Nanakshahi became the first Sikh calendar in 2003. It is named after Guru Nanak and begins on his birth year. It is based on the tropical solar year and is astronomically correct. Nanakshahi months and years are perfectly aligned with it. For Sikhs, Nanakshahi fixes all gurpurab dates, and the months and seasons will always match with Gurbani.
It is not only the government but the society at large including socio-religious leaders will have to play an honest role to establish peace and prosperity over this planet to make it a livable haven. Dr Bains stressed that families, doctors, nurses and radiologists who indulge into illegal gender selection for female foeticide must be dealt with severely under strong laws so that the menace is wiped out sternly through social and legal applications.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought with a rare news conference Wednesday to regain momentum after a string of corruption scandals that have paralyzed Parliament, put off foreign investors and angered voters. Analysts, however, said the attempt may have backfired.
Kamaljeet calls her pieces 'a work of meditation.' “It is not a skill that can just be applied at any time. The words, the strokes flow through me and only then can I pick up the brush. Such a work then comes through as something that gives peace to the viewer,” she says.
Rani Sidhu's recipe for Nimboo Achaar is “Sunshine in a jar” ~ A little pickle goes a long way.
In his 2009 speech in Cairo, President Barack Obama appealed to the Muslim world by paraphrasing from the Koran. He drew from this passage, among others: “We ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone slew a person – unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land – it would be as if he slew the whole people” (Koran 5:32). The excerpt has been a hallmark of non-violence in Islam, one that took on particular significance after 9/11.
As a child coursing through the sleepy greens of small-town Kapurthala in Punjab, Gaganjeet Bhullar read and re-read the autobiography of Flying Sikh Milkha Singh. That child was so taken in by Milkha's 'gore and guts' story that there was just no looking back.
The World Bank says food prices are at "dangerous levels" and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since last June. According to the latest edition of its Food Price Watch, prices rose by 15% in the four months between October 2010 and January this year.
In nutshell this is a glimpse of the reality of life in Punjab. We are trying to kill insects. They they have evolved to be much stronger than us. They are equipped much better to tide over the adversity. We are the ones who will not be able to tolerate the poisons we are using for them.
The district administration would soon launch a Centrally-funded beautification project for the historic Jallianwala Bagh. Landscaping would be done using plants and other features to recreate the history of the memorial.