I come across several videos of young Canadians that spend their days online blaming Punjabis, sometimes Punjabis in Punjab that have never entered Canada, for "taking all the jobs", "taking all the housing". While Canada has seen the housing cost to wage ratio skyrocket to the point no youth regardless of race can afford houses, rather than fighting for more unions and better salaries for the working class, the Canadian youth decided to blame Punjabi Canadians and minorities for all their problems.

If all Punjabi Canadians left tomorrow, the racist Canadian youth wouldn't stop the blaming. They'll blame conspiracies, Mainland Chinese immigration, the boomers, their parents, etc. While their grandparents run their Mercedes Benz on the road with a cabin in Muskoka and a house that they reverse mortgage, they love watching their own youth turning on minorities rather than asking their own grandparents for some generational wealth help. The racist youth goes on to believe that somehow Pardeep in Punjab is taking the 2 million dollar homes in Ontario while his grandparents have 4 rental properties for their retirement renting out to Pardeep and shared nothing with their kids.

While Canada sees poverty for youth rise and more unemployment because companies want to undermine wages for profits by design, the racist youth keep blaming fellow Canadians. The keep saying "patterns, culture, etc" while ignoring any tit-for-tat argument when patterns are recognized against them...

So you might ask, "why am I so worried? this is all online?". Well, they are heavily armed and Canada spends millions to send militarized units to get them. They got their whole families and names posted and make radicalized comments, while displaying massive amounts of illegal equipment so that Canada has to enforce federal laws and waste resources on the radicalized youth. We captured Hale and it's public information now: source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/whitedate-canada-military-9.7117307 . Progressives haven't stepped up and unfortunately, progressives no longer exist in Canada with the NDP expected to lose status.

These are real people, real names, radicalized with equipment and a concern that isn't taken seriously. I show the people behind some of this, look at the comments and the names. You want to talk about Punjabi culture or raise kids when we have them? I advice Punjabis that want to see their youth be saved to report these people by name and images to the RCMP on their site or the vast network online built to capture the radicalized regime before they develop too far. And for those who justify it, I don't even know what to say other than this isn't Munich, Germany in the 1930s, this is the country that lost its ancestors to that ideology.

Despite the amount of racism and propaganda Punjabis face in Canada, US, New Zealand, Australia, India, etc, the emergence of Punjabis continues in a rapid rise with many notable names in sports, politics, media, society, etc.

I hear the name of Punjabis so many times in my day-to-day life that I forget to realize that we only represent less than 3% of the population in Canada and around 0.3% of the world population. I've been hearing the name Caleb Malhotra in the hockey space and despite his mixed heritage, the name Malhotra comes up so many times from non-Punjabis and represents his descendants from Punjab, India. I feel pride in the community and us.

Punjabis have always been a very persistent, in-your-face, confident population and that has always bothered everyone around them throughout our history. We make our presence known. Since the emergence of Sikhism in Punjab, India constantly holding against invasions, to the Anglo-Sikh wars requiring 2 wars with the world's largest Imperial force human history has known in the past centuries, Punjabis get it done where you least expect it.

So many times we buy into propaganda sold by mass media, the racists, and the world, and forget who we are. A better, stronger, taller, elite, persistent population.

For example, far right Tyler Oliveira has been making non-stop clips and content trying to destroy the reputation of Punjabis and he's doing it in....drum roll....Portugal! I didn't even know about Portugal having a strong and powerful Punjabi community that was making the far right shake in their boots...He's posting them everyday!

I wanted to highlight some names you probably have or have not heard of with the pictures.

1. Balbir Singh Dosanjh, a 3-time gold medallist dynasty field hockey player to win gold in 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, and 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

2. Mixed Punjabi Kevin Bahl, one of the biggest players you see on the ice for the Calgary Flames and part of the Gold 2020 WJC Championship squad.

3. Satnam Singh Bhamara, 7'2 center selected 52nd by the Mavs.

4. Milkha Singh, one of the world's fastest sprinters during the late 50s and early 60s. The 1960 Olympics 200m being the most famous.

5. Gurcharan Singh Grewal, part of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Gold-medallist for India versus Germany on the German home base during the most prominent event for the Germans.

6. Caleb Malhotra and his dad Manny Malhotra, part of the Shadi Malhotra family from Punjab. Caleb being a household name for a future top player in ice hockey.

7. Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, Miss Universe 2021, only Asian outside of the Philippines and Japan to win the Miss Universe title in the past quarter century.

8. Narinder Singh Kapany, one of seven Fortune "Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century" who invented and coined the term today known as Fibre Optics. He never won the Nobel Prize, but Har Gobind Khorana is another name that did.

9. Harnarayan Singh, one of the future top sports broadcasters and part of Sportsnet Hockey. M.S.M winner, one of 2,000 awards given out by the Governer General of Canada.

I can go on with Ajay at World Bank, etc. I missed lots of names, but please drop any mentions of names well known.

SOBHA SINGH WAS NOT SIMPLY PAINTER . HE BECAME ONE OF GREATEST VISUAL STORY TELLER OF PUNJAB AND SIKH CIVILIZATION IN 20 CENTURY. THROUGH HIS PAINTINGS MILLIONS PEOPLE LEARNED HOW SIKH GURU, PUNJABI FOLKLORE LOOK LIKE

BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE 🧬 👶

Sobha singh was born on 29 november 1901 in district gurdaspur shri hargobindpur named a small town or village before partition (now in east Punjab) His father served in the colonial military and had an artistic interest.Due to his guidance he is disciplined have interest in art.

Due to his environment he learnt about sikh tradition and rural punjab values . From childhood he showed interest in sketching faces , observing people ,drawing village scenes , and studying expression. During that time punjab was under colonial rule and the government had control on art , media and other things . They did not want traditional art to come up. Photography and printing replaced the miniature painting 🎨🖌️ tradition .He went to the industrial school in Amritsar where he learned to draw the design of machines . After this he went to the military where he learned about discipline , patience order and accuracy. He works with technical drafts , sign work , illustration and practical design in the military 🪖.

MOVING TO LAHORE AFTER SERVING IN MILITARY 🪖🎖️

After the job of the military he moved to lahore . Lahore is the cultural hub of arts , theatre journalism poetry and history . He set up his circle with the artist and historian there. He started working in point commission study painting, commercial art illustration eventually due to his work he settled in Lahore .

PARTITION OF PUNJAB ⛓️‍💥💔

Partition of punjab has a great impact on him . Like other people he lost his property, a friend circle which he built in Lahore . Partition trauma also impacted him a lot . Due to this he went to a silent and calm place in the mountain which was not other than andretta which was built by nora richard as a cultural hub .

SETTLING IN ANDRETTA ⛰️ 🏕️🏞️

After Settling in andretta he set up his studio there . Himachal beauty and culture influenced him a lot . He started painting there and eventually became one of the greatest Punjabi painters .

HIS TECHNIQUE AND WORKING 🖌️🖼️

He has mastery in

.oil painting

.portrait realism

.Skin texture

.Eyes expression

M.S RANDHAWA ROLE IN HIS LIFE 👨‍💼

M.S Randhawa supported sobha singh a lot and helped to promote his painting . As he also wanted to conserve culture which was gone in the hands of Pakistan especially lahore .

ABOUT HIS PAINTING 🎨 🖌️

He worked on various painting of sikh gurus . Punjabi folklores like heer ranjha sohni mahiwal etc . He also painted bhagat singh painting which inspired millions of people of India .

His dead 🪾

Sobha singh died on 21 August 1986 . Through his painting we can understand punjabi history and visualise sikh gurus . He died but not his works . Now his studio is situated in Himachal Pradesh andretta where the pilgrim came to see his paintings . Before his death many students came to him to understand the depth of painting.

About few painting above in images

1. Bhagwan Shri Ram Chandra ji

2. Persian folklore (has to be confirmed)

3.Heer ranjha

4. Shri Guru Teg Bahadur singh ji

5. Shri Guru Hargobind singh ji

6.Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji

7. Maharaja Ranjit Singh

8. Kangri women painting

9 . Guru Nanak Dev Ji

10. Guru Nanak Dev Ji

11. M.S Randhawa and Sobha singh together is a photo sorry .

12. Photo -sobha singh

13. Shaheed S.Bhagat Singh

14. Sohni mahiwal

S Mohinder Singh Randhawa

. Was one of most influential administrators of punjab and cultural figures in post partition punjab .

. Botanist by profession and core founder of today punjab that we see.

His influence on horticultural and research at botany

1. Rose research in Chandigarh. The famous zakir Hussain rose garden reflects his horticultural vision .

2. Wrote extensively about Indian flora and garden tradition.

3. Research on Himalayan flora .

4. Research on indigenous plants and indian gardening tradition he documented how mughual kings used flowers in culturally and spiritually . These works influenced in greeny of chandigarh.

As administrator of East punjab

1. Refugee rehabilitation -one of his biggest responsibility was helping millions of refugees arriving from West punjab

This involves arranging temporary camp , food, distribution, sanitation and medical assistance

2. Land distribution and resettlement - played role in evaluating land record resettlement of displaced farming families and reconstructing of rural economies

3. Rebuilding agriculture - irrigation network seed supply.Mr Randhawa encouraged scientific method of farming.

His work on chandigarh

1.Planning and administration connected with chandigarh.

2.Urban reconstruction.

3.Creation of a modern post partition identity of punjab.

He supported public gardens , sculpture architure landscape design and artistic urban planning.

His work on art and culture

1. Preservation of punjabi culture - cultural heritage by finding lost historic centre , architecture artworks and cultural institutions to Pakistan especially lahore so he works closely on arts and culture . He therefore devoted his line of punjabi folklore, craft , oral traditions, miniature painting, architecture.

2. His research on pahari and kangra miniature painting.

Post he held

Senior administrator in east Punjab

Chief commissioner of chandigarh

He has also role in seting up pau ludhiana also . He helped sobha singh painter also to do painting to engage culture in punjab

NORA RICHARD (GRANDMOTHER OF PUNJABI THEATRE 🎭)

Birth and early life 🧬

1. Was born Norah Mary hutman

2. Born on 29 October 1876 in Mullaghglass , county armagh ireland

3.Early life was influenced due to irish cultural nationalism , revial of gaelic culture

4.People later compared her with lady gregory

5.She studied from Oxford belgium sydney and many European institutions. She did not do any ba and ma instead due to her background during that time women especially her type of social background do artistic and literary education often happened through private study , cultural society, theatre group.

6. Any honorable doctorate was given to her also by punjabi university patiala also later in her life .

Before coming to India

1. Before going to India she practiced theatre as stage name Norah boyle

2.She is already trained theatre before coming to India

3. She did not arrive as a ruler ,a missionary and imperial beruecats but as a artist

Marriage and death of husband

1. She married Philip Ernest Richards which was English professor in dayal college lahore

2. As a lahore was the intellectual capital of punjab , centre for literature, journalism and reveloution.

3. In Lahore she discovered punjabi folklore, culture , theatre and traditions.

4. She wanted students to write theatre play in punjab.

5. Earlier punjabi theatre was done on English play , parsi melodrama and superficial entertainment

6. Due to her encouragement students started writing theatre play in punjabi which was first done in modern way by her student I.S nanda in 1913-1914 on dulhan play under her guidance

7. Due to her efforts dramatist like balwant gargi and Harcharan singh the tradition further as they were her students.

8. Norah believes theatre should educate society ,reform injustice, uplift villages , awaken moral consciousness in people .

9. One of his students play tell about child marriage this play name is suhaag .

10. She was highly influenced by abbey theatre which was started by lady gregory as a co -founder

11. After death of her husband she settled london temporary but love for punjab pull her back to punjab .

Settling in andretta

1. Andretta was remote forested , quite artistically untouched area due to her love for mountain, village simplicity, ecological life and folk culture she chooses to settle there .

2. She purchased 15 acre land and named it Woodland estate where she built a mud house instead of concrete inspired from destruction of kangra due to earthquake and also inspiring from kangri culture and named it chameli niwas

3 . Her daily routine is described by b.c sangal . He described her digging soil herself , gardening, wearing khadi and typing late at night by kerosene lamp .

4. She organised week long theatre festival at andretta . She thinks or believed culture belongs to local people.

5 . Prithviraj kapoor (famous actor , father of raj kapoor )often visit her in Andretta

6. Due to her work in creating andretta artistic ecosystem sobha singh settled near andretta .

7. She strongly supported - women dignity, women performers , female education which is seen in her and her students theatre play.

Last time and death

Here final year were difficult. She worried deeply about preservation of manuscript, future of woodland estate and survival of andretta artistic spirit . Eventually she entrusted much of her legacy to punjab University.

In 1970 Punjab University Patiala given her honourary doctorate due to her contribution.

She died in 3 march 1971 in andretta and given us a message after death which is written in her gravestone says

"Rest Weary Heart — Thy Work Is Done.”

Which means your heart can now rest because your life mission is complete ✅.

From her life we can understand

Culture has no boundaries.

usually i think these influencers and models are super cringe but this girl really stands out! she should definitely be in more things!