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We are proud to announce that on July 24th, 2004 the
Smithsonian Institution will present an exhibition entitled
"SIKHS: LEGACY OF THE PUNJAB" in the grand opening
of the Sikh Heritage Gallery featuring Sikh manuscripts, art,
and history.
For this auspicious occasion The Sikh Heritage Foundation
and its numerous partner organizations are organizing a
weekend of arts and cultural events that will feature world
renowned musicians, artists, academics, and dignitaries.
The Sikh Heritage Foundation has reserved a block of hotel
rooms at a discount rate at the Hotel Washington for those who
require accomodations. See below for
more information.
Venue: H2O, 800 Water Street, Southwest Waterfront,
202.484.6300, (map)
The Sikh Heritage Foundation Presents:
The Soul of Punjab
Co-Presented by
(Free)
Venue: Smithsonian Institution, Baird Auditorium, National
Museum of Natural History
SIKHS: LEGACY OF THE PUNJAB
Free Morning Lectures on Sikh Heritage and Culture by
academics from the United States, the United Kingdom, and
India featuring:
Arpana Caur - Visual Artist, New Delhi,
India Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh -
Visual Artists from United Kingdom
Dr. Paul Michael Taylor - Smithsonian Curator for the Sikh
Heritage Project, Department of Anthropology, National Museum
of National History, Smithsonian Institution
Amarpreet Malik - "The Future of Sikhism in America"
Gallery Walk Through to be accompanied by music from the Dya
Singh Music Group of Australia.
As a special event this year, several private works from
artists that will be featured in the Sikh Heritage Gallery
will be available in an auction on Friday, July 23rd. Amrit
and Rabindra Kaur Singh have agreed to donate 1/2 of the
proceeds from this auction to the Sikh Heritage Foundation. We
are honored by their gesture, and extend our sincere gratitude
to both of them. All of the works are chosen from the Singh
Twins private touring body of work - The Twin Studio
Collection. The works that will be auctioned, are featured
below:
Maharaja Ranjit Singh With
Princes
1991
11 x 11.4 inches unframed
17 x 20.7 inches framed
Indian poster, Gouache and gold dust on paper
The Laava
1987
4.5 x 4.4 inches unframed
7 x 8.7 inches framed
Indian poster, Gouache and gold dust on paper
Guru Gobind With Sword
1992
5.2 x 5.7 inches unframed
13.25 x 13.75 inches framed
Indian poster, Gouache and gold dust on paper
Wedding Jange 1
1987
7 x 4.8 inches unframed
13 x 10.8 inches framed
Indian poster, Gouache and gold dust on paper
Gulbag, Dalbag, Devinder Singh
1989
8 x 6 inches unframed
12.8 x 10.8 inches framed
Indian poster, Gouache and gold dust on paper
Tickets for Art Meets Beats, Friday evening's event are
available by clicking the button below.
In order to plan your trip effectively, we have set up
accommodations with the Hotel Washington. You can reserve your
rooms by July 1st and get a reduced rate. Please mention
“SIKH HERITAGE FOUNDATION” in order to get a discount rate
of $105 / night.
Lodging Information:
We have arranged for attendees to book reservations at the
Hotel Washington
(http://www.hotelwashington.com/)
515 15th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20004 (Map)
(202) 638-5900
Hotel Washington is located across the street from the
White House, only 10 minutes from National Airport, and
convenient to the Metrorail system. It is two blocks from
Metro Center at 13th and F street.
For any other information feel free to call us at
415-359-1959 or email us at sikhheritage@hotmail.com
The innovative Bobby Friction, one of the original Urban
Asian DJ's with a CV stretching back over the entire history
of Brit-Asian music. Also a member of Ecostani, Performance
Artist and Multi Media Provocateur. Friction is the host of
the wildly popular 'UK Asian Underground Show' on BBC Radio
97.8fm (London) as well as regular performer in Germany,
France, Italy, Eastern Europe and a residency in New Delhi -
INDIA. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/bobbyandnihal/
Affectionately known as the "Godfather of Dhol,"
Lal Singh Bhatti has been a staple of Sikh-American culture
and has proudly performed for three U.S. presidents. Recently
"Lally" performed with U.S. rock stars such as Black
Eyed Peas, The Doors, and 311 at a Project Ahimsa benefit
concert in Los Angeles, CA.LAL SINGH BHATTI will be performing
in the live band, BLACKMAHAL with saxophonists Bryan Flanagan
and Jon Cook on Drums. BLACKMAHAL is live Punjabi-Hip Hop
Experience that recently performed at former Hip-Hop Legend
and RUN DMC member, Jam Master J's tribute event.
This year J GARCIA will be conducting live art performances
to complement music performers on Friday night. His finished
work will be open for auction each evening with 1/2 of
proceeds going towards to Sikh Heritage Foundation. J GARCIA
will be painting Sikh and Punjabi themed work in a live
environment in gracious seva with proceeds to auctioned work
going to the Sikh Heritage Foundation's future preservation
projects. J GARCIA is an award winning muralist who works has
appeared in Illa s'Arenella Villa de Arte, Cadaques, Spain,
The Node Gallery, Santa Cruz, Gallery of the Senses, Seattle,
Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington
DC, SomARTS, San Francisco and Gallery Luscombe, San
Francisco. http://www.jgarcialive.com/
Born in Punjab, the heart of true Bhangra, Bikram was
raised on the sounds that have shaped his life. With early
influences that include Kuldip Manak, Yamla Jatt, Malkit
Singh, Hans Raj Hans, and Surjit Bindrakhia, Bikram was raised
on a steady diet of powerful, emotional Bhangra that has
helped him create a traditional style that continues the proud
tradition of the Punjabi culture, preserving the deep passion,
energy and urgency of the music. Moving to the US in his early
teens, BIKRAM has fused the ancient culture of Punjab and the
"pind" (village), along with a modern sensibility
and edge that resonates with the energetic lifestyle of New
York City. Mixing in striking elements of reggae and hip-hop,
Bikram has brought Bhangra to the future without sacrificing
any of the classic beauty of the music. http://www.bikramsingh.com/
Nihal Mehta has been proficient at a wide range of musical
experimentation. With classical upbringings in string and
brass, Nihal has created a robust base and appreciation for
traditional and contemporary music. Nihal first touched the
turntables in 1998, and was immediately attracted to the world
of Jungle and Drum & Bass - soon he fused these with
traditional Indian sounds, such as female vocals and tabla/sitar.
After learning to play the tabla and sitar both, Nihal
continues to fuse classical Indian sounds into house and
progressive house, merging the worlds of the traditional East
with the contemporary West. Nihal's inspirations include Nitin
Sawhney, Talvin Singh, Miguel Migs and Steve Lawler.
ARPANA CAUR, a self-taught artist, was born in Delhi in
1954. Since the beginning of her career ARPANA's main concern
has been the girl child, condition of women and growing
violence in India. She has been consistently figurative. She
also does printmaking. Between 1975 and 1996, Arpana had 18
solo shows of her paintings, and participated in nine national
and international exhibitions and art festivals, including the
First Baghdad Biennale (1986), Algiers Biennale (1987), group
shows at Saytama Museum and Glenbarra Museum, Japan, the
exhibition 'Imagined City', Museum of Modem Art, Brasilia, Sao
Paolo and Rio de Janeiro (1994-95). In 1995, ARPANA executed
the commission for doing a large painting for the Hiroshima
Museum's permanent collection, on the occasion of the 60th
Anniversary of the Nuclear Holocaust. She received the All
India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award in 1985, Commendation
Certificate at the Algiers Biennale, and Gold Medal at the
Sixth Triennale-India'(1 986), and was nominated by the Lalit
Kala Akademi as the Eminent Artist (1990, '91, '92). Her works
are in many private and public collections in India and abroad
including National Gallery of Modem AM New Delhi, Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, Bradford Museum, U. K.Kunst Museum,
Dusseldorf, Singapore Museum of Modem Art and the Ethnographic
Museum, Stockholm. Arpana Caur lives and works in New Delhi.
London born artists and twin sisters Amrit and Rabindra
have exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. Whilst drawing
essentially on the Indian miniature tradition, their award
winning paintings combine elements from Western and Eastern
aesthetics to create a unique genre in British Art practice
which asserts the value of traditional and non European art
forms to the continuing development of Contemporary Art
practice. Describing their work as Past - Modern (as opposed
to Post Modern), they challenge existing stereotypes and
redefine generally accepted, narrow perceptions of heritage
and identity - exploring cultural, social and political issues
of global significance within a highly decorative, often witty
and symbolic style which has universal appeal and transcends
cultural barriers. With paintings in private and public
collections world wide the Singh Twins (as they are more
popularly known) continue to be invited to present lectures on
their work at institutions such as the Tate Gallery, London;
The Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; University of California,
Santa Barbara and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
DYA SINGH sings about spirituality in his native Punjabi
(with occasional English explanations) and blends traditional
music with modern and contemporary trends. He has taken the
traditional Sikh spiritual music of his ancestral Punjab into
the world music stage reaching out from his source indigenous
music to fusion with music from other parts of the world.
Today DYA SINGH heads one of the foremost 'world' music groups
in Australia named after him and has nine albums in ten short
years. The group was born in 1993. He has twice been awarded
'Instrumentalist of the year' by SAMIA (South Australian Music
Industry awards). The group has twice been nominated 'World
Music Group of the year' winning it once. In the year 2000,
Dya Singh was awarded "Male Artiste of the Year" by
the Australian World Music Organization. The group now travels
widely throughout the world and is highly acclaimed by both
Sikh and alternative mainstream audiences. http://www.sikhnet.com/dya
Drs. Amrik S. and Jaswinder K. Chattha
Ms. Rajinder Kaur Keith, in memory of Ms. Narinder K. Keith
Dr. & Mrs. Sohan S. and Kamaljit K. Chaudhary
Dr. & Mrs. Brijinder S. and Manorma K. Kochhar
Mr. & Mrs. Gurdip S. and Nirmaljeet K. Malik
Dr. & Mrs. Charan S. and Surinder K. Nandra
Drs. Harvinder S. and Asha K. Sahota
Drs. Harvinder S. and Sonia K. Sandhu
Dr. & Mrs. Ajit S. and Rita K. Arora
Mr. & Mrs. Kuldip S. and Pinderpal K. Bains
Dr. & Mrs. Kamaljit S. and Kavelle K. Bajaj
Drs. Surinder S. and Jagdeep K. Bajwa
Mrs. Manjeet K. Bansal and grandchildren
Mr. & Mrs. Balbir S. and Kuldeep K. Basi
Dr. & Mrs. Guriqbal S. and Jagdish K. Basi, and Amar Iqbal
and Heera Basi
Dr. & Mrs. Raghbir S. and Brijinder K. Basi and Rajpreet
S. Basi
Drs. Samir M. and Amita K. Bhatt
Sardar & Sardarni Ishar S. and Kuljit K. Bindra
Dr. & Mrs. Balbir S. and Raminder K. Brar
Drs. Satpal S. and Komal Kiron K. Dang
Mr. & Mrs. Mohinder S. and Pawan K. Datta
Dr. & Mrs. Prabhjot S. and Sheena Deol
Drs. Eldan B. and Geetinder K. Chattha Eichbaum
Dr. & Mrs. Narinder S. and Jasbir K. Gahunia
Drs. Sachinder S. and Bijaya A. Hans
Mr. & Mrs. Daljit S. and Rajinder K. Khara
Drs. Surendrapal S. and Harjit Bala Mac
Dr. & Mrs. Baljeet S. and Reena K. Mahal
Dr. & Mrs. Jasbir S. and Vickie C. Makar
Drs. Jasbir S. and Satinder K. Mann
Dr. & Mrs. Nirmal S. and Balbir K. Nilvi
Dr. & Mrs. Gurnam S. and Khushwant K. Pannu
Dr. & Mrs. Sardul S. and Surinderjit G. Pannu
Mr. & Mrs. Ajit S. and Kanwaljit K. Randhava
Mr. & Mrs. Harbhajan S. and Sharanjit K. Samra
Drs. Rajbir S. and Satwant K. Samra
Mr. & Mrs. Sukhminder S. and Ranjit K. Sandhu
Drs. & Mrs. Ujjal S. and Sukhbinder K. Sandhu
Drs. Jagjit S. and Parkash K. Sehdeva, and Pauljeet S. Sehdeva
Drs. Baljit S. and Jatinder K. Sidhu
Sikh Heritage Foundation (Weirton, West Virginia)
Drs. Navtej S. and Rekha K. Singh
Drs. Piara S. and Kamla K. Singh
Dr. & Mrs. Ranjeet S. and Justine Overturf Singh
Mr. & Mrs. Ajit S. and Darshan K. Thiara
Mr. and Mrs. Chain Singh and Satwant Kaur Sandhu
Special Thanks
The Sikh Heritage Foundation (Weirton, West Virginia) for
community support.
The Malik family for exhibitry objects.
Metreon, A Sony Entertainment Center
Late
Night Project unleash 8
monster tracks from this debut album produced by Jeeti.
The
Late Night Project are a collective producing music for a number of
artists
and have their first production by Jeeti who has produced and worked
along
side some of the biggest names in the industry.
Presenting
“the brightest star to cross the sky…..”
At
the age of 21, Jeeti has an establishedmusical
background inspired by
Bhangra
bands past and present.
Jeeti
has developed a distinctive level of quality in his production that features
on
Off
The Hook
TRACK
LISTING
1.Aaja soniye
Kam
Bhamra
Sonny
MC
2.
Sona Dil
Ranjit
Mani
3.
Sajna
Master
Rakesh
4.
Kuri
Dil Teh
Mangi
Mahal
5.
Mela
Lehmber
Hussainpuri
6.
Dildara
Meena
Kumari
7.
Nach
Kam
Bhamra
8.
Manak Mix
Kuldeep
Manak
Music
arranged, composed and
produced
by Jeeti
Recorded
and Engineered at
Late
Night Project Studios by Jeeti
Mastered
at
Frantic
Studios by Frantic Kam
Musical
contributions
Track
1: Tumbi: Jeeti , Dhol: Tubsy
Track
2: Tumbi, Flute: Dev Raj Jassal,
Dhol
Tabla Dholki: Dholplayers.com
Track
7: Tumbi: Jeeti
Track
8: Tumbi: Jeeti , Dhol: Dav
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Subject: Shaheedi Immortality II : The Second Rising | Press Release
Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh
Shaheedi Immortality II :
The Second Rising
"Sir Jave Ta Jave Mera Sikhi Sidhak Na Jave"
(if I die then so be it, but may my faith in
Sikhi remain firm)
This
year commemorates the 20th anniversary of the attack on the most holiest Sikh
shrine Sri Darbar Sahib (The Golden Temple) Amritsar along with 40 historical
Sikh Shrines and the November massacres, which left thousands dead, wounded,
destroyed and homeless. As these events fade from public memory, it is the
victims that continue to grieve with their hopes of securing justice from the
Indian state, and loved ones returning, rapidly eroding.
A whole generation of Sikh youth have been wiped out in India during the last
two decades of the anti-Sikh lynching through ‘police encounters’, which
were in reality extra judicial executions, or commonly known to Human Rights
Organizations as fake police encounters. Many others have been tortured to
death, some missing never to return to their loved ones, thousands remain in
prison and hundreds on death row.
As the sons and daughters of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, we must ask ourselves
what we can do.Let us start by
remembering the sacrifices of the four sahibzades and the countless other Sikhs
who have given their all to protect the honour of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
This album is dedicated to those individuals who have given their all to uphold
the tradition of martyrdom, we pay homage to the Shaheeds of the Sikh Nation
from past to present, those who continue to tread the path and those who will
play the game of love through shaheedi – they will be immortal and never
forgotten.
Profits from the sale of this CD will go back into doing sewa, the contributors
have not taken a penny in producing this project.
We
hope you will enjoy the CD and hopefully we will all Awake (Jago) to the
suffering off our brothers and sisters back home and take positive action in
attaining justice!
The
first release will be at the Southall Nagar Kirtan on the 4th April 2004
So get your copies there or contact us at info@shaheedi.com
for other release dates.
> Hi,
>
> People have seen the Passion of Christ Jesus but when they would see the
> Passion of the Second anointed Christ Arjan Dev Ji, then they would have
> Passion with no limits.
>
> Christ Jesus died the same day whilst Satguru Arjan Dev Ji suffered 3
> days on hot iron plate with hot sand pouring over his head and that too
> in the month of June.
>
> Jesus was killed by the Jews of flesh, the tares whilst Satguru Arjan
> Dev Ji was killed by the Khatris.
>
> So, who are the greatest sons of Satan, the Jews or the Khatris?
>
> Here are some PDF files in Punjabi on the Ten Lights, Vaisakhi, etc.
I
> can help with the production of Films.
>
> MY LECTURES ARE FREE.
>
>
>
>
Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar, M.Sc.
>
144, Hamilton Road, Reading,
>
Berkshire RG1 5RE, U.K.
>
Tel. 0044 118 962 3200,
>
>
By the grace (BAL) of Ram, you acquire satguru.
> Gnostics are the living christs (satgurus)
and NOT Christians, of
> Living
>
Allah (Spirit) or PAAR BRAHM..
> BRAHMA DAE LOGH UPKAARI; PAAR BRAHM DAE PAR UPKAARI.
>
> Article in Punjab (PDF format):
>
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/pdbirti.pdf
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/pdchar.pdf
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/pdten.pdf
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/pdvais.pdf
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/pdvirg.pdf
>
>
> Why should I fast, what "sin" have I committed?
>
and
> Why should I pray, what "wrong" have I done?
>
> Fasting and the prayer is for the "Once-born" people
> whilst the "Twice-born" know that the matters of their
> hearts are known to God. The "Twice-born" rather:-
>
> "Renew their "innerman", the christ, every day".
>
> HOLY SPIRIT SHATTERS THE FETTERS OF THE LETTERS
>
> SCRIPTURE + HOLY SPIRIT (COMMON SENSE) = GOSPEL
>
> A person is a Virgin when he is led by his "innerman", the christ.
>
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/gnostic.htm
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/sikhism.htm
> http://www.nijjhar.freeserve.co.uk/onegod.htm
> Dear Sir,
> With reference to your presence on net, I would like
> to be a part of your working if suitable for you.
> Currently I am translating for some of the prestigious
> concerns of India.
> My language combinations are : English - Hindi and
> Marathi - Hindi.
> I am having experience of literature, how to books,
> motivational literature, kids books and all related
> subjects.
> Kindly inform me if I can serve for the esteemed
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>
> Attached herewith : my resume.
>
> Waiting for the positive response
> With thanks and best regards
> Antara Karvade
>
>
> Antara Karvade
> A Brief sketch
>
> Antara belongs to a Musicians family. Her father is
> doctor of violin and one of the well-known personality
> in the field of performing arts.
> Antara selected "words" as her mates either then
> musical "swaras".
>
> She has done her post graduation as M.I.B. (Master of
> International Business) and currently pursuing
> M.B.A.(Master of Business Administration). Also
> holding music degrees in classical vocal and violin.
>
> She started writing for news papers at the age of 15
> and this is continue as now she is 27. She has
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> English.
>
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>
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> Hindi combination.
>
> She is editing one religious Hindi magazine
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> spiritual magazine "Yathartha Aarogya".
>
> Currently Antara is working as content provider for
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>
> Last but not the least Antara is upcoming poetess,
> here too in three languages but with first love as
> Hindi.
>
> She has a hand written collection of Hindi Poetry,
> Hindi Short story, Hindi long story and looking
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>
> Antara is engaged with various Marathi, English and
> Hindi translation jobs on projects basis. Marathi and
> Hindi work done by her are available in "Shusha" font.
> She is specially working for the old literature
> versions such as kabir and other poet's thoughts.
>
> Contact details:
>
> Antara Karvade
> 117, Shri Nagar Ext.
> Indore - 1
> +91/731/2563930
> WAHEGURU JEE KA KHALSA
> WAHEGURU JEE KI FATEH
>
> MAI IK WOODEN ARTIST HAN. WAHEGURU JEE DI APAAR
> BAKHSHISH DA SADKA GOD GIFT DE RUP WICH MAINU AEH ART
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> MAI PICHHALE 2 YEARS TO ART NU PROMOTE KARAN WASTE HAR
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> NEWSPAPERS DE WICH BHI ART DE BARE KAI BAR CHHAP
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> Shekhawat JEE NU V EK MODEL SRI HEMKUNT SAHIB DA BHENT
> KAR CHUKEYA HAN. PAR HAJE TAK MAINU AES ART NU PROMOTE
> KARAN DA RASTA NAHIN MILEYA. MAI DELHI WICH CONNOUGHT
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>
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> HON. JISDE DWARA MAI V PUNJABIYAT NU WORLD CH IK
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seen the web page.it was a good experience.i am a hindi writer.can i send
you some of my works for publication in your net magzine?can i do it by e-mail?please
tell me.holi ki shubhkamnayen---tarun
My Son Sandeep Singh Chahal got married .I am sending two photographs
and press release for your newspapers.Please feel free to give me a
call if you have any question@408-935-9160
Best Regards,
Satnam Singh Chahal
136-Beacon Drive Milpitas
ca 95035
PRESS RELEASE
Milpitas Resident and son of Mr Satnam Singh
Chahal Commissioner city milpitas Mr Sandeep Singh Chahal got married
with Miss Rupinder Kaur in Gurudwara Fremont.Several community leaders
and city and County officials attended the event. Baba Daljit Singh
KhalsaChairman of Sikh Mission of America,Mr Gurnam Singh Pamma,Mr
Amarjit Singh Tut,Mayor Jose Esteeves,Vice Mayor Patricia Dixon,Mr Bob
livengood and Althea Polanki Both city Council Members.Mr Mike From
M.S.D.B,Mrs Arezou Azrani C.E.and Radio Geet Sangeet host Mrs Asha
Sharma were among the others who attended this event.Mr Pete Mcough
Chairman of the Board of Supervisor of Santa Clara County declared the
wedding day as Sandeep and Rupinder Chahal day
to make this event wonderful and memorial.He presented a proclamation to
the couple and their parents on behalf of the County of Santa Clara in
the County office
Caption of the photos
1-Mr Pete Mcough presenting a proclamation
to the couple and Mr Satnam Singh Chahal is standing near them
2-Photo of the newly wedded couple Sandeep
and Rupinder
> Dear Rattan Ji,
>
> Where can I get a copy of Paviter paapi in Punjabi? Also My name is
> Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon. I am British born and have taught myself as a
> second language Punjabi. I want to write about the views of second
> generation Indian in the west , but in Punjabi. I am not rich and therefore
> can not afford expensive fees, but would like to share our British Indian
> experinces witrh the non English speaking masses.
>
> Please find linked in a very British Indian style of writing ( not Native
> Punjabi) an extract from my book in Anmolipi font. If you are interested
> please contact me.
>
>
> Yours Sincerely
>
> R S Dhillon MA BSc Hons
Subject: This Amavas Rain was Witness to their Prayer
> KARTARPUR (RAVI) DARSHAN ABHILAKHI SANSTHA
> Nakodar Chowk, JALANDHAR Punjab India
> Tel. 0183-2272389, 9814066360, 0183-2421915
> www.kartarpur.com
>
>
> Press Note
> This Amavas Rain was Witness to their Prayer
>
> (Amritsar: Thursday Jan.22, 2004)
> It was about 2pm.The place is Indo-Pak border near the sleepy Indian town
of Dera Baba Nanak in Distt. Gurdaspur. The cold (It was about 5o Celsius)
couldn't deter them from their pious prayers. Plus this time the drizzle
was witness apart from almighty God. Because it was their 35th amavas prayer in
a row. And they are praying since April 2001 every amavas, the moonless
day. And they said, "Oh God Waheguru bestow strength to our beloved Prime
Minister Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee to agree to the international peace proposal
and strengthen the hands of Gen. Musharraf the President of Pakistan who has
announced to grant a corridor to Kartarpur." No doubt it was an
unusual prayer and that too on the 'enemy border' in the witness of Indian
Border Security Force and the Pakistani Rangers. It was a prayer for
international Peace on the Indo-Pak border which often witnesses echo of gun
shots.
>
> This amavas they were only about 300 strong. They are the die-hard Sikh 'darshan
abhilakhi' the pilgrimage aspirants of the foremost Sikh shrine
Kartarpur or the abode of God which lay on Indo-Pak border within the Pak
territory. They are led by Jathedar Kuldip Singh Wadala ex-MLA, ex-Gen.
Secretary of Sikh Parliament the SGPC.
>
> But this time they were a little disappointed. Not because of the official
delay in the approval of 'Corridor Plan' but because the visibility was poor and
high elephant grass was grown in-between the border and their beloved Kartarpur.
>
> In the end of their prayers they also prayed to the Pak Rangers,
"Brothers if you hear, we request you in the name of Allah, please remove
the high elephant grass that prevent our 'darshan'.
>
> The cause of their other disappointment was the behaviour of leaders of
their brother Sikh Party the Shromani Akali Dal which "was in fact damaging
the Sikh cause," said their leader, "Because we want open corridor and
these people are requesting the Indian Govt to allow a delegation of 100
pilgrims to Kartarpur." Wadala said, "They are betraying the Sikh
cause." It is reminded that recently the Sikh body has sought Indian
permission for a Jatha of 100 Sikhs to visit Kartarpur.
>
> Kartarpur is the first ever Sikh shrine situated on the right bank of river
Ravi just 2 Kms. from the Indo-Pak border. Guru Nanak the founder of religion
was always on the move but here he stayed for 18 years to demonstrate and
practise his theory thus it became first laboratory of Sikhism. It is a
unique place which is revered by all the three communities. It is the last abode
of the Founder where his Islamic tomb and Hindu smadh exist side by side.
Interestingly one smadh (third)exist in the Indian side as well. The Pakistan
Govt has agreed to grant a free passage to the Indian Sikhs to pay their
obeisance. Every Amavas day the Sikhs gather at border from where the shrine the
miraculous place is visible, and pray for international peace and opening .
>
> Sir, even Sir Ceril Radcliffe who drew boundary-line between India
and Pakistan in 1947 could not divide Kartarpur. People know that as per June 3,
1947 declaration the whole of Gurdaspur distt. was given to Pakistan which meant
that Kartarpur had gone deep in Pakistan territory. But the division didn't work
and had to be revised. Radcliffe bisected Gurdaspur in such a way that Kartarpur
was exactly on the borderline.
>
> The Pakistan Govt has agreed to grant a free passage to the Indian Sikhs to
pay their obeisance. That means no passport or visa is required. But the Govt of
India has not so far favourably reacted to the Pak proposal.
>
> B.S.Goraya
> Secretary (Press Relations)
> Tel: 0183-2421915
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New year arrival
Stormy weather fails to delay Sacramento's debut baby of 2004
By Tony Bizjak -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PST Friday, January 2, 2004
On a New Year's morning buffeted by wind and rain, the area's first baby of 2004
remained calm and collected, even through the momentary mid-morning power outage
at Mercy General Hospital in east Sacramento.
Shanejit Singh, born at 10 seconds after midnight, basically slept through it
all.
Singh is the second son born to Baljit and Harmith Singh, who moved here from
Fiji five years ago for a better life.
Shanejit came into the world weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measuring 20
inches.
It was, said his mother, Harmith, a pretty easy labor. Shanejit slumbered in her
arms, seeming to grimace a couple of times during Sacramento's first press
conference of the year.
He looked regal with a Happy New Year crown on a head of thick black hair.
"I just waited for a few minutes" until near midnight, then pushed,
the mother said. "I'm very excited."
Dad works as a press operator for the Pennysaver publishing company.
The couple moved to the United States with their first son, Indarjit Singh, when
political unrest and an economic downturn made it tough to keep the family dairy
farm running, Baljit Singh said.
They came to Sacramento to be with other members of the Singh family.
Mom hopes that means good opportunity for her New Year's son.
"I want him to be something like a doctor or lawyer," she said.
"I want him to be nice to his mom and dad and brother. I have hopes for
him."
Dad, for his part, wants Shanejit "to be just a good, educated
citizen."
With that, a sleeping Shanejit appeared to offer a good citizen's first smile.
Southern California quake kills at least 2
Monday, December 22, 2003
PASO ROBLES, Calif.- An earthquake rocked California's central coast Monday and
shook the state from Los Angeles to San Francisco, collapsing old downtown
buildings in this small town and killing at least two people in the rubble.
The 11:16 a.m. quake - its magnitude measured at 6.5 - pitched the roof of Paso
Robles' 1892 clock tower building into the street, crushing a row of parked cars
in this San Luis Obispo County town about 20 miles east of the epicenter.
It was the most powerful quake to strike California since a 7.1 quake rocked the
desert near Joshua Tree more than four years ago. No one was killed in the 1999
quake.
The main shock Monday was centered in a sparsely populated area about 11
miles north of the coastal town of Cambria. It was immediately followed by at
least five aftershocks larger than 3.3, the biggest of which was estimated at
4.7, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake shook the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, the estate of the legendary
publisher William Randolph Hearst. The castle - popular with tourists this time
of its year because of its Hearst family Christmas ornaments - reported no
injuries and no immediate signs of any serious damage but was evacuated as a
precaution.
The quake also rocked the federal courthouse in San Francisco, 165 miles to the
northwest of the epicenter, and sent the building's upper floors swaying for
about 30 seconds. People in downtown Los Angeles, 185 miles southeast, felt a
sustained rolling motion.
"It was pretty sharp," said Sharyn Conn, receptionist at the oceanside
Cypress Cove Inn in Cambria, population 6,200. "It really went on and on. I
just got everyone under the door frames and rode it out."
In Paso Robles, a town of 25,000 people in a region dotted with wineries and
horse ranches, firefighters dug through the debris of the collapsed row of
stores in the clock-tower building.
Two people were confirmed dead in Paso Robles, said Ron Alsop, emergency
services coordinator in the largely rural county of about 250,000 people. A
third person was missing there, he said.
Nick Sherwin, 61, who operated Pan Jewelers in the building, said he had ordered
five employees and eight customers out, but "the big jolt hit" when he
was about 10 feet from the door.
"My roof basically jumped onto the street and landed on cars with people in
them," Sherwin said as he watched firefighters recover the bodies. The cars
"are crushed like little toys, nothing left."
Other than Paso Robles, damage appeared minor elsewhere in the region. Several
people were reported hurt by falling barrels at a winery, San Luis Obispo County
authorities said.
About 10,000 homes and businesses were without power in the San Luis Obispo
area, said John Nelson, spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric. Phone service
became spotty as the system quickly became overloaded.
At the Hearst Castle, the only known damage was a blown transformer in the
campground below the hill, said Roy Stearns, spokesman for the state Department
of Parks and Recreation. But a crew was being organized to go through each of
the castle's 150 rooms to look more carefully.
The quake was felt in the control room of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
operated by PG&E. Nelson said that there appeared to be no damage to the
plant and that it was functioning normally, but officials would conduct a
"walk-through" to be sure.
The quake struck in a known fault zone on a series of faults that run parallel
to the San Andreas Fault, said Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the U.S.
Geological Survey office in Pasadena.
"It's luckily on the coast - there is not very much nearby. That's a good
thing," she said.
The last one of a similar size in the area was in 1952, said Ross Stein of the
USGS in Menlo Park.
"This probably shook strong enough you would expect all kinds of damage to
the contents of houses," said Tom Heaton, professor of earthquake
engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He added landslides were
also possible.
Superintendent Pamela Martens of the Coast Unified School District in Cambria
said school was already recessed for the holidays and there were no reports of
injuries among staff.
"Right now we're seeing things off the shelf and all over the place.
Computers are down," she said.
Subject: Indian Canadians run but don't win mayoral poll
Indian
Canadians run but don't win mayoral poll
Thursday,
November 13, 2003
TORONTO:
At least seven Indo-Canadians ran for mayor of Toronto, the biggest
metropolis in Canada with probably the largest concentration of South
Asians, but lost badly in a race that had 40 candidates.
Among the two frontrunners, Liberal David Miller, 44, a Harvard
University law graduate, won with 44 percent, and John Tory came second,
with 38 percent of the votes.
Except for three other candidates who were actually seen by voters on
television, virtually none of the others were given any face time nor
considered serious contenders.
Ahmad Shehab made out the best with 1,796 votes. Ram Narula secured 504,
Monowar Hossain 407, Duri Naimji 398, Rabindra Prashad 180, Hardy Dhir
144 and Ratan Wadhwa 86. All were considered to have secured zero
percent of the vote.
Among the councillors, except for Bas Balkissoon from ward 41 in
Scarborough, no other Indo-Canadian managed a significant showing even
in heavily South Asian areas.
Toronto prides itself on being the most multi-ethnic city but did not
deliver a municipal council that reflected that diversity.
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Dear Rattan Reehal
This is Riaz Ul Hassan Khilji from Punjab Lok Rahs.
We are a parallel theater group in Lahore – Pakistan. Our group is working
on several issues like education, women rights, child rights, unemployment and
many problems directly related to people and projecting it through theater.
I am sending you our introduction documents of our
organization. The basic purpose for this contact is to develop some
organizational relations with other peoples and organizations working in
theater and development. This is an effort also to form a circle of such
groups around the globe for work sharing, developing new contacts and finding
new dimensions.
Rahs performs plays only in the mother language of
its audience – the people of Punjab. The group believes that the mother
language lies at the heart of the issue of cultural identity and is central to
the political struggle of the down trodden classes as well in our part of the
world.
We are working to develop a database of the
Punjabi people living around the globe. This will include Punjabi websites and
portals, virtual groups, individuals who are working for Punjabi or related to
Punjabi activities and Punjabi activist organizations. This will help to
consolidate and empower Punjabi activates in different regions of the world.
I am also arranging a data base of all Punjabi
organizations and Punjabi people who are working for their mother language in
any way. We are arranging a Punjabi "mela" on 17 to 22
Feb.,2004 for the promoting Punjabi & Punjabi literature. I will send
you all information and web site name of this Mela after few days.
Aap key site daikhnay ka ittefaq houa.. acha laga k dayar e ghair mai aap
log urdu k liay kam kar rahay hain.. main page par Khana e kaba key tasveer
daikh kar hairat bhi hoi aur khushi bhi... kuch link nazar nahi aa
rhay ... world punjabi conference key pic daikh kar acha laga..aik tajveez
day raha houn umeed hai k aap pasand farmain gay.. apni is site ko mukammal
urdu mai karain ta k zayda say zayda log mustafid hou sakain..adab say
mutaliqa logo key shair bhi is site par rakhain... aur latest news about
your conference..
READ EACH SENTENCE SLOWLY AND THINK ABOUT IT......
LOVE
starts with a SMILE ,
grows with a KISS ,
and ends with a TEAR.
DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
Good FRIENDS are hard to find,
harder to leave,
and
impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you push.
ACTIONS speak louder than words.
The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while
you might miss it.
A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE.
Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it.
BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.
When it HURTS
to look back, and you're SCARED
to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST
FRIEND will be there.
TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER.
Good friends are like STARS
You don't always see them,
but you know they are ALWAYS THERE.
DON'T frown.
You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person
who made you cry?
Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave
footprints in your heart. Send this on to everyone special in your life,
even the people who really make you MAD sometimes
Who
will stop the killings of innocent Sikhs in United States
After
the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States Sikhs in the United States are living under the shadow of fear
and terrorism. In various cities in the United States Sikhs are
being brutally murdered by some bad elements as they wear the
various colored turbans. The whole world knows that Sikhs are a
peace loving community and has nothing to do with any kind of
terrorist activities. Not only this most of the Sikhs put their
lives in danger to save the lives of peoples in the world trade
center during September 11 attack. But it is more than unfortunate
that during the past few months several innocent Sikhs are brutally
murdered. Killing of innocent Sikhs is happening one after the other
and there seems no end of killing.Now the question is that who is
responsible to save the lives of innocent Sikhs. Simple answer of
this question is that police administration and law enforcement
agencies are responsible to save the lives of its citizens on whom
the huge amount of the taxpayers is being spent for their services.
But this is a matter of great regret and of human concern that these
law enforcement agencies are not doing their job honestly and
sincerely. Look at the remarks of one cab company owner of Redwood
City, which appeared in the San Jose mercury news on Sept. 15,2003
after the killing of Sikh cab driver, “Everyday these drivers are
insulted by passengers who tell them ‘go back to your own country
or call them Bin Laden he said and when they go to complain about
this to the police they never listen, I think that the police feel
we are not part of the community so they can not be bothered to take
the time to help us out.” Not only this the Redwood City police
officials continued playing with the body of Sikh cab driver who was
shot dead and with the grieved family from 3:00 am to 7:00 am.on the
date of killing of this Sikh Cab Driver Police even gave no clue
about the killing of this Sikh driver to his family members. Now the
question arises that if the police
Administration
cannot save the lives of its citizens then what is the fun to spend
a huge amount of money of the taxpayers on the police
administration. Is there any body who can ask the police
administration that is the job of the police is only to move around
in the police vehicles and citing traffic law offenders only. It is
also more than unfortunate that after every killing of every Sikh
cab driver we are watching lot of stories in the media about the
future planning and stragedy of the police on how to save the lives
of cab drivers. But sorry to say that nothing happened in a period
of more than two years. We must remember that we are only mourning
the deaths of each innocent Sikh and expressing our sympathy with
the grieved families but who will wash the tears of the grieved
family members for the rest of their lives. One can only say that
only the bearer of the shoe knows where his shoe is pinching .In
other words families who lost their loved ones can only feel what is
going on in their
hearts, no body else. The need of the hour is to gear up the police
administration in every city to make them more effective and
responsible to save the lives of their citizens. Can we expect from
the law enforcement agencies that necessary measures will be taken
seriously to save the lives of innocent Sikhs in future??
Subject: People’s Forum Punnjab® is organizing liter-cultural
function”Sandhli Sawer 2003
Respected
Sir/Madam
People’s
Forum Punnjab® is organizing liter-cultural
function”Sandhli Sawer 2003”
on 14th September2003 at Bargari, Faridkot Punjab. (See details
in attached invitation card) .You are cordially invited to participate
with us.
> Respected Sir,
> Sat Sri Akal,
>
> I'm residing at Patiala (Punjab)India and doing Ph.D.
> in Punjabi. I wish to know the e-mail address of Madam
> Kailash Puri, 6-Haven Green Court, Haven Green, London
> W5 2WY,U.K., a great punjabi novelist. Her e-mail
> address is not available on Web page of British
> Punjabi Writers. I shall be very grateful to you if
> you may please provide me her e-mail address because I
> have some points to consult with her on my Ph.D. topic
> which is related to immigrant punjabis.
> Looking forward for your early e-mail reply.
> Sorry, for inconvenience,
> With regards,
> Yours sincerely,
> Rajesh Munjal
> Hi
>
> I am a lawyer practicing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court at
> Chandigarh India, and am currently in the Hague Academy of International
> Law of the International Court of Justice.
>
> I came across your site and was wondering if you would be interested in
> commissioning a small series of articles on the issue of Landlord -
> Tenant litigation in Punjab and Haryana.
>
> Since I practice in this field and since a large number of NRIs and
> people living in Britian, Canada etc. still have property rented out
> back in India, and since they usually are unable to understand the legal
> issues involved in dealing with the tenants or the courts or even their
> lawyers, it may be a good idea.
>
> You may please email me if you are interested; in which case I shall
> email you an outline which you may then approve.
>
> Regards
>
> Harpreet Singh Giani
> Advocate
> The Hague, Netherlands
With reference to above website I need some information
and details on Bhagwan Valmiki who is the writer of Classical Sanskrit
epic Ramayana. I am working on its website. Please go thru it and send me
help in this regard. I shall be highly thankful to you if you can send me
some material about Bhagwan Valmiki Ji.
Today one of my friend Dr Farrukh Khan, teaching post-colonial literature at
LUMS, forwarded me the cite in response to which I am writing to you.
I attended the WPC held
in London as a journalist. There are lots of controversies one can
bring to light with solid undeniable facts but I would prefer to limit myself
to the rumpus created at the conference cite. As for the arrangements,
logistics and behavior of Amin Malik I can forward you contacts of
the delegates from Pakistan whom can be contacted for further
confirmation.
As for Amin Malik it is true that a Sikh guy
broke his nose. But that unfortunate incident happened when Amin Malik pushed
the Sikh guy physically when he was discussing the poor
arrangements made by the conference host. The moment Amin Malik pushed the
local Sikh guy he got furious and punched his face. It has got
nothing to do with Iqbal Quasir except the fact that he is very well known in Sikh
community because of his contribution to Punjabi language and literature and the book
he has written about the Sikh Shrines in Pakistan. It has also got
nothing to do with the Atta Ullah and others. I repeat that the
facts about this unfortunate rumpus can be confirmed from other
Pakistani delegates who were around at that moment because almost
all of them were staying at a gurdwara and were about to leave board
the buss near which the incident took place.
However, I am amazed at the shamelessness
of the Amin Malik who instead of acknowledging the blunders is
blaming the delegates who suffered because of his irresponsible and childish attitude.
> Dear Punjabi Loki,
>
> You may be familiar with work on 5abi.com relating to teaching Punjabi to
> English speakers. I need the equivalent lessons reconstructed in Shahmukhi
> script Punjabi.
>
> Also I am working on a new project called PREM ( Punjabi Risorgimento
> Evolution Movement) about introducing new words in Punjabi, only where none
> are existing. Mainly nouns, for international animal names.
>
> I can not do this work alone, and as Punjabi in Europe and North America is
> developing differently from the Language either in India ( Stronly Hindi
> influented) or Pakistan ( Stronly Urdu Influenced), Patiala University have
> not offered so far to assist.
>
> As I have argued before at Apnaorg, like Amrican English differs from
> British English, so is European Punjabi or World Punjabi from India.
>
> I require a good few souls to become involved, and someone to set up a PREM
> website ASAP.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> R Dhillon
Subject: FYI Please -A COPY OF THE LETTER FROM Chairman RNC
Dear Satnam,
President Bush's work
to strengthen the economy and create jobs continued this week as the
President emphasized new ways to help unemployed Americans and small
businesses. President Bush laid out his plan to improve job training and
give workers the skills and education they need to find good jobs. The
President's proposals include Personal Re-employment Accounts that will give
over a million unemployed Americans up to $3,000 they can spend on training,
education, or in other ways that help their job search. President Bush is
also pushing for federal job training programs that are flexible,
accountable, and focused on helping individuals to acquire the skills they
need to get the jobs most in demand - not on enlarging a government
bureaucracy.
Earlier in the week, the President visited New Jersey to highlight how his
new jobs and growth law is already helping small business create jobs. Small
businesses across America are expanding because the new law allows them to
deduct $100,000 of their new equipment purchases - four times the old amount
- and provides meaningful tax relief for the small business owner. The
President's economic agenda is already working to spur new investment and
create jobs, and the President is continuing to build on this positive
momentum with innovative policies to further stimulate the economy.
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Subject: Please send me list of institutions where Punjabi is being
taught
Respected
Sir,
I hope
this letter will find you in the best of health and spirit. I am a research
scholar at Punjabi University Patiala (India), pursuing multidisciplinary research related
with the field of Punjabi language, Applied Linguistics and Education .The
topic of my research is 'Teaching and Study of Punjabi as a Second
Language'. (An applied linguistics perspective)
Punjabi
as a second language is a new & emerging concept as Punjabi has become
second language in Hindi-speaking-areas (i.e. Delhi, Hariana, Himachal Pradesh etc) and
English-speaking-areas (i.e. Canada, UK.USA, Singapore etc). As per language science
is concerned Mother tongue, First language and Second languages are
entirely different concepts but for Punjabi teaching, history reveals that
we are taking all these things as same. Although linguistic situations
in English-speaking-areas (Canada, UK, USA) are entirely different from Punjab (India), where Punjabi is a mother tongue of majority
people but we are still using traditional teaching materials and
methods-techniques for Punjabi teaching in English-speaking-areas same as Punjab (India). It‘s a huge violation of theories and
principles of Educational Linguistics.
As the
outcome of great struggle of Punjabi lovers, now Punjabi has become second
language in Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (India), British Columbia
(Canada), UK and USA, but we have no research based teaching
materials and methods-techniques for Punjabi teaching as a second /Foreign
language. So Punjabi teaching in Hindi-speaking-areas and
English-speaking-areas (especially in Canada, UK&USA) is facing lot of problems. In the present
circumstances, when Punjabi language has got status of second language in
States other than Punjab (India) and abroad, linguistic research is
essential and required for the solution of problems of Punjabi teaching and
studies, which are entirely different from the problems of Punjabi teaching
as a first language.
For the
fulfillment of this purpose, NowPunjabiUniversity, Patiala (India) has begun research
(PhD level) in this field. The
sole purpose of present research is to develop teaching-learning materials
and techniques for the ' Teaching of
Punjabi as a Second / Foreign language in above mentioned areas. I
am pursuing above-mentioned research (PhD).It’s first research (PhD
level) in the field of Punjabi language teaching. For this research; I
have to collect research-related primary data from Hindi-speaking-areas and
English-speaking-areas. Based on analysis of such data the study will
provide its considerations/suggestions and solutions about the problems of
Punjabi teaching and studies as a second language. My University is sending
me to Canada, U.S.A, and U.K for data collection shortly (Letter
for this purpose has been sent to concerned embassy). I have done all
theoretical work for this research and now it’s near about completion.
Please
send me the list (name,
addresses ie.Fax, email etc) of
eminent schools / institutions where Punjabi is being taught.
Academy
of the Punjab in North America (APNA)
Newsletter : May 30, 2003
Dear APNA Members and
Friends,
Hope you are doing
well. Following, please find some APNA news and updates:
APNA is currently
working on a major project to establish a permanent institution in West
Punjab for the promotion and development of Punjabi language in Pakistan. We
are at the early stages of planning. The idea is to raise funds in
the USA and Canada for the establishment of a high ranking body of Punjabi
writers, scholars and activists for the purpose of language planning,
introduction of Punjabi language as the medium of education at primary
school level, publishing books, magazines, daily newspaper and other
projects. We will greatly appreciate any input from you on the goals
and objectives and structure of this institution, as well as, your
suggestions and proposals for fund raising.
Balwant Gargi,
pioneer of play writing in Punjabi and a major figure in modern
Punjabi literature passed away on April 21, 2003. APNA, ISHA and
other Punjabi organizations in the Washington DC Metropolitan area held a
meeting to remember Balwant Gargi's life and work. You may read some of
the news coverage of Gargi's death at: http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/gargi/
Moizullah Tariq
Malik, an active member of APNA and a highly gifted young Punjabi poet
also passed away in April 2003. You may review his Collection
of Poetry in Roman/English that he had posted on APNA Discussion Forum
over the last couple of years.
We have added a
lot more material on APNA web page, including:
Please note that this message is sent to APNA
members and others who may be interested in Punjabi literature and music. If
you are not the intended receiver of this message, please help us in cleaning
our e-mail list by clicking on the following link to remove your e-mail from
our list: Remove
e-mail from APNA mailing list.
My name is Adrienne Goldsmith and I contact you because I think that our sites
are compatible and I would like to exchange links with your site http://www.punjabielm.co.uk/inside_page.htm.
My site's url is: "qozi.com/poetry".
It is poetry related and contains different resources about this subject.
So, if you would like to exchange links with me you have to submit your site's
info at: http://www.qozi.com/poetry/form.html
and you will see your link up on our site within a week.
Also this is the information that you can use in order for you to link back to
us:
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Subject: Some information about Irak Gurudwara Sahib
Dear all Guru Nanak Nam Leva jeo,
Waheguru ji ka khalsa
Waheguru ji ki Fateh
I can easily feel the pulse of all Guru Nanak Nam Leva residing in the every
corner of the world that they are too much anxious about the fate of
Gurudwara Sahib in Bagdad.There are still two news, one is good news, which
indicates that Gurudwara Building is safe and nothing wrong happened
with the building.But at the same time there is one more news through the
sources of Punjab Govt that the Gurudwara Sahib Building is damaged and Govt
is trying to Repair this building. So for as my personal information is
concerned nothing happened to the building.I have some information about
this Gurudwara Sahib which I would like to share with you all.During the
Iran -Irak war in 1979-1980 I was there in Bagdad.After entering the Bagdad
city we tried to find some ware abouts of Gurudwara Sahib in Bagdad. After a
struggle of lot of weeks some body told us that there is one place near the
west side of Bagdad Railway Station where we can find some more information.
I alongwith some friends visited this place and find that there is a very
small building near the graveyard about half mile west to the Bagdad Railway
Station.we tried to enter this building but it was locked and we were told
that the owner of this building is a Iraki Muslim.After some days we traced
the owner of this building.We requested him to open the door of the building
to pay our homage to our Guru.He agreed to our request. This building at
that time has only very small two rooms .On the wall of one room there was a
one stone graved with few Arabic language words which indicates the visit of
Guru Nanak Dev ji to this place and in the other room there was a grave of
one muslim saint.In front of these two rooms there was a very small lawn in
which there was a tree.We were paying some money to the owner of this
building every week and he was opening the door of this building every
friday for the Sikh Sangat( At that time only few Sikhs were
there)Later after the slow down of Irak -Iran war thousands of Sikhs went to
Irak for their buissness and jobs.Some Sikhs were also employed in the
different Govt departments.When the Irak-Iran war was on the peak then there
was a heavy bomb shelling around this Historical building But thank God
nothing happened to this building.But after the flow of time Sikh
Sangat constructed a Gurudwara Sahib on that place in which a
construction companyof former Minister of Punjab Late sardar Sohan
Singh Bassi in Basra played a major role in construction of this building. I was
also told by some of my friends later that a well known furniture
buissnessman of New Delhi Sardar Mukhtiar Singh who had a very close
relationship with Suddam Hussein also played a major role in constructing
this Gurudwara Sahib.
I will appreciate if any body will share more information about this
Gurudwara Sahib
May I say what a really informative and
interesting site you have-FAB!!
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I am unable to undeestand as why all
the websites of urdu have been islamised.Urdu is alanguge which cover
the entire sub-cotinent having different faith,religions,culture and
other languges,having agreat impact on urdu language which is infact the
beauty of urdu,but all web masters are making each urdu site to be
islamic site.please dont mixup religion in ganga jimni culture.
The
birth of the Khalsa is celebrated by Sikhs every Baisakhi Day on April 13.
Baisakhi marks the anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh's gift of Panth Khalsa to
all Sikhs everywhere.
We have visited your web site called
Punjabielm. We appreciate your efforts to include the Bi-Cenetary
Coronation Celebration of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
As the war in Iraq continues, it is imperative that
Americans stand united with other Americans. Because of this, we request your
assistance in keeping the film, “Dysfunktional Family,” from being released
in movie theaters unless Miramax agrees to edit scenes that could potentially
incite hate crimes against Sikh Americans.
The film is scheduled to be released on April 4th. During the
film, one of the lead characters says to a bearded and turbaned Sikh man, “I
knew you were around here somewhere, Bin Ladin.” By associating the Sikh
turban and image with Osama Bin Landin and the war in Iraq, this film is
creating conditions for even more Sikh Americans to be harmed and possibly
killed.
Balbir Singh Sodhi, a bearded and turbaned Sikh
man, was shot and killed in a backlash hate crime on September 15th, four days
after the attacks on New York City. Because of the war in Iraq, the FBI is
already watching backlash crimes against Sikhs, Arabs, and Muslims increase.
Sikh Americans, who are visible because of their turbans, are taking the brunt
of the attacks. We cannot even risk the chance of another murder. Now is not the
time for Americans to be incited against Americans.
The Sikh religion, which is the fifth largest
religion in the world, teaches the equality of all people and the rights of all
people to worship God as they wish. These are very American values, as well. The
turban and beard of a Sikh is a symbol of his commitment to these and other
universal principles. Almost everyone living in the United States who wears a
turban is a Sikh.
Please contact:
Miramax Film Corp.
Phone: 212-941-3800
Fax: 212-941-3836
375 Greenwich St.
New York, NY 10013
Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairman
Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman
AMC Entertainment, Inc.
Phone: (816) 221-4000
Fax: 816-480-4617
920 Main St.
Kansas City, MO 64105
Craig Ramsey (CFO)
Peter C. Brown (CEO)
Please let them know that it is not in the best
interest of public safety for our country if the film, "Dysfunktional
Family" is released unless edits are made to the Sikh-related scenes.
Sincerely, Satnam Singh Chahal commissioner
County of Santa Clara Govt
California U.S.A
R-408-935-9160 Cell # 408-561-6865
Voice Mail # 408-289-7552
> SHAHMUKHI - GURMUKHI INTERFACE
>
> Imagine writing in Gurmukhi (Eastern Panjab, India) and having it
> converted automatically into Shahmukhi (West Panjab, Pakistan)
> or vice versa, or writing Panjabi/Pothowari-Pahari in Roman Script
> and having it converted into any of the others. The emergence of
> information technology means that these dreams are now possibly
> in reality.
>
> Around ten years ago, a small group of writers and academics in
> Manchester started to experiment with the possibility of using
> computers, to try to cross the script divide of East and West
> Panjab. We are now, as part of an EU supported project, in the
> process of trying to find a solution to this problem. (See
> http://www.tuls.org.uk/platt)
>
> We are planning a workshop to discuss the scriptural issues of
> Panjab. We have some ideas about the best way to approach this
> problem and we want to invite you to come and give your thoughts
> and opinions.
>
> Whilst the final version of the TRANSLITERATION TOOL is some
> time away in the future, at this workshop we should be able to
> show some very basic possible solutions as we have seen them.
> We want your comments and input into the process so that it can
> be best developed for users. We also want to discuss possible
> uses of the tool and its future sustainability.
>
> Date: 12th April
> Time: 5.00pm
> Venue: The Drum, 144, Potters Lane, Aston Birmingham B6 4UU
> (Between the Barton Arms and The Elbow Room on the A34
> Walsall Road opposite Newtown Shopping Centre) 0121 333 2444
>
> There will be light refreshments provided and a cultural programme
> after the event.
>
> Further information contact virinder.kalra@man.ac.uk
or telephone:
> 0161 275 2275
> I have to do a report on the Punjabi language. I need to know about the
> semantics of the language. Can you help me?
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rup Dhillon [mailto:Rup.Dhillon@Unilever.com]
> Sent: 18 March 2003 15:09
> To: ratree@punjabielm.co.uk
> Subject: Sadee Bolle
>
>
> sat Sri Akaal,
>
> Please find my lessons ( with corrections now in place ) on
> http://www.5abi.com/5ratan/
>
> Below is also attached an article. I am looking for Punjabis willing to
> help me promote new words in the Punjabi language ( ONLY WHERE THERE IS A
> NEED TO AND IT DOES NOT THREATEN THE LANGUAGE).
>
>
> I am heavily involved in a project developing new words for the
Punjabi
> language here in the west. Please see my article.
>
> Article:
>
>
> New Words for the Punjabi Lexicon and why influence of other languages is
> a positive factor in enriching a language.
>
> New words for definition of species not indigenous to Punjab, where
> lexicon lacks sufficient nouns
> The importance of preserving 'pure' Punjabi amongst changes that have
> occurred and need to occur
> Why original Punjabi words have been lost , and what damage limitation can
> be done
>
> All the above is argued in the context for a need to add specie
> definitions. The project being triggered by Khushwant Singh's comments
> that Punjabi was inferior to English and not capable of dealing with
> species such as Blackbirds by being specific.
>
> Author / Kalam : Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
>
>
>
> 1.0 Khushwant Singh had stated 2 years ago that he prefers to write in the
> English language as it's word power is superior to Punjabi. His logic was
> simple. Punjabi only had words to describe indigenous creatures to itself,
> stretching at the most to those in the rest of the Indian Subcontinent.
> For international words it had been invaded by the influences of Urdu,
> Persian, and Hindi. But what made it impractical was that it had absorbed
> English words, which when used in a Punjabi context were illogical. For
> example an English word adopted by Punjabi is ' First Class' which in
> Punjabi has become Fasklas. Although this instance works, in the case of
> 'Blackbird' if used it would probably be balakbad Although this
can be
> used for this foreign English bird, it is illogical as in Punjabi it
> should be Kala Panchee / Cheeree. But that could be any black bird. And
> thus he felt confident in his argument. However his argument is both
> illogical as will be seen and a direct challenge to the Punjabi lexicon to
> produce nouns to define international species specially in Punjabi.
>
> 2.0 Where Khushwant Singh's logic fails is this. All languages evolve over
> time and as part of the natural process absorb words of other cultures,
> adapt words and invent words. In English for example the name Wendy was
> total invention of an author ( from Peter Pan), and has become part of the
> English lexicon. Shakespeare was always doing this, and Dr Samuel Johnson
> compiled the world's first English dictionary mixing up the words of all
> regional influences to standard it. So on that basis Fasklas from English
> is natural from meeting Westerners, Piaz from meeting Persians and Mez
> from Urdu. These words filled a need. Invention of words also come from
> the imagination of the educated too. Latin and Greek have been married so
> many times to construct new words. So Punjabi is no different, absorbing
> the lexicon of all invading cultures. As for dealing with species, quite
> simply it is up to us to use traditional Punjabi or other languages that
> comfortably fit within the Punjabi tongue , to devise these words. Perhaps
> I am vain, but I have made this my task. I have no right to dictate new
> words merely suggest, and therefore hope to trigger off a debate where all
> of us between us deal with the classification of Species and other words.
>
> 3.0 Of course we can be defensive also. France has gone out of its way to
> protect its culture and lexicon, by making it illegal to use English words
> where French ones have not existed. It simply has invented its own. A
> famous example is that France refuses the word 'Software' and has created
> it's own version to be used in written documents and books. We certainly
> must not forget the importance of 'pure Punjabi'. Day by day Hindi, Urdu
> and English are replacing old Punjabi words. This is not acceptable.
> Adaptation of new words mean an alternative or an addition, not
> obliteration of perfectly functional Punjabi words. What must never change
> is the common Punjabi and basics. That would kill the language. The
> problem Punjabi has faced is that from Ranjit Singh onwards foreign
> languages have curried favour with the influential and powerful. So
> Punjabi words were lost to Urdu ones. Most of us Punjabis ( me included)
> can only speak the common tongue and are uneducated people. Only a
> handful, such as (Guru) Nanak and Shah Bullah have maintained high level
> literati status. Only since the introduction of the printing press and its
> political communicative needs in the last century have most of us began to
> learn to read and write. I speak brilliant basic Punjabi. But like many
> can not read or write and certainly have a small volcabury ( perhaps 600
> Punjabi words). These are the basics. Every language has that much. In
> English it is a fact that the majority common population only have 400-600
> words in their personal use ( mostly sentence constructing words at that).
> The highly educated have 2,000 words. And that is where Punjabi has fell,
> as only a few know the more rarer and high level words. Nouns are
> Punjabi's biggest weakness, as any known high level nouns go out of use by
> the common man.
>
> To challenge Khushwant Singh I first needed to learn to read and write so
> I could create my Species Book. The positive side has been I now can read
> Punjabi and write it. The negative side has been I have realised when
> reading Punjabi written by the Literati and press that us common Punjabis
> have extremely limited volcaburies. So I invested in a Punjabi dictionary
> which has been brilliant. But coming back to my project it lacks many
> words as well. So although in this section I have argued that we have to
> prevent our language from being overtaken by foreign influence, there is
> an argument to say that it can be positive too. English has become richer
> by adopting certain words. The idea is to adopt without losing the ' bread
> and butter' of one's mother language. As common Punjabis have enough words
> for this ( and those in Punjab itself definitely do) and Singers are
> helping keeping our language alive, there will never be a danger here.
>
> 4.0 Some languages offer alternatives to using the forcibly invasive ones
> such as English and naturally fit the phonetics of Punjabi. Others provide
> alternatives to prevent the balakbad problem. Spanish is the first
> category, and native American and other languages are in the second
> category. It has been argued why Punjabi must be defensive and why Species
> definition is a good project. Now the argument is why it is good to adopt
> words from other languages and the discussion of samples form my proposals.
>
> 5.0 Just because due to Hindi, Urdu and Persian ( Punjabi the word is
> actually Persian) have altered Punjabi does not make it unnatural or bad.
> For example Middle English is nothing like modern English. ( Forget Old
> English, that is to modern English what Sanskrit is to Urdu). Chaucer's
> sentence " When April shovers coombe asoote" was middle English.
In modern
> English that would be ""When April showers arrive." So it
can be seen
> languages do change. Fact After Chauser French , and Latin and Anglo
> altered English. Fact Urdu, Hindi and English have done the same to some
> Punjabi. Being influenced or useful to add words is not ruining a
> language. It is enriching it. As argued above, the fundamentals of a
> language must never be changed.
>
> 6.0 Many of us common Punjabis would be hard pressed to name actual
> existing animal names beyond bhed, Ooth and Sher. This is strictly not
> true in Punjab. But the influence of names and words is important. Like
> American English developed separately from British English, it is a fact
> that Diaspora Punjabi has become its own Version of traditional Punjabi.
> It is Diaspora Punjabi that I am concerned with. Traditional Punjabi
> itself is changing. For example in India, Punjabi schools are now teaching
> the words Cheetera for Tiger. Punjabis from the old days who had
> immigrated to the west, remember Sher as being Tiger, and Babar Sher as
> Lion. In Modern day Punjab Sher has become Lion. Taxila Punjabi is
> challenging the regional variation like Dr Johnson did. Standardisation is
> good, but as has been seen Punjabi in the Diaspora will use different
> words. That is why a classification that is specific is required. It is
> not enough to call a big cat just Sher anymore. to add to the confusion
> older Punjabis in India call a Tiger a Cheetah. So below I discuss the
> animal names I propose.
>
>
> 6.0 Well known animals are Tiger ( Cheetah) citw, Peacock ( More) mOr,
> Butterfly ( Titlee) IqqlI, Crow ( kaan) kW and Frog (dadoo) f`dU. Note so
> well known animals include Crab ( kekrha) kykV, Flamingo ( baglaa) bglw,
> Cockroach ( tilchataa) iqlctw, Gorilla ( banmaanas) bnmwns and star fish(
> Tara Mucchee) qwrw m`CI. New to the lexicon , by my research ( and by this
> read it to mean I have adapted these ones) is Hummingbird ( Valeo) v`lya,
> Lobster ( Langosta{Jeenga}) lw\gOsqw, Comodo Dragon ( Comodo Draache)
> komodo fRwCy and Meercat ( meerkat) mIrkq.
>
> The above are a small sample. others I have adopted include Lanav Kaan ,
> which is Cheerokee for Raven. Draache is the German word for Dragon and
> Langosta the Spanish for Lobster. Jeenga does exist in Punjabi for is used
> to describe all of them from Prawns to Lobsters, and I feel the adopted
> word should pretext it. Incidentally Ghambass is Spanish for Prawns , so
> Ghambass Jeenga sounds more Punjabi then using the word Prawn. I have
> also invented a handful of words such as lal Banmanhs for Orangu tan. The
> Banmanhs being a use of the word for Gorilla adapted. In the same way I
> suggest a Polor Bear Should be called Chittah Ricchch and a Koala
bear
> Koala Balloo.
>
> Please use Anmollipi to view the Punjabi spellings suggested. I hope this
> has got you thinking. If there is any interest in this subject matter.
> please contact me on Rupe@panindia.com
or go to www.5abi where the Gian
> Rattan section will lead you too me. And please if you are a westerner
> like me who wants to learn Punjabi, use it to teach yourself. You will
> need someone who knows Punjabi to decipher the site. Otherwise e-mail for
> a link .
>
> I would like to hear what you the Punjabi people think of the above and
> whether any of you who have ideas are willing to participate. To this end
> my next article will be a detailed analysis of specie names and the logic
> behind them. This is an introductory article in to why it is being done.
>
> t is the 14th most commonly spoken language inthe world. please see below
> for some facts. 48% of Uk Pakistannis speak it, and 10% overall of the UK
> population ( Sikhs) do so, it is one of the commonest languages in North
> America. The most widely studied language family in the world is the
> Indo-European.
>
> <http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rup Dhillon
> Unilever GIO - Finance
> Extn: 7640-6388
> Tel: 44-1293-606388
> Fax: 44-1293-606361
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rup Dhillon [mailto:Rup.Dhillon@Unilever.com]
> Sent: 18 March 2003 15:09
> To: ratree@punjabielm.co.uk
> Subject: Sadee Bolle
> sat Sri Akaal,
> Please find my lessons ( with corrections now in place ) on
> http://www.5abi.com/5ratan/
> Below is also attached an article. I am looking for Punjabis willing to
> help me promote new words in the Punjabi language ( ONLY WHERE THERE IS A
> NEED TO AND IT DOES NOT THREATEN THE LANGUAGE).
> I am heavily involved in a project developing new words for the
Punjabi
> language here in the west. Please see my article.
> Article:
> New Words for the Punjabi Lexicon and why influence of other languages is
> a positive factor in enriching a language.
> New words for definition of species not indigenous to Punjab, where
> lexicon lacks sufficient nouns
> The importance of preserving 'pure' Punjabi amongst changes that have
> occurred and need to occur
> Why original Punjabi words have been lost , and what damage limitation can
> be done
> All the above is argued in the context for a need to add specie
> definitions. The project being triggered by Khushwant Singh's comments
> that Punjabi was inferior to English and not capable of dealing with
> species such as Blackbirds by being specific.
> Author / Kalam : Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
> 1.0 Khushwant Singh had stated 2 years ago that he prefers to write in the
> English language as it's word power is superior to Punjabi. His logic was
> simple. Punjabi only had words to describe indigenous creatures to itself,
> stretching at the most to those in the rest of the Indian Subcontinent.
> For international words it had been invaded by the influences of Urdu,
> Persian, and Hindi. But what made it impractical was that it had absorbed
> English words, which when used in a Punjabi context were illogical. For
> example an English word adopted by Punjabi is ' First Class' which in
> Punjabi has become Fasklas. Although this instance works, in the case of
> 'Blackbird' if used it would probably be balakbad Although this
can be
> used for this foreign English bird, it is illogical as in Punjabi it
> should be Kala Panchee / Cheeree. But that could be any black bird. And
> thus he felt confident in his argument. However his argument is both
> illogical as will be seen and a direct challenge to the Punjabi lexicon to
> produce nouns to define international species specially in Punjabi.
>
> 2.0 Where Khushwant Singh's logic fails is this. All languages evolve over
> time and as part of the natural process absorb words of other cultures,
> adapt words and invent words. In English for example the name Wendy was
> total invention of an author ( from Peter Pan), and has become part of the
> English lexicon. Shakespeare was always doing this, and Dr Samuel Johnson
> compiled the world's first English dictionary mixing up the words of all
> regional influences to standard it. So on that basis Fasklas from English
> is natural from meeting Westerners, Piaz from meeting Persians and Mez
> from Urdu. These words filled a need. Invention of words also come from
> the imagination of the educated too. Latin and Greek have been married so
> many times to construct new words. So Punjabi is no different, absorbing
> the lexicon of all invading cultures. As for dealing with species, quite
> simply it is up to us to use traditional Punjabi or other languages that
> comfortably fit within the Punjabi tongue , to devise these words. Perhaps
> I am vain, but I have made this my task. I have no right to dictate new
> words merely suggest, and therefore hope to trigger off a debate where all
> of us between us deal with the classification of Species and other words.
>
> 3.0 Of course we can be defensive also. France has gone out of its way to
> protect its culture and lexicon, by making it illegal to use English words
> where French ones have not existed. It simply has invented its own. A
> famous example is that France refuses the word 'Software' and has created
> it's own version to be used in written documents and books. We certainly
> must not forget the importance of 'pure Punjabi'. Day by day Hindi, Urdu
> and English are replacing old Punjabi words. This is not acceptable.
> Adaptation of new words mean an alternative or an addition, not
> obliteration of perfectly functional Punjabi words. What must never change
> is the common Punjabi and basics. That would kill the language. The
> problem Punjabi has faced is that from Ranjit Singh onwards foreign
> languages have curried favour with the influential and powerful. So
> Punjabi words were lost to Urdu ones. Most of us Punjabis ( me included)
> can only speak the common tongue and are uneducated people. Only a
> handful, such as (Guru) Nanak and Shah Bullah have maintained high level
> literati status. Only since the introduction of the printing press and its
> political communicative needs in the last century have most of us began to
> learn to read and write. I speak brilliant basic Punjabi. But like many
> can not read or write and certainly have a small volcabury ( perhaps 600
> Punjabi words). These are the basics. Every language has that much. In
> English it is a fact that the majority common population only have 400-600
> words in their personal use ( mostly sentence constructing words at that).
> The highly educated have 2,000 words. And that is where Punjabi has fell,
> as only a few know the more rarer and high level words. Nouns are
> Punjabi's biggest weakness, as any known high level nouns go out of use by
> the common man.
>
> To challenge Khushwant Singh I first needed to learn to read and write so
> I could create my Species Book. The positive side has been I now can read
> Punjabi and write it. The negative side has been I have realised when
> reading Punjabi written by the Literati and press that us common Punjabis
> have extremely limited volcaburies. So I invested in a Punjabi dictionary
> which has been brilliant. But coming back to my project it lacks many
> words as well. So although in this section I have argued that we have to
> prevent our language from being overtaken by foreign influence, there is
> an argument to say that it can be positive too. English has become richer
> by adopting certain words. The idea is to adopt without losing the ' bread
> and butter' of one's mother language. As common Punjabis have enough words
> for this ( and those in Punjab itself definitely do) and Singers are
> helping keeping our language alive, there will never be a danger here.
>
> 4.0 Some languages offer alternatives to using the forcibly invasive ones
> such as English and naturally fit the phonetics of Punjabi. Others provide
> alternatives to prevent the balakbad problem. Spanish is the first
> category, and native American and other languages are in the second
> category. It has been argued why Punjabi must be defensive and why Species
> definition is a good project. Now the argument is why it is good to adopt
> words from other languages and the discussion of samples form my proposals.
>
> 5.0 Just because due to Hindi, Urdu and Persian ( Punjabi the word is
> actually Persian) have altered Punjabi does not make it unnatural or bad.
> For example Middle English is nothing like modern English. ( Forget Old
> English, that is to modern English what Sanskrit is to Urdu). Chaucer's
> sentence " When April shovers coombe asoote" was middle English.
In modern
> English that would be ""When April showers arrive." So it
can be seen
> languages do change. Fact After Chauser French , and Latin and Anglo
> altered English. Fact Urdu, Hindi and English have done the same to some
> Punjabi. Being influenced or useful to add words is not ruining a
> language. It is enriching it. As argued above, the fundamentals of a
> language must never be changed.
>
> 6.0 Many of us common Punjabis would be hard pressed to name actual
> existing animal names beyond bhed, Ooth and Sher. This is strictly not
> true in Punjab. But the influence of names and words is important. Like
> American English developed separately from British English, it is a fact
> that Diaspora Punjabi has become its own Version of traditional Punjabi.
> It is Diaspora Punjabi that I am concerned with. Traditional Punjabi
> itself is changing. For example in India, Punjabi schools are now teaching
> the words Cheetera for Tiger. Punjabis from the old days who had
> immigrated to the west, remember Sher as being Tiger, and Babar Sher as
> Lion. In Modern day Punjab Sher has become Lion. Taxila Punjabi is
> challenging the regional variation like Dr Johnson did. Standardisation is
> good, but as has been seen Punjabi in the Diaspora will use different
> words. That is why a classification that is specific is required. It is
> not enough to call a big cat just Sher anymore. to add to the confusion
> older Punjabis in India call a Tiger a Cheetah. So below I discuss the
> animal names I propose.
>
>
> 6.0 Well known animals are Tiger ( Cheetah) citw, Peacock ( More) mOr,
> Butterfly ( Titlee) IqqlI, Crow ( kaan) kW and Frog (dadoo) f`dU. Note so
> well known animals include Crab ( kekrha) kykV, Flamingo ( baglaa) bglw,
> Cockroach ( tilchataa) iqlctw, Gorilla ( banmaanas) bnmwns and star fish(
> Tara Mucchee) qwrw m`CI. New to the lexicon , by my research ( and by this
> read it to mean I have adapted these ones) is Hummingbird ( Valeo) v`lya,
> Lobster ( Langosta{Jeenga}) lw\gOsqw, Comodo Dragon ( Comodo Draache)
> komodo fRwCy and Meercat ( meerkat) mIrkq.
>
> The above are a small sample. others I have adopted include Lanav Kaan ,
> which is Cheerokee for Raven. Draache is the German word for Dragon and
> Langosta the Spanish for Lobster. Jeenga does exist in Punjabi for is used
> to describe all of them from Prawns to Lobsters, and I feel the adopted
> word should pretext it. Incidentally Ghambass is Spanish for Prawns , so
> Ghambass Jeenga sounds more Punjabi then using the word Prawn. I have
> also invented a handful of words such as lal Banmanhs for Orangu tan. The
> Banmanhs being a use of the word for Gorilla adapted. In the same way I
> suggest a Polor Bear Should be called Chittah Ricchch and a Koala
bear
> Koala Balloo.
>
> Please use Anmollipi to view the Punjabi spellings suggested. I hope this
> has got you thinking. If there is any interest in this subject matter.
> please contact me on Rupe@panindia.com
or go to www.5abi where the Gian
> Rattan section will lead you too me. And please if you are a westerner
> like me who wants to learn Punjabi, use it to teach yourself. You will
> need someone who knows Punjabi to decipher the site. Otherwise e-mail for
> a link .
>
> I would like to hear what you the Punjabi people think of the above and
> whether any of you who have ideas are willing to participate. To this end
> my next article will be a detailed analysis of specie names and the logic
> behind them. This is an introductory article in to why it is being done.
>
> t is the 14th most commonly spoken language inthe world. please see below
> for some facts. 48% of Uk Pakistannis speak it, and 10% overall of the UK
> population ( Sikhs) do so, it is one of the commonest languages in North
> America. The most widely studied language family in the world is the
> Indo-European.
> <http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html>
> Regards,
> Rup Dhillon
> Unilever GIO - Finance
> Extn: 7640-6388
> Tel: 44-1293-606388
> Fax: 44-1293-606361
Cesar Chavez Plaza (199 registered
participants/coordinators)
170 S. Market St San Jose, CA
In downtown San Jose, California, USA, the Cesar Chavez Plaza is
located between the Fairmont Hotel and the San Jose Musem of Art,
near St. Joseph's Cathedral, and across the street from the
fountains in the Cesar Chavez Park. The closest cross-streets are
San Fernando to the north and San Carlos to the south. Cesar Chavez
was an activist and union-organizer in the 1960s and 70s who led the
Unite! organization for farm workers' rights.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church (25 registered
participants/coordinators)
1948 The Alameda San Jose, CA
INSIDE VIGIL at Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church -- on the corner of
The Alameda and McKendrie -- between Highway 880 and Hedding Street.
Coffee and Hot Chocolate in the Parish Hall following the vigil.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Mission San Jose (11 registered participants/coordinators)
43330 Mission Blvd. Fremont, CA
We will gather on the steps of the Mission at 7PM. Please bring
candles. Following the vigil there will be an INTERFAITH PRAYER FOR
PEACE at 7:45 inside the Mission.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
St. Martin of Tours Church (8 registered
participants/coordinators)
200 O'Connor Drive San Jose, CA
We will meet next door to the church in the community building and
process into the church following the evening service.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoze Park (5 registered participants/coordinators)
Kenndy road (kenndy - Park Victoria) Milpitas, CA
Please meet in the park at 6 pm for socializing before the
vigil.Vigil will start at 7pm.Please bring candels and lighters.
Thanks.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Joanne Hoemberg's house (3 registered
participants/coordinators)
2085 Verbena Ct. Fremont, CA
Call for directions and to let us know you're coming. You may want
to bring candles, but we will provide some. Tea to follow vigil.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
St. Lawrence, the Martyr Catholic Parish (2 registered
participants/coordinators)
1971 St. Lawrence Drive Santa Clara, CA
St. Lawrence Church is located near Lawrence Expressway and Cabrillo/Poinciana
in Santa Clara. We will gather in the piazza
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoze Park (2 registered participants/coordinators)
Kenndy road (kenndy - Park Victoria) Milpitas, CA
Please meet in the park at 6 pm for socializing before the
vigil.Vigil will start at 7pm.Please bring candels and lighters.
Thanks.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoze Park (1 registered participant/coordinator)
Kennedy Road(cross road Park Victoria) Milpitas, CA
See you at the Park for vigil at 7pm. Social hour at 6pm. Please
bring candles , paper cups and lighters.Thank you, Samina Faheem
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoze Park (1 registered participant/coordinator)
Kennedy road/cross road Park victoria Milpitas, CA
Meet us in the park at 6pm for social hour.Thanks,Samina Faheem
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cadoze Park (1 registered participant/coordinator)
Kennedy road,cross st is Parkvictoria Milpitas, CA
See you at 6pm for social hr.Thanks,Samina FAheem
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Nadia-Eliane M. McCaffrey (1 registered
participant/coordinator)
334 Roosevelt avenue Sunnyvale, CA
Location to meet will be at Full Circle Books 1538 El Camino Real in
Belmont, CA 94002
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Fort Bidwell (1 registered participant/coordinator)
312 S Lake Street Fort Bidwell, CA
Candel Light Vigil will be held at 312 S. Lake Street at 7:00pm
Sunday, March 16th
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoze Park (1 registered participant/coordinator)
Kenndy road (kenndy - Park Victoria) Milpitas, CA
Please meet in the park at 6 pm for socializing before the
vigil.Vigil will start at 7pm.Please bring candels and lighters.
Thanks.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoza Park (1 registered participant/coordinator)
Kennedy and Park Victoria Milpitas, CA
Meet in Cardoza Park located at Kennedy & Park Victoria.
Assemble next to picnic benches.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
San Jose Friends Meeting (1 registered
participant/coordinator)
1051 Morse Street San Jose, CA
We will begin by gathering outside the Meeting House for worship att
6:45 and depending on the weather will continue worship inside the
Meeting House or have a silent candlelight walk in the community.
Please bring candles.
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
Cardoze Park (1 registered participant/coordinator)
Kenndy road /cross st - park victoria Milpitas, CA
Please meet us in the park at 6pm for socializing hour.VIgil at 7pm
sharp.Please bring candles,paper cups and lighters.Thanks,Samina
fahee
Sunday, March 16, 07:00 PM
I wanted to send my grandmother a letter. She lives in Kenya but can
only read Punjabi. I cannot write Punjabi so I was wondering if i
type the letter in English how could your website translate it into
Punjabi.
Ihope this letter will find you in the best of health and spirit. I am a
researchscholar of Punjabi
University Patiala ,pursuing multidisciplinary research in the field of
Punjabi language ,Applied Linguistics and Education .The topic of my research
is “Teaching and Study of
Punjabi as a second language”
.( an applied linguistics perspective ) Under this researchI will study the problems of Punjabi teaching and studies as a second
language in
Nowadays when Punjabi has become second language officially in some
Hindi-speaking-areas (ie.Hariana ,Delhi ,J&K )English-speaking-areas (ie.British Colombia in Canada ) and Punjab in
Pakistan ,unfortunately no research has been done in the field of teaching and
studies of Punjabi as a second language ,Traditional teaching methods
,techniques and subject materials ,which are formed for first language Punjabi
teaching are being used for second language Punjabi teaching .This practice
fully contradicts the theories and principles of Pedagogical Linguistics and
Education Psych
In the presentcircumstances,
when Punjabi language has got status of second languagein States other than Punjab and abroad , linguistic researchis essential and required for the solution of problems of Punjabi
teaching and studies , which are entirely different from the problems of
Punjabi teaching as a first language .(ie,spoken and taught as a first
language in the Indian Punjab ) For the fulfillmentof this purpose ,I am pursuing above mentioned
My research study is directly concerned with the problems (language
&cultural dignity) of Punjabi peoples, which are hebetated in
English-speaking –areas (i.e.canada,
USA
, UK.etc where Punjabi is taught and spoken as a second language)
For this research, I have
to collect research-related primary data from Hindi-speaking-areas and
English-speaking –areas (where Punjabi is spoken and taught as a second
language) On the basis of these data the study will provide its considerations
and solutions about the problems of Punjabi teaching and studies as a second
language. My University is sending me to Canada ,U.S.A ,and U.K for data
collection shortly , but I have need some
Name and Address of:
(E-mail,
Fax, Phone much preferred)
1 Schools where Punjabi is taught as a second language,
2 Punjabi Teachers,
3 Punjabi literary circles / organization.
I hope you will help me and send me above information as early as possible.
> sat Sri Akaal,
>
> I am very impressed by your website. I am at the moment creating Punjabi
> Lessons for the English Speaker, which may end up on www.5abi.com
I am
> also hoping to have them published. I am a British bred Punjabi, so it is
> my second language. I don't mind sending them to you for free, also if you
> could check grammer and spelling etc? I have Used Baldev Kondola's fonts.
>
> If interested please let me know
>
> Rab Rakka
>
> Regards,
>
> Rup Dhillon
> Unilever GIO - Finance
> Extn: 7640-6388
> Tel: 44-1293-606388
> Fax: 44-1293-606361
>
> Dear Sirl,
>
> I was surfing your site punjabielm.co.uk and I would like to suggest
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i am happy to note that so many people thought about bhangra. to help true
bhangra beat. Bhangra dhol has been recorded and CD prepared. it has 33 parts,
for short and long practice plus full performance. it is copyrighted and is
made to further do more work in cultural documentation. it is not for sale but
is availble to persons who can donate minimum rs.1000/- only.and promise in
writing ,that they will not further copy it. you can contact me at janmeja@email.com
or 5abi.com regards janmeja Listen to the sample at www.5abi.com in weekly
picture coloumn
Academy of the Punjab in North America
A non-religious and non-political organization of all
Punjabis to promote Punjabi language, literature and culture
CANADA TALKS ABOUT
THE CANADIAN PUNJABI ART
AND
THE ARTIST: SUKHINDER
* "An artist with
difference, using bold and bright colors, Sukhinder uses the
brush to bring alive social, political, religious issues of
terrorism, child abuse, and domestic violence."
-Preeti Thandi The Weekly Voice,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
May GOD give you heart as big as mountain and life as long as a mountain,
( Photo 5 x 48 inches, by Janmeja johl, you may print this photo on your printer)
it s visible only when online
janmeja johl
for more photos
www.janmejajohl.com
I wonder if you can offer me any assistance. I have been asked to do a response
to the "toast to the lasses" at the Burns Supper in the London Borough
of Newham. This is as a result of my background of my being a Panjabi
professional women who was brought up in Glasgow and speak with but now
Scottish accent. This blend is unique in England and very appropriate for the
multi cultural community of Newham.
I am aware that you have translated all of Robert Burns writings into Panjabi
and I was wondering if there are any quotations that I could use in my response
that would reflect either the uniqueness of Indian/Asian men or the similarities
in that men are the same no matter what their background is. I would of course
want to do this in a humorous way and not in an insulting way.
Subject: english language sites for Punjabi speakers?
Sir,
I am trying to find a site that will help my
friend to speak better English but all the internet sites i have seen are
written in English. Can you help please?
* "Sukhinder's
vibrant works can be placed as a meeting point between tribal
and child art."
-Vandana Shukla
Times News Network, Chandigarh Times, The
Times of India, Chandigarh, India
* "Sukhinder is a
new age artist, whose paintings deal with complex
multi-cultural and post-modern themes."
-Sanjay Versain Indian Express, Chandigarh,
India
* "It is hard to
define Sukhinder: as you begin to understand him as an artist,
poet, scientist and a novelist."
-Parbina Rashid The Tribune, chandigarh,
India
* "The images are
both homely as well as modernistic."
-R.S.Yadav National Herald, Delhi, India
* "A believer of
surreal philosophy - the real truth lurks beneath the visible
manifestation."
-Nonika Singh Hindustan Times, Chandigarh,
India
* "An artist with
difference, using bold and bright colors, Sukhinder uses the
brush to bring alive social, political, religious issues of
terrorism, child abuse, and domestic violence."
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> Hello,
>
> I live in Asia and hear Punjabi language sometimes.
>
> I know a few words:
>
>
gi gi - dirty
>
cha cha - uncle (brother's)
>
dadi - grandmother (son's mum)
>
chi chee - daughter-in-law
>
Aacha - ok/good
>
Masi - Aunt
>
Ma Ma - Uncle (mother's
> brother)
>
>
> I heard the other day: "me me" or "mee mee"
> what does this mean??? spelling i don't know??
>
> thanks,
> Kres
> EMAIL: kressyfit@yahoo.com
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I am trying to find some information regarding the Punjabi
newspaper Bhulekha. I live in London. Could you please tell me if
there is any distribution of the newspaper here in the UK? Even if
there is not a regular distribution, where could I find some (even
old) issues?
I am addressing you because I found an interesting page about
World Punjabi Conference on your website. Could you please provide
some and names and contacts of some Punjabi language organisations
here in the UK or in Pakistan / India? I am interested in the kind of
cultural/educational activities like those mentioned on your website.
Especially, I am interested in Punjabi mass-media (both Gurmukhi or
Shahmukhi).
If you could provide me with some useful information and refer me to
a few websites/addresses, especially about Bhulekha, I would be very
thankful indeed.
Subject: my appeal to pakistani community here in UK
> Respected brother
> Salam-o-Alaikum
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> we
are
putting a
presentation
together
and i was
wondering
if you
would be
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enough to
translate
the
following
for us
please and
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me on
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(could i
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next hour
an hour -
only
> the
deadline
is 11.00
am)
>
>
welcome to
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learning
centre
>
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tried to
master it
on your
web site
but
unfortunatley
i didn't
get very
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>
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>
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>
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Literary
Magazine
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01) and I
noticed
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outline,
with which
I am
already
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I was
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find
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>
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you for
your time,
>
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>
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>
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quit a
few East
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> This
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visited
your site.
in order
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are some
fonts to
be
downloaded.
I guess
those are
ZIP
compressed.
I
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>
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Thank you
in
advance.
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>
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Sat
sri
akal
ji
I'm
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,my
native
language
is
Tamil.but
I
love
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culture
and
the
sweet
language.this
program
helps
me
to
learn
lots
of
words
please
keep
it
up
good
work.
I have
been
attempting
to learn
Punjabi on
a off in
my spare
time for a
couple of
years now.
My
progress
has been
quite slow
as I being
English
and
working
amoung
English
speakers I
have had
little
chance to
practice
conversation.
After
looking at
your web
site and
your
address I
hoped that
as I
travel to
Birmingham
at least
twice a
month
there
might be
some way I
could
become
involved
with your
organisation
and get
the
conversational
practice I
need to
fulfil my
ambition.
I am a ICT
teacher,
trained
mechanic
and holder
of lorry
licences
so perhaps
your
Gurdwara
could put
me to good
use
occasionally?
Kevin
Moore
************
Dear
Reehal
Sahib
Many
thanks
your
letter.
over the
weekend i
will try
to read my
story.
you are
really
doing a
wonderful
job. one
thing i
would like
to request
you
is to
delete DR.
before my
name.
simply
gurnam
gill
sounds
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I was
quite
insulted
by
Professor
Khushwant
Singh's
commonest
about
Punjabi
being
limited.
Firstly I
too write
in English
(presently
writing a
novel
about
Sikhs).
Secondly,
he fails
to take
one
important
factor
into
consideration.
English
developed
over
thousands
of years
and
absorbed
words from
other
languages
where it
had none.
Therefore
it is
legitimate
for
Punjabi to
borrow
words from
other
languages.
He also
fails to
consider
that
animals of
ones own
country
are easier
to
describe.
Many words
are just
invented.
Thus as a
challenge
to him I
have
composed a
list of
new words
to
describe
and name
animals
and
creatures
not
familiar
to the
Punjab. I
am looking
for
someone
out there
that will
be willing
to publish
these.
Please let
me Know,
R Dhillon.
>>
>
>>
>>
Dear All,
please let
me know
where to
post my
work in
Punjabi,
thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
Sat Sri
Akal
>>
>>
>>
>>
R.S.Dhillon
MA BSc
>>
>>
>>
>>
Dear
Rattan
Reehal
>>
>>
>>
>>
Well done
and we
would be
interested
in having
a look at
what you
have
>>
>>
developed.
Please
send
further
information.
At the
same time
let us not
>>
>>
be
>>
>>
discouraged
by other
people's
remarks.
Remember
they live
on borroed
>>
>>
culture!
However,
Punjabis
must do
more for
their
language.
>>
>>
>>
>> I
look
forward to
hearing
from you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
Dr Baldev
Kandola
>>
>>
for
5abi.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
-----
Original
Message
-----
>>
>>
From:
"Rupinderpal
Dhillon"
<Rupinderpal@punjabilok.net>
>>
>>
To: <info@5abi.com>
>>
>>
Sent:
Friday,
January
11, 2002
3:05 PM
>>
>>
Subject:
New
Punjabi
Words
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
Dear Sirs
,
>>
>>
>>
>> I
have
developed
new words
to add to
the
Punjabi
language,
mainly
being
>>
>>
animal
names to
challege
Prof
Khushwant
Singh's
attack on
the
language.
>>
>>
Many
>>
>>
of these
are
adopted
from Urdu,
Hindi,
Spanish or
other
languages
>>besides
>>
>>
English in
order to
make it a
proper
challenge.
If you are
interested
>>
>please
>>
>>
let me
know.
>>
>>
>>
>>
Sorry that
this
e-mail is
in
English,
but my
Punjabi
fonts do
not match
>>
>>
yours.
>>
>>
>>
>>
Sat Sri
Akal
>>
>>
>>
>>
Rupinderpal
Singh
Dhillon MA
BSc ( Hons)
,
>>
>>
London,
UK.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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They are
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good
with
lots of
literature.
I
was
talking
about
you on
last
Sunday
with
Balbir
Kaur
Sanghera.
(She
writes
poetry
and
short
stories,
Bhaa Ji
knows
her) We
were
together
in a
literary
meeting
in
Toronto.
I
have
downloaded
your
fonts
and they
are
working.
I mostly
type in
Anmol
Lipi (By
Dr.
Kulbir
Singh
Thind)
You can
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Anmol
Lipi
Free
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If you
want
only
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fonts
then I
can try
to type with
them. I
am very
busy
right
now but
in the
early
part of
August I
shall
send
you,
some of
my new
poems.
I
have a
Poetry
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too. It
is www.dhanjal.net
Please
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We
have
visited
your
web
site
called
Punjabielm.
We
appreciate
your
efforts
to
include
the
Bi-Cenetary
Coronation
Celebration
of
Maharaja
Ranjit
Singh.
Sri
Gaudiya
Vedanta
Samiti
registered
charity
No.
1069484
32
HANDSWORTH
WOOD ROAD
HANDSWORTH
WOOD
BIRMINGHAM
B20 2DS
ENGLAND
TEL -
(0121) 682
9159
FAX -
(0870)
136-1106
Email - gourgovinda@hotmail.com
On the
Internet: www.gaudiya.com
Dear Sir
or Madam,
Please see
the
following
regarding
our
festival
being held
here in
Birmingham
on the
23rd June
at
Victoria
Square,
City
Centre.
Could you
please
announce
this grand
charity
event and
perhaps
send
someone to
cover
the event.
The
following
will
explain
the
importance
of the
event.
Please
feel free
to edit as
you deem
appropriate.
Sincerely
yours,
Govinda
Bhasya
Lord
Jagannatha's
Festival
June 23rd,
Victoria
Square,
Birmingham
England
From 12
noon to 9
PM
About the
festival:
The
festival
of Lord
Jagannatha
is one of
the most
ancient
and
cherished
annual
events on
the Hindu
calendar.
Millions
of
pilgrims
from all
over
India and
the world
will be
attending
this
year's
festival
in
Jagannatha
Puri,
Orissa,
India on
the exact
same day
as our
celebration
here in
Birmingham
City
Centre!
The story
of Lord
Jagannatha
attracts
the hearts
and minds
of all
people.
The name
Jagannatha
means
"The
Lord of
The
Universe,"
and is one
of the
many
names by
which Lord
Sri
Krishna,
The
Supreme
Lord, is
known. In
brief, the
festival
is the
joyous
celebration
of Lord
Krishna's
return to
His
beautiful
home and
beloved
devotees
in the
sacred
cowherd
village of
Vrindavan
from
His
opulent
capital in
Dwaraka.
Lord
Krishna
had left
His sweet,
simple
life with
His dear
most
devotees,
the
cowherd
men and
women of
Vrindavan,
to rule
over the
world, as
the
Divine
King.
Although
He had all
opulence,
worship,
and the
reverent
love of
His
devotees
in Dwaraka,
Lord
Krishna
missed the
pure,
simple
love of
the
cowherd
men and
women of
Vrindavan.
Many years
had gone
by but the
Lord
never, for
a moment,
forgot the
sweet
dealings
with His
devotees.
Sometimes
He would
cry for
them
causing
the
residents
of Dwaraka
to wonder
what to do
for Him.
Sri
Krishna
especially
missed
Srimati
Radharani.
As His
topmost
devotee
She is the
only one
who, with
Her
perfect,
selfless
love and
devotion,
can
control
Lord
Krishna
and give
Him that
pure
spiritual
love He
relishes,
which is
without
any mood
of awe and
reverence
- only
pure
unadulterated
transcendental
love in
perfect
selflessness
and
devotion.
Finally,
after
seeing Sri
Krishna
was unable
to be
consoled
by the
residents
of Dwaraka,
Sri
Krishna's
brother,
Lord
Balarama,
and His
sister,
Lady
Subhadra,
escorted
Him back
to
Vrindavan
in
glorious
chariots
to be
reunited
with His
beloved
devotees
of
Vrindavan.
Upon
seeing
Srimati
Radharani
once
again,
after such
prolonged,
heart
rending,
separation,
Lord
Krishna
became
stunned.
His eyes
dilated in
wonder and
His limbs
went into
His body
like the
limbs of a
tortoise.
Likewise
His
brother
and
sister,
Balarama
and
Subhadra,
became
overwhelmed
in this
great mood
of
ecstatic
transcendental
love. The
cowherd
maidservants
of Srimati
Radharani
came to
Sri
Krishna's
aid and
chanted
Radharani's
name
loudly
bringing
Him back
to
external
consciousness
so Their
Most Holy
reunion
could
resume.
On this
day we
have the
great good
fortune to
behold the
Supreme
Lord and
receive
His
blessings
and mercy.
Also with
Lord
Jagannatha
(black
complexioned)
are the
Deity
forms of
Lord
Balarama
(white
complexioned)
and
Lady
Subhadra
(golden
complexioned).
Their
forms
reveal the
ecstasy of
the
pastime
described.
Once a
year Lord
Jagannatha
comes out
of His
splendid
temple in
Jagannatha
Puri,
India,
benedicting
all the
people of
the world,
who may
not be
able to
see Him
otherwise,
granting
pure
spiritual
peace and
harmony.
This
festival
is now
being
re-enacted
in all the
world's
major
cities,
such
as London,
New York,
Tokyo,
Sidney,
Paris,
Birmingham,
etc.,
largely by
the
efforts of
Lord
Krishna's
pure
devotee,
His Divine
Grace
Srila
Bhaktivedanta
Swami
Maharaja,
who spread
this
Krishna
consciousness
movement
to all
corners of
the world.
Now,
following
in his
footsteps
is his
close
friend
and
foremost
disciple,
His Divine
Grace
Srila
Bhaktivedanta
Narayana
Maharaja.
Srila
Narayana
Maharaja,
a pure
devotee of
Lord
Krishna,
is the
world's
most
prominent
exponent
of Bhakti-yoga
(the
simple
spiritual
process
to link
with the
Supreme
Lord in
loving
devotion),
in the
world
today. We
are most
grateful
to have
his
saintly
association
here in
Birmingham
for
this
occasion.
The
festival
being held
here in
Birmingham
is unique
in many
ways. The
Deity of
Lord
Jagannatha
is the
largest
Deity of
Him in the
world,
standing
15 feet in
height!
Also, in
the mood
of the
Lord, who
is most
accessible
on
this day,
we are
hoping to
feed
10,000
people in
charity,
pure
sumptuous
vegetarian
food! Come
join the
celebrants
and
dignitaries
from all
over the
world in
this grand
festival
of Lord
Jagannatha!
Jaya
Jagannatha!
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KIDDAH
UNCLE JI!!!
HOPE
U TEEK
TAKH!!
COULD
YOU
PLEASE
TELL ME
WHEN
THEY ARE
GOING TO
SHOW
LANDLORD
(PUNJABI
DRAMA
SERIES.
Hope all
is well,
just
checking
out your
web page
... looks
good,
rather
impressive
infact...
hope the
song was
o.k.
Kind
Regards
Pala.
*********************
Please
help
We
are
trying
to find
traditional
dancers
in the
Edinburgh
to take
part in
an event
that we
have
up-and-coming.
Can you
suggest
where we
might
make
initial
contact.
Regards
Morganna
The
Dynamic
Group
Limited
1a
Randolph
Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 7TH
Just
had a
look at
your new
website
"Punjabielm"
I'm very
pleased
to know
that
your
first
Punjabi
Magazine
on the
net has
been
successful.
It
will be
very
useful
to
Punjabi
Readers
around
the
world!
Kind
Regards,
S
Sangha.
************
Please
take a
moment to
view the
attached
file
regarding
the most
popular
City
Centre
event in
June.
Don't let
your
audience
miss out.
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Hi,
Thanks for
kind words
for my
site. You
are
welcome to
link my
site
with yours
and can
use the
information.
Although
coin
images can
not be
used as my
book
publisher
have the
copyright.
You may
use any
ONE coin
image
(your
choice) on
your site,
if that
help. If
you know
somebody
who have
interest
in this
area,
they are
welcome to
contact
me. I also
have many
Indian
gold
and silver
coins for
sale.
Best,
Dr. Nupam
Mahajan,
PhD,FRNS
Room 230,
CB#7295
Lineberger
Comprehensive
Cancer
Center
UNC,
Chapel
Hill, NC
27599
USA http://www.med.unc.edu/~nupam
Dear
Mr
Reehal,
It was a
great
pleasure
to read
your
magazine
on your
website.
I was so
pleased
to know
that for
the
first
time in
the
world
you have
published
the
Punjabi
magazine
on your
website.
It is
unique,
full of
variety
and
covers
salient
features
of our
life.
Your
literary
section
is
superbly
intellectual
reflecting
modern
literary trends
and
taught in
Punjabi
language
and
literature.
It is
worth
mentioning
that
over
111,000
persons
have
read
your
magazine.
I wish
you
every
success
in your
esteemed
venture.
Lastly,
I am
sending
my two
poems
for your
magazine
with the hope
that
these
will
find a
place in
your
next
issue.
With
best
wishes
and
regards,
Yours
sincerely,
S.S
Khalsa
Wolverhampton.
******************
Dear
editor
Rattan
reehal,
I would
just like
to
congratulate
you on the
launch of
your new
electronic
magazine.
Could you
please
keep me
informed
on current
events at
my email
address mkamla6@hotmail.com
Regards
Manjit
Singh
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Hello!
Giani
Rattan
Reehal
jee,
Please
accept
hearty
congratulations
on the
launch
of your
web
pages.
Mr.
Dalijt
Singh
gave me
this
happy
news.
Could
you be
kind
enough
to
provide
with the
Web page
Address:
URL by
return
e-mail
so that
I am in
aposition
to view
your
pages.
Congatulations on your
new electronic Punjabi magazine on the internet. A man of your capaiblty
is allways trying something new. It has not surprised me that you
have taken this first step in the new electronic media. It was much needed.
However I had some difficulity loading these Punjabi Fonts. I have most
of the Punjabi fonts, that are available on the market or on the internet. Please
keep the good work going and I am with you,all the way, if ever you need
any support or any help at anytime. Please also note that as from Monday 26th
Feb 2001, I have been appointed as a full time Media Exective for the well
known Punjabi Newspaper 'PUNJAB TIMES INTERNATIONAL'.This position will provides
contacts with Punjabi writers in the global community and Punjabi
litrary World.
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