Dera Sucha Sauda -Sikh conflict in India

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The truth is that dhyanam practices of Radhaswamis and similar sects with living guru traditions in Punjab are a very potent force, with the potential to completely transform India. (Unless you have been in presence of one of these people or attended their satsangs you will not understand). When you also include the fact that they are lower caste, this force has a mayawati type potential,. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I can't speak about DSS as I don't know much about DSS but I personally know as a fact Radha Swamis consist more of/from upper Hindu caste than lower caste.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->My answer is that "It depends upon what is Hinduism!!" <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

With a lot of Sikh youths in Punjab getting their ‘kesh’ (hair) cut and not many Sikh youth keeping all 5 symbols in India, even I can turn around and ask 'how many Sikhs in Punjab are following pure Sikhism anyway these days'?

100 years from now, let's say if most Sikh youth give up wearing a turban and don’t strictly following Sikhism (at least the sort of strict Sikhism practiced by some elder Sikhs today), what are the chances of Sikhism still being around in 100 years from now? Won't Sikhism just slowly die out and disappear all together with the passage of time?

Let's face it, one of the reasons Sikhism also flourished in the past was becoz Punjabi Brahmins made their first born son a Sikh and moreover, there were a lot of inter-caste marriages between Hindus and Sikhs. Possibility of that happening in future are also very low now. You(Sikhs) are just shooting yourself in the foot if you 'bite the hand that feeds you'. So don't expect much largesse from Hindus in the future the same way you did in the past.