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.
Today, I was thinking how I should wish everyone I know a Happy Vasakhi, but instead, I did what I never did. I thanked Guru Gobind Singh for these gifts which have given me so much! Vaho Vaho Gobind Singh! Thank you for not making me ‘normal’!
So here goes another attempt, last time I remember doing a whole ritual where I ate my last non-veg meal, but this time it was less dramatic, just sort of decided and here I go! Wish me luck! To the haters relax, I got nothing against people who eat meat, it’s a personal choice I’m trying to execute...
With the inspiration and guidance of Dr. Man Mohan Kaur, Principal, SGND Khalsa College, Dev Nagar, University of Delhi, NSS Unit's students along with their program officer, Dr. Gurdeep Kaur (Ass. Prof, Dept of Political Science) conducted Rally on 18th April 2011 in Dev Nagar/Karol Bagh area to encourage/aware masses for the noble cause of Blood Donation & Free Medical Check- up camp,..
Bhai Sahib stressed that just doing Naam Simran and Paath and focusing on our own personal life alone is not good enough. Neither is focusing on seva of the Panth whilst ignoring and not putting in practice Rehat (discipline), Amrit-Vela and Naam Simran.
Ironically Sikh's single largest body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had already conducted surveys of the Gurdwara's of Bangladesh for their development but had not been able to do anything on the ground.