Saturday, August 15, 2020
Harkishan Singh Sanam :Sikh youth emerges as singing sensation with unique blend of Punjabi-Kashmiri music in J-K's Pulwama
A 25-years-old Kashmiri, Harkishan Singh Sanam, has emerged as a singing sensation in the Valley while surprising many with his soulful blend of Punjabi and Kashmiri musical styles.
Harkishan Singh's Latest Song
A postgraduate
music student at the Shri Guru Granth Sahib World University in Punjab,
Harkishan hails from the Tral area in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Due
to a penchant for music ever since he was a child, Harkishan has created a stir
in the Valley with his unique talent. 
"I have been interested in music all
my life. I used to initially sing Urdu ghazals and Bollywood Punjabi songs
until a few years ago when I was highly appreciated by elders from the nearby
mosque. Our village has both Muslim and Sikh people. Every morning, sounds from
the mosque could be heard in our temple, and our prayer songs could also be
heard by them. They would often compliment my voice and give me their
blessings," says Harkishan.
He added that
his family and friends have been supporting him throughout his life. "I
was very active in my school's cultural activities and my teachers and peers
gave me a lot of support.
My biggest
support system, however, is my mother. She has been instrumental in my musical
journey. She was the one who first put my hand on a harmonium and got me my first
piano. I went to the music classes because of her and thereby the umpteen numbers
of opportunities opened up with massive support from my teachers," he
said.
Harkishan's song
covers have also received much praise from his audience on Facebook, garnering
thousands of likes and shares on other social media platforms as well. His
style of singing has helped to popularise many old school songs, particularly
among the young generation in Kashmir.
https://www.facebook.com/harkrishansingh.sanam.5
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
DSGMC : Humbled to Bring Back To India 48 Hindus and Sikhs Who Have Faced Persecution And Life Threats In Afghanistan
DSGMC is humbled to bring back to India 48 Hindus and Sikhs who have faced persecution and life threats in Afghanistan. Their stay and other arrangements of resettlement are being done by DSGMC.
Their Air tickets were funded by Vikramjit Singh Sahney( a recipient of the Padma Shri and International President of the World Punjabi Organisation (WPO)).Paramjeet Singh Bedi and Daleep Singh Sethi made arrangments for their transfer and other facilities.
Pics. Courtsey,
Mr.Manjinder Singh Sirsa
President
DSGMC
Friday, August 14, 2020
No Spectators At Independence Day Function At Attari Wagah Border In View of The Coronavirus Pandemic
Jessica Chadha,PHD Research Scholar,University of Siegen,Germany At Attari Wagah Border.
In the first
week of March, the BSF restricted the entry of visitors at the JCP to witness
the Beating the Retreat Ceremony.
The Independence Day ceremony at the joint check post (JCP) of the Attari-Wagah border will be held without spectators for the first time since it started in 1959 this year.
In addition to organising a band display on August 14 (Friday evening), BSF personnel will hold a parade on August 15 evening. “BSF’s Director General Surjeet Singh Deswal, along with other senior officials, will be present during the parade on August 15.
No visitor will be allowed to visit the JCP due to the pandemic.
Only men in uniform, wearing masks and gloves will be there,” said a senior BSF
official, who didn’t wish to be named.
It
will be the first time in the history of the JCP that the Independence Day
functions will be organised without spectators. The ceremonial drill might have
been suspended after the 1971 War, but not on Independence Day.
In the first
week of March, the BSF restricted the entry of visitors at the JCP to witness
the Beating the Retreat Ceremony, a daily drill performed by the BSF and the
Pakistan Rangers. With the infection not abating, only flag lowering ceremony
is being observed at the border on a daily basis.
The BSF official added, “Due to the coronavirus, neither our force nor they (Rangers) will distribute sweets on the occasion of Pakistan and India’s Independence Days.”
Forces on both sides had been following the tradition of exchanging sweets and
gifts on festivals like Diwali and Eid, as well as on Independence Day and
Republic Day functions.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Muslims Perform Last Rites of Sikh Man in J&K Amid The Coronavirus –Induced Lockdown
Setting an example of communal harmony, villagers of Khrew Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district performed last rites of a non -Kashmiri man from Sikh community.
Tahil Singh, 79, a resident of Qadin village of Gurdaspur Punjab, died on intervening night of Monday and Tuesday in his rented room at Khrew village of Pampore.
Soon the news about his death spread, local residents from Khrew assembled at his rented room and started arranging for his last rites, Mohammad Ashraf, a local resident said.
They also informed management of Gurdwara Sahib Srinagar and Gurdwara Sahib Awantipora and sought their help in performing last rites of the deceased.
With the assistance of a few volunteers from these two Gurduwaras , the locals
consigned him to flames today morning.
Singh was a cloth pedlar living in a rented accommodation in Khrew since 1985.
They locals desired to send his body home but couldn’t due to ongoing lockdown.
https://www.facebook.com/qnsnewsofficial/posts/592179458076411?comment_id=592180398076317
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Northampton Sikh Charities To Feed 700 People a Week After Recieving £800,000 Bank Loan
Northampton Sikh charities are preparing to 'quadruple' the number of free meals they provide to the homeless.
The Brand New Gurdwara is Set to Open This Month .
The Sri Guru
Singh Sabha Northampton and the Sikh Community Centre and Youth Club (SCCYC)
say the relocation of the Gurdwara and community centre to a much larger site
in the St James area of the town in August will make a ‘huge difference’ to the
community.
The charities,
which were recently awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the
highest accolade a voluntary group can receive in the UK – plan to more than
quadruple the number of free meals they provide for vulnerable and homeless
people to 700 a week.
Amarjit Singh
Atwal and Nav Kaul handing out food to the homeless at the Travelodge in Gold
Street.
Amarjit Singh Atwal, trustee at the Siri Guru Singh Sabha Northampton, said: “Our local area suffers from high levels of deprivation and the new building will enable us to make a huge difference to people of every faith across the community in a tangible way.
The bank also
helped The Siri Guru Singh Sabha secure a five-figure Bounce Back Loan Scheme
loan to ensure they could continue to deliver services throughout the pandemic.
Harjinder Singh
Kooner, chairman of the Sikh Community Centre and Youth Club, said: “Our work
is not just about providing our community with a place of worship. We support
local people with their health and wellbeing and help them access vital social
services. We reach out to a growing number of vulnerable and homeless people to
provide them with hot meals and for others,we’re a place to meet with friends.
Our new building will enable us to expand these services significantly."
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
MLA Jarnail Singh (Rajouri Garden): Statment After Suspension From The AAM AADMI Party
After being removed from the membership of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, Jarnail Singh (Rajouri Garden) gave the following statement –
“There has been
an online campaign for the conversion of Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar to a
Mandir. Few individuals were making these remarks online.
My son has been
using my phone for online classes. He came across an online discussion and
copy-pasted a reply from that discussion on my Facebook wall accidentally. I
soon as I found out, I clarified my stance that I respect all religions. I then
deleted that post since I found that post distasteful.
I follow the
teachings of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib and respect all religions. However, I did
find the comments about the Harmandir Sahib distasteful and that is something I
cannot accept.
In terms of my
removal from the Aami Aadmi Party, I still have not come to know the reason.
I came to know
that the party (Aam Aadmi Party) is deliberating upon action against me. I did
not take it seriously as I knew they would contact me for clarification. I only
came to know that I have been removed from the membership through an online
message posted on Facebook.”
The reason for
Jarnail Singh’s removal was stated as the usage of demeaning words towards
Hindu deities.
“The Aam Aadmi Party is a secular organization and it has no place for anyone who uses derogatory terminology towards any religion. The Sikh community is also in grief over Jarnail Singh’s statement as whoever holds such sentiments towards other religion is against the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Dev Ji,”.
http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2020/08/aap-leader-jarnail-singh-suspended-for.html
‘Guru Ka Bagh’ (Guru’s Gardens):An Attempt To Robust The Air Quality Around Historic Sikh Shrines
SGPC Inaugurates Guru Ka Bagh At Gurdwara Patshahi Dasvi In Heran
In an attempt to robust the air quality around historic Sikh shrines, the apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee is establishing gardens for several of the historical Gurdwaras that it manages. These gardens will be named as ‘Guru Ka Bagh’ (Guru’s Gardens).
On August 12, the SGPC officials planted saplings at Gurdwara Sri Guru Gobind Singh Patshahi Dasvi situated in Heran village near Raikot.
SGPC president
Gobind Singh Longowal and Sikh environmentalist Baba Sewa Singh specially
attended this inauguration event.
Interacting with
media on this occasion, Longowal said that the SGPC has fixed a target of
establishing acre size gardens around every historic Sikh shrine of Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh, and Himachal. “We are also going to establish heritage
gardens in 40 Sikh shrines. Around 1500 different kinds of plants will be
planted in these gardens,” he added.
SGPC is taking help of Khadoor Sahib based
Kaar Sewa head Baba Sewa Singh for establishing these gardens in Sikh shrines.
He appealed the
Sikh Sangat to plant trees outside their homes while taking inspiration from
the path enlightened by Guru Sahib for preserving our environment.
Baba Sewa Singh
said that every human should come forward to preserve our natural environment
by planting new trees alongside taking care of the existing one.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University Of Delhi
Langar on Wheels : Langar Sewa Continues in Different Areas of Delhi By Gurudwara Shri Bangla Sahib
Pics. Courtsey,
Mr.Manjinder Singh Sirsa
President
DSGMC
Septuagenarian Sikh Pulls 10-Tonne Truck To Motivate Youth To Quit Drugs
After two months' practise, a 75-year-old Nihang, an armed Sikh warrior, pulled a 10-tonne truck using a rope tied to his shoulders to convey a message to youth to stay away from drugs and be healthy.
The septuagenarian Satnam Singh said, "When with just two months of
practice, I can pull this truck and lift heavy weights with my teeth, then the
youth here can do everything. For that, they will have to stay away from
drugs."
Satnam Singh got inspired after watching a viral video of a youth getting intoxicated. After watching it, he felt sad and decided to do something that would inspire youth. He started his practice by pulling 110 kg with his teeth. He then started pulling his car with teeth. Now he ties a rope to the truck and his shoulders and pulls it.
Hours After Punjab Cop Dies of Covid, Visually Impaired Daughter Also Dies of Shock
ASI Jaspal Singh and Navpreet Kaur
Amid this Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak, there is a heart-breaking news coming from Punjab. Hours after 49-year-old Jaspal Singh(who was the ASI in Punjab Police) was cremated after he died due to COVID19, his daughter Navpreet Kaur also passed away at her home.
Navpreet Kaur was just 24 years old and was visually impaired. She was in a deep shock after his father's sudden death. As told by the family members, she kept calling her father after his sudden demise.
As per the
family members, she kept calling for ‘Daddy ji’ every few minutes, collapsed,
fell unconscious and died of shock .
“Their bond was
something else. as we returned after cremating my father, she got to know that
something was amiss as everyone was crying. She started asking where Daddy was
and we had no answer. She died soon after,” says Sharandeep Singh (22), who
cremated his ASI father on Monday 10TH August and sister on Tuesday11th
August.
Kiranpal Kaur
(45), Jaspal’s wife said “ when we returned from my husband’s cremation, she
heard cries of everyone. She started questioning ‘Daddy ji kithe ne, Daddy nu
bulao‘ (Where’s Daddy, call him). We had no option but to tell her that her
Daddy is not going to return. Soon she fell unconscious and couldn’t gather
herself again”.
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