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Fascinating Folktales of Punjab
Fascinating Folktales of Punjab
Like many young Sikh-Canadians and Sikh-Americans, I've done the full circuit.I started as a kid at the Punjabi Sunday School, moved on to the day camps run by the gurdwaras during school holidays.
Like many young Sikh-Canadians and Sikh-Americans, I've done the full circuit.I started as a kid at the Punjabi Sunday School, moved on to the day camps run by the gurdwaras during school holidays.
It was about 5:30 in the evening on Wednesday, the 28th of November, 2012. My wife, Gurpreet Kaur, collected our two kids from the Preschool Place & Kindergarten. Our evening supper ritual was hurried as we had to get our son, Jodha Singh, to his Tai-Kwon-Do class by 6:30.
It was about 5:30 in the evening on Wednesday, the 28th of November, 2012. My wife, Gurpreet Kaur, collected our two kids from the Preschool Place & Kindergarten. Our evening supper ritual was hurried as we had to get our son, Jodha Singh, to his Tai-Kwon-Do class by 6:30.
When I watch the video, I don’t think of it as any profound social message, but of the kids involved in its creation, who were not in my class, but who I got to know – fittingly enough – at the Langar Hall (Communal Kitchen). It reminds me of the less serious side of Sidak, which I felt was of equal value to what we were learning : the social component of the experience.
When I watch the video, I don’t think of it as any profound social message, but of the kids involved in its creation, who were not in my class, but who I got to know – fittingly enough – at the Langar Hall (Communal Kitchen). It reminds me of the less serious side of Sidak, which I felt was of equal value to what we were learning : the social component of the experience.
In a few days, July 21st to be exact, the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI.org ) holds a daylong community retreat on what for Sikhs is the age old and revered but neglected idea of Sarbat Khalsa .
In a few days, July 21st to be exact, the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI.org ) holds a daylong community retreat on what for Sikhs is the age old and revered but neglected idea of Sarbat Khalsa .
We all suffer at times, weighed down with personal traumas, disappointments and regrets. According to the Buddhists, the primary truth of all of human existence is suffering. But in Sikhi, while our Guru acknowledges that there is much suffering in life, there is more to life and the universe than mere suffering. No, life is so much more than suffering.
We all suffer at times, weighed down with personal traumas, disappointments and regrets. According to the Buddhists, the primary truth of all of human existence is suffering. But in Sikhi, while our Guru acknowledges that there is much suffering in life, there is more to life and the universe than mere suffering. No, life is so much more than suffering.
Two of my fellow Sidakers from the class of 2012 have written wonderful blog posts that are succinct and tell you concisely what their Sidak experience was like. Please do give them a read: Santbir Singh on Sikhchic “Why I’ll Be There.” and Ruby Kaur on Sikhnet with the aptly titled, “Amazing Sidak.” It should come as no surprise that my post about my experience is long, but I’ve inserted photos to hide this fact.
Two of my fellow Sidakers from the class of 2012 have written wonderful blog posts that are succinct and tell you concisely what their Sidak experience was like. Please do give them a read: Santbir Singh on Sikhchic “Why I’ll Be There.” and Ruby Kaur on Sikhnet with the aptly titled, “Amazing Sidak.” It should come as no surprise that my post about my experience is long, but I’ve inserted photos to hide this fact.
