Laadli Fauj

oh snap, didnt know we had an intro thread. chalo only a few weeks late I am Damanjit "Laadli Fauj" Singh, from California interests are: soccer, gatkashastarvidiyamartialarts(whatever the hell you wanna call it), shastars, tanti saaj, classical kirtan, my beautiful dilruba Jahan Kaur, tabla

yeah, its by one of his kavis its itee naubate, not ik naubate siiick shabad

thank god im khalistani hahaha but yeah, would punjabis/north indians fall in with the rest of indians? we're of caucasian/aryan descent if i'm not mistaken, so how does that factor in? i remember back in middle school this kid asked me, in all seriousness, if it was against our religion to work out/exercise as every elder punjabi he'd ever seen was fat

http://sikhsangeet.com/albumid217-Chaman-Hargobindpuri-Mehta-Kavi-Darbaar-2003.html chaman singh hargobindpuri BADASS kaveeshr

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im lost...lol

anyone have the recordings?

was anyone able to record? please share the love.

http://www.khukuriblades.com/products/details.php?id=313131f87 how about this one?

Hahaha, shaheediyan loves his raag asa, eh Bhai Balbir Singh is good, or any raagi that knows his stuff Dr Gurnam Singh, Bhai Avtar Singh, Bhai Gurmeet Singh Shaant, Bhai Samund Singh Bhai Santa Singh, Bhai Prithipal Singh, etcetc any gurbani ucharan is good, i like listening to akal ustat a lot of the time night time, raag malhaar and malkauns are awesome bhai balbir singh's Sada jai Bhagauti rendered in raag malkauns is simply amazing. night time work outs, or pulling all nighters studying/doing homework immortal technique

yeah i'd under normal circumstances buy from shaheediyan's site, but im buying this for my birthday, therefore im allowed to kharch a bit of extra out dad's pocket so unless u absolutely forbid me from buying offa himalayan imports, i think il stick with that in the future i'll probably end up buying more often from khukriblades, seein how they're a lot more nicely priced. as for learning proper technique, not much of n outlet for that here in cali, no shastar vidiya ustads as of yet, just the gatka akhara. i'm considering taking lessons in some south eastern martial art though, maybe eskrima/kali or some other southeast asian art, i'll do my research and take advice from you guys b4 jumpin onto anything

yup. ima buy from that other site, seems more legit, himalayan imports

http://www.khukuriblades.com/kukri_making/ check out step one truck springs? i guess it hasta be quality loha to be fit for massive trucks

a majh is a water buffalo, not a cow

haha amen

kaljug--hahaha, way to make me feel dumb :/ same blade da lagda thanks tho! you recommend any size?

http://yhst-7333098713883.stores.yahoo.net/15inchsirupati.html this one's hot too

http://yhst-7333098713883.stores.yahoo.net/20inchsirupati.html that one caught my eye (my birthday's comin up soon, so i started looking immediately ) any comments? is it worth it? Kaljug said they make some good stuff, so yeah hopefully it is any other suggestions?

could someone spell out khukri in punjabi for me? i've seen it written a gajillion different ways in english lol, so i feel kinda retarded about the pronunciation

haha as for truck springs, i remember when we got some new shastar for our gatka akhara, it was big deal cuz they were apparentky "kamani loha". i later asked my dad what kamaani loha was hahaha. truck springs/shock absorber things. the shastar were nicely made and whatnot still, i wont verify their quality or anything as my shastar gian is nothing compared to most of the frequent posters on this site. but yeah its true, even a lot of the normal sri sahibs and karhe are made from scrap metal and whatnot. i find it disgustingly disturbing how we as a nation simply refuse to keep our traditions alive, be it in the architectural genius of our gurus from fortresses to bazaars being, or countless works of art, being destryoed by "kaar seva" babay, or the refusal to maintain and keep in high respect within the mainstream panth, traditions such as santhiyaa shastar vidiyaa gurmat sangeet/raag vidiyaa and lohaari.

thanks for all the info guys! ima definitely look into learning first hand at least the basics from a blacksmith, and movefrom there keep posting all the gian you've got tho, helps a lot

hehe sick. i might hit up the UK next summer, be sure to get me acquainted with them rakba/patiala lohaars sounds good. mann i just went to india in june, can't believe i didnt think of it then i remember baba joginder singh ji mentioning that Bidhi Chand Dal has some reallly good shastarmakers as well aglee vaari sehi

praane same vich, when maharaj was in dehdhaari saroop, they would touch any gifts, and langar, from sangat as a form of blessing as well as acceptance since maharaj often told his sikhs that shastar are guru saroop, we do bhog to langar today for the same reason. its not us doing anything, but maharaj themself blessing it

maybe start by learning basics from a blacksmith, possibly as an extra class in uni possibly apne shastar makers in punjab too? like baldev singh nihangsingh

yeah, it'd probably be hard to get them to teach me, but hell, no hurt in trying haha