Sufi Music

Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan & Punjabi Academy, Delhi has organised an evening of Sufi Music Mere Sainya Jio on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 6.30 P.M. onward in Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, Gole Market, New Delhi.Eminent Sufi singers Manpreet Akhtar & party and Jasbir Jassi & party will perform.

Mrs. Gursharan Kaur wife of Dr.Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India,has consented to be the Chief Guest.Dr.M.S. Gill,Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports,will preside over the function. All are invited to join this Sufi Music evening & for Tea before the start of the function.

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On 1st January, 2010, our CEO Mr B S Vohra had launched a blog for the RWA's of Delhi. He felt that the RWA's are a scattered lot with no means of being in touch with each other. Therefore, he launched the Blog www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com as a common platform for interaction of RWA's with each other, on various issues being faced by each of them.

The blog received the attention of both the Print & Electronics media and was covered by Hindustan Times Delhi in HT Live East Delhi, HT Live West Delhi, HT Live South Delhi & HT Live North Delhi editions on different dates. The Dainik Jagran City plus, Amar Ujala, Rashtriy Sahara also covered the blog many times in this period. Even Delhi Aaj Tak TV Channel covered the blog few times. Blog also received a letter of appreciation from the Office of the Delhi Chief Minister.

The blog as per the RWA community is a very good effort of Mr Vohra. Some of the top personalities of various RWA's have already joined the blog with many of them very active. The RWA's can, not only cover the details of day to day activities, they can also add the details of any civic problems being faced by them, directly on the blog.

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Sikh man break his own record of longest beard, all set to make into Guinness Book

SURREY(CANADA): A Surrey man with the longest beard in the world has broken his own record. When Bhai Sarwan Singh made the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008, his beard measured more than seven-and-a-half feet in length, the longest of any known living man.It's now two inches longer.

Singh, the head priest at Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, recently had his beard re-measured for a European television show that features Guinness world record holders. He was invited to Rome by the Guiness World Records and Euro TV to appear on “Lo Show dei Records” (The Show of Records).

Singh’s episode was taped on March 5 and is scheduled to air in Europe on March 27. Singh originally had to be talked into going for the record. "It's not a talent, like playing music," he objected."It's a gift from God."But it was an opportunity to publicize the Sikh faith which opposes cutting facial hair, so he relented. Singh, who has never shaved in his life, wasn't sure exactly how long his beard was until 2008.

Normally, he keeps his beard rolled up or over his shoulder, but if he wears it down the front, his whiskers will brush the floor.He said he's done nothing special to encourage his beard to grow, calling it his "favourite body part."

The all-time longest known beard was 17-and-a-half feet.It belonged to Norwegian-Born Hans Langseth, who wore it over one shoulder and down one arm.When Langseth died in 1927 his beard was donated to the Smithsonian museum in the U.S. Bhai Sarwan Singh, the head priest at Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, recently had his beard re-measured for a European television show that features Guinness world record holders.

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Govt hunts for a non-Sikh to head Punjab & Sind Bank for first time

Punjab & Sind Bank could go where it has never been in its 102-year history.

The Ministry of Finance has sought the guidance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a non-Sikh as the Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab & Sind Bank. The community bank, which was established in 1908 and nationalised in 1969, has always had a Sikh as its head.

“It is not written anywhere that Punjab & Sind Bank must have a Sikh as its head. But it has always been seen as a community-based bank. And unlike other community-based banks like Corporation Bank and Vijaya Bank, this bank has always been chaired by a person from the Sikh community,” said a senior government official.

“Therefore, we have sought the Prime Minister’s view on the subject before taking a final decision on this matter.”

According to the official, the Ministry could not find an eligible candidate from the Sikh community this time around. GS Vedi, the current CMD who is Sikh, is due to demit office this June. A few non-Sikhs have earlier served as head of the bank, but they have all been short stints in the nature of a temporary additional responsibility.

Punjab & Sind Bank is headquartered in Delhi. It was founded by Bhai Vir Singh, Sir Sunder Singh Majitha and Sardar Tarlochan Singh, and opened its first branch in Amritsar in 1908. Today, it has 917 branches and extension counters spread across the country. As of March 31, 2009, it had assets of Rs 41,363 crore.

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‘Sikh relics’ found near Gurudwara to be examined

By hema on March 15, 2010

Did the sixth Sikh guru leave behind a few weapons on the outskirts of Kailey village near Ludhiana during his halt during his ‘dharam parchar’ tours of the region in 1621? The recovery of some sharp-edged weapons and a ‘chur’ during digging in the vicinity of the village gurudwara, built in memory of Guru Har Gobind, has raised this question among Sikh intellectuals.

The area’s residents, led by Darshan Singh, chairman of the Budha Gurmat Parchar Trust, have urged members of the gurudwara management committee to get the articles recovered and examined by experts of the archeology department and exhibit them for ‘sangat’, if found to belong to the Guru.

A large number of enthusiasts from the area visited Gurudwara Chhevin Patshai in the village to have a look at the weapons and a ‘chur’ (a large ‘chullah’) that were recovered during digging for expansion of the gurudwara on Thursday.

Kuldeep Singh, the head ‘granthi’, had announced the villagers recovered some weapons and a ‘chur’ during digging yesterday. “Believing Guru Har Gobind and his disciples had made a halt here in a temporary abode during one of his journeys it is thought the weapons belonged to the guru”, he added.

Kuldeep said the articles would be kept in a palanquin after getting them examined by archeological experts.

According to some history books the guru had visited this area in the course of his ‘dharam parchar’ tours sometime in 1621. Though Kailey village does not find any mention, a nearby village, Sidhar, is among the localities where the guru organized mass meetings for preaching the ‘meeri peeri’ concept.

Har Gobind is said to be the first Sikh guru to advocate the necessity of military training and martial arts among his disciples.

Mahesh Sharma

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French govt may lift Sikh turban ban on India's plea

CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: India may have found a novel way of persuading France to lift the ban on Sikh turbans by invoking Europe's deep-seated fear of terrorism.

According to minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur, India has taken up the issue of French authorities taking photographs as identity markers and conveyed to Paris that if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, it would create a faulty database.

Kaur said the Indian demand of allowing turbans in France was under active consideration and the matter was likely to be resolved soon.

"The plea that we have taken is that the French government is taking photographs and fingerprints as identity markers. However, if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, then they are accumulating wrong records because normally, a Sikh will always wear a turban," Kaur said.

Kaur, who was in Chandigarh on Saturday, said the fact that a turbaned Sikh — PM Manmohan Singh — was a chief guest in France recently was a strong message by the French government that it was not averse to turbans.

"The matter is being pursued and we are hopeful it will be resolved," she added. In March 2004, the French Parliament had passed a law banning all ostentatious religious symbols and signs in all public places such as schools, hospitals and town halls.

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