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Re: How many sikhs have married out of Caste/Race

No problem.  I am Australian and moved to the UK to teach.  I was asked to teach RE (Religion) on Sikhism.  I started looking into it and became touched by the words of Guru Nanak dev ji.  I researched more and more on it and realised that this was not new to me but made sense.  IT was exactly what I really thought of as truth.  I thank God every day for that experience!!  Shortly after my partner came into my life and he is not only a partner to me but also my 'touch' with the ways of Sikhism.  I bounce everything I read off of him.  I am sure that at times it drives him insane hehe.  He has been honest about his family and says that they will be quite upset with this situation.  That being me not being Punjabi, or at least Indian!  Like Kiran, I find this difficult to understand.  I would appreciate that if we followed different views on religion that this could cause major issues in our future life but we are both on the same track.  I think that women and men do think differently, and I will say that most of the time I walk with my head in the clouds and think 'romantically' rather then 'realistically' (as he always tells me).  But my most inner self tells me that honesty is very important! I don't think that I have a 'problem' as such I just think that Kiran should sit with her partner, discuss the issue at hand (not their relationship but the fact that her family is hurting).  They need to stand together and support each other here.

 

I really believe that the answer is: Ek Onkar! It is simple.  Guru Nanak dev ji did not intend (I believe) for this to be difficult.  Embrace his words...

 

Kds1980 ji, I apologies if I came across as harsh - this is not my intention at all.  It just feel so sad for these situations!