tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252773782011-04-21T20:06:27.608-07:00Tidbits of Life!<br> Punjabi Poetry!Life in Pardesi!<br> !!nikk-shukk!!Jagjitnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-46428213344124105122009-05-21T23:57:00.000-07:002009-05-22T00:07:17.014-07:00

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)

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-85023385749646435822009-05-21T23:07:00.000-07:002009-06-01T14:53:46.518-07:00

ਸ਼ਾਇਰ 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

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1163921359579432222006-11-18T23:28:00.000-08:002006-11-18T23:31:32.036-08:00

Baba Jallan's temple/samadh/gurdwara in my village Naushehra Dhalla.You can navigate the map to see other areas around.

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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

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1154150229682180312006-07-28T22:05:00.000-07:002006-07-28T22:17:09.690-07:00

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.

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Golden 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.

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I 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

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1148235836832072372006-05-21T11:16:00.000-07:002006-05-21T18:37:32.430-07:00

Here 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 this

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1147323662513405222006-05-10T21:56:00.000-07:002006-05-21T10:49:54.713-07:00

Looks like Baba Tagore and Baba Einstein met each other in 1930. Read about their conversation Here.

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1146011922394213222006-04-25T16:55:00.000-07:002006-04-25T17:39:20.910-07:00

(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, 25

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145553395240823012006-04-20T10:11:00.000-07:002006-04-20T14:34:34.200-07:00

Amarjit 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

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145514272461456762006-04-19T23:22:00.000-07:002006-04-20T14:33:02.070-07:00

Some 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

Jagjitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277378.post-1145513827678120972006-04-19T23:15:00.000-07:002006-04-19T23:18:56.710-07:00

San Francisco on a sunny day overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

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raah anaahdi, raah ananta, raah nirbhauh nirvairmaiN rahvaN di mangda haaN khair

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