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What is claimed to be the last portrait painted during his lifetime by the official court artist of the great Emperor of Punjab, Maharajah Ranjit Singh, goes under the hammer later this month. The superb miniature portrait was painted on ivory set in white gold brooch, also inscribed on gold - ‘Runjeet Singh'. It shows the aging Maharajah looking serious in his full regalia.

Dr. Jagir Singh wrote a booklet "Mere Dada Ji" in anecdote format for young children. The educative and inspirational booklet was first published in 1985. Another edition was brought out in 1989. Still another edition of the book - under the title "Dada Pota" - was brought out in the year 2005. It is now being presented in digital form for easy access.

A medical camp was organized at the local Gurdwara by Sikh Society of Dayton. The primary focus was on educating the community about heart disease, one of the leading causes of death among the Indian community. Blood Pressure and glucose screenings were performed, to detect undiagnosed hypertension, a common silent killer, along with diabetes. Sikh Society of Dayton has planned series of Wellness Workshops...

The old building of the historical Likhansar Gurdwara is being replaced with a new building, which is a few feet away from the old one. The dimension of its sarovar, where Bhai Mani Singh and Baba Deep Singh compiled Adi Granth under the supervision of Guru Gobind Singh, has been reduced.

...an enormous country of limited literacy and considerable bureaucracy – there can be no doubt: A concerted, cooperative, more thoughtful and more efficiently targeted effort is required to pull India once and for all out of poverty, and to give hundreds of millions of current and future Indian children a real shot at sharing the wealth of the new and miraculous Indian economy.

The four-day Baisakhi Mela, which attracted lakhs of devotees from all over the country and abroad, came to an end here this evening with impressive processions by Takht Sri Damdama Sahib and the Budha Dal. ...Jathedar Nandgarh said more than 2,000 Sikhs had been baptised on the occasion.

The demand for professional ragis is increasing in India and abroad. This is helping hundreds of boys and girls from rural Punjab in making career in this field after procuring a professional degree. The Department of Gurmat Sangeet, Punjabi University, is helping them to strike the right chord in this direction.

..wildly entertaining, I have always been much more fascinated by Punjabi folktales that my parents used to tell me on Sunday mornings in bed, or just before me and my sister went to sleep at night. Some of my earliest memories that I can recall with clarity are of my mum and dad telling me the unadulterated story of the sparrow and the crow (ik si chirri, te ik si kaan), which many of you may be familiar with.