Monday, August 3, 2020
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Danny Singh,Australian Watchmaker :Promoting Sikhism and Bridging Cultural Differences Through His Watches Having ‘Khanda"
Promoting Sikhism and bridging cultural differences through his watches having ‘Khanda,’ a Sikh symbol with double-edged sword representing the belief in one god, as its logo on the dial and crown of his luxury range of watches has become the aim of Australian watchmaker Danny Singh.
Danny Singh, whose business found its name on papers at the end of 2019, is of view that his watch brand "Khanda" is also a form of service to Sikhs from his motherland Punjab.
The Oz Sikh watchmaker's family had migrated after Indo-Pak partition in 1947
and, according to him, the family was involved in seva (voluntary service) and
philanthropy.
About his logo, he said “Nobody has ever chosen the Khanda as their recognized
symbol of excellence. We have started it and are pursuing this forward”.
Claiming that the brand Khanda has already been overwhelmingly well received,
he said “This brand is a tribute to the day Khalsa was founded by the hands of
the legendary tenth Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh.
When asked whether a commercial brand which also promotes Sikhism will help dispel myths about Sikhs' identity due to which they are subjected to hate attacks in several countries, Danny replied “We are Sikhs and have always fought with foreign raiders who had invaded India. We are about doing selfless service to humanity. We will have even served the haters until we make their hate turn to love”;“The love and the adoration which we received have touched and moved us all” he said in an emotive note.
Stating that his company has created something that’s divine for the people, he further claimed that no other brand had such power, culture, pride, history and divinity as a part of it.
In his collection range, he has also brought out the Kaur range,.”This is a homage to the name carried by girls that literally means princess, and I believes that its appeal is cross cultural” adding that the brand would also make people more curious about the Khalsa and help in getting people to understand a bit more about Sikhs.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Jitender Singh Shunty the "superhero" of the Corona period, celebrated his birthday at the cremation ground
Jitendra Singh Shanti, chief founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sevadal, has so far cremated more than 290 bodies from Corona. There were also some families who left the body at the last moment. He has also cremated such bodies by Jitendra Singh Shanti.
While doing this service, Jitendra Singh Shanti and his entire family and Corona became positive. But with the prayers of the people he won the battle with Corona and again engaged in the service of the people.
Todayon the occasion of his birthday, he observed a 2-minute silence at Seemapuri cremation ground and celebrated his birthday by paying homage to those who performed the funeral with his own hands.
https://www.facebook.com/Jitendersinghshunty/photos/a.410530249027044/2275334552546595
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Webinar Series 'From Internal Quality to Quality internalising' :Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University Of Delhi
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College, Dev Nagar,New Delhi has taken an initiative to start a series of talks by eminent and erudite speakers on the topics related to assurance of quality in Higher educational institutions in India, which would be held on 5th of every month.
Broad theme is titled as 'From Internal Quality to
Quality Internalising' and the inaugural lecture in the series is by
Professor Shiv Subramanian, a notable educationist.
Dr.Deepak Sharma
Associate Professor
IQAC Coordinator
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
DSGMC's "Langar On Wheels": Guru Ka Langar
Langar Sewa by Gurdwara Sri Bangla Sahib
continues in Badarpur, Gajipur and Village Jait Pur.
Pics Courtsey,
Mr.Manjinder Singh Sirsa
President,DSGMC
Khalsa Aid Canada:Delivered Fee Food to Health Sciences Centre’s Nurses/Healthcare workers
Team #Winnipeg
delivered more than 100 trays of food to Health Sciences Centre’s
Nurses/Healthcare workers with the help of Nimmi Ramgotra.
USA Man Accused Of Running Over Sikh Man Charged With Hate Crime
DENVER,USA—A man accused of running over the Sikh owner of a suburban Denver liquor
store after reportedly telling him and his wife to “go back to your country” is
now facing a hate crime charge in addition to 16 other charges, including
attempted murder.
Prosecutors said
the hate crime charge was filed against Eric Breemen on Tuesday nearly three months
after the alleged assault in the parking lot of the Lakewood store Lakhwant
Singh owns with his wife, The charges came after an investigation prosecutors
say was delayed by the severity of Singh’s injuries, his 65-day stay in the
hospital and coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
The announcement
from the office of First Judicial District Attorney Peter Weir said
investigators recently conducted their first in-person interview with Singh
with help from the FBI after Singh’s release from the hospital.
“This is a very serious case and another example of the challenges we face in the criminal justice system during this public health emergency,” Weir said.
The information gathered by prosecutors that led them to pursue the hate crime charge has not been introduced into the court record at this point in the proceedings and cannot be released yet, district attorney spokesperson Pam Russell said Wednesday.
A police
document laying out the reasons for Breemen’s arrest soon after the April 29
incident said that Breemen thought Singh, who wears a turban and uncut beard in
adherence with his Sikh faith, was an “older Arab.”
According to the
document, Breemen denied threatening Singh and said Singh had jumped in front
of his car as we was driving away from the store.
However, a regular customer who was in the parking lot told police a man Singh had been arguing with got in his car and accelerated toward Singh, who tried but was not able to get out of his way, the document said.
https://www.sikh24.com/2020/08/02/usa-man-accused-of-running-over-sikh-man-charged-with-hate-crime/
Ajmer Singh Randhawa :Delhi Based Sikh Blogger Alleges That The Delhi Police May Arrest Him Soon in Relation to One of his posts Against Amitabh Bachchan
Ajmer Singh Randhawa,Sikh Blogger,Delhi
Ajmer Singh Randhawa has been very vocal against Amitabh Bachchan and other Indian leaders as their role in the killings of the Sikhs in 1984.
Ajmer Singh is author of multiple blogs online and he is known for his posts against Amitabh Bachchan and other Indian personalities.
Yesterday, Ajmer Singh Randhawa shared that Amitabh Bachchan’s comment “THOK DO SAALE KO” was in relation to one of his posts, in which he wished that the Bollywood superstar Bachchan never recovers from COVID-19.
“Amitabh
Bachchan is a coward person when he got admitted to hospital showing symptoms
of coronavirus to publicize and promote the Nanavati Hospital, to which he is a
shareholder; I had sent him bad wishes which I posted earlier on my blog many
years ago.
He could never
face me on any stage; judiciary (Delhi High Court refused to accept my PIL in
2009) denied to hear me. Now he has come on the lowest level and threatened me
an appeal to his followers by these hatred words THOK DO SALE KO.,” Ajmer Singh
Randhawa posted yesterday.
In 2014,
Randhawa made a series of posts against Amitabh Bachchan. In one of them,
he exposed Amitabh Bachchan for the murders of Sikhs.
"Thok Do Saale Ko" :Amitabh Bachchan to Troll Ajmer Singh Randhawa Saying 'Hope You Die With Covid'
Amitabh Bachchan has reacted sharply to trolls in an open
letter he wrote from the Covid-19 ward in a Mumbai hospital. He penned the note
to Ajmer Singh Randhawa trolls who have been wishing his death due to the novel
coronavirus.
"They write to tell me... 'I hope you die with this
Covid,'" the megastar began his blog.
"Hey, Mr. Anonymous... you do not even write your
Father's name,... because you do not know who Fathered you... there are only
two things that can happen... either I shall die or either I shall live. If I
die you won't get to write your diatribe anymore, by weathering your remark on
a celebrity name... pity."
He added: "The reason for your writing to be noticed
was because you took a swipe at Amitabh Bachchan... that shall no longer
exist... !! If by God's grace I live and survive you shall have to be
'weathering' the 'swipe' storm, not just from me, but on a very conservative
level, from 90+ million followers."
"I have yet to tell them to... but if I survive I
shall... and let me tell you they are a force incensed... they traverse the
entire World... from the West to the East from the North to the South ... and
they are not just the Ef of this page... that extended family shall in the
flash of an eye become 'extermination family'!! All I shall say to them is...
'thok do saale ko'."
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Eid Mubarak
People across
the country offered prayers on the auspicious occasion of Eid al-Adha.
Eid al-Adha or Bakrid, also known as ‘Sacrifice Feast’ is marked by sacrificing a sheep or a goat to prove their devotion and love for Allah. One of the devotees said, “We are maintaining social distancing and this year we are wishing each other just my speaking, ‘Eid Mubarak’”Eid al-Adha or Bakrid, also known as ‘Sacrifice Feast’ is marked by sacrificing a sheep or a goat to prove their devotion and love for Allah.
People are maintaining social distancing and this year most of the people are wishing each other just
my speaking, ‘Eid Mubarak’”.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Sikh Organisations Ask Takhat Jathedars Not To Attend TTEND Inauguration Ceremony of Ram Mandir.
Amid emerging reports about the “Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerath Kshetra Trust” planning to invite Takht Jathedars for the inauguration ceremony of Ram Mandir, several Sikh organizations have appealed the SGPC appointed Takht Jathedars as well as common masses to not attend the inauguration ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
Khalsa League’s head Bhai Amrik Singh Ballowal said that the Sikh ethos teach
us to stand against the injustices irrespective of victims’ religion, caste,
creed or ethnicity. “Doubtlessly, the Hindu majority of India is forcefully
converting the Babri Masjid into Ram Mandir so every Sikh should refrain from
attending the inauguration of this temple,” he added.
Recalling the recent
gift given by the Islamic State of Pakistan to Sikhs in the form of Kartarpur
corridor, Ballowal said that the Sikhs should refrain from unnecessarily
becoming a bulwark of Hindus. “The Hindus of India destroyed our supreme Sikh
throne Sri Akal Takht Sahib in June-1984 and then subjected us to genocide,” he
said.
Raising questions on the Hindu community’s claim about the sanctity of proposed Ram Mandir’s land, Ballowal said that if the land of Ram Mandir was the holy one, then why the Hindus are collecting holy soil and water of holy Sikh shrines. “It’s just a trick to use Sikhs against Muslims,” he added.
“The Sikh philosophy teaches us to stand by the oppressed and meek people so we should live our lives as per the path enlightened by Guru Sahib instead of becoming a bulwark for the oppressors,” he said.
Ballowal further said
that it was very unfortunate that the Hindus are talking about taking holy soil
of Sri Harmandir Sahib to Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir. “Guru Sahib asked Sai Miaan Mir
Ji to lay the foundation stone of Sri Harmandir Sahib to set an example of
communal harmony for Sikhs but now we are on the verge of getting used against
community of Sai Miaan Mir Ji,” he remarked.
Likewise, other Sikh
intellectuals including Advocate Amar Singh Chahal, Professor Baljinder Singh,
Bapu Gurcharan Singh of Jathedar Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara Working Committee,
along with the Sikh Coordination Committee based of New York, USA, have
appealed the common Sikh masses to stay away from these functions. “We have no issues
over Hindus performing inauguration work as per the standards of their faith,
however, there is no need for the Sikhs to take part in such celebrations,” a
statement by the Sikh Coordination Committee.
“However, we have issues when soil from Sikh Takhts is used to lay the foundation stone of the Ram Mandir. This can be used directly or indirectly to link Sikhs with the Hindus, which is not acceptable,” the statement reads.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
SGPC Appointed Takhat Jathedars To Be Invited To Ayodhya For Ram Mandir Inauguration Ceremony
Baba Pritam
Singh handing over soil from Five Takhts to be used for the Bhoomi Pujan for
Ram Mandir in AyodhyaThe SGPC appointed Jathedars of Punjab based three Takhts, and Jathedars
of Takht Sri Patna Sahib and Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, are going to face an
extremely tough situation in coming days as the “Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerath
Kshetra Trust” is set to invite them on the “Bhoomi Pujan” ceremony of upcoming
“Ram Mandir” in Ayodhya.
The construction
of proposed “Ram Mandir”, which is going to be established after demolishing
Babari Masjid, is going to kick off on August 5. Bhoomi Pujan is a ceremony
that will be performed to kick off the inauguration work of building the Ram
Mandir.
Already, a few
sections of the Sikh community have been in talks with Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan,
where a Delegation headed by Baba Pritam Singh met with the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) in regards to laying the foundation stone at Ayodhya. Baba
Pritam Singh and his jatha met with VHP leaders on July 28 and handed over the
soil from the Five Takhts, for the inauguration ceremony.
In
November-2019, the Supreme Court of India had allotted the entire land of Babri
Masjid to the Hindu community in a very questionable manner, deciding upon the
case in a rather rushed manner. In contrast, the Muslim community was not
allotted even a single square yard out of the total 2.77 acres disputed land.
Interestingly,
the Supreme Court of India had addressed this in favor of Hindus by citing
“Guru Nanak Sahib’s visit to Ayodhya” in 1510-11 while the Babri Masjid came
into existence in 1528-29.
SGPC passed a
resolution condemning Supreme Court’s verdict on Babri Masjid
During the
general house meeting on November 27 last year, the Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhik Committee had passed a resolution condemning the Supreme Court’s
verdict in the favor of Hindu community over the disputed land of Babri Masjid.
The apex Sikh body had strongly objected over the references used by the
Supreme Court of India about Guru Nanak Sahib’s visit to Ayodhya for delivering
the verdict in favor of Hindus.
Testing Time for
SGPC appointed acting Akal Takht Jathedar.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Capt.Amarinder Launches Milkfed’s Immunity-Boosting ‘Verka Haldi Dudh’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Punjab Chief Minister
Captain Amarinder Singh launched a nutritional drink ‘Verka Haldi
Dudh’, produced by Milkfed to boost people’s immunity amid the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Describing it as an appropriate time to
launch this versatile product, packed with the rich medicinal properties of
turmeric (haldi) as an immunity booster and a natural healer, the Chief
Minister hoped the Verka Haldi Dudh would soon emerge as a popular drink among
consumers, who were now looking for alternative ways to stay healthy and boost
their immunity in the fight against coronavirus.
On the occasion, Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that Verka Haldi Dudh had been prepared by using a unique Haldi formulation, that had been developed and patented by Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala.
Milk offers 10 times higher absorption for the human body than normal Haldi.Verka has utilized its proven expertise, knowledge and experience spanning over 50 years to provide this delicious, healthy and immunity boosting drink,
Verka Haldi Dudh has been launched, as part of Mission Fateh, at an affordable price within the reach of all sections of society and will be beneficial for health of young and old alike. The product will be available at all major retail outlets and Verka booths.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
DSGMC's Dil Se Sewa : Langar On Wheels
Langar on Wheels :Langar from Gurudwara Shri
Bangla Sahib is transported to destitute people in the areas of Gāzīpura, Kalyānapurī, Indrapuri.
Pics Courtsey,
Mr.Manjinder Singh Sirsa
President,DSGMC
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