Old Photos of Singhs....

ਤਿਨਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ਉਠੰਦਾ ਹਉ ਕਦਿ ਪਾਈ ਗੁਣਤਾਸਾ ||
tinaa dekh man chaao uthandaa hou kad paaee guntaasaa
Beholding the Gursikhs, desire wells up in my mind; when will I obtain the Lord, the treasure of virtue?
(Ang 703)

Some photos of Chardi Kalaa Gurmukhs taken from the Flickr of Bhai Maha Singh and Bass Singh:

Bhai Rama Singh jee doing keertan


Jathedaar Bhai Surat Singh jee and Bhai Rama Singh jee


Bhai Rama Singh jee doing Simran


Jathedaar Bhai Raghbir Singh jee


Bhai Joginder Singh jee Leicester doing Keertan with Bhai Harpreet Singh Toronto doing Tablaa seva.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif


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AKJ UK Singhs in Germany. Bhai Sohan Singh jee, Bhai Jarnail Singh jee and Bhai Raghbir Singh jee seen at the front.


Bhai Sohan Singh jee, Bhai Jarnail Singh jee, Jathedar Raghbir Singh jee & Bhai Banta Singh jee in Germany.




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How Can We Become Truthful?...

A Gursikh forwarded this video link to me. Really nice video of Giani Gurdev Singh jee Australia during the Sikhi Camp Malaysia Day 2 morning session. The topic of the class was "Kiv Koorhe Tuttey Paal":

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Inspirations - Bhai Jarnail Singh Jee (UK)

Inspirations is a spiritual workshop that took place at Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Coventry (UK), where people learn and ask questions about the Sikh Faith. Below is a video of a session with Bhai Jarnail Singh jee. For many years Bhai Sahib has done seva in Amrit Sanchaars and done parchaar across UK and Europe. In addition to this he has done sangat with great Gursikhs which include, Bhai Jeevan Singh jee and Bhai Rama Singh jee.

For further information on events, please visit our website:
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Part 2 of Video

Some old photos of Bhai Jarnail Singh jee:

1983 Amrit Sanchaar in Norway


Bhai Jarnail Singh jee, Bhai Onkar Singh jee (Leicester), Bhai Sohan Singh jee (Slough)





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New Channel: Sikh Youth Project...

Message to Sangat:

NEW INITIATIVE FROM SIKH YOUTH PROJECT
Today Sikh Youth Project are launching an online TV station.

The launch programme is today at 8.30pm with a live programme.

To watch:
www.justin.tv/sikhyouthproject

Bhai Kulwant Singh dies in prison...

PRESS RELEASE

from Sikh Organization of Prisoner Welfare (SOPW)

Kulwant Singh was falsely arrested by the authorities, along with Pal Singh (a French national) on the 22nd July 2010. They were tortured severely, electric shocks were given to the ears and genital area, as well as being beaten with sticks daily rupturing Kulwant Singh’s kidneys and making Pal Singh blind in one eye.

According to Navkiran Singh, representing Kulwant Singh legal proceedings against the officers that carried out the torture were starting soon. Three days ago Kulwant Singh was in his cell in a maximum security jail. Having being doused in oil and set on fire today he passed away. Media reports had stated an accident in kitchen and then contradictory rumours from jail authorities that he had committed suicide but we believe these to be lies.

About Sikh Organisation of Prison Welfare (SOPW)
The Sikh Organisation for Prisoners Welfare is a Registered Charity (UK), run by volunteers, working to achieve justice for the thousands of Sikhs, who have been illegally imprisoned and tortured in India. SOPW was founded in 2008 by Bhai Balbir Singh who was arrested in 1999 by Delhi police who said they had found a consignment of RDX explosives. However due to International support for the UK national, the case was taken to the Supreme Court where the judge threw out the charges, calling them a “balloon of falsehoods” after it emerged the RDX in question had come from a police warehouse. Whilst in Tihar jail Balbir Singh met Prof Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who implored him to carry the plight of the Sikh Prisoners to the Sikh Diaspora.

The aim for this charity was that the Sangat gives not only help and support to prisoners, but gives them the two most important things in life, hope and voice. In addition to funding legal cases, SOPW provides monthly support (to approx 100 Sikh Prisoners) consisting of basic needs such as clothes, soap, hair oil etc. In October 2010 UK volunteers travelled to Delhi, India and provided all the Sikh prisoners in Delhi Jails with warm winter clothing. SOPW is the only charity in the world whose mandate is solely to ensure the civil rights of political Sikh prisoners are ensured in India. Its success and progress is down to the support of the Sangat, they rely on the Sangat's support to continue and develop this worthy project.

For more information and to contact SOPW, visit their website:
www.prisonerwelfare.com

VIDEO: Bhai Ravjeet Singh from SOPW explains the projects being run by the charity to the Sangat in France.

Grooming Documentary...

Grooming refers to racially motivated sexual exploitation. The UK Sikh community has been concerned about this issue since the early 1990s, however the issue has only recently been acknowledged by the mainstream media and some politicians.



On Saturday 11th February, Sikh Channel aired a documentary by the Sikh Awareness Society (SAS) that highlights the grooming of one vulnerable Sikh girl. Being bought up by educated British born Sikh parents, the child was just 12 years old when she became a target of sexual exploitation by adults. The interview follows the family’s journey from a happy household to a real life horror story. It exposes loop-holes in social services, police and schools who all collectively failed to protect this child. It uncovers the highly sophisticated methods of grooming and entrapment employed by paedophiles working in organised networks across cities.

About Sikh Awareness Society:

The Sikh Awareness Society (SAS) was established in 1998 amongst growing concerns of the 'grooming' of our youth. In Britain today Sikh youth are still actively targeted on the basis of their religion and history. This historically linked hate-crime causes much emotional distress to the families involved with the majority of these cases ending up in abuse. Under common Punjabi mentality, these issues are still considered 'taboo' and are rarely addressed by the Gurdwara Sahibs, and Sikh community leaders. Therefore the victims of this hate-crime tend to suffer in silence. The SAS was set up to deal with these issues.

To get in touch with SAS or for more information:
Website: www.sasorg.co.uk
Email: sas.helpline@googlemail.com




Some related links:
BBC News: Men 'plied girls with drink and drugs for sex' (21/02/12)
BBC News: Derby sex gang convicted of grooming and abusing girls (24/11/10)
BBC News: Five charged over abuse inquiry (20/12/06)
BBC News: Group targets grooming of girls (5/12/07)
Daily Mail: Top detective blasts 'culture of silence' that allows Asian sex gangs to groom white girls... because police and social services fear being branded racist (5/01/11)
Sarabha Panjab: Panjabi Girls Groomed for Sex! (26/03/07)
BBC News: Jack Straw: Some white girls are 'easy meat' for abuse (8/01/11)

Inspirations - Three Wisemen...

Inspirations presents the concluding part to the special Q&A with Jathedar Bhai Raghbir Singh jee, Bhai Bhupinder Singh jee and Bhai Tarsem Singh jee.

This is an excellent episode that covers many topics in Sikhi, and can enhance your understanding.

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