Was Sadhu a Sikh?
Not once Sadhu called himself a former Sikh. Not once Sadhu mentioned Sikh doctrines let alone forsaking them. In his writings only at one place he referred that he was born in a family that was commonly considered Sikh. But then qualified it: That for his family the teaching of Hinduism was considered most essential. This was written in his book With and Without Christ published in 1928, merely a year before Sadhus own death. Frankly I am puzzled at all of this. How could his family be Sikh but practice diehard Hinduism? Why would he wait for so long to reveal his family links as Sikh? Was Sadhu and church cohorts putting up a smoke screen – killing two birds with one stone so to speak? Why? Was Sadhu, as a Christian with an attached Sikh name, leading an ascetic Hindu way of life, a ticket too attractive for the evangelical church? History texts tell us that Sadhus mother was really the genius behind to plant ideas in his mind of leading a life of a wandering hermit. For someone to b
