An Ambala-based photographer, Maninder Singh Sodhi, has been documenting the famous Sikh festival of Hola Mohalla for 18 years. The engineer-turned-photographer learnt to use the camera from his father.
Today on the Prakash Utsav (Birth Anniversary) of Guru Nanak Dev ji, I worked on this painting which I have titled 'The Abode of Nanak' to reflect on where we find Guru Nanak in our daily lives.
We went to see the movie Chaar Sahibzaade 2 by Harry Baweja this Friday. When I walked out of the cinema, I had no words to explain how beautiful the movie was and what impact it made.
He is a pure light.
He brought the pure light.
He brought the true philosophy for seekers of the truth.
The only thing illuminating Pita ji was Guru Sahib himself. Guru Sahib was hidden but his light emanated from his face and lit up the room along with his father. In this manner, Guru Sahib guided me to work on this painting.
In those times, Akal Takht was a single-storey building that housed an eleven feet tall platform on which Guru Hari Gobind ji sat and held his court.
Today, we are pleased to introduce you to the six feature films we will be screening. See for yourself the quality programming we are bringing to you.
A new film about what it means to be Sikh, "Under the Turban," made its world premiere Sunday at the United Nations Association Film Festival, one of the oldest documentary film festivals in the United States.
Words have power. They can make. They can break. They can heal. They can seal. They sooth. They can snooze. Relaxing words. Perplexing words. Encouraging words...
Before the shooting started, I started preparing for the role which was a very difficult task as I had never been in such an environment...