Sikhi Was Never Meant To Be A Religion.

Was Sikhi ever meant to be only a private religion?

In this BoS TV podcast, Bhai Ranveer Singh author of Patshahi Mehima: Revisiting Sikh Sovereignty and founder of Khalis House explains why Patshahi, political freedom and institution-building run throughout Sikh history, from Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Kartarpur Sahib to June 1984 and the modern conversation surrounding Khalistan.

Ranveer Singh shares how questions about Sant Jarnail Singh Ji, the Sikh struggle and June 1984 led him backwards through 1978, 1947 and 1849 and ultimately to the time of the Gurus.

He argues that to understand Sikh sovereignty today, we must first recover what the Guru actually built.

Drawing upon Gurbani, Bhai Gurdas Ji’s Vaaran, Puratan Granths and Sikh history, the conversation explores how Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s mission went beyond delivering spiritual teachings. Through the Udasis, Sangat, Pangat, Langar, Gurmukhi, the Manji system and Kartarpur Sahib, the Guru created the foundations of a distinct and sovereign Panth.

The discussion also examines how colonial rule and Western categories reframed Sikhi as “Sikhism” a private religion separated from political life.

Can spirituality and political freedom really be separated in Sikhi?

Is Khalistan disconnected from Sikh history or is it a modern expression of a much older pursuit of Sikh sovereignty?

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