Preparation of Indian and Pakistani cuisines is an art, but not very difficult to understand. They can as easily be prepared by any housewife as by a professional cook. The important factors are the correct proportion of ingredients and spices and the proper balancing of time-laps for their preparations. An essential part of the cooking is the right ingredients and spices, which are now available even outside India and Pakistan. he book has been compiled and ...
This is a dictionary of names found in the hymns of Guru Nanak (1469-1539) and succeeding Gurus contained in the Guru Granth Sahib. Quite apart from the teachings of the founder of the Sikh religion the Holy Book has a great literary and linguistic interest. The Granth is written wholly in verse and the language used is mostly in some dialect or other of Western Hindi (Khari Boli) of Upper India than Panjabi: but it also contains some Marathi hymns; and some ...
Let’s Know Sikhism: A Religion of Harmony, Brotherhood and Tolerance
Sikhism, the youngest of the major religions of the world, was born in the second half of the 15 century. Based on the divine philosophy of Guru Nanak, Sikhism evolved through a succession of nine Gurus, reaching its glory and acquiring a distinct identity under the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh in the year 1699. After Guru Gobind Singh’s death in 1708, personal Guruship ended and Granth Sahib, the holy scripture containing the hymns composed by Sikh Gurus was ...
Hinduism is the oldest of living religions, yet as vigorous today as ever. In fact, it is more than a religion. It is a way of life and the culture of the people of India as a whole. Based on the teachings of ancient sages and scriptures like Vedas and Upanishads, it is a set of beliefs and traditions which evolved in Indian sub-continent over a period of more than 5000 years. Hinduism focuses on the creator and his creation, human beings and their salvation. ...
Iqbal was a poet of 20 century, but in his poetry there is a wholesome fusion of the physical and metaphysical, a mutally inclusive combination of the material and the moral. His poetry transcends time and space, and it is not easy to draw a line between the earthly and the heavenly thoughts in it. He was a successor in a long line of Persian and Urdu poets of Iran and the sub-continent, culminating in Mirza Asadullah Khan ‘Ghalih’ (1797-1869), who is ...
