Mohinder Singh
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With a view to create awareness for the conservation of precious tangible heritage of the Sikh Community, the National Institute of Panjab Studies initiated a major project of digitizing and cataloguing rare Guru Granth Sahib Manuscripts located in different parts of India and abroad. In the course of this field work, nearly three hundred rare Guru Granth Sahib Birs have been located, out of Which more than two hundred and fifty have already been digitized. In ...
This book attempts to delineate the mystique of happily married life. Discussing the various types of marriages, it addresses the important issues pertaining to married life, including the role of sex and money, workplace harassment, children, living in joint family, married life in middle years, forgetful husbands, and healthcare. Taking a close look at how men and women change in marriage, it describes in detail the secrets of happy married life.
This is the story as told by a 75-year-old man. And it mainly dwells on two years of his life beyond 75. The man, a retired bureaucrat, is still to come to terms with the loss of power and position. His plans of opening a bookshop or doing consultancy work seem unpromising. So, he takes to writing autobiographical fiction; his way to redeem a modicum of pride.Preparations are afoot to celebrate the couple’s Golden Wedding Anniversary ...
The issue of preserving hair and other Sikh symbols became a matter of serious concern when in 1926, a Sikh friend from the United States addressed a letter too the Sikh interlligentsia in India, Punjabi translation of which was published in the popular Sikh daily Akali te Pardesi of 20 October 1926. In the letter the young friend explained his dilemma that as a devout Sikh he was not prepared to resolve the controversy by discarding his religious symbols as most ...
Because of a variety of reasons Punjab has been and continues to attract attention from scholars and media at home and abroad. While geographical boundaries of Punjab have been changing with the march of events, its sturdy people have displayed rare sense of resilience during various ups and downs in their long and chequered history. Because of their adventurous and enterprising spirit they have not only spread to various parts of India but have made a place for ...
The world's highest mountain peak, "The Everest" is a challenge to man's spirit, nature in the raw, in all its bounty, wild, unfettered and beautiful beyond description. Climbers continue to attempt the ultimate summit with very little difference between life and death, high degree of risk involved at every step the mountaineer fights all odds. The vagaries of weather and the extremity of climate, trying to make possible to tackle the toughest of ...
The book is designed to help the reader again a better understanding of selected aspects of health and food. It does not set out to solve individual problems, as each person’s health problems are somewhat unique. The may call for personalised attention, preferably backed by competent medical support. The most an outsider like me – a non-medical one at that – can offer is information and suggestions. Possible disabuse some readers of a few myths that hamper ...
Though Sikhs follow several Panjabi marriage customs, their marriage rites are performed through Anand Karaj. According to popular tradition, the Anand form of marriage was popularized by Guru Ramdas, the fourth Guru, who composed the hymns called lavan for the purpose of solemnizing Sikh wedding. The anand form of marriage got legal sanction through the passage of the Anand Marriage Bill in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1909. after fixing a suitable match ...
The integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) is the most comprehensive programme which envisages a direct attack on rural poverty by identifying the poorest among the poor and by providing them with requisite assistance so as to enable them cross the poverty line. No, doubt,. Several studies have been conducted to evaluable the IRDP , but the study in hand is of unique type in the sense that it examines the administrative aspects, working the impact ...
After the recent activities of the Left parties in the Punjab it is interesting to note that a body of literature is emerging on the history of the Left parties in that state. Mohinder Singh’s work on the Peasant Movement in PEPSU or the erstwhile Patiala and East Punjab States Union is an original exposition of the role of the CPI and the Lal Communist Part in the struggle of the peasantry against the exploitation and oppression of the feudal land owning ...
Because of a variety of reasons Punjab has been and continues to attract attention from scholars and media at home and abroad. While geographical boundaries of Punjab have been changing with the March of events, its sturdy people have displayed rare sense of resilience during various ups and downs in their long and chequered history. Because of their adventurous and enterprising spirit they have not only spread to various parts of India but have made a place for ...
Anandpur Sahib, the City of Bliss, is one of the important centres of Sikh religion. Founded by the ninth Guru, Tegh Bahadur, in AD 1664, the city came into prominence during the period of his son and successor, Guru Gobind Singh. Situated in the picturesque lower spurs of the Shivalik mountain ranges on the left bank of river Sutlej, the holy city is dotted by a number of historical gurdwaras. It was here that Guru Gobind Singh created the Order of the Khalsa at ...
Harimandir Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, is the most important Sikh shrine and has emerged as the spiritual capital of the Sikh faith. Because of its unique role in Sikh history and psyche, it has become the symbol of the Sikh community’s undying faith and religious fervour. The temple was designed by Guru Arjan Dev who chose to provide four doors, one in each direction, signifying its accessibility to people from all the four directions, ...
The basic aims of development of rural areas cannot be achieved unless the Rural Development Administration extends wholehearted support in the creation of various infrastructure facilities and provision f extension services. The loop-holes in the Rural Development Administration that have come to surface during the last one decade need to be plugged in the 21st Century. The functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions has not improved to the desired extent even ...
The book attempts to highlight certain pertinent aspects of family life, the marriage scene, the place of parents and grandparents, and the ways of teenagers. Yet the main emphasis is on the fast expanding role of women in the workplace, sports, politics and the society itself. A good many examples are given of what is happening in the western world, particularly in USA. The same is bound influence attitudes and approaches in our country, ...
The Akali movement was the first successful demonstration of passive resistance organised by the Sikhs to dislodge the Mahants, priests and other vested interests from the Sikh shrines. It was in the wake of the Akali movement that the sturdy Sikh peasantry of Panjab came out in the open against the British rule by initiating a frontal attack on the bureaucracy in the province which was working hand-in-glove with the vested interests. An interesting feature is ...
To mark the tercentenary of Gurugaddi Divas of Guru Granth Sahib in 2008, this volume has been brought out to highlight some distinctive features of the Sikh scripture. It was for the first time in the history of world religions that a religious teacher had himself created an authorized version of the scripture. Guru Arjan Dev went a step further by including the hymns of the Hindu Bhaktas, Muslim Sufi Saints and the so-called low castes. In medieval times when ...