Singh123456777 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 I think I will be goin to india in the winter so I will check out chatter Singh jeevan Singh. Thanks Amardeep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Try Singh bros first. They give better discount than CSJS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Dont go for discount. Pay them whatever they ask. It's good to support these book shops by paying full price. They are not expensive for us westeners anyway.Also have a talk with the owners of the book shops of Amritsar around the Golden Temple.. The history of the book shops is very fascinating - one of them has been existing for some 140 years and has been running as a family book shop for many generations. I had a very profound conversation one late evening outside the Golden Temple with one of the book shop owners. He talked about 84 and what happened (he was at work in the book shop at the time) as well as giving examples of how you can "trace" lineages back to Guru Gobind Singh through only 4 chains. He was an older man - for him 100 years "was nothing".. a very interesting baba ji... Dont be cheap - support them! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Dont go for discount. Pay them whatever they ask. It's good to support these book shops by paying full price. They are not expensive for us westeners anyway. Dont be cheap - support them!Amardeep, Singhbrothers apply discount themselves. On the few times I have been there, I spent thousands on books, and they have always given a discount without me asking or them offering. Whereas New India Book store in Jalandhar take full book price. Whenever I go India, I always go Singh brothers first, then CSJS, then give New India a try. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Where is this Singh brothers you talk about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Opposite main entrance to Sri Darbar Sahib, and just past the Udasi Dharamsala. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Its very famous - ask around the other shop owners if you get lost and they will give you directions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 here is their website. I always make a list of books from their site before I go there. Spent hours in that shop. http://www.singhbrothers.com/singhbrothers.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Mehma Parkash is available on SIkhbookclub.com should anyone want to read further. You can download pdf and its makes it much easier to read than on PDL.An excellent site for looking up old books on Sikhi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Thanks veers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Mehma Parkash is available on SIkhbookclub.com should anyone want to read further.Bro, is Sri Mehma Prakash available in English?Thanks a lotBhul chuk maaf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Not that I'm aware of.Maybe a project for some of us here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Not that I'm aware of.Maybe a project for some of us here?How big is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) About 1000 pages in print. Edited August 28, 2015 by amardeep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 About 1000 pages in print.Gulp.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted August 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Dal have a look at the book on the pdf or PDL. They are poems written in the centre of the page, but not covering the whole page or anything extensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 The Mahima Prakash Vartak is said to be a shorter prose version of the same book. Its about 100-120 pages only and much easier to understand and read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Maybe peeps could choose a smaller interesting extract for us to work on (instead of the whole thing!)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 What about translating the Garab Ganjani Teeka? The language is somewhat simple prose and the book is not that bulky. A translation of that book would give great insights into the early 19th century Sikh understanding of Sri Japji Sahib. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 What about translating the Garab Ganjani Teeka? The language is somewhat simple prose and the book is not that bulky. A translation of that book would give great insights into the early 19th century Sikh understanding of Sri Japji Sahib.Isn't that in Hindi? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Its in Sant Basha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Its in Sant BashaBhagat wanted to do that one. Maybe you should PM him about it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Â Singh123...I emailed a list of books I was after to SinghBrothers, and they arranged, ready for why my rents were visiting Amritsar. As you can see from this receipt they apply discount as a rule: Â Â Edited November 13, 2015 by chatanga1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh123456777 Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Awesome! I need to get bansavlinama, Sri gur sobha, prem sumarag Granth in Punjabi and four five others. Does singh brothers also have really rare granths? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 On 14/11/2015, 23:39:16, Singh123456777 said: Does singh brothers also have really rare granths? I haven't asked, so don't know. However some of the books on the list I sent them, they told me were out of print, and that they weren't able to procure them. If you go there ask, but if it's possible that you already have a list in mind, email them and see what they can/can't get for you. Then try the CSJS next door, or the internet book sites. Â I have to say that I have picked up some great bargains over the net from bookshops in india. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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