Thursday, May 17, 2007

News from Talwandi Sabo

Protests in Punjab

News from Merrut

Brave Sikhs made 40 dacoits run away



You might think this is a scene straight out of a Hindi film. While 40 dacoits are trying to break a window grill that would lead them into a bungalow, the 50-year-old house owner and his 25-year-old son hold on to it with all the power at their command; 25 minutes later, the onslaught of the thieves still on, the owner pulls out his final weapon of resistance -- the kirpan -- and threatens to kill. The sight of the kirpan so frightens the dacoits that they beat a quick retreat.

Belapur resident Sarabjeet Singh Bhullar and his son Baljeet fought off 40 dacoits for 25 minutes in this fashion on Tuesday morning and finally forced them to flee, Amar Jadhav, deputy commissioner of police (zone I), Navi Mumbai, said.

Police said the dacoits belonged to the same gang that has carried out a series of dacoities in Thane and Navi Mumbai in the last one month.

According to police, at around 3.30 am, Bhullar Sr and Jr, who live with six other family members — their wives and four children of Baljeet — in their 1,800 sq ft bungalow in Sector 8B, heard loud thuds from near the window close to their main door.

When they opened the window and looked out, they saw 40 men had entered their compound and were hurling huge stones at the window grill in an attempt to break it. Fearing the grill would give way, the father-son duo held on to it with all their might, while their wives began making frantic calls to the cops and their relatives.

“In order to stop this resistance, the dacoits began to target us. They hit us with bamboo sticks and stones,” Bhullar Sr said. While he was hit behind his left ear by a big stone, the son was struck on the head several times and on the knees. They still refused to budge.

The one thing that kept them going, Bhullar Jr said, was the thought of family. “We were sure that if the dacoits entered the home, they would kill us all. They seemed capable of doing anything,” he said.

The struggle continued for 25 minutes, police said, but the neighbours, woken by the sounds, did not help. Sensing that the thugs would not retreat, Bhullar Sr, bleeding and in considerable pain, drew out his kirpan and threatened to kill the dacoits if they did not go away. “I recited our holy prayer and drew out my kirpan. I was serious about going after them. I did not have an option, really,” he noted.

Almost unbelievably, the kirpan did the trick: the dacoits, looking scared, decided to retreat. Bhullar Sr now has nine stitches behind his ears and his son has bruises on his hands and knees.

Ramrao Wagh, commissioner of Navi Mumbai police said: “The Bhullars were very brave throughout the ordeal. But I wish the neighbours had also come out to help.”

The cops arrived soon after, but by that time the dacoits were out of sight.

The gang then went to Sector 8A, barged into the ground-floor homes of two families, and walked away with jewellery and cash. However, a police team, on the chase, managed to arrested two of the gang members: Ambadas Pawar, 40, and Deepak Pawar, 25.

One of the two houses robbed by the gang belonged to Kamlaben Mehta, 73. Mehta, who was at home with her daughter Manjula, 44, said more than 20 dacoits broke open the door of their home with a huge boulder and took away valuables.

Soon after, they broke open the neighbouring house, which belongs to her other daughter, Anita Bhatkar. The dacoits took away cash and valuables worth Rs 2 lakh from the two houses, police said.

(Source: Mumbai mirror)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Meetings held...




(Source: Zee TV)

More news from Punjab




(Source: India TV)

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Burning Punjab



On Monday May 14, members of the Nihang sect clashed with supporters of Dera Sachcha Sauda after their leader wore an attire similar to that of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji, the tenth Sikh Guru in a baptising ceremony three days ago.

Pictures from Amritsar and Jammu.. .where people are out to protest against the incident...

In bhatinda the followers of so called "Sacha Sauda" rioting.. throwing stones... burning vehicles....

Protest against the incident has started in Bhopal and Patiala also.... ( more )



(Source: CNN-IBN)
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/05_2007/ad-angers-sect-followers-run-amok-in-punjab-40627.html

Bhatinda: A protest by followers of Dera Sacha Sauda, a Sikh religious sect, in Punjab turned violent in Bhatinda with the supporters of Dera head Baba Gurmeet Singh Ram Raheem torching a police jeep.

They were protesting the burning of the effigy of the Dera chief by the Akalis on Monday.

The trouble began after newspaper advertisements allegedly showed Baba Gurmeet Singh Ram Raheem attired like 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh and the Akalis protested the advertisements that also showed the Dera head distributing "amrit".

Tensions had been brewing between the ruling Akalis and Dera supporters ever since Dera supporters were told to vote for the Congress in the recent Assembly polls. The Congress had done well in the Malwa belt following the dictate.

The situation is also tense in Amritsar where the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex Sikh body, had a meeting but no decision has been taken by them.

Many expected them to come out with an edict that would have seen the Sikhs taken a confrontational stance against the Dera followers.

The Dera has massive support among Dalit Sikhs and played a major role in the 2005 Punjab Assembly polls.

BJP leaders like Navjot Singh Sidhu and Arun Jaitley had even approached the Dera head for his blessings so that he would withdraw an edict that his followers should vote for the Congress.

In fact in the Punjab polls, Congress had done well in the Malwa region which includes districts of Bhatinda, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Sangrur, Moga, Mansa where Dera has following and Congress recovered lost ground.

According to sources Dera had a trade-off with Congress during the polls to go slow on a murder case against Dera head of a journalist Chatrapati in 2002. Two persons suspected of killing him were found with a walkie-talkie which had Dera Sacha Sauda written on it.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Letter to "The Hindu"

From

Vinayak
Tamil Nadu
India - 610001

To
The Editor
The Hindu,
859\860 Anna Salai,
Chennai - 600 002

Dear Editor

This has reference to your news item at
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/12/stories/2007051219930300.htm on the DV act

Your news paper is known for accuracy in reporting and high standards.
Please do NOT associate your name with casual researchers who have NOT understood ground realities. Your news paper should NOT be misleading your readers.

The researcher in the above article claims "Delhiites continue to have misconceptions about the law" and goes on to state that people in Delhi are worried about the Misuse of DV [Domestic Violence Act] act

This researcher has drawn completely wrong conclusions while the public at large are right in concluding that Domestic Violence act is being and will be misused.

The Indian family is the bedrock of our traditions and continuity since vedic times. Since time immemorial our families have ensured the continuation of our scriptures and traditions. Vedas and prabhandhams and thirumarais and thiruvaimozi passed from father to son. Our culture passed from mother to daughter.

Rama was always revereared WITH Sita, Lakmana, Bharatha, Chatruguna and Hanuman.

All this being challenged by Ultra feminist and male hating agenda which has led to the gender biased, wife supporting legislation like the DV act

Even before the DV act was promulgated, section 498A of IPC was grossly misused

I am sure that eminent speakers like Cho N Ramaswamy, eminent Jurists like the Honbl. Shri Markandeya Katju, the Supreme court of India and others have spoken against the gross misuse of the Section 498A of IPC - also dubbed as false dwory cases

While false dowry cases are piling in court corridors, the DV act is another draconian law, which

- allows ONLY women to file complaints

- makes ONLY men punishable (by virtue of being defendants)

and completely ignores the fundamental righs guaranteed to all citizens, be it men, be it elderly parents of men or their siblings

[...there are many more anomalies in this hasty and shoddy piece of
legislation.....]

I urge you immediately remove such "snake oil" from your august pages and also publish a corrigendum immediately dis associating yourself from such spurious reports and self styled researches

Regards
Vinayak
May 13th 2007

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Free Sharab (Alcohol) outside the Gurudwara (Sikh Shrine)



Sharab (Alcohol) is freely distributed just like Chabeel, outside Baba Kahandas Gurudwara in Jalandhar, Punjab. People there believe that by distributing free wine they will get good jobs in abroad. It is disheartening to see the Sharab being freely distributed outside the Gurudwara when there is no place of Sharab in Sikhism and it is strictly prohibited.

When will people wake up? When will we follow the teachings of our Guru? What is SGPC doing?

Friday, April 20, 2007

Quote of the day!!!



Never kill imagination - Encourage it to grow!

Year 2019 - Cricket World Cup news

India failed to defeat Afghanistan in the world cup qualifier in the Asia -Pacific zone.

Coach sehwag said that he is not worried bcoz he has backing of selectors, captain and board and that they had won a close match against Papua new guinea just 2 yrs ago.

Rahul Dravid,the coach of new zealand team said that Sachin should now consider retiring gracefully and let his son take over the captaincy.

Mahender singh dhoni broke ajit agarkars record of most no of conecutive ducks in twenty 20.

Saurav ganguly, the coach of england feels that the boys need to control their emotions on the field.

The current leading man from bollywood bret lee advices ms dhoni to take upacting as well.

Minnows Pakistan beat Ireland in a close match...and thus they avanged their defeat in the 2007 WC against the then minnows ireland. Inzamam ul haq, who was the captain of the losing team and now the present coach said in a press interview that "Boys plays well, they try hard, inshallah we wins the world cup"

The police arrested 8 ppl for voilence after England and NZ match. Investigations revealed that these ppl were members of Dravid and Ganguly fan communities on Orkut which have 623241516 and 126542 members respectively.

The Indian cricket board led by president Lalu Prasad has called for an emergency meeting to discuss future course of action. Former players like Yuvraj Singh, Md Kaif,VVS Laxman and Kumble have been invited. Coach Sehwag and captain Tendulkar will present a report.

VVS Laxman today created a new controversy by saying that he expected a written apology from Lalu ji for including him in the category of former players. He said that he has improved his fielding and fitness and wants to play 2023 WC in Brazil.

Posted only for humor. No offences meant.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

History of Baisakhi

Vaisakhi (also known as Baisakhi) marks the Punjabi and Nepali New Year and the beginning of the harvest season in Punjab, India and Nepal.

Vaisakhi falls in the Nanakshahi calendar (neither in the Amantha- nor in the Purnimantha-calendar) on the first day of Vaisakh month and marks the sun entering Mesha Rasi (this fact is called Mesha Sankranti). Vaisakhi is therefore determined by the solar calendar. Baisakhi usually falls on April 13, and on April 14 once every thirty-six years, however it has now been agreed for Baisakhi to always fall on the 14th of April.

It occurs at the same time as the "Hindu/Vedic New Year" commemorated in different parts India as follows: Rongali Bihu in Assam, Naba Barsha (literally meaning "New" = "Nava" "Year"="Barsha") in Bengal, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, 'Pooram Vishu' in Kerala, and the Sinhala/Tamil new year festival in Sri Lanka.

The story of the foundation of the Khalsa started with the martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur, the 9th Guru, who was publicly beheaded by Mughul rulers for protecting freedom of worship for Brahmins of Kashmir.

Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs founded the Khalsa (Community of the Pure) at the Baisakhi gathering in 1699, at Keshgarh Sahib near Anandpur. Guru Gobind Singh, had organised for followers from all over India to meet him at the Basakhi Fair in Anandpur.

Guru Gobind Singh emerged from a tent with a sword, and asked for volunteers to offer his life for his faith. A young Sikh volunteered, followed the Guru into a tent. Shortly after, the Guru reappeared alone with his sword covered with blood, and asked for a second volunteer. Another Sikh stepped forward and again the Guru took him into the tent, and re-appeared alone, his sword covered in more blood. This was repeated for a third, fourth and fifth volunteer. The crowd became very unnerved, as many believed that the Guru had killed the five Sikhs. He soon came out of the tent again, this time followed by all five Sikhs who were alive and well and dressed in turbans and other symbols that have since become symbols of Sikh identity. He called the five Sikhs the Panj Pyare - the beloved five.

Then the Guru put water in a bowl for sprinkling over the five in a simple initiation ceremony. He said prayers as he stirred the water with a short steel sword; symbolising the need for strength. The Guru's wife, Mata Sundri, then came forward and placed some sugar crystals into the holy water or amrit as a reminder that strength must always be balanced by sweetness of temperament. After completing his prayers, the Guru then sprinkled the amrit over the five.

He declared them to be the first members of a new community of equals, to be called the Khalsa, meaning "pure". These "saint soldiers" were to dedicate their lives to the service of others and the pursuit of justice for people of all faiths. The Panj Pyare were asked to wear five distinctive symbols of their new identity, The Five Ks.

The Guru gave the gift of bana, the distinctive Sikh clothing and headwear. He also offered five emblems of purity and courage. These symbols, worn by all baptized Sikhs of both sexes, are popularly known today as Five Ks: Kesh, unshorn hair; Kangha, the wooden comb; Karra, the iron (or steel) bracelet; Kirpan, the sword; and Kachera, the underwear. By being identifiable, no Sikh could never hide behind cowardice again.

Political tyranny was not the only circumstance that was lowering peoples' morale. Discriminatory class distinctions (--the Indian "caste" system--) promoted by Brahmins and Mullahs were also responsible for the peoples' sense of degradation. The Guru wanted to eliminate the anomalies caused by the caste system. The constitution of the Panj Pyare was the living example of his dream: both the high and low castes were amalgamated into one. Among the original Panj Pyare, there was one Khatri, shopkeeper; one Jat, farmer; one Chhimba, calico printer/tailor; one Ghumar, water-carrier; and one Nai, a barber. The Guru gave the surname of Singh (Lion) to every Sikh and also took the name for himself. From Guru Gobind Rai he became Guru Gobind Singh.

The Guru then knelt before the five and asked them to initiate him. Hence, the Khalsa became a community in which master and disciple were equal. He also pronounced that all Sikh women embody royalty, and gave them the surname Kaur (Princess). With the distinct Khalsa identity and consciousness of purity Guru Gobind Singh gave all Sikhs the opporunity to live lives of courage, sacrifice, and equality.

For Sikhs, this seasonal festival also has great importance as the founding of the Khalsa (Soldiers of the Timeless One) at Anandpur Sahib. The Khalsa played an important role in resistance against Mughal rule. For many centuries after that, the first male child of many Hindu families in Punjab was ordained as a Sikh in order for him to train and become a warrior and fight for the people. Other male children used to take care of the family, parents and the land.

Visit SikhiWiki for the complete history.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Mother killed her child



A mother killed her child just because the little kid loved his Grand Mother more than his mother...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Religion

The moment we talk of religion, the first question that comes to our mind is what is religion. Religion is something that gives peace to the mind.

The body has six senses. This sixth sense is religion or so to say awakening the sixth sense is religion. The Lord has given this sixth sense to all humans. It is inherent in every¬body. So, religion is inherent in everybody.

All senses in the body are sensations. One can only feel them. Similarly, this sixth sense is a sensation, a wavy sensa¬tion.

There are three ingredients in religion:

1. The mind.
2. The body soul.
3. The Supreme soul.

This sixth sense is a shuttle that shuttles between the mind, the body soul and the Supreme soul.

But, somehow, the mind has been enticed by the worldly desires and it cannot feel this sensation. Like, the light can¬not pass through a black wall, it being opaque.

Similarly, the sixth sense, that is inherent in the body, the mind cannot feel. The layer of dirt of worldly desires on the mind has created a veil of blackness and the sensation cannot pass through it.

When the veil of blackness is gone or even when it be¬comes thin, the mind awakens and feels this sixth sense by way of a wavy sensation.

Then, it recognizes the body soul. Then, it recognizes the Supreme soul.

Then, it gets immersed in the love of the Supreme soul and enjoys ecstasy or so to say peace. This happens while living only.

This is a divine secret. This is religion.

Nutshell: Religion is awakening the sixth sense and making it strong.

The endeavor is to recite the Lord's name with love by the tongue with attention of the mind towards the Lord.

Let us recite. O Lord, O Lord, O Lord, O Lord

Starting with at least five minutes a day.
(Source: BHAI VIR SINGH - Translated BY M.L.MONGIA)

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