quhfzy pwqr/huMgfry-inhory/pTn-pfTn/itwpxIaF
'ilKfrI' ivc pRkfisLq hox vflIaF sfrIaF hI rcnfvF/pwqrF/ilKfrI,ilKdy ny! afid ivc pRgtfey ivcfrF nfl 'ilKfrI' df sihmq hoxf jLrUrI nhIN.
hr ilKq ivc pRgtfey ivcfrF df ijLMymyvfr 'rcnf' df krqf hovygf.
 

“isropf bKLsLsL kIqf igaf” afKO jI-----sMqoK isMG afstRylIaf

isropf

isropf jF isropfAu df sLbdI arQ hY isr qoN lY ky pYrF qk prdf kwjx vflLf bsqr. gurU jI dI bKLsLsL df sdkf gurU dy iswKF dy prdy gurU afp kwjdf hY. hukm vI hY,
“pRym ptolf qY shu idqf Zkx kU piq myrI]”

gurU Gr vwloN iksy ivakqI dI syvf dI pRsMsf vjoN Aus nUM isropy dI bKLsLsL kIqI jFdI hY. awj-klH afm qOr qy glL ivc pfAux vflLy kysrI rMg dy hjUrIey dy rUp ivc jF loeI, pusqkF afid dy rUp ivc, gurduafrf sfihb ivKY mhFrfj dI hjLUrI ivc, sMgq dy snmuK, gurU Gr dy syvfdfrF vwloN, bKLisLaf jFdf hY. ies bKLsLsL nUM monYtrI jF afrQkqf dy pwK qoN nhI blik snmfnq bKLsLIsL vjoN bKLisLaf aqy pRfpq kIqf jFdf hY.

ies nUM pRfpq krn df dfavydfr nhI koeI bx skdf blik ies dI siqgurU jI dI myhr sdkf gurU Gr vwloN bKLsLsL dy rUp ivc hI pRfpqI huMdI hY.

mY iehnF sMKyp sLbdF rfhIN gurduafrf sfihbfn dy pRbMDkF, gRMQI isMGF, mIzIaf vfilaF aqy hor srbwq sbMDq swjxF dI syvf ivc, inmrqf sihq bynqI krdf hF ik Auh “isropf Byt kIqf igaf” afKx dI bjfey “isropf bKLsLsL kIqf igaf” ikhf krn; ikAuNik Bytf hmysLF Coty vwloN vwzy nUM idqI jFdI hY jdoN ik isropf, mfx vDfAux vfsqy hmysLF vwzy vwloN Coty nUM, bKLsLsL dy rUp ivc, idqf jFdf hY. so jdoN siqgurU jI dy dr qoN iksy gurU ky lfl nUM, AusdI syvf qy pRsMn hoky isropy dI bKLsLIsL kIqI jFdI hY qF asIN “isropf ByNt kIqf igaf” bol ky jF ilK ky, siqgurU jI dy snmfn nUM Tys pucfAux df pfp kr rhy huMdy hF.

sMqoK isMG afstRylIaf
Tel: + 61 9677 2910

 

'ANTIQUE MINIATURE GURU GRANTH SAHIB'
jy swc muwc ajUbf hY, aqy pVHn Xog hY qF iek lwK zflr dI QF svf lwK zflr vI koeI vwzI rkm nhIN hY
pr spsLtIkrx idAu jI---suirMdr pfl ivrk

 

ipafry pfTk jno!

kMvl iswDU horF dy pwqR ivc jo sLMky AuqpMn hoey, Aus ivc iek hor gwl vI juVdI hY.
ikqfb dy iesLiqhfr dyx vfly swjn ny pusqk df afkfr 1"
x 1" x 1" dwsI hY. jLfhr hY ies ivc Binding dI vI kuJ motfeI hovygI.

gurU grMQ sfihb ivc 1430 pMny hn. myry pfs pMjfbI sfihq dIaF 2 motIaF pusqkF hn. cfiqRk rcnfvlI aqy BfeI kfnH isMG nfBf horF df mhfn kosL.

cfiqRk rcnfvlI dy 1344 pMny hn , ijld qoN ibnf motfeI iqMn ieMc hY.

mhfn kosL dy 1247 pMny hn, aqy ibnf ijld motfeI svf iqMn ieMc hY.
dohF dy kfgjL vI bhuq moty nhIN hn.

pqf nhI ikMny ku (Delicate) kfgjL dI ikqfb hovygI, aqy AusdI BINDING iks qrF sMBv hovygI. Auqskqf pYdf krdI hY.

so BfvyN koeI iksy qrF lMbfeI, cOVfeI nUM Gtf ky   1"x 1"vI bxf lvy, pr pusqk dI motfeI iek ieMc hoxI ikMnI ku sMBv hY, socx vflI gwl hY. mYN cfhvFgf, ies pusqk nUM vyc rhy swjx, eys ajUby dI ivsLysLqf bfry, myry aqy kMvl iswDU horF dy svflF 'qy cfnxf jLrUr pfAuxgy.

mYN aj klH Bfrq Brmx 'qy hF. jy kr Auh iek do idnF ivc AuWqr dy skx, mYN pusqk dy drsLn krnf cfhvFgf. aqy jy swc muwc ajUbf hY, aqy pVHn Xog hY qF iek lwK zflr dI QF svf lwK zflr vI koeI vwzI rkm nhIN hY.

aqy jy Auh afpxf pqf, PLon nMbr vI ilK Byjx qF Kud jf ky sOdf qih kr afvF.

jy kr Auh pusqk ivk vI geI hY, qF ikrpf krky, muwl lYx vfly swjn df vyrvf dy skxgy qF DMnvfdI hovFgf.

suirMdr pfl ivrk

not: ieMdrpfl isMG jI jy kr ies sbMDI spsLtIkrx dyxf cfhux qF 'ilKfrI' DMnvfdI hovygf.

 

I am not sure if this ad for selling the ANTIQUE GURU GRANTH SAHIB, is genuine----Kanwal Sidhu

Dear Readers,

I will request the worthy publisher to print this letter next to the original AD.

I am not sure if this ad for selling the ANTIQUE GURU GRANTH SAHIB, is genuine.

I heard thru a friend that this party ( Gursikh Family who needs money to SELL HIS GURU)  claims that someone, somewhere in a foreign country ( Canada or America) , without seeing the item, has offered him One hundred thousand dollars.

How can this TRUTH be verified, or is it an AUCTION to sell the GURU?

The statement that it is PRICELESS is trying to motivate you that he wants much more than the first offer of One Lakh Dollars.

He is trying to impress on general public, that even the one Antique Guru Granth Sahib in Golden Temple is incomplete.

Is the one in his hands COMPLETE in every way, unless some GRANTHI  sits there with a magnifying glass, for Umpteen number of hours, and few examiners should listen to him constantly for few days and nights.

BUYING ANTIQUES  is a FAD. So that no one gets ripped off,  the question is what facts determine that it is antique?

The person says, it has golden edges, and still it is ANTIQUE.

In this computer age, when hundreds of people are able to print  FAKE   DOLLAR  CURRENCY which looks genuine, any one can reduce the size of a document or a printed page of  Guru Granth Sahib, or any other book. The process is simple.  On a COPYING MACHINE, reduce a text to the smallest size in one setting and again that copy to another smallest size practical, till the desired size of 1"x1"x1" is achieved. And there can be some similar technique of making the edges golden too on a color printer.

Does this ( ONLY so-called RARE) piece,  bear the name of the original GERMAN COMPANY whom he claims to be the manufacturer, or it is just a sales pitch, like any other merchandise on the market?

If he is correct, the ANTIQUE buyer should be able to check the authenticity of that company.

As every one knows, that Guru Granth Sahib, today is 400 years old Scriptures. Is there a date of its production available?

Truth is that we need to be able to benefit  from reading it, rather than MAKING IT A SHOW  that we have an ANTIQUE that will never be put to use except a piece of CONVERSATION.

I just thought to express my honest feeling so that no one out of the SANGAT (out of blind faith) gets ripped off.

In this concept, I recently read a sign by S.Dalbir Singh ji, in an other WEBSITE, which reads, Should we worship the Guru Ji, or  put HIS teachings into practice? If the last part of the sentence is true, we do not need the magnifying glass to read the GURU's SERMONS.

Like lot of disciples of Guru ji, ( even some devoted MUSLIM friends who own a GANGA SAGAR belonging to a great Guru) this man, if he is a devoted SIKH, should keep it for his generations as a pride possession..

Kanwal Sidhu

 

dyr ipwCoN do gwlF (jvfn ichiraF dIaF)[[[[ikrpfl isMG pMnUM

ipafry sMpfdk jI,

qusIN ilKfrI ivwcoN bVI hI dyr dUr rhy ho. BfvyN swjx mjbUr hI shI pr JwlIaF nf jFdIaF ieh dUrIaF. dUr jfx qoN pihlF kfrn ilK dyxf cMgf sI jF iPr kfrn df iesLfrf hI poh jFdf qF vfDU iPkrF qoN Cutkfrf ho jFdf.

'ilKfrI' AuWqy pMCI Jfq mfiraF kuwJ nvF nvF nhIN lwiBaf. nivaF df nvyklfpx sYnqF mfrdf hovy qF cMgf cMgf lwgdf hY.

pMjfbI dy do aKfx hn ‘bykfr nflLoN bygfr BlI’ aqy ‘kuwiqaF dy kwCy pfAuxf’. kuwJ ieho ijhf hI kMm ivwZ bYTF hF, aMgryjLI pMjfbI trFslyÈn shfiek iqafr krn df. hY qF ieh gwl iewko zIk ivwc smuMdr Ckx vflLI jF iPr phfV nUM mwQf lfAux vflLI pr hux ardfsf soD ky ipwCy nhIN hitaf jFdf. idn pur rfq juitaf hoieaf hF. ieh afpxy afp ivwc sMpUrn qF nhIN ho skdf pr ies idsLf df rsqf jLrUr KuwlH jfiegf. jo jfxkfrI progrfm ivwc pfeI jfiegI Aus anusfr aDIn zfkUmYSt df anuvfd kr dyvygf jo jfxkfrI Aus ivwc nhIN hovygI zfkUmYSt df Auh Bfg aCoh aMgryjLI ivwc hI rhygf. jo awgy krqf nUM afpxy hwQIN afp krnf hovygf.

jdoN vI 'ilKfrI' dy drsLx krdf hF AunHF ivwc lwgy icwqrF coN lyKkF aqy liKwiqaF dy dIdfry krdf hF qF idmfg dI crKVI sdf hI iewk ivcfr vwl nUM GuMm jFdI hY. socdf hF kfhnUM aYvyN slfm ipwCy muwlF nUM nfrfjL krnf hY. iPr ivcfr afAuNdf hY ik Auh klm hI kI jo swc ilKx qoN zr geI? awgoN qrk kihMdf hY ik Auh klf hI kI hoeI jo gwl vI kih geI qy siqkfr ivwc vI rih geI. jugqI qy jugfVI lok swp vI mfr lYNdy hn aqy lfTI nUM vI bcf lYNdy hn.

asl ivwc gwl ieh hoeI ik kfnf isMG poTohfrn nflL muhflI kfr ivwc sÌr kr irhf sF qF iewk suafxI mYnUM puwCx lwgI ik kI mYN Aus nUM nhIN jfxdf? Auh drjnF ikqfbF dI lyKkf hY. jdoN bIbI jI ny afpxf nfAuN dwisaf qF mYN ikhf ik mYN quhfzy nfAuN aqy quhfzI klf qoN qF BlI BFq jfxUM hF pr quhfzI ies idwK qoN jfxUM nhIN hF. asl ivwc Auh bIbI afpxIaF ikrqF nflL jdoN vI afpxI Poto lfAuNdI hY, koeI 20 sfl pihloN dI Poto lfAuNdI hY. Auh Buwl jFdI hY ik Aus dI idwK ivwc ieh 20 sfl sgoN 40 sflF dIaF pYVF pf gey hn. ikMnF cMgf hovy jy lyKk afpxI rcnf nflL afpxI ajokI qsvIr lfAux. ies nflL AunHF dI qkdIr ivwc qy koeI Prk nhIN pYNdf pr AunHF dI sdf juafn rihx dI ieh qdbIr iewCf pfTkF dI KIr ivwc muwTI Br ky Kfk jLrUr pf jFdI hY.

ikrpfl isMG pMnUM

A RARE CHANCE TO ACQUIRE
'ANTIQUE MINIATURE GURU GRANTH SAHIB'

 

Dear Readers/writers/intellectuals!

We have received the following e-mails which are self explanatory. If some one is in a position to help
in this matter then you are most welcome to write directly to Mr. Inder Singh.-------Likhari

****

Dear Rai Sahib,
See if any of your readers are interested in buying this rare granth.

Harjinder S. Kanwal

*****

ANTIQUE MINIATURE GURU GRANTH SAHIB

WAHE GURU JI KA KHALSA, WAHE GURU JI KI FATEH.

I belong to a Gursikh family; I beg to submit before you that I have an ANTIQUE GURU GRANTH SAHIB. It's Height, Length, breadth, is only ONE (1)inch. Its Edge's are Plaited in Gold. It has all 1430 pages of the said HOLY BOOK. It can be only read with the help of Magnifying Glass.

This type of GURU GRANTH SAHIB is available in the MUSEUM of GOLDEN TEMPLE AMRITSAR. But that too is incomplete. The Manager of the MUSEUM told me that history of this GURU GRANTH SAHIB is not available but someone told him that it was printed in GERMANY during WORLD WAR for Sikh soldiers. Please inform me, if you find the history of this GURU GRANTH SAHIB. This GURU GRANTH SAHIB has been in our family for Generations. At the moment I am facing terrible financial problems so I decided to sell this HOLY GURU GRANTH SAHIB, otherwise you know any Gursikh can not think about doing so. I request you to please use your contacts in Gursikh family or GURUDWARA SAHIB in helping me to sell this HOLY GURU GRANTH SAHIB.

I am not quoting any price because you know this GURU GRANTH SAHIB is PRICELESS. Your cooperation in this mater would be highly
appreciated.

WAHE GURU JI KA KHALSA, WAHE GURU JI KI FATEH

YOUR'S
INDER PAL SINGH, INDIA.

E MAIL: singpal@hotmail.com

PHONE: 094154 59219

 

abdul rihmfn cugqfeI dy jIvn aqy klf bfry lyK idlcsp qy vfkPI BrpUr hY[[[
icqRklf df koeI nmUnf ilKq dy nfl huMdf qF sony qy suhfgy vflI gwl huMdI---pRIqm isMG gryvfl (pRo:)

s[hrbIr isMG BMvr df klfkfr abdul rihmfn cugqfeI dy jIvn aqy klf bfry lyK idlcsp qy vfkPI BrpUr hY.sFJy pMjfb dy nfmvr adIbF, sLfierF, muswvrF, gfiekF afid dIaF XfdF pMjfbI ivrsy df kImqI aqy sFBx-Xog srmfieaf hn. s[BMvr pfsoN aijhy hor lyKF dI AumId hY.

jykr cugqfeI dI icqRklf df koeI nmUnf ilKq dy nfl huMdf qF sony qy suhfgy vflI gwl huMdI.

pRIqm isMG gryvfl (pRo:)

 

pMjfbIaF nUM 'ilKfrI' rfhIN iewk qkVf mMc dyx leI sd-sd inmskfr[[[[XUnIkoz sbMDI iliKaf lyK[[[bhuq hI jfxkfrI BrpUr hY--ikrpfl isMG pMnUM

siqkfr Xog sMpfdk jI,
pMjfbIaF nUM 'ilKfrI' rfhIN iewk qkVf mMc dyx leI sd-sd inmskfr.

amirMdr isMG aqy sclIn vwloN XUnIkoz sbMDI iliKaf lyK 'bfrF pUrbIey pr cuwlHf iewko hI' piVHaf. jo bhuq hI jfxkfrI BrpUr hY. ies dy nflL nflL ieh dovyN nOjuafn pMjfbI kMipAUtr dIaF ajokIaF smwisafvF nUM sulJfAux ivwc vI afpxf qkVf Xogdfn pf rhy hn. pMjfbI jgq ies leI AunHF df bhuq bhuq DMnvfdI hY.

sLflf! ienHF dohF nOjuafnF dy bl aqy buwDI ivwc Zyr sfrf vfDf hovy qf ik ieh pMjfbI kMipAUtr dI hor vI syvf kr skx. mYnUM ienHF AuWqy bhuq afsF hn.
 
ikrpfl isMG pMnUM
torFto, kYnyzf.
nvF Pon: 905-455-9976
Kirpal Singh Pannu
54 Arthurs Crescent
Brampton, Ontario
L6Y 4Y2 CANADA

Phone: 905-455-9976

 

This was my first article in Panjabi and by seeing this published it has encouraged me.
I will write more artilces. --
Amrinder Singh

Hello Dr. Rai ji,

Thank you very much for publishing my article. This was my first article in Panjabi and by seeing this published it has encouraged me. I will write more artilces.

Also, please write an appeal to the expers at Gurmukhi langugage to join the discussion forums in english at http://guca.sourceforge.net/forum and in punjabi at http://sikhmarg.com to make the final proposal decsions for Unicode Gurmukhi. By having experts on our side, we can make the right decsions by choosing which characters are needed and other corrections. I know your appeal will have much greater effect than mine.

Thank You,
Amrinder Singh

 

S. Kirpal Sngh Pannu ji da article 'moga cha pin to agga' kaffi  changa lagyya--Rupinder S. Dhillon

Hello,

                 Sat sri akal ji,
                                      S. Kirpal Sngh Pannu ji da article 'moga cha pin to agga' kaffi  changa lagyya and effort done by some youths of Moga to provide soft ware in punjabi fonts etc is appreciable.

from : Rupinder Dhillon Moga

 

(Mr. Chahil) You are a worthy Indian Commissioner in California,
(a matter of great pride for us Sikhs)--
Karnail Singh Gyani

 

Dear Chahal Sahib,

To me, your letter with a lyric in Roman Punjabi is not quite clear in its purpose.

Perhaps if it was written in Punjabi, could have have been better understood.

Are you asking the Punjabi writers to help you by providing you with some opening lines (more Punjabi verses similar to the one you wrote in this letter) so that you can introduce these invited Punjabi Singers (or Bhangra/ Drama players) at the time of their stage performances?

As I understand, you are a worthy Indian Commissioner in California, (a matter of great pride for us Sikhs).

Regards:

Karnail Singh Gyani

 

Sandeep Chahal seeks help from Likharis

 

SSA ,

My name is Sandeep Singh Chahal and I am director of www.rpdgroup.tk

a group that always tries its best to bring folk themes of Punjab on the stage. I need a big help from all of the likharis of Punjabi Boli. I love to say few words about Punjabi virsa, Pujabi culture or Punjabi boli before we start our performance on the stage. Following is the example:

" Kisey nu maan hey taqat wala, kisey nu maan hey akla da
 Kisey nu maan hey chardi jawani tey kisey nu hey ji maan shakla da

Par Phula vangu chere khirey tora mastaniya
jag nalo ena diya vakhriya nishaniya
Paundey jehnu pyar ohnu dil vich rakhdey
hak vich rehndey eh sariya dey hak dey
Panundey ney dhamala nit bhagrey dey saaz tey
punjabiya nu maan hey apney punjab tey"

I hope that make sense. Please, please if you can send  me few lines like this or ask your co writers because I am not a writer and always seek help from my seniors and it just another effort of promoting your own culture.

Thanks in advance.
Regards: Sandeep Chahal

e-mail:chahalsunny@yahoo.com

Note:   Mr. Sandeep Chahal's letter is self explanatory. Interested readers/writers are welcome to contact Mr. Chahal personally by e-mail.

 

“kfly hoey sÌy hjLfr, pVHnXog nf imldy cfr”--Buwlr jI dI iewk vDIaf dyx hY---gurdyv isMG Gxgs

 

pMjfbI dy pRiswD ilKfrI gurbcn isMG Buwlr df ieMtrnYt (kMipAUtr) qy Cipaf lyK “kfly hoey sÌy hjLfr, pVHnXog nf imldy cfr” pMjfbI dy ipafiraF leI smyN anusfr iewk ZukvIN ilKq hY . ies ivc Buwlr jI pMjfbI sfihq dI vrqmfn pqlI hflq vfry apxy qjrby aqy ivcfr pysL krdy hn.

ikqfbF dI vDdI-afbfdI vI bMidaF dI vDdI-afbfdI vFg hI hY, ijsnUM rokxf ‘Kflf jI kf vfVf’ nhIN. Buwlr jI dUijaF nUM rokx df suJfa nhI idMdy, sgoN ieh suJfa/PLrj lyKk AuWqy hI CwzNdy hn . cMgy lyKkF qoN AuprMq, cMgy aflock, cMgy sMpfdk, aqy cMgy pRkfsLk vI ies ivwc apxf ihwsf pf skdy hn. AuNJ pMjfbI sfihq dI gwl qF isafsq, Dfrmk aqy afrQk msilaF aqy sMsQfvF qy jf igrdI lgdI hY. jy skUlF, kfljF, lfiebryrIaF ivc isrP cMgIaF pusqkF hI KrIdIaF jfx qF GtIaf sfihq Kud ipwCy rih jfvygf.

ies ivsLy qy keI hor vI ilKdy afey hn , pr Buwlr jI dy lyK ivc srlqf aqy zuMGfeI imldI hY. pMjfbI dy lyKkF, aflockF, sMpfdkF, pRkfsLkF, aqy hor ipafiraF leI Buwlr jI dI ieh vI iewk vDIaf dyx hY.

-gurdyv isMG Gxgs

 

To get rid of virus and spam use any virus protection and firewall software-----Janmeja Johl

Dear Editor,

There is a letter by S. Avtar Singh. He has asked to get rid of virus and spam. We had the same problem. We are using Trend Micro with Firewall. Normally, people donot use Firewall and they are in trouble. Use any Virus protection but also use firewall. But do remeber it is difficult to set networking with it and some sites won't open. Any way we have little choice as long as shararti people are there earning out of virus generation.

I hope it helps.

Janmeja Johl
www.janmejajohl.com

ipafry jOhl jI,
s: avqfr isMG igwl dI puwC dy jvfb ivwc afp vloN afey Auprokq eI-myl/suJf leI 'ilKfrI' afp df DMnvfdI hY. afs hY sbMDq ilKfrI/pfTk afp dy suJf Auqy aml kridaF 'vfiersjL aqy spYmjL' qoN bcx leI Auprflf kr skxgy. ---'ilKfrI

 

"SIKH GENOCIDE & PLANNED INJUSTICE IN INDIA " -- romn awKrF ivwc ikAuN 'qy ikvyN iliKaf igaf?
--aYzvokyt blbIr isMG soc df spsLtIkrx--

In Re: SIKH GENOCIDE & PLANNED INJUSTICE IN INDIA --Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, Ludhiana

mfxXog s[ guridafl isMG rfey jI,

vfihgurU jI kf KLflsf]
vfihgurU jI kI Pqih]

mYN afp jI df idloN siqkfr krdf hF ik afp ny iek scfeI ƒ AuBfrn leI myrI AUt-ptFg vrqI BfsLf “Roman Letters” ivc ilKy ivcfr ƒ afpxy vYbsfeIt ’qy mhwqqf idMidaF Cfpx dI ikRpflqf kIqI. mYN pfTkF dy ieqrfjL nfl sihmq hF. pr afp vloN bVy sucwjy ZMg nfl myry ivcfrF ƒ jgHf dy ky, mYƒ iek isafxy sMpfdk dI kfPI smF pihlF khI gwl Xfd krvf idwqI ik “jy ivcfr ivc dm hovy qF ieh sMsfr dy iksy nf iksy kony ivc jLrUr Cp ky rihMdf hY”. myry vloN Aus siqkfrXog sMpfdk dy aKLbfr ivc myry lwgy lyKF sMbMDI kIqy DMnvfd df Aus (sMpfdk) ny ies qrHF jvfb idwqf sI, jo myry leI aBuwl bx igaf hY. Aus qoN bfad mYN iksy KLfs ivakqI df afpxIaF ilKqF CpfAx leI isLkfr nhIN bixaf. afp ny vI sfbq kr idwqf hY ik afp ny ‘ivcfrF dI mhwqqf’ smJidaF myrI BfsLf sbMDI kIqI axgihlI ƒ axizwTf kr idwqf hY.

ieh BfsLf myry pfs bYTy tfeIp krn ’c shfiek ny afpxI mrjLI nfl hI mYQoN svfl krky, ies BfsLf ivc myrf jvfb tfeIp krky qurMq ‘Daily Ajit – Punjab Di Awaaz’ online dy Discussion Forum ƒ Byj idwqf. ieMnI PurqI nfl tfeIp krky Byjx dI smrwQf myry ivc nhIN hY. myrf shfiek ‘sqluj PONt’ (Font) ivc tfeIp krn ivc asmrQ sI. asl ivc Aus swjx vloN ieh kIqf kMm, mYƒ afpxy qjLrby anusfr qurMq hoieaf dyK ky bhuq KusLI hoeI. ijs ƒ bfad ivc suDfr krky iesy ivMgI tyZI BfsLf ivc dubfrf vI Byj idwqf igaf. afp vFg Auprokq afn- lfeIn vYbsfeIt ’qy AuWQy ajy vI mOjUd hY. ieh gwl qF rqf ku vI idmfg ivc nhIN afeI ik mYN iksy Kfs vrg ƒ pRBfivq krn leI jF kuJ hor drsfAux leI ieh kr irhf hF. s[ krnYl isMG igafnI-iPLlfzYlPLIaf ny vI mYƒ ies sbMDI ieqrfjL kridaF eI-myl ByjI sI qy mYN siqkfr sihq glqI svIkfr kr leI sI. pr ieh ivafiKaf afp ƒ Byj irhf hF. pr ies ilKq ny ijs ƒ vI pRBfvq krnf sI jLrUr kIqf hY aqy afp dy sihXog nfl hfkmF dy kMnF qwk vI afvfjL phuMcI hY qy asr vI hoieaf lgdf hY.

pr afp jI ny ijs ZMg nfl s[p[ivrk ƒ jvfb iliKaf hY Aus qoN ieh sfP pRBfv imldf hY ik awgoN qoN ‘www.likhari.org’ aMgryjLI qy pMjfbI qoN ielfvf hor ilKq svIkfr nhIN hovygI. myrI ilKq ’qy s[p[ivrk dy ieqrfjL aqy afp dy jvfb ny pfTkF ƒ Aukq sunyhf phuMcfAux df mOkf pRdfn kIqf hY. ies kfrn vI ies ilKq dI mhwqqf hY, BfvyN awgoN qoN nFh hI shI.

pr s[p[ivrk-isMG/kOr (?) ny qF keI svfl KVHy krky ies aDUrI BfsLf ƒ hor pVHnXog bxf idwqf. pqf nhIN ikAuN? SIKH GENOCIDE & PLANNED INJUSTICE IN INDIA ƒ pfTkF vloN kfPI mhwqqf idwqI geI hY ikAuNik ies ‘isrlyK’ hyT Bfrq ivc rihMdy iswKF df hI nhIN sgo sfrIaFN Gwt-igxqIaF dy duKFq dy kfrnF qy vrq jf rhyyy ZMgf (Reasons & Means) df iesLfrf spsLt hY.ijnHF pfTkF ƒ pVHn ivc musLikl hoeI jF ho rhI hY, AunHF leI mYN ies ilKq df pMjfbI AulQf krky ies qrHF Byj irhf hF:

“(SIKH GENOCIDE & PLANNED INJUSTICE IN INDIA --Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, Ludhiana)
Bfrq ivc XojnfbwD byiensfPI aDIn iswKF dI nslkusLI-blbIr isMG sUc, aYzvokyt, luiDafxf

siqkfrXog sMpfdk sfihbfn qy pfTko,
siq sRI akfl!

hux lok socx lwg pey hn ik Bfrq srkfr vwloN iswKF ƒ sbk isKfx dy leI, hmysLf byiensfPI krn df rfh aKiqafr kIqf jFdf hI irhf hY. ies ivc KudgrjL qy cfl aDIn AuBfry (Tosy) iswK afgU BfeIvfl bxy rhy qy ieh cODrF aqy pirvfrvfd Kfqr sLrqF qihq hI iswKF ƒ mrvfAux df kMm krdy af rhy hn. ieh lVI ajy tuwtI nhIN hY.aKOqI ajLfd Bfrq ivc, iswKF dI hoeI qy ho rhI nslkusLI dI jVH sfP njLr afAux lwg peI hY. smF jLrUr afvygf ik iswK aijhIaF cflF cwlx vfilaF qy cfl aDIn AuBfry (Tosy) pirvfrvfd (KLudgrjL) ƒ brdfsLq nhIN krngy. ieh afgU nhIN kuJ hor hn. srdfr krmjIq isMG df lyK “ryVkf pfxIaF df” jo pMjfbI itRibAUn mYgjLIn sYksLn imqI 13[6[2004 (A long-drawn wrangle i.e ‘Water Dispute’ jo ‘Panjabi Tribune Magazine Section, Dated: 13June2004)’ ƒ Cipaf hoieaf hY. sfzy aijhy afgUaF dI byaklI qy gwdfrI df prqwK sbUq hY.ieAuN sfP lgdf hY ik ieh mUrK lok jfx-buwJ ky lokF ƒ kmjLor krn leI qy mrvfAux leI afpxy pirvfrF leI rfj krn df rfh pwDrf krn vfsqy aijhy guMJldfr msly Kud KVHy krdy hn. lokF ƒ mrvf ky aMdr-Kfqy afpsI myl-jol bxf ky mIsxf hfsf hwsdy rihMdy hn. vrqmfn pMjfb qy vrqmfn hirafxf bxn / punrgTn (Re-organisation) smyN pfxI dI vMz sMbMDI DfrfvF, (pMjfb punrgTn aYkt, 1966 dIaF gLYr-sMivDfnk DfrfvF 78, 79 aqy 80 afid jo ‘rIpyrIan isDFq’ dI AulMGxf hY. ikRpf krky ies sbMDI dwisaf lyK (ryVkf pfxIaF df) pVHo (Un-Constitutional Sections78,79 and 80 etc of Punjab Re-organisation (Punarghatan) Act, 1966 in violation ‘Riparian Principle’ :Please refer the article) iswKF dy afgUaF dy mUrK qy gwdfr hox df prqwK sbUq hn. ijs qoN iswKF ƒ qy iesdy mOjUdf rfj krn vfilaF ƒ sbk iswKx dI vDyry loV hY. jo hor Coty-Coty gruwp / dl / jQybMdIaF afid AuBfry gey hn (bhuqIaF qF ‘iewk jxy df qmfsLf / sLo hI hY’ pr idKfvy nMU hI jwQybMdI jF jQybMdIaF afid df nF idwqf hoieaf hY). AuhnF bIqy qoN sbk nhIN isiKaf. sgoN rvfieqIaF vFg hI byeImfnI hI iswKI hoeI hY qy [[[[ sfvDfn! myrf afpxf ivcfr hY ik mOjUdf pRDfn mMqrI srdfr mnmohn isMG jI aijhIaF kutl rfjnIqk cflF ƒ agoN leI brdfsLq nhIN krngy qy ies df hwl jldI hI lwB lYxgy. awj dI GVI sqluj Xmunf ilMk (SYL) qy pfxI dy muwdy qy bixaf qflmyl cVHdI klf vflf hI idKfeI idMdf hY ijs nfl muwK mMqrI kYptn amirMdr isMG mjLbUq hoey hn”.

(not: jo sMpfdk vFg pMjfb dy ivgVdy hflfq leI qy iswKF dI hoeI nslkusLI dy kfrnF dI zuMGfeI dI jfxkfrI rwKdy hn. Auh ies ilKq ƒ jLrUr hI mhwqvpUrn smJxgy. ieh ilKq pMjfbI ivc tfeIp krky, afp qwk phuMcdI kIqI jf rhI hY qF jo pfTk hux musLikl mihsUs nf krn aqy ies ilKq dI ivsLysLqf ƒ smJ skx.

I do regret for inconvenience to you in this matter.
Thanks
Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, Ludhiana,
Human Rights Activist.
Date: 11 July, 2004

email: balbirsooch50@rediffmail.com

 

'avqfr igwl' dIaF 'ilKfrI' dy pfTkF nfl 'pMj gwlF'

 

siqkfrXog sMpfdk jI, kuJ gwlF "ilKfrI" dy pfTkF nfl sFJIaF krnIaF hn.

pihlI :
BfeI blijMdr isMG dy
AuWdm dI ijMnIN vI sLlfGf kIqI jfvy, QoVHI hY.

dUjI :
"mxIaf" ivc jy sLbdjoVF dIaF glqIaF aqy iek do ku hor AukfeIaF nUM soD ilaf jFdf qF krm isMG mfn dI ieh khfxI bhuq hI vDIaf bx jfxI sI. afpxI khfxI ivc khfxIkfr ny ijhVI gwl kihxI cfhI hY, Auh bhuq vjLndfr hY. vfrqflfp bhuq idlcsp aqy ZuwkvF.

qIjI :
BuipMdr puryvfl dI "drd vflI gwl" swcmuwc hI bhuq drd vflI hY. ibafn krn df ZMg bhuq psMd afieaf.

cOQI :
bIrieMdr isMG iZwloN df nfvl "bfjL" afrMB qoN aMq vwl ieMj golLI vFg jFdf hY ik pVHidaF pqf hI nhIN lgdf ik kdoN qusIN aMqly pMny dI aKIrlI sqr AuWqy phuMc jFdy ho. pVHidaF-pVHidaF GtnfvF dI isLwdq dy pRBfv vws pfTk sfho sfh qF jLrUr hoieaf rihMdf hY, pr awkdf jF Qwkdf kqeI nhIN.

pMjvIN aqy afKrI :
mhInf ku pihlF iek imwqr ny dwisaf ik eImyl rfhIN afeI vfiers ny Ausdy kMipAUtr df Auh burf hfl kIqf ik AusnUM afpxI sihqk smwgrI bcfAux leI bhuq Krc krnf ipaf. agFh vfsqy Ausny eImyl df KihVf hI Cwz idwqf hY.
kI iksy kol "spYm" qoN Cutkfrf pfAux df koeI pwkf ielfj hY? bfkI iPr shI. [[[[[[ avqfr igwl

 

‘pMjfbI df siqafnfs’---‘AujfV ivc mfrIaf kUkF’ suxn vfly koeI kMn jLrUr hoxgy---pRo[pRIqm isMG gryvfl

amrjIq cMdn df lyK ‘pMjfbI df siqafnfs’ pMjfbI bolI ivc jfxy anjfxy pfey jf rhy ivgfV nUM anykF imsflF rfhIN ijWQy bfKLUbI AuGfVdf hY EQy lyKkF aqy bulfiraF nUM ies ivgfV ivwc sLrIk hox qoN sfvDfn vI krdf hY. AusdIaF ‘AujfV ivc mfrIaf kUkF’ suxn vfly koeI kMn jLrUr hoxgy.

ieh TIk hY ik aMgRyjLI dI qrjL qy asIN acyq hI ‘ieh Gr hY’ dI QF ‘ieh iek Gr hY’ khI/ilKI jFdy hF. aijhIaF BuwlF/angihlIaF dIaF kuJ hor AudfhrxF jo ik tI[vI, pqRkfrI, Dfrimk BfsLnF afid qoN leIaF geIaF hn:

ies vfry (bfry) quhfzf kI iKafl hY?
qusIN myry nfl guwsf (guwsy) ho?
kurIb (krIb) ds kvI sLfml hoey.
jwj ny afpxf PYNslf (PYslf) suxfieaf.
ies KLbr Auqy qpsrf (qbsrf) kro.
bfbf jI ny Bojn Ckxf kIqf (Cikaf).
sMgq dy sMjog (sihjog) dI loV hY.
jQydfr ny agvfhI (agvfeI) kIqI.

myrI smJ anusfr lPjLF df rUp bRYktF vflf hoxf cfhIdf hY.

pRo[pRIqm isMG gryvfl

 

romn awKrF ivc ilK ky ikhVy pfTkF nUM pRBfvq krnf cfhuMdy ny, sUc sfihb?--s[p[ ivrk

siqkfr Xog rfey sfihb,

ieh lyK --(SIKH GENOCIDE & PLANNED INJUSTICE IN INDIA)-- romn awKrF ivc ilK ky ikhVy pfTkF nUM pRBfvq krnf cfhuMdy ny, sUc sfihb?
keI vfr ieh aMgryjLI ivc ilKdy ny. kdI kdI pMjfbI ivc vI.
iehnF nUM pqf hoxf cfhIdY, ik ikMnf musLikl huMdY, ajyhI BfsLf nUM pVHnf.
ieh jfxdy hoey vI ik
'ilKfrI' dy sfry pfTk dovyN BfsLfvF cMgI qrF smJ skdy ny.
kI iehnF dI pMjfbI PLONts dI PLfeIl guafc geI hY?
afp vwloN ieh pwqR Cfpx dI ivsLysLqf vI mYnUM smJ nhIN afeI.
To me, it is an exercise in futility.

s[p[ivrk

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(prm ipafry ivrk jI!

afp dy pwqr leI DMnvfd. 'ilKfrI' afp dy 'suJfvF aqy rfvF' df afdr krdf hY. ijwQoN qwk ies pwqr dy ijAuN df iqAuN Cwpx jF 'ivsLysLqf' df sbMD hY 'ilKfrI' sihjy krky afey pwqrF dy 'rUp jF sfr/ivsLy' ivwc iksy iksm df hyr-Pyr nhIN krdf. iesy leI hI ieh ijs rUp ivwc afieaf Ausy rUp ivwc hI Cfipaf igaf.

AuNJ quhfzf ieh ivcfr 'rfh-dsyrf' hY ik 'ilKfrI' dy pfTk 'aMgryjLI aqy pMjfbI' dovyN BfsLfvF cMgI qrHF smJ skdy hn iPr 'romn' awKrF ivwc ilKI ieh rcnf Cfpx dI kI ivsLysLqf jF loV sI.

'sUc' jI ny 'romn' ikAuN vrqI, ieh qF Auh hI dws skdy hn.

afpdy pwqr leI muV DMnvfd aqy afsvMd hF ik afp agoN leI vI 'ilKfrI' nUM afpxy cyqy ivwc rwKidaF afpxy ivcfr/rcnfvF Byjdy rhogy.

quhfzf afpxf hI : guridafl isMG rfey)

 

 

SIKH GENOCIDE & PLANNED INJUSTICE IN INDIA --Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, Ludhiana

 

Respected Editor & Readers,

Sat  Sri Akal!

Hun lok sochan lag pe han ki bharat sarkar valon sikhan nu sabak sikhan de layee hmesha beinsafi karan da rah akhtiar keeta jandan hi riha hai. isvich khudgarj te chal adhin ubare (planted) sikh aagu bhaiwal bane rahe te ih chuadran ate parwarwad khatar sharta tahit hi sikhan nu marvaun da kam karde aa rahe han. ih larri aje tuti nahi hai. Akhauti azad bharat vich sikhan di hoi teho rahi nashalkushi di jarr saf nazar auan lag pai hai. sammanjarur awega ki sikh ajehian chalan chalanwalian te chal adhin ubare(planted) parwarwad (selfish) nu bardashat nahi karange. ihaagu nahi kujh hor han. Sardar karamjit Singh da lekh, ‘RERKA PANIAN DA’ (A long-drawn wrangle i.e ‘Water Dispute’ jo ‘Panjabi Tribune Magazine Section miti 13.6.2004 (Dated: 13June2004)’ nu likheia/chhapaia hoea hai. sade ajhae aaguan di beakli te Gadari da partakh sabut hai. Ion saf lagda hai ki ih murakh lok jan-bujh ke lokan nu kamzor karan layee te marvaun layee apne pariwaran layee raj karan da raah padhra karan vaste ajehe gunjhaldar masle khud khare karde han. lokannu marwa ke andar-khate apsi mel-jol bana ke meesana haasa hasde rehande han. wartmanpanjab te wartman haryana banan/punarghatan (Re-organisation) samey pani di vand sambandhi dharawan (Un-Constitutional Sections78,79 and 80 etc of Punjab Re-organisation (Punarghatan) Act, 1966 in violation ‘Riparian Principle’ :Please refer the article)  sikhan de aguan de murakh te gadar hon da partakh sabut hai . jiston sikhan nu te isde maujuda raj karan walean nu sabak sikhan di hor lorr hai. johor chhote chhote groups/dal/organisations etc ubare gae han ( bauhte tan ‘one man show’ hi han) , ohana beete ton sabak nahi sikhia sagon rawatian vang hi baemani hi sikhi hoi hai te....... savdan! Mera apna vichar hai ki maujuda Pardhan Mantri Sardar Manmohan Singh ji ajehian kutal rajnitak chalan nu agon layee bardashat nahi karange te isda hall jaldi hi labh lainge. aj di ghari satluj zamna link (SYL) te Pani (water) de mude (issue) te bania talmail charhdi kala wala hi dikhai didan hai jis nal Mukh Mantri Captain Amrinder Singh majboot hoe han.

Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, Ludhiana,
Human Rights Activist;
Date: 16 June 2004  

email: balbirsooch50@rediffmail.com

 

amrjIq cMdn df lyK: 'pMjfbI df siqafnfs' psMd afieaf---suirMdr sohl, inAUXfrk

amrjIq cMdn df lyK: 'pMjfbI df siqafnfs' psMd afieaf. inAUXfrk ivc ies bfry BrpUr crcf hoeI.

suirMdr sohl, inAUXfrk (15 jUn 2004)

 

zf: gurpRIq isMG lihl aqy zf: hrivMdr isMG BwtI (df) lyK bhuq psMd afieaf[[[[blivMdrpfl isMG KLflsf (sYn PLrFissko)

 
vfihgurU jI kf Kflsf[ vfihgurU jI kI PLqih ]
sfnUM zf: gurpRIq isMG lihl aqy zf: hrivMdr isMG BwtI nUM imlx df mOkf imilaf hY . sfnUM lyK bhuq psMd afieaf . asIN AunHF nUM imly vI hF qy AunHF dI lgn dI pRsLMsf krdy hF .jo AunHF pMjfbI kMipAUtr vfsqy kIqf hY Auh byhwd slfhuxXog hY . ies nfl pMjfbI kMipAUtr isstm ivc ienklfb af igaf hY . sfzI ardfs hY ik vfihgurU AunHF nUM hor bl, buwDI aqy lgn bKLsLy qF ik pMjfbI kMipAUtr nUM hor qrkIaF vwl lY ky jfx .

siqkfr nfl,
blivMdrpfl isMG KLflsf (sYn PLrFissko)

 

hfs rs (A  Parody) 'gIq nXf gfqf hUM' ---krnYl isMG igafnI -iPLlfzYlPLIaf

afdrxIX rfey sfihb,

23 meI dy nvF jLmfnf aKbfr dy CyvyN pMny qy iksy ny TIk hI iliKaF hY, ik jdoN Bfrq sYnf dy jvfn, ksLmIr dIaF prbq cotIaF dIaF sVdIaF DuwpF ivc qopF dIaF nflIaF sfhmxy bYTy afpxIaF jfnF hIldy dysL dI rwiKaf krdy sn, ipCly pRDfn mMqrI bfjpfeI sfihb kuwlU - mnflI dI TMZI 'vYkysLn' mnfAuNdy kivqf ilKdy huMdy sn. aqy AuhnF dIaF by qukIaF kivqfvF nUM suxn vfilaF nUM BfvyN Es kivqf dI jLrf vI smJ nhIN sI afAuNdI, pr Aus dI PokI prsMsf leI lokIN afpxy buwDI jIvIaF koloN mihMgy mihMgy pRsMsf Bry lyK ilKvf ky pVHdy huMdy sn.

ipCly sfl AuhnF dy cmicaF ny AuhnF nUM mwKx lfAux leI, inAU Xfrk ivc kuJ hor BfsLFvF dy kvIaF nUM vI bulf ky (including Surjit Patar)  iek kfiv sMmyln rwiKaF sI. iksy nUM nf AuVIaf BfsLf dI, nF bMglf dI, nF mrfTI, qfml, iqlgU dI smJ nhIN sI pY rhI. qy sO sO zflr df itkt rwiKaf sI.

lqf mMGysLkr vI AuhnF nUM (iksy nf iksy qrF) sMgIqk CohF dy ky, gf ky afpxI rfj sBf kursI bcfAux leI PLKr smJdI sI.

iek rock ( I think)  hfs rs (Parody on the style of Atal Bihari Bajpai's poem )  - gIq nXf gfqf hUM - hfjLr hY. psMd afvy qF vrq lYxf, jI.

snyh sihq,

krnYl isMG
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hfs rs (A  Parody)

gIq nXf gfqf hUM

krnYl isMG igafnI - iPLlfzYlPLIaf

afj iPr swjnoN, mYN gIq nXf gfqf hUM,
bYT ky akylf, qUqI apnI bjfqf hUM.

kBI socf Qf ik hm, rfm rfj lfeyN gy.
cmVy ky dfm, iml bYT ky clfeyN gy.
logoN ko iBVf ky hI, hkUmq inBfeyN gy.
pFc vrsL pUrv kI, Xfd ko duhrfqf hUM.
gIq nXf gfqf hUM.

mfnqy Qy hm, kursI BI ikaf cIjL hY.
ies ky smKsL Xfro, Bojn BI nf-cIjL hY.
iml geI qo smJo, ik AumroN kI 'lIjL' hY.
JUTf Qf kQn, AUNcf bol ky sunfqf hUM.
gIq nXf gfqf hUM.

ins idn, bn Tn lok sBf jfAUN mYN.
bI[jy[pI[ ky imwqroN ko pfs jb bulfAUN mYN.
pfrtI-pRfjY kI kQf, sB ko sunfAUN mY.
susLmf svfrfj ko hI pfs bYTI pfqf hUM.
gIq nXf gfqf hUM.

jnqf ny sunf BI nf, ieMzIaf sLfeIinMg kf nfhrf.
Tuws ho ky rih igaf Qf, PLIl guwz kf jYkfrf.
GosLxf ky idn dyKf, burI hfr kf njLfrf.
sonIaF kf ivroD kr, afj pCqfqf hUM .

afj iPr swjno mYN, gIq nXf gfqf hUM.
afj iPr swjno mYN, gIq nXf gfqf hUM.
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mMjLUrsLudf hfqf: jgrfj isMG(nOrvy)

ihMdU muwlF iswK eIsfeI
sfry ieQy afNdy ny .
mfnv jfqI mjLHb asfzf
keIaF qfeIN isKFdy ny .
rlL ky sfry jsLn mnFdy
iewQoN hsdy jFdy ny .
‘mYN jfvF qF bfpU lVdY’
keI kMnI kqrFdy ny .
keI qF pIky bxdy Koqy
btUaf GVI guaFdy ny .
kuJ ku iehnUM kihx dvfeI
KMG jLukfm htFdy ny .
22 BfdoN kONky ipMz ‘c
‘pRsLfd’ afK vrqFdy ny .
qUM vI ‘rfjy’ pI lf Guwt ku
bVy njLfry afNdy ny ..

(7 jUn 2004)

 

BfeI blijMdr isMG qknflojI dI vrqoN rfhIN iswK ieiqhfs dy soimaF aqy gursLbd dy pRsfr,pRcfr df jo invyklf qy smy dy hfx df Audm kr rhy hn Auh sLlfGf-Xog hY-----pRo[pRIqm isMG gryvfl

 

awj 'ilKfrI' ivc ‘scY mfrig clidaf Ausqiq kry jhfnu’ isrlyK hyT pMjfbI siBafcfr aqy sfihq dy pRymIaF vloN BfeI blijMdr isMG nUM snmfnq krn bfry s[ikrpfl isMG pMnU dI ilKI rIport KLfs idlcspI nfl pVHn dI KLusLI pRfpq hoeI. myrI ies idlcspI aqy pRsMnqf df iek kfrn BfeI blijMdr isMG df srkfrI kflj, krmsr (rfVf sfihb) ivKy myrf ividafrQI rih cukxf hY. afpxy hoxhfr ividafrQI dI sPlqf aqy mfn-snmfn qoN aiDafpk nUM pRsMnqf imlxI kudrqI hY.

iekbfl mfhl hurF nfl tI[vI[ ‘qy BfeI sfihb dI ieMtrivAU vyKx df vI mOkf imilaf. afpxI trFto PyrI dOrfn afpxf aiDafpk hox dy nfqy Auh Aucycf smf kwZ ky mYnUM s[gurmIq isMG hurF nfl imlx vI afey. ibnF sLwk Audm, inmRqf aqy sihj dy gux EhnF dI sLKLsIaq cNo Jlkdy hn.

BfeI blijMdr isMG qknflojI dI vrqoN rfhIN iswK ieiqhfs dy soimaF aqy gursLbd dy pRsfr,pRcfr df jo invyklf qy smy dy hfx df Audm kr rhy hn Auh sLlfGf-Xog hY.

afp dI cVHdI klf aqy arMBy kfrj dI qrWkI leI sLuB-kfmnfvF!

pRo[pRIqm isMG gryvfl

 

"......Make Pakistan a place where all languages can attain equal status..." ----Maqsood Saqib (Lahore)

 

(Janab Maqsood Saqib sent this e-mail from Lahore .If you would like to comment or submit your views about this letter or issues raised, please do so.-----Likhari)

Dear all,
Mushir Anwer a Dawn columnist wrote a very controversial and biased column "Literary Round Up" titled "Urdu as Punjab’s mother tongue". I submitted this letter in response to that column right after its appearance. But I did not find it on the pages of Dawn to day. They seem hesitant (obviously, reasons are known and unknown to us. Here, we are sharing it with you. I would appreciate your comments.
With my best regards

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Punjabi is Punjab’s mother tongue

The recent buzz is; Punjabi is not the mother tongue of Punjab. We will soon be hearing that Urdu is the mother tongue of Japanese also. This hypothesis is formulated by Fateh Muhammad Malik and supported by Mushir Anwar in his "Literary Round up"(May 7). His irresistible need to inventiveness is riddled with severe lack of sense. This is indeed a horribly twisted concept.

It is no joke to replace the language of another origin with the language of another land. It only serves the all-powerful vested interests. Things are not the way they have been claimed

He writes, "Punjabi is an undeveloped form of Urdu". This should be written in history in golden words that the developed form of Punjabi (the mother language of the people of Punjab) got structured at and emerged from Fort William College at Calcutta in the hands of non- Punjabi munshies under the watchful eyes of our colonial masters. While, at the same time, people of Punjab were speaking the same undeveloped Punjabi language in their homes and doing their daily chores in their mother tongue ‘Punjabi’ and the poets of Punjab were still writing in Punjabi. (Nobody told Punjabis about it, they suddenly woke up to the fact that a language for them is being cooked up and evolved elsewhere).

The British troops had to undergo ferocious fights in Punjab because they had a wonderful gift for the people of Punjab- the developed form of Punjabi language and they had also this munshi class with them to teach the language. (Despite the fact, that we have been learning the developed form of Punjabi for one and half century, we, Punjabis are still grappling with the proper pronunciation and accent). When British got hold of Punjab, they tried to root out and propagated against Punjabi language through these munchies. Only victorious could mete out such a treatment to subjugate and humiliate the people of the land.
(Documents are on record)

If we see through the logic of Fateh Muhammad Malik and Mushir Anwar, all distinguished and finest poets of Punjabi language, from Baba Farid to Mian Muhammad Bukhsh are nothing because they have chosen to write in inferior and substandard language (in other words, they were inferior people because language and humans are inseparable).

It is to inform them that Urdu is the federal language of Pakistan. It can play a meaningful role by linking all of us, Sindhis, Punjabis, Bluchis and pathans in harmonious blend keeping intact our cultures and languages. In this way, it becomes the symbol of our national identity but one should refrain from allotting it the role of dictatorship. We had been the victims of that psyche of monolingual imperialism in recent past, in 1971. It would be wise to recognize those with malicious designs otherwise we will put our integrity in danger. Our personal interests should be subservient to the interest of our nation. The demand for the Punjabi language as a medium of instruction is as old as the birth of Pakistan and it is not a new thing for all of us. We should all endorse this demand, as the drop- out rate of school going children in Punjab is very high. One of the factors of this deplorable situation is that children are denied their basic human right to read and write in their mother language.

We should all strive to make Pakistan a place where all languages can attain equal status can flourish and grow without the danger of extinction. We hope the day would arrive soon when these languages will become the source of earning and status for their respective communities.

Maqsood Saqib, Chowk Ganga Ram, Lahore

 

zf[ mnmohn isMG df
Bfrq dy pihly iswK pRDfn-mMqRI cuxy jfxf PKLr df kfrn----pRo:pRIqm isMG gryvfl

   afpxI eImfndfrI, inmrqf, lokipRXqf aqy afriQkqf ivc muhfrq dy guxF sdkf zf[ mnmohn isMG Bfrq dy pihly iswK pRDfn-mMqRI cuxy gey hn. ijQy ies inXukqI dy dys pRdys ivc suafgq dIaF KLbrF af rhIaF hn EQy isWKF, KLfs kr ky pRvfsIaF, leI vI ieh Gtnf PKLr df kfrn hY.

   mulk nUM iBMn iBMn vrgF/mjLHbF dy afpsI sihXog rfhIN arQcfry dy suDfr leI XqnsLIl hox df iek afs BrpUr mOkf pRfpq hoieaf hY. kfsL, asIN vkqI isafsI hQkMizaF qoN sfvDfn rih ky ies mOky df lfB AuTf skIey!

pRo[pRIqm isMG gryvfl

CONGRATULATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER, DR. MANMOHAN SINGH

DR. MANMOHAN SINGH,
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

YOUR HONOUR DESERVED TO BE PRIME MINISTER BECAUSE OF YOUR INDVIDUAL QUALITIES AND FOR THE REASONS BECAME A CHOICE OF ALL.
YOU PROVED YOURSELF AS AN EXTRAORDINARY PESONALITY AND A CLEAN SIKH IN THE PRESENT TOP POLITICAL SCENERIO OF INDIA.
HERE LIBERAL ATTITUDE AND FARSIGHTEDNESS OF MRS. SONIA GANDHI AND HER CHILDREN, RAHUL AND PRIYANKA DESERVED TO BE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED & RESPECTED IN ALL RESPECTS.
SIKHS DO FEEL THIS MOMENT AS A COMPENSATION FOR THEM AND THAT SHOULD PROVE AND BECOME AS A REALITY.
YOU ARE HAVING LONG INNINGS IN ECONOMICAL FIELD AND YOU ARE LIKELY TO TOUCH A NEW HEIGHT IN THIS DIRECTION BEYOND ANY IMAGINATION LIKE BECOMING THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA AT THIS MOMENT.
BEYOND ALL THIS, THE IMPLIMENTATION OF ‘RULE OF LAW’ SHOULD BE YOUR PRIORITY TO PROTECT THE COMMON MAN WHO HAS TO TAKE SHELTER MEEKLY WITHIN THE DIFFERENT HORDE / SWARM WHO ALWAYS REMAIN BEYOND THE REACH OF LAW.
THUS THE FLATTERY HAS BECOME THE WAY OF LIFE NOT THE ‘RULE OF LAW’. THE WEAKNESS OF INDIVIDUL LEADS TO CORRUPION. LAW MUST PREVAIL IN INDIA TO REMOVE ILLS.
YOU HAVE ALREADY PROMISED DEVELOPMENT KEEPING HUMAN ELEMENT IN MIND.
I ALONG WITH MY FAMILY HEARTILY CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO CONSIDERED YOU A SERIOUS MAN AS REPORTED, FOR BECOMING THE PRIME MINISTER OF THIS VAST COUNTRY THOUGH NOT FULLY MANAGED SO FAR.
I FEEL YOUR QUALITY OF SERIOUSNESS CAN BE ONE OF THE REASONS OF YOUR THIS UNMATCHED SUCCESS.

 

HOPE FOR THE BEST
WITH REGARDS
BALBIR SINGH SOOCH, ADVOCATE, LUDHIANA.
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
12333/1, Street No. 12, Vishvakarma Colony,
Behind Sangeet Cinema
Ludhiana -141003 ( Punjab )
Phone: 0161-2531029
Date : 19 May, 200

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