.I like Sikh people very much because of their turban and brave looks. thank you.

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ATS — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:59:13 -0000

With all due respect, the story just sounds like a sad attempt at defending one's faith.

Karn has made a very good point in this regard. Pre-British Indians cannot be conceived to have kept a 24 hour AM/PM time by any stretch of imagination. This story is therefore an urban legend and hoax at the best.

Though, it goes without saying that idiots making stupid joke with religious undertones are just that, idiots, and to be ignored.

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karn — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:14:37 -0000

12 baj gaye as in the roman time kept by pre british indians ? very believable

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zafer sevmez — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:38:43 -0000

i read your article..the things you have written sound very sincere and nice topics i am

looking forward to its continuation.

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Hari — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:24:38 -0000

Very great words syed and Randeep. I'm a Hindu living in America. We also have our share of terrorists, and those who commited those terrible crimes in 2002, 1993, 1984, and the RSS. The Khalistani, RSS, or the terrorists in Kashmir don't represent our religions. We're all Indian. We all may pray in a different way, we may talk in different langauges, but we're all Indian. And we can all come together to form a better India, and get rid of the religious tensions that plague us still.

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syed — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:34:00 -0000

Nice words Randeep. Being a muslim sometimes i also feel the same pain as urs. People like Randhir are present in every religion and they are far away from the basics of their religion. And basicallly these are the folks which get trapped into the hands of people who use them for false motives (like usage of muslim youth in Kashmir). I request everybody to understand your religion thoughrouly, then communal hormony will automatically come among us. Because its not the religion who commits crime but the so called followers, who ruin the image.

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Randeep Randhawa — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:46:17 -0000

Every single community in India is the butt of some jokes or the other. Wait a minute - every single community in the WORLD is.
Although it is very obvious that nobody wants to hurt Sikh sentiments with these jokes, one should stop if s/he is crossing the line, and I have never heard of a case where they have not stopped. It defeats the very purpose of humour.
Btw, Marwari jokes are spreading like wildfire these days, and they are much funnier than Sikh jokes, and Marwaris do not take them seriously either.
Randhir, although I deeply admire your passion towards our religion, I think there are some pro-Khalistan people in your family, and only then can you abuse your racially identical brothers AND ANCESTORS in the filthy way that you do.
Our contribution to the Indian freedom struggle has been legendary, but we are a warrior clan, and we never 'saved the Hindus' so that we could rub it in their face. That is not what a warrior does, it is something a mercenary does, and I assume you come from such a lineage, divorced from pure Sikhism.
It is people like Randhir that are, sadly, converting our Sikhism into the NEW ISLAM. Bhindranwale caused the entire problem by hiding in the golden temple - no army would have stormed Harmandir Sahib had he been man enough to protect the holy ground by fighting miles away from there. If you assassinate the head of a country, of course they will raid your community (innocents included)! Please look up the ANTI-BRAHMIN RIOTS and anti-maratha riots that followed M. Gandhi's assassination by a RSS extremist.
Please, Sikhs in the west have enough trouble being labelled as Jehadis because of our appearence, and we do not need people like Bhindranwale, Ripudaman Malik, Beant Singh, and Randhir to support that image. They are not Sikhs, and you can only imagine what our Gurus would have felt had they read Randhir's post.

Anyhow, if any Sikh brothers are reading this, please try not to become an extremist and support the extinction of our race. By extinciton I mean Islamization. We are as Indian as anyone in India, and there is no way or need to deny it.

WGDK WGDF.

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Ajaypal Singh — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:15:52 -0000

Mannat ji, Shame on U calling ur self a Sardar nd not knowing the History properly. Read it. Ask ur Mom n Dad bout it. If they r also confused, ask me!!!

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Randhir S. Shergill — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:21:57 -0000

Sharma ji. ever keep in mind the era of 18th century.

AGAR NA HOTE SARDAR. HINDU KO KOUN BACHATA YAAR
MUGLUON NE DENI THI GAND PHAAD, HINDUON KI NASAL NA HOTI BARKRAR, HINDUS WERE, ARE NOT ABLE TO SAVE THEIR MOTHERS AND SISTERS. HAVE YOU EVER CALCULATED THE MYRITAMS IN FREEDOM FIGHT FROM 1857 TO 1947. TELL ME PERCANTAGE OF TOTAL SIKH POPULATION AND PERCENTAGE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN FREEING INDIA FROM ENGLISH GOVT.

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Gaurav — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 03:42:38 -0000

Hey Mannat, thnx 4 visitng my blog! Perhaps u r right about the legitimacy of the story...who knows?

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mannat — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:54:18 -0000

Gaurav - I am a Sikh myself...but I don't think this story is true. I agree with all the fights that Sikhs did and saved many Hindu women, etc- but I don't think this story is why the '12 baje' thing started. It's just one of those jokes which has no origin. I think it came more from the saying...'tere chehre pe kyoon bara baje hue hain". Oh well...whatever the case may be - most of these jokes are hilarious and crack me down. Infact lately, it's only the 'sardar' jokes that make me laugh:)