dalsingh101 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 22 minutes ago, chatanga1 said: Have started today on "Sri Gur Sobha" by Kavi Sainapati. I have read the 1st chapter (attempting to read one every day in Gurmukhi and English). I have to say I really enjoyed reading it. Kulwant Singh of IOSS has done a translation of it, as with Panth Parkash, and it looks really good. Still a few typos though. What translation you reading? Ami's or Kulwant Singh's? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Kulwant Singhs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 On 9/12/2015 at 11:08 PM, dalsingh101 said: What's the motivation with all the Islamic stuff out of curiosity? Sorry I did'n see this post. I find Islamic history quite interesting, - especially that pertaining to the Indian subcontinent and Abbasid Caliphate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Does anyone know, on which project Kulwant Singh jee is working on nowadays? Thanks Bhul chuk maaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I don't know but I hope he gets it checked over for english spelling by a westerner. I found it very interesting that Kavi Sainapati says he was asked by someone to write "Sri Gur Sobha", rather than it being an exercise of his own initiative. Bhai Rattan Singh Bhangu also wrote "Sri Gur Panth Parkash" at Capt Murrays' behest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Chatanga: See how Kulwant translates the following lines (of Ami's version), post it if you can: Quote ਭਏ ਤਯਾਰ ਹਿਥਿਆਰ ਪਾਚੋਂ ਕਸੇ ਸਿੰਘ ਤਿਹ ਠਉਰ ਬਨ ਬੇਗ ਆਏ। ਏਕ ਸੋ ਏਕ ਬਲਵੰਤ ਸੂਰਾ ਸਰਸ ਟਾਂਕ ਦੁਇ ਤੀਨ ਆਫੂ ਹੜਾਏ। 599 Ami translates it as: Quote Armed with five weapons they were ready and the Singhs arrived at that place promptly. Each and every brave warrior had some opium with him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 ^^^ Don't trouble yourself too much Chatanga.... lol Making my way slowly through Dickens's Bleak House right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 On 02/01/2016 at 5:41 PM, dalsingh101 said: Chatanga: See how Kulwant translates the following lines (of Ami's version), post it if you can: Ami translates it as: Haven't been well over the week so apologies to all my fans. Kulwant Singh writes: Armed with 5 arms did they get ready, quickly did the Singhs arrive in all readiness Each warrior being mightier than the other, two three doses of opium did they partake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 27 minutes ago, chatanga1 said: Haven't been well over the week so apologies to all my fans. Kulwant Singh writes: Armed with 5 arms did they get ready, quickly did the Singhs arrive in all readiness Each warrior being mightier than the other, two three doses of opium did they partake. Thanks for that. What do people make of that? A purportedly contemporary source of Guru Gobind Singh ji, referring to opium taking by Singhs? Get well soon Chatanga. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yeah, I hadn't got that far in the granth, but that thought did go through my mind as well, as it often thought it was a later development. Also I wish Kulwant Singh had taken the time to have his book proof read. In his Panjabi writing, it says "ek sau ek" meaning 101, rather than "ek so ek" which means something different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Quote Also I wish Kulwant Singh had taken the time to have his book proof read. That's considered an (unnecessary) optional extra in Indian publishing. lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 On 1/15/2016 at 9:53 AM, chatanga1 said: Haven't been well over the week Anything serious? Do ardas and try to stay in chardikala paaji. Bhul chuk maaf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 just a seasonal virus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Read: Promethea by Alan Moore. Recommend it for any creative type. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Have finished reading "The Maharajah's Box" by christie Campbell. It is such a sad story to read about Maharajah Duleep Singh and his family. I haven't read a book like for a long time. The guy was played like a sucker right from the start of his childhood through to his death by the british. There are some revealing details about Maharajah Duleep Sinhgh as well, that even after taking pahul, he carried on drinking heavily and did sometime after keeping his beard, trimmed it. When i came to the final page, I was quite overwhelmed at his life and struggle. Very sad indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premi Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Anyone read any interesting books recently? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Penguin Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 11/20/2016 at 4:31 AM, Premi said: Anyone read any interesting books recently? Just finished Energy Anatomy by Caroline myss. Worth checking out if somebody's interest in chakra and how we operate according to what chakra and what tribe we belong to. Just ordered more books from thriftbooks ( a website to buy used books, which are in awesome condition and each book is like 4$ or something, I just discovered It few weeks ago ). So anybody who wants to have a library, website is worth checking out. I am now reading The Four agreement. Never tried to pick that book up thinking it might be some Christian based book and I did not want to fill my mind with but it's a book about universal agreements we make . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I finished a book I started a long time ago called "The Proudest Day" about the partition of India, written in great detail about the political side of the whole affair. It is a very good book with great info on all parties and participants involved. I have started a book by Ian talbot and Gurharpal Singh called " The partition of India". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premi Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Will need to check these out, thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Finshed reading "The Proudest Day". It is a very balanced book about the movement for India's indepedence and I would recommend it to everyone. It deals with all the background political ongoings, and not to much with the actual partition itself. I have started to read "The Blood Telegram." It's about Bangladesh and the creation of it in 1971. It deals with the Indo-Pak war through a geo-political angle, and truly I'm amazed at how certain countries but esp USA under Nixon operated thir foreign policies, and the aligned movement, and all the paranoia, suffering and lack of empathy for the common man. Even India's participation in the war, is not as straightforward as you would think. Still the whole episode further exposes how the british foollishly accepted the 2-nation theory which didn't even last 25 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I've been reading quite a lot lately - amongst these a rereading of the Sarkutavali Granth as well as Western literature and philosophy as my gore collegues say i'm too focused on Indic literature lol. I recently joined a literature club that meets once a month where we are to read various literature. This will widen my horizon so I dont just read stuff I pick myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I also recently enherited a small library of books from a friend. The books mostly cover books on Europe, Japan, terrorism, Middle East, chemistry and biology etc. Awesome stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 49 minutes ago, amardeep said: I've been reading quite a lot lately - amongst these a rereading of the Sarkutavali Granth Please do share snippets in related topics. Is the book by Niddar on Sri Charitropakhian Sahib jee out yet? Thanks Bhu chuk maaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 5 hours ago, paapiman said: Is the book by Niddar on Sri Charitropakhian Sahib jee out yet? It was supposed to be out last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Just started reading Plato on the concept of state and government. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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