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check out the pictures (WARNING - he's quite cooked) http://panthic.org/articles/2008/08/28/nih...e-central-jail/ Amritsar Sahib (KP) – Ajit Phoola, the notorious pseudo-Nihang, who is responsible for number of rapes and other crimes, was set on fire by two other prisoners inside the Central Jail here. Navtej Singh and Harchand Singh of Amritsar Sahib and Gurdaspur district respectively have been named responsible for the incident. According to local police officials, the incident took place after Phoola had an argument with both Navtej Singh and Harchand Singh. The row became violent when Phoola was set on fire. As a consequence he suffered over seventy percent burns and was immediately admitted to the local Civil hospital where he is receiving treatment. No information is yet available on how the actual misshapen came to be and what kind of materials were used inside the jail. Phoola’s role in several anti-Panthic operations have been apparent for long but support of Centre Government has always resuscitated him from backlash of the Sikh Community.

. . . lets not get carried away and get delusional. Nihangs can ONLY do this because the State lets them. Nihangs dont bother the State much and also they are happy carrying guns which would be pretty useless if they were at war with any state army.

. . . sikhs on the whole are totally clueless when it comes to the dirty, sly game of politics

. . . and Badal's 'BAPU' is the central govt-Delhi , so technically the central govt. is the real political leader of the sikhs (or indeed, who ever may be in charge of the central govt from behind the scenes).

. . . also don't bathe/shower for too long and use cool/slightly warm water - don't use hot.

I think with nearly all girls its due to a serious lack of attention and affection from their family.

Bahadur, What did you do about your parents? Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sahib Kaur? (as I believe you claimed them to be) and is Anandpur Sahib still your birth place? or has research led you to have absolute conviction in a new set of parents and change in place of birth as well?

A few speakers are required to partake in a small interfaith discussion in England between Jewish and Sikh community. The desire of some sections of Muslim community to "dominate the entire world" will be one the topics. Threats to survival of small communities another. Threats from financial organisations another. If you are a competent speaker and would be interested in taking part , or can recommend some knowledgeable individuals please pm me with your contact.

Incedentally, a couple of speakers are required to partake in a small interfaith discussion in England between Jewish and Sikh community. The desire of some sections of Muslim community to "dominate the entire world" will be one the topics. Threats to survival of small communities another. If you are a competent speaker and would be interested in taking part , or can recommend some knowledgeable individuals please pm me with your contact.

good idea - hope it works out well and does bring about a bit of ekta

Definatley, and this has been a cause for concern (and even great anger) for many Punjabis. Perhaps simply giving Punjabis the "prize", rather than investment will keep them happy.

What if you didnt want protection, would you still have to pay the protection money/tax? Was it only non-muslims who had to pay the tax? Has the system been abused? What happens to you if you dont pay the tax?

why dont you astral travellers go back in time and ask Guru Nanak for his opinion?

is it not possible for you to meditate and love God while enjoying sensual pleasures?

I love Carol Vorderman

nanak naam chardi kala terai bhaanay sarbat da bhala

Khalsa'z_Pyari, the reason, I believe, why people didn't respond to the actual story is because it has been doing the rounds for a few years already. Many people probably ignored it because it was old news for them and they'd read it a few times already.

. . . and then there's Canada and Southall. Jatts have found a new niche.

If the government of Punjab was half decent they could have created a economically healthy environment in Punjab where emigrating wouldn't enter the peoples' mind, instead its a place where people crave to escape to the "land of opportunity" - the west, a few manage it, most are left with 'doday' and 'smack' being their only escape. In our relatively wealthy lifestyles it's easy to forget how powerful an agent money can be and to what lengths the average person is prepared to go to get it, especially, when they regularly see/hear stories of those around them doing so successfully.

Whether or not you choose to eat pork/beef/dog/rat or drink jeck denial bisky or phemous grass or just wine, my advice would be that you should never get "vehmee" about the route you take, as being free from 'vehm' is also an important Khalsa ideal. - and perhaps a far less debatable/contraversial one than the others in this post.

I reckon more people here can understand shortened / phone language than understand roman hindi : "Baron ka gussa, baron ka pyar hai betha!" Language doesn't stay the same- its always changing through time. Nowadays, most people are comfortable using expressions like LOL ! etc Khalsa'z_Pyari, I don't think you should worry too much about the text spelling telling off -remember even Javanmard uses one phrase from your language : "lol" - jus make sure u cn spell propa in ur examz init. . . . at least until they make mobile phone language legal. sfe yeah . txt bk p.s. sod teenagers, but, big up all da suburban PENDUS in da house !!

hmm . . . never seen the Guru with a massive earring before

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Bush, Blair, bin Laden, Sadam, Zarqawi - are all examples of power craving hypocrites. One side is fighting a just war- a crusade against terrorism, and funnily the other side is also fighting a just war - a jihad against the evil shaytan . . . or atleast, that's what the manipulative power grabbers would like the public to believe. Personally, I somehow doubt that these individuals are re-incarnations of the lord Krishna returned to the planet to restore righteousness. One of the reasons for the more seemingly gruesome/evil methods employed by al-quaeda types is due to their far far far inferior technology compared to Bush and Blair. Without suicide bombings, car bombs, causing civil unrest by bombing mosques etc - what else can al-quaeda do ? they would be defeated in no time if they fought within the normal "fair rules of war". These people are not in the 21st century as it seen by most of the world. But we shouldn't forget that it was in the not so distant past that this level of vile, gruesome autrocities were carried out by the "civillised" west, - eg ww1 ww2, slave trade, massacares in collonies- india, africa, australia. It's all the "Karta-Purakh's" Ultimate Chess game !

There is an inextricable link between music and our moods. A lullaby soothes us to sleep; a love song arouses our amorousness; pop music sets our feet tapping; while devotional songs evoke our spirituality. Our sages and musicologists of yore studied this relationship between music and the human psyche and evolved raags that linked our changing moods to changes in nature. What emerged was what we refer to as the time cycle of raags. According to this theory there is a special raag for each period of the day., representing each mood. Such a finely tuned understanding of the mood created by different musical notes does not exist in any system of music, anywhere in the world. THE TIME CYCLE The day is broken into eight periods (prahars) with specific raags for each 1st prahar (7am to 10am) Bilawal, Sarang, Hindol 2nd prahar (10am to 1pm) : Asavari, Jaunpuri,Shudhsarang,Todi 3rd prahar (1pm to 4 pm) : Bhimpalasi, Multani, Pilu 4th prahar (4pm to 7pm) : Poorvi, Puriyadhanashee, Puriya,Marwa,Shree 5th prahar (7pm to 10pm) : Yaman Kalyan, Bhupali, Shudh Kalyan , Kedar 6th prahar (10 pm to 1 am) : Behag, Bageshwari, Khamaj, Desh, Rageshwari 7th prahar (1 am to 4 am) : Adana, Malkauns, Chandrakauns, Darbari 8th prahar (4am to 7am) : Bhairav, Lalit, Gunkali The first time cycle raag corresponds to that twilight hour, just before dawn, when the colour of the sky begins to change, the last to the velvety night, after sunset. When you see the changing colours of the sky at the break of the day or the glorious hues of sunset, you may feel the same quiet wonder at the sheer beauty of nature, yet hat you experience at daybreak may be different from your reactions to dusk. Similarly, a full moon and a moonlit night evoke an entirely different kind of mood. And capturing every changing nuance in our mood as the day runs its course are the different raags. The elemental reaction of the human mind and body to the changes in nature was known to our great masters and that is why they were able to create the raags that evoked the right mood. The correspondence between nature and our feelings is natural because the human body is made of the five elements-fire,air,water,earth and sky. If you study the way our musical notes unfold, you realize that they synchronize completely with nature. The different combinations of notes and the patterns in which they are played have a very distinct effect on emotions. A raag creates an atmosphere which is associated with particular feelings and sentiments. If Bhairav has the serenity of early dawn, Darbari has the splendour of midnight. Bhupali can never be associated with mirth and fun whereas Bageshri is more suited for a lighthearted romantic mood. The Raagmala paintings of Rajasthan depict beautifully the underlying 'ras' or mood expressed by every raag. In the time cycle , you first have raags based on 'komal swaras', what we call the flat notes. In all the komal swar raags you ( Bhairav, Gunkali), you have one thing in common: the note rishabh and dhaivat. The fourth note, madhyam, is also a komal swar, but it is used in teevra swar (sharp)when singing the twilight raags after sunset to define the change in mood between the two hours before sunrise and after sunset. So, with the subtle change in one note, the entire mood of the raag changes. All these twilight melodies called Sandhiprakash raags in our musical terminology, covey a certain pathos, a certain yearning. These are followed by the raags of the first quarter of the morning and night, such as Todi, Asavari, and then the midday and midnight raags. more at http://santoor.com/strikingnotes.html