dalsingh101 Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Im not too sure about that. The Jats werent the only ones to receive this massage. You're absolutely right. Khatris were given the spiel about 'Aryan races'. However I don't think they have been as effected by the outsider notions as much as Jats have. Maybe because they've had a much older, stable identity or something? In any case we have the clear examples of our Gurus from this background who relinquished or at least downplayed the importance of such an identity. The point is about forming identities and how susceptible people can be easily persuaded by flattery and how certain communities are aware of this and have manipulated it. I think another example of the dangers of buying into 'foreign ideas' is how the idea of an inevitable Anglo victory in war against the Sikhs was spread about prior to the Anglo-Sikh wars in 'prophesies' that don't seem to have come from our Gurus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass4jasmin Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru j ki fateh, i m new to this forum,married to singh with religious thoughts,conduct, i started reading literature..first book i read was ''suraj parkash'' by lekhak kram singh ji..second book i started reading is ''guru maneo granth'' by dr.ratan singh jaggi Edited August 10, 2013 by jass4jasmin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 WJKK WJKF Jass4jasmin What did you think of them? I've heard off Suraj Prakash by Kavi Santokh SIngh but not Kram SIngh. Any bits of the books stick out in your mind? Are you a fluent Panjabi reader? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass4jasmin Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki faeh veerji mera anbhav haale thora hai es vishe te. Haale hor books te nai mind ch. Baaki mai fluency punjabi di awaited hai.bcoz mai haale learner aa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdsingh80 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Chanayka neeti 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I have read an English version of Chanayka neeti a few years ago. I bought it form india. currently i am re-reading "The Real RAnjit Singh " by the Fakeer ud din (i think!). next book i am going to read is by lepel griffin about the panjab empire of Maharja RAnjit Singh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I'm gonna start reading dasam guru chamatkar.Just read sau sakhi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Is that by Sodhi Teja Singh ? Which sau sakhi did you read? There are a few different versions of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Because I loved the US television series 'The Wire' so much I picked up a book written by the main writer David Simon with Ed Burns called 'The corner'. I'm also (slowly) finishing Ben Goldacre's Bad Pharma with explores deeply rooted bad practice in the Pharmaceutical industry. In some ways it is quite scary and it makes you look at medicine differently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAL 07 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I'm at chapter 3 of autobiography of a yogi, very mystical book opens up your imagination. Apparently one of the most best selling books ever 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Is that by Sodhi Teja Singh ? Which sau sakhi did you read? There are a few different versions of them.The l 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Is that by Sodhi Teja Singh ? Which sau sakhi did you read? There are a few different versions of them.The likharee of the one I read was Bhai gurbakhsh Singh.I have a bigger sau sakhi.It could be written by sodhi teja Singh.Ill check. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAL 07 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 You realize that sau Saki was actually 500 sakhis until the Brits corrupted it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 You realize that sau Saki was actually 500 sakhis until the Brits corrupted itWhat i heard was There were 500 sakhis at the time of guru ji but when they were crossing Sarasa river a lot of them got lost.I heard this before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 i didnt know there were 500. any more ifo to share on it Pal Singh Ji? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAL 07 Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 I'm surprised you guys daint know this, the British actually have the original 500 Saki. In order to weaken the Sikhs, the British corrupted the 500 sakhi and made it into 5 books of 100 sakjis, which many are inaccurate. Many vidvaans know of this and have heard in Katha aswell by Sant Jagjeet Singh Harkovalwale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 so it most likely would be in UK now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhKhoj Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) British (amongst others) corrupted the Sau Sakhi, its a known fact. Said to be written by Sahib Singh from Raam Koers narration, most Sau Sakhis differ to each other in content due to different people corrupting versions at different times, i.e. the Naamdharis to justify their Guru, the Maharaja Dalip Singh supporters corrupted it with a prophecy of him returning, etc. Different people added different things to it over time, and you can see different Samvats (years) in the work. The work, or earlier versions, were relied upon by many writers such as Kavi Santokh Singh though. Some people used to claim it was written by Guru Gobind Singh but Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha refuted this. And yes it is said it was Panj Sau Sakhi, but divided into five and given to different Singhs. Edited September 19, 2013 by SikhKhoj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 I have started to read "A history of Pakistan" by Ian Talbot, This book is very good. Will start to share somethings from it soon. I have learned loads already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURYADEV Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Finally started Reading the biogeaphy of Maha Harnam SIngh Ji. The guru of Baba nand Singh ji. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Just finished Stephen King's On writing: A memoir of the craft 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I'm reading akali Phoola Singh by baba pritam Singh hoti mardan wale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted November 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Just picked up an biography about Charles Dickens published by the British Library, fascinating character and life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) Am I the only one here who picks up lots of books but doesn't finish reading them? Edited November 14, 2013 by BhagatSingh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted November 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Am I the only one here who picks up lots of books but doesn't finish reading them? Well, at least that explains your general ignorance. What's the matter? Are you special needs or something? lol Stick to drawing if words are too difficult to deal with...... I'm messing with you.....kinda.... You know......many a true word said in jest and all that. lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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