tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252773782024-03-20T13:40:57.832-07:00jagjit naushehrviTidbits of Life!<br>
Punjabi Poetry!Life in Pardesi!<br>
!!nikk-shukk!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-46428213344124105122009-05-21T23:57:00.000-07:002009-05-22T00:07:17.014-07:00ਰਾਵੀ ਕੰਢੇ..........ਸੁੱਕ ਗਏ ਪੱਤਣ ਰਾਵੀ ਦੇ ਹੁਣਕਦੇ ਨਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਚੜ੍ਹਣੇਫਿਰ ਵੀ ਨ੍ਹੈ ਇਸ ਸਦੀਆਂ ਤੀਕਰ ਰੂਹ ਸਾਡੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਹਿਣਾ।ਇਸ ਰਾਵੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁੱਤਿਆਇਸ ਰਾਵੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਰਮਿਆਇਸ ਦੇ ਤਲਿਓਂ ਆਉਣ ਅਵਾਜ਼ਾਂਮੇਰਾ ਗਾਵੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਹੁਸੈਨਾ।ਇਹ ਰਾਵੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਕਬਰ ਪੀਰਾਂ ਦੀਇਹਨੇ ਜੁੱਗ ਜੁੱਗ ਜਿਉਂਦੀ ਰਹਿਣਾ।(ਲਾਹੌਰ)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-85023385749646435822009-05-21T23:07:00.000-07:002009-06-01T14:53:46.518-07:00Kulwinder's "Neeliyan Laatan da Sek" releasedਸ਼ਾਇਰ ਕੁਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਦਾ ਗ਼ਜ਼ਲ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ “ਨੀਲੀਆਂ ਲਾਟਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੇਕ” ਰਿਲੀਜ਼ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਗੋਸ਼ਟੀਵਿਪਸਾ ਦੀ ਤਿਮਾਹੀ ਬੈਠਕ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਸ਼ਾਲੀ ਕਵੀ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸੱਜਿਆਫਰੀਮੌਂਟ- ਕੈਲੀਫੋਰਨੀਆ: ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਅਕਾਡਮੀ (ਵਿਪਸਾਅ) ਕੈਲੀਫੋਰਨੀਆ ਵਲੋਂ ਕਰਵਾਏ ਗਏ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਸਮਾਗਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਇਰ ਕੁਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਦਾ ਦੂਜਾ ਗ਼ਜ਼ਲ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ “ਨੀਲੀਆਂ ਲਾਟਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੇਕ” ਰਿਲੀਜ਼ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ। ਮਿਲਪੀਟਸ ਲਾਇਰਬਰੇਰੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਆਡੀਟੋਰੀਅਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੋਏ ਸਮਾਗਮ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਪੜਾਅ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਰਿਲੀਜ਼ Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1163921359579432222006-11-18T23:28:00.000-08:002006-11-18T23:31:32.036-08:00Baba Jallan smaadhBaba Jallan's temple/samadh/gurdwara in my village Naushehra Dhalla.You can navigate the map to see other areas around.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1154578404084772782006-08-02T20:59:00.000-07:002006-08-02T21:17:36.156-07:00Creating Mitheyaas (mythology) This is the picture I took during Nagar Kirtan also known as Sikh Parade in Yuba City in Californa in Nov 2005. These 3 young lads were sitting on the footsteps of a float in the parade. Float was a large rig truck which was moving slowly. Notice the boy in the middle is wearing a t-shirt with two imprints on it of - Bhagat Singh and Sant Bhindrawale and phrase "Singh Soormay" under the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1154150229682180312006-07-28T22:05:00.000-07:002006-07-28T22:17:09.690-07:00More pics My friend B.S. Sidhu from Engineering College Bathinda with a large trunk of a sequoia tree in California in May 2006.Couple of views from Stanford University campus in Bay Area, California.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1151131769837927622006-06-23T23:34:00.000-07:002006-06-23T23:49:53.906-07:00Some Google Images - with big WowGolden Temple, AmritsarWagha Border GatesMy Village - on Border: the zigzag line is the actual border while straight line(sharp angles) is the barbed wire fence built on Indian side.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1148319409234225102006-05-22T10:36:00.000-07:002006-05-22T10:39:09.160-07:00buRhaapa worries of my generationI remember in old days middle aged folks used to look forward to buRhaapa when they will samaiT all their responsibilities, and wehlay ho key enjoy the retirement and buRhaapa. BuRhaapa was time you looked forward to...buRhaapa was a time when you had all bodily hair white and it was a plus as everyone respected you even when you were being totally stupid and stubborn....when your sons and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1148235836832072372006-05-21T11:16:00.000-07:002006-05-21T18:37:32.430-07:00Bhagat Singh, Lahore and FolkloreHere is an interesting tid-bit about Bhagat Singh, Lahore and folklore. I think the writer has got some of the details on Bhagat Singh wrong but other than that the piece is very interesting. Nawab Ahmad Khan Kasuri, the magistrate who sentenced Bhagat Singh was from Kasur. His son, another judge in Lahore had an assassination attempt on his life during Bhutto's time. Zia charged Bhuttoo for thisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1147323662513405222006-05-10T21:56:00.000-07:002006-05-21T10:49:54.713-07:00Tagore and Einstein MeetingLooks like Baba Tagore and Baba Einstein met each other in 1930. Read about their conversation Here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1146011922394213222006-04-25T16:55:00.000-07:002006-04-25T17:39:20.910-07:00War of 1971 - My Childhood Memoir(I wrote this during the military buildup on Indo-Pak border in year 2001 after seeing images of border residents moving their belongings on bullock carts and tractor trolleys to safer places)On that September evening of 1965 when jet planes roared overhead declaring the start of war, my mother along with the rest of the family was rushing towards a safer place, my nana’s (grandfather’s) home, 25Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145553395240823012006-04-20T10:11:00.000-07:002006-04-20T14:34:34.200-07:00World War I and Punjabi FolkloreAmarjit Chandan's article on World War I and Punjabis is a very interesting piece and eloquently sums up the sufferings Punjabi people went through during that time period. It is etched in the Punjabi folklore:Two world wars and partition of the Punjab have been the most traumatic for thePunjabis. While folklorists have recorded a few folk songs on the world wars,there is hardly any folksong on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145514272461456762006-04-19T23:22:00.000-07:002006-04-20T14:33:02.070-07:00Contemporary MythologySome time back a friend who saw this building first time said jokingly "it is modern shiv lingam in the middle of San Francisco" Later on I thought about it....this building belongs to Bank of America and represents the power of modern financial giants. More people today are effected by these giants than the Shiva lingam. More offerings are probably deposited in this building than offered to any Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145513827678120972006-04-19T23:15:00.000-07:002006-04-19T23:18:56.710-07:00City of San FranciscoSan Francisco on a sunny day overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145507611809041822006-04-19T21:32:00.000-07:002006-07-09T20:11:27.006-07:00Khat Likhinrih gey ip`Cy jo QwvW, ichirAW nUM Kq ilKIN[qWG iv`c jo qVpdy ny rsiqAW nUM Kq ilKIN[jd mhWngrI c Apxw Awp jwpy guMm igAw,sVk hyTW db geIAW pgfMfIAW nUM Kq ilKIN[ijMdgI dI rmz jd Awey qyry kuJ smJ iv`c,JgVky kwlj c ivCVy dosqW nUM Kq ilKIN[bwl jd mn mrzIAW iv`c dyxgy qYnUM ivswr,mwipAW dI kbr au~gy bUiJAW nUM Kq ilKIN[hwxIAW sMg twhlIAW qoN bot jo fygy kdy,drd ivc jy AOx cyqy pMCIAW nUM Kq ilKIN[Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145418233984567122006-04-18T20:39:00.000-07:002006-04-19T15:51:52.590-07:00maiN raahvaN di mangda haaN khairraah anaahdi, raah ananta, raah nirbhauh nirvairmaiN rahvaN di mangda haaN khairUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0