Diwali night
Diwali was celebrated in India a few days back. Diwali means differently to different religions – for sikhs it marks the return of Guru Hargobindji to Amritsar. The first copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib was scribed by Bhai Gurdaas, who was a devoted sikh of Guru Arjan Devji. He completed the Adi Granth in [...]
Can we do something?
This morning there was a joke in the newspaper about the Chinese overtaking the Americans. Chinese kids chuckling over having Americans working for them in 2030. “Why do great nations fail?”, the teacher asked. “It happens because they turn their back on the things that make them great.” Non-violence, honesty and pride made India great. [...]
Why Indian Talent Season 2 got it wrong
So, India’s Got Talent Season 2 got it wrong. The best team did not win. What happened? The rule said judges and votes will get equal (50%) weightage. However its apparent to any Tom, Dick or Harry that the final winners were influenced much more by votes, and to a lesser extent by the judges’ [...]
Fresh air fund :-)
The Fresh Air Fund is looking for runners and sponsors to join their Fresh Air Fund-Racers team for the NYC Marathon on on November 7th. Volunteers can register until September 30th – so let us hurry! Over the past four years as a NY Road Runners charity partner for the NYC Half-Marathon, their 325 Fund-Racers [...]
What is life…
Some of these thoughts were penned by me a few months back when my maternal grandmother left for her heavenly abode. The Guru’s viewpoint, both on Life as well on Death is very different from a normal person’s viewpoint. While the world sees birth as a beginning and death an an end, the Guru sees [...]
Sajid does not understand Sikhism
In a recent episode of India’s Got Talent Season 2, there was a performance by a Sikh group, showcasing Sikh martial arts using swords with some beautiful music, which had one 5-6 year old kid as part of the group. One of the judges, Sajid Khan mentioned that while the performance was “okay”, the involvement [...]
