Komal Singh

More turbans in Kathmandu than Delhi, and you’ll thank them fair enough, the relief work is real. But here’s the harder question: why does the energy always show up where the cameras are, and not where our own people are quietly falling apart? The Drug epidemic is devastating. Malwa’s cancer burden is among the worst in the country. And people are leaving Sikhism especially towards Pentecostal churches. Estimates show over 3.5 lakh people have converted in just last 2 years. That’s not just missionaries. it’s also that too many walk away feeling the community didn’t treat them as equals. People go where they feel welcomed. And our brightest don’t build here they leave. Nearly 5 lakh left for work abroad from 2016–21, plus 2.6 lakh students. Punjab bleeds ~$8bn a year funding foreign universities. The ones who stay build elsewhere. Zomato, Blinkit, both founded by people with Punjab roots, are headquartered in Gurgaon, not Ludhiana, not Chandigarh. Langar and global relief matter. But why the energy on CJP protests and causes in Nepal, Gaza, Palestine, Somalia worthy as they are but when the fire is at home? Where are the Sikh-run cancer hospitals doing world-class work? The schools winning parents back from convent schools? Go to the villages where Sikhs actually live and struggle Malwa, Majha, the places quietly losing their people. Why aren’t these organisations seen there? That’s where the thank-you is owed. We don’t need more PR. We need capital, education, and institutions that serve starting at home.