There used to be a time when indians , hindustanis , bharatwases were refered as a collection of Hindu Muslim Sikh Esahi, the interfaith community posters would should a typical sikh, hindu muslim and christian child standing hand in hand.
Offlate i have observed the sikh character, the symbol of sikhs missing in media, esp movies, bollywood movies..in the latest movie 'Om Shanti Om' Shahrukh khan is show wearing a pendant which has the cross, the om and moon and star representing interfaith between hindus , christians and muslims...what about the sikhs damit??????
i know a lot of my western sikh brothers would claim this is another form of assimiliation by the indian society...actually in all honestly this is a doing of sikh stubborn ness, sikhs hv tried to forcefully direct potrayal of sikhs in a particular way, 1) Violence around 'Jo Bole So Nihal Movie'...dont know what that was about, Asking mandira bedi to apologise for having ek om kar tatoo on her back( so many pendus hv it on their right hand...the same hand they use to ....u know what), asking harbhajan singh to apolgise for appearing in a whiskey add, god knows if sikhs stop drinking in india the liquor industry would go bust...
The crux of the matter is that you cant force or confine creativity, if you want bollywood to include sikh characters and symbols you should be ready to accept some ridiculous characters and some negative potrayal as well.
What sikhs need to understand is that... instead of using your energy on bollywood, use your energy to educate the world and ppl that its a 'bollywood movie' its as far from reality as your from getting laid by Marlin Monroe that too in this life time.
Let those designers design a pair of clothing with sikh symbol without fear of backlast, let that director potray a sikh character , positive negative, true false without the possibility of getting their movie theatre bombed, just give ppl the freedom that sikhi was to ensure....
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