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1 > > <>sri vwihguru ji ki Pqih ] swfw Bwt smgq smdys cvdi klw rhy hmys AMk 94 nvmbr/dsmbr 2016 iek Ardwis Bwt kiriq ki gur rwmdws rwkhu srnwei IK ARDAAS BHAT KIRAT KI GURU RAMDAAS RAKHO SARNAHI Issue 94 Nov/Dec 2016 Bhat Sangat sandesh PERIODICAL BI- LINgual the only magazine which is dedicated to the Bhat Sikh Community DEAR READERS YOU WILL BE VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THIS ISSUE #94 HAS BEEN SPONSERED BY OUR BROTHER S. LAKHWINDER SINGH JI BHAKAR OF LONDON IN SWEET MEMORIES OF HIS GREAT GRAND FATHER, GRAND FATHER, AS WELL AS HIS FATHER. WE WISH THANK HIM FOR THAT, IT IS WHAT EVERYONE CALL BABANIAN KHANIAN PUT SAPUT KAREAN. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO REMEMBER ONES ANCESTORS AS FAR BACK AS YOU CAN, I AM SURE THEY WILL BE VERY PLEASED THAT THEIR OFF SRING HAS MEBERED THEM. OUR PRAYER IS THAT MAY OUR WAHEGURU GIVE PEACE TO HIS ANCESTOR SOUL. CHIEF EDITOR. RE- LOTS AND LOTS OF CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SIKH COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD ON THE AUSPICES JAYaNTI OF OUR siqgur nwnk prgitaw imti DMuD jg cwnx hoaw] ijaun kr surj inkilaw qwry Cpy AM- Dyr ploaw] ismg buky imrgwvli BMnI jwey nw DIr DroAw] ij`qy bwbw pyr DrY pujw Awsx Qwpx soaw] isd Awsx sb jgq dy nwnk Awd mqy jy koaw] Gr Gr AMdr Drmswl hovy kirqn sdw vsoaw] bwby qwry cwr ck no KMf iprqmi scw FoAw] gurmuk kil ivc prgt hoaw] WITH SATGURU NANAK EMERGENCE CLEARED THE DARKNESS AS SON RISE DISPELLS THE DARK- NESS AND STARS DISA- PAIRED. MAY THE GURU NANAK BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WITH JOY, PEACE AND HAPPINESS. HAPPY GURPURAB HEARTIES GREETING ON THE SACRED GUR- PURAB OF SHRI GURU NANAK DEV JI. THIS IS THE 547 BIRTH- DAY OF SRI GURU NANAK DEV JI. SAT GURU NANAK PARA- GATEYA MITI TUNDH JAG CHANNAN HOEYA BHAT SANGAT ASSOCIATION DOES NOT TAKE ANY RESPONCIBILITY OF ANY ARTICALS WRITTEN BY OUT SIDE WRITERS. THE ARTICALS ARE WRITTEN BY THEM ARE THEIR OWN THOUGHT AND IT MIGHT NOT BE OF THE EDITORS. Bwt smgq AYsosIeySn dy rswly Bwt smgq smdys iv`c Cpy bwhr qon Awey lykw, kvqwvw dy nwl AYfItorIAl tim dw sihmq hoxw koei zruri nhin, auh lykkw dy Awpxy Awpxy ikawl, qy vlvly hn qy auhnw di AwpxI AwpxI ijmmyvwri hy[ AYfItr]

2 Jaswant Singh Jas We wish to Congratulate you as a successful Chief This is page no 2 Editor and founder of Bhat Sangat Sandesh jsvmq ismg js Awp ji nmu ji AwieAW AwKdw hy, smsqwipk Aqy muk smpwdk di hsiaq iv`c[ swfy syktri, icqrkwr, Aqy Poto smpwidk hn hyc Awr hyc gurusbd ismg cohwx, kwnuni slwhkwr qy prkwisk iencwrj smpwidk sr: pmnw prbidawl ismg cohwx AYl.AYl.bI, KjwncI,pRbMD krqw post AYNf pyikmg jspriq jvwhr lwl ismg swfy AgsYikauitv AyYfItr hn bibi rijmdr kor lwv ji lmfn Aqy swfy shwiek AYfItr hn sr: blbir ismg ji pwrs kwrifp] Aqy sr: sivmdr pwl ismg ji jwni FOUNDER, CHIEF EDITOR: JASWANT SINGH JAS. MBE JP CQSW, EDITOR BIBI RAJINDAR KAUR LARH OF LONDON DEPUTY EDITOR,S BALBIR SINGH PARUS JI, CARDIFF SECRETARY&PHOTOS A GRAPHIC EDITOR, H.R.H. GURUSHABAD SINGH LEGAL ADVISOR & PUBLISHING EDI- TOR PANNA PRABDIYAL SINGH L.L.B, TREASURER & ADMINISTRATOR JASPREET J.L SINGH ENGLISH EDITOR HARSAROOP KAUR ASSOCIATE EDITORS S.Sawindarpal Singh Jani Bristol, OUR HEAD OFFICE BHAT SANGAT ASSOCIATION, 3, MANSFIELD ST. RIVERSIDE, CARDIFF. CF11 6EE. UK. Tel: (0) , Mobile, (0) YOU CAN ALSO NOW CONTACT US VIA s: jaswantmail@yahoo.co.uk or jaswantjas36@gmail.com Now you don t even have to send us a cheque, Simply Transfer your donation or send the association membership fee straight into our bank account Bhat Sangat Association and drop us a line or us to say what it is for. Our bank name is BARCLAYS BANK CANTON BRANCH CARDIFF. ACCOUNT No Sort Codes WE WISH TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT IN THE PAST AS WELL AS THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY SUPPORT YOU MAY WISH TO GIVE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GOOD DEEDS. EDITOR List of our names who have supported us all along in the past for so many years (A) Amarjit Singh Ji Patwal of Cardiff, S Amreek Singh Landa, Middlesbrough, S. Amarjit Singh & S. Gurmukh Singh Roudh Cardiff. S. Amarpal Singh Gola from New Castle upon Tyne. S. Avtar Singh Rahi, Potiwal of Cardiff. (B) S.Baldave Singh Kasbia.S. Balwindar Singh Swali, Sangi, of Manchester.S. Balbir Singh Ji Parus, Cardiff, S.Bhagwan Singh, Rafiq of Cardiff. (D) S. Daler Singh Bhakar,Toteanwale, Middlesbrough, S. Dalip Singh JI Preet Bhakar Midlesbrough, (G) S.Gurbachan Singh, Bhakar, of London, S Gurdeep Singh Rathore,Glasgow,S Gurparkash Singh Rathore, Glasgow, Grandsons of late S. Menga Singh Rathore Cardiff, S. Gulab Singh Digpal "Panchi", Cardiff, S. Gulab Singh Sucha, Middlesbrough. Gurdwara Sri Har Krishan Ji, Middlesbrough,Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bhadar Ji, Glasgow, Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sar Portsmouth, S. Gargee Singh Lovely Swali Doncaster, S.Gurbachan Singh, Bhakar, of London, (H) S. Harindarpal Singh Saki, Bristol, S. Harbhajan Singh, Dard, Bhakar. South Shield, S. Harcharan Singh Digpal of Ipswich, S.Hardave Singh Swali of Peterborough,S. Harbhajan Singh Ji Mauji Potiwal.S.Harbhajan Singh Swali Wolverhampton, Hate Crime The advocacy and Empowement project of Race Eqality first Cardiff. (J) S. Jaswindar Singh Potiwal, Doncaster,Mata, Jeet Kaur of Bristol,Mata Suhag wanti of Doncaster,All the sons of S. Jora Singh Landa, (K) S. Khushwant Singh, Bhakar, of London. S.Kuldeep Singh Lakhanpal, Glasgow,S. Kuldip Singh Landa Ireland. S. Karamjit Singh Gaurh London. (L) S. Lakhbir Singh Bhakar Birmingham. Lion investigating service (M) The MEAA project Cardiff.S. Mohindar Singh, Ji Rathore London, (N) Narinder pal Singh Gola of New Castle upon Tyne, S. Nirman Singh Hamdard of Manchester. (P) S. Paramjit Singh, Landa Nottingham. Mata Pritam Kaur Gaurh London, Professor, Glen Jorden of Cardiff. (R)Ranjit Singh Landa, Wahiwale, of Birmingham, BIBI Rajindar Kaur larh London10th time(s) S. Surjeet Singh Bhakar of Manchester, S Sewa Singh Dard, Bhakar, Manchester. (T) S Tejpal Singh Savtantar, Bristol.S.Tarloke Singh Rathore of London. (u) (v) S. Vicram Singh Landa, Peterborough. Dear supporters We do not know if you are getting our Rasala Bhat Sangat Sandesh at the moment. The reason is that we have gone all this is because of the cost of printing as well as posting we are really very sorry if you are not reciving the same by post as we have nearly stop all by post Rasalea. So we are writing this just for you so that you will not feel offended. We had to take this steps rather then to stop it all together. We would like to urge you to please send us your and we will send you all the issues that you might have missed by .we are now sending over 150 rasalea by and these are some of the people who are reciving them. ROSHAN AMRIK SINGH,KARAMJIT SINGH, HARDAVE SINGH SWALI,KIRAN SINGH,MAHENDER SINGH RATHORE,NARINDAR SINGH,PANCHI SINGH,PETERBANCE,POOJA KAUR, P.R SINGH,PRABJOT KAUR,GURMAYER SINGH,JASDIGPAL SINGH,AVTAR SINGH,AMARJIT SINGH NEWHAM, ANOOP SINGH JOGA.WE COULD GO ON AND ON. Many of our readers are being very kind and are thanking us to say that they are reciving the rasala. Therefore can we urge all of our supporters to please if you are not getting the Rasala then send us your and we will send all the copies that you might have missed or you can go to our website bhat-

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4 Dear readers, In the last Issue of the Rasala # 93 we printed this prominent gentleman photos but we took away the information that was hand written on the left hand side of the photos in Gurmukhi and asked the readers to have look at the photos and see if you can recognised and we also said if you don t know then ask your father or grandfather perhaps they will know whose photo it is, no one did reply as this gentleman passed away to his heavenly abode before the partition of India some 70 years ago. So what is written on the Photo in Punjabi we will tell you in English, it Sri Man Sardar Jeeva Singh Ji Bhakar President Lahore Gwalmandi wale. I would say that this photo was taken numbers of years before the partition. Below we are fortunate to find some one who not only knows about the great man but he is the great grandfather and he has managed to get together information and he has written a page full of information about his Great Grandfather, his name his S. Lakhwinder Singh Bhakar. life of Bazurgh, Pardhan, Bapu, Sardar Jeeva Singh Ji Bhakar Birth and Ancestral Geography My great grandfather (hereafter Bapu Jee) was born in Lahore on the 15 th of January 1850 to my great-great grandparents Bapu Ji Dhan Pat Rai Ji and Maa Jee Dhan Wanti Jee. Bapu Jee was one of three siblings, an older sister named Ma Bhag Kaur Jee and a younger sister Ma Jeeva Kaur Jee. Bapu Jee was born in the family residence named Haveli Diwan Rai which was located adjacent to the British cantonment area of Lahore (later to become Model Town). Whilst Bapu Jee was born in Lahore the family maintained residences in Kapurthala, Lahore (what was to become Krishen Nagar, Nisbet Road and later Gawalmandi) and Delhi. My fore-fathers had been treasury keepers to the rajah s of Kapurthala both before and during British India Raj (and similarly so at the Darbar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh). The family was used to spending the mild summer months in Kapurthala and the winter period in Lahore this pattern of residence was primarily due to my great-great grandfather s commitments at the Kapurthala Darbar. As a result, Bapu Jee spent time as a youth living in both Kapurthala and Lahore (settling in Lahore permanently around 1865) with frequent travel to Delhi, Agra Amritsar and Hazoor Sahib in Maharashtra (the latter two for pilgrimage purposes). Early Youth and Education Bapu Jee received his Gurumukhi education at the historical Gurdwara Ber Sahib in Kapurthala and was also tutored in Urdu and spent some time at the Masonic College (in Lahore) learning to read and write English. Bapu Jee was fully proficient in both the Gurumukhi and Urdu scripts. Dr Beant Singh (Lahore) and Sardar Teja Singh (Court Judge in Daska) were life-long friends of my Bapu Jee as was Gul Hummahad (a Judge based in the Daska Court). This is page 4 rest on page 5

5 Continued from page 4 Marriages 1868 and 1893 Bapu Jee first married in the winter of 1868 to our respected great grandmother Maa Jee Ma Bhagwanti Kaur Bhakar Jee (Maa Jee). Unfortunately following a short illness our dear great-grandmother s soul departed at the young age of 40 and Bapu Jee remarried as was the custom at the time though it was not until several years after the passing away of our elder Maa Jee. Bapu Jee s second marriage to our dear great grandmother Maa Malaa Daie Jee Bhakar in First Dharam Parchar Committee Bapu Jee was a true visionary and one of his key objectives was to unite our fractured community in Lahore, this was achieved through Bapu Jee s efforts with the creation of the first Dharam Parchar Committee in Badewala which Bapu Jee lead for circa 45 years. Bapu Jee was honoured for his leadership, care and attention to our community which bestowed Bapu Jee with several honorific titles including (Dhan Wala, Wadi Bhag Wala and Panja Pinda Da Malak). Bapu Jee respected everyone the same from a young child to his peer group. Bapu Jees achievements for our community are too numerous to list, Bapu Jee s greatest wish was for our community was for it to remain united and with a singular vision of progress. Bapu Jee lived to the ripe age of 96 departing for the heavenly abode in May My grandfather Respected Sardar Seth Bajitar Singh Jee Bhakar was the 7 th child of my great grandparents and I am proposing to write a separate article about my grandfather in another issue of the Rasala in 2017 (which I will be happy to sponsor) Lakhwinder Singh Bhakar. Can I thank S. Lakhwinder Singh Bhakar for giving us this wonderful chance for letting us read the life of a great Man Bapu, Sardar Jeeva Singh Ji Bhakar. I feel very privileged to have read about our Bapu Ji and as our Lakhwinder Singh Ji say s he will be preparing another article on the life of Bazurgh Seth, Sardar Bachitar Singh Ji Bhakar, You know readers having lived in London for about 5 years I often use to meet him in numbers of different situations but lots of the time in Artillery passage shopping place, and when ever I use to see him he always had a smile on his face and use to greet every one who use to be there. Here I was chasing for the photo of S. Jeeva Singh Ji in our the Rasala, ever since I was writing my book call The Sikhs in wales, as I wanted place his photo in there as well for people to see at least who he was, but no one did help out till I heard from Lakhwinder Singh Ji and now I even have his life storey which I would like to include in my second edition of the book with Lakhwinder Singh permission. Even just last week having met a brother from Loha family in Doncaster bow lane Gurdwara other day who promised to send me some copies of old photos and I am hoping that he will so that we can published them for the benefit of lots of other younger generation to see as to who was who. In the last Rasala I did inform my readers that I am not sending and Rasala to any of our Gurdwaras as no one replies and I don t know if it is reaching the Gurdwara it self or is some one else walks away with it, I now have address of few of the Gurdwaras and I did try to send our issue 93 to them but still I have had no response if they have received it. So please if you are reading this Rasala barrowed from some one else why not send us an of yours and we can send one to your at no cast to you. A big Thanks to out brother Yash Tara Ji We also wish to say a very big thank you to our brother Yash Tara Ji of Lamington Spa for placing his company advert of Tara & co Insurance brokers in this issue of our for which we are very thanks full to him and say it was very kind of you to do that and we will be most grateful to you if you can remember to place your advert at least twice in a year, if you say we can remind you of that. As we hope that we can carry on going with the kind help of Dhani brothers and sisters who have supported us all along in our

6 S. Mool Singh Ji Bhakar Gy: Harman Singh Ji Koumi S. Wasta Singh Ji Darad Gy: Rattan Singh Ji Shad smgq purw knwl pwrk lwhor di inkws ivkws qy ivnws di hf biqi igawni rqn ismg ji Swd horw di h`q ilki[ ieh gl hy Pwrm dw supnw purw ho s`ky[ hr koti di rup rykw cwli 1937 di jdon auprokq cwr swqiaw ny swrw swl iemglynf mrly jmin dy iek kony 10 mrly ivc koti ijsdy PrMt vl ivc swjw kmm kwr kridaw ibqwieaw[ ies dys dy mmuh do kmry qy iply pwsy brwfw qy bwki vyhvw si,cwr cupyry vwsiaw dw rihxw, sihxw kwr ivhwr svqmqr qy KuShwl iqn iqn Put auci divwr qy 30 mrly jmin iv`c bwg qy jivn vykky jdon bhuq prbwvq hoey qy Awpxw swrw jivn ivckwr pwxi dw pmp si qy mwli r`ky gey qy bgicy iv`c svqmqr kwr ivhwr kridaw dys iv`c swdw jivn bqwaux smqry mwlty AmrUd dy 30 buty lvwey qy mwli ny AnykW dw mn p`kw bxw ilaw qy hr roz nvyn nvyn ikqy nmu GoKvIN iksm diaw sbjiaw qy PUl Pl augwxy SurU kr id`qy ieaun nzr nwl vykdy qy Es dy Awd md qy AMq nmu Koj pvqwl svqmqr qy KuShwl jivn kotiaw iv`c bqieaw[ Pyr swry krdy rihmdy[ ieh swfy cvw swqiaw dw inqnym bx igaw vyko vyki swry pmjwb qy klk`qy vlon AnykW brwdri dw kyndr qy si qy hr vyhly smyn cwry swqi idl qy idmwg di puri lgn krwqk lihr dw symtr bx igaw[ cmgw BtvW nojvwn sbw nwl ivcwr vtwaudrw kridaw BivKq progrwm aulikdy XUky dw hyf AwPs, mmqli smgq rswly dw hyf AwPs, rihmdy[ eiaun swjy Pwrm dy ikawl idl idmwg di hwfi iv`c iemtrnysnl BWTvw XUNnIAn qy srb ihmd Bwtrw XunIAn dw idn rwq, inq AMdr pkdy rhy[ AMq iv`c idli ivcwrw nmu dys di vmf 1947 q`k bixaw irhw[ ij`qy pury 10 swl 1937 AmlI rup dyx dw smw Aw igaw iesy swl fyivnsyar dy qon 1947 dys di vmf q`k svqmqr qy KuShwl jivn dw AnMd kyndr AYkIstr dy iv`c jdon swfw swjy Pwrm bxwky 16 mwixaw auhdi Xwd kdy BulweI jw skdi hy? kdy nhin, ij`qy dsmbr 1937 diaw itktw lyky dys nmu jwx lei qur pey iek nhin AnykW XwdW aujvy dys di im`ti iv`c vs rhiaw [ 29 dsmbr 1937 nmu lwhor jw pu`jy[ BWvyN lwhor iv`c sn hn, auhdiaw XwdW AKW iv`c joqi bxky vs rhiaw hn ijvyn guawl mmfi, myvw mmfi, ibrj lwl dw Ahwqw, (sbji [ EQoN diaw XwdW dy Bwry bohl iv`c iek do nmuny mwqr hyt mmfi), rqn ngr, qjwb hwqw, GoVy Swh, guru mwgt sn pr drj kiqy jw rhy hn, XwdW dy pyv:- pmj Cy rwj mjdur swfw inswnw nvin AbwdI qy swjy Prm di si, jo kom nmu l`gy hoey sn rwj dw nw krm ismg si, mul ismg pwsy vl nvin qy suc`ji syd dy sky qy AgWh vdn di ltk lw dyvy[ di binawd pùti jw rhi si ijqon lohy dw smgl inkl ipaw Esy vyly rwj ny AwiKAw im`tw mumh krwe Awh smgl eyqon iesy ikawl nwl cwry swqiaw ny nilw gumbj lwhor dy jwnki inkilaw hy ies dw mqlb bndw hy ik ies Gr iv`c sdw dws pwson cwr nviaw sweiklw KrIdIAW qy Awpxy mnorq lvyrw rhygw Esy vyly l`fu mmgw ky rwj mjdurw dw mmuh im`tw di Bwl ArMB kr id`qi qy lwhor dy cwry pwsy bdwmi bwg, krwieaw igaw, cvi hjwr suaws idn rwq dy humdy hn qy Swhdrw,iklw sqwr Swh, AMimRqsr di svk qy cwr burji, iehnw suawsw ivcon 6 suaws ijnw nmu sukmnw AwKdy hn mwfl twaun k`c CifAw[ AMq iv`c lwhor Cwaux di svk dy ies smy jo vi mmuho inkl jwey auh AvS purw ho jwdw hy so iknwry knwl pwrk jw vyikaw[ ij`qy jbn Swh diaw sq ies smyn rwj dy mumho inkln smyn sukmnw dw smw si so Esy A`T kotiaw qy isti jstyt koti qy AnykW kotiaw bx qrhw hi hoieaw pihli gw swnmu myry Drm ipqw BweIAw jgq rhiaw sn[ ies ausr rhi AbwdI nmu vykky swiraw dy idl ismg ji ny Swh puron nvyn Gr bnwaux di KuSI iv`c ijs ny nmu Bwh gei qy suey dy knwry cwr kotiaw lei do do knwlw knwl pwrk Aw ky iqmn suey swfy Gr id`qy qy pury 10 swl jmin KrId lei ijdy dovyn pwsy vi vi Put qy iek pwsy 10 swfy Gr lvyrw irhw[ 1947 iv`c pwiksqwn bnx smyn AsI Put di iek gli si[ swjy Pwrm dw supnw swvyn rkidaw lvyrw Gr hi C`f ky Awey sw[ jo AnMd Gr lvyrw hoey qy 1938 dy Awd iv`k ieko jhiaw 4 kotiaw iqawr kiqiaw humdw hy auh kdy vi BulwieAw nhin jw skdw] Swd geiaw qy 13 AprYl ivswki vwly idn irhwies dw Awd kiqw, vykx nmu BwvyN v`k v`k kotiaw sn pr lov pyx qy swjy ieh spw 6 bwki 7 qy

7 smgq pury dw Awd ikvyn hoieaw spy 5 qon bwki dw, 13 ApRYl 1938 dy idn AsI cwry jinaw ny GrW iv`c rhwies dw sri gnys kiqw igaw qy ies qon Agly hpqy swfy v`fy BweI swihb igawni hrnwm ismg ji komi horw Awpxy Gr AKMf pwt rkwieaw qy inrivgnqw swihq Bog pwey gey[ AKMf pwtiaw iv`c ig: bud ismg ji isrmor pwti suljy hoey qy kqw vwck Awey hoey sn [ dusrw BweI swihb ji sn sr: hvylw ismg ji gvgj ijnw dw ipcokv swfy dwdy hwli ink kyly dw si[ divwn dw pmfwl isiomawny nwky hvyli iv`c l`gw[ ies divwn iv`c AnykW s`jx snyhi isk smgqw ipmf glotiaw, qy lwhor guawl mmfi, myvw mmfi, rqn ngr, iqjwb hwqw GoVy Swh, rwvi rof, qy guru mwgt qon smgqw AweIAW hoeiaw sn, gvgj swihb ji mnohr rwg kirqn kr rhy sn, ijnhw sbd kirqn kridaw PurmwieAw ik myry ipawry guru nwnk swihb ji di Btrw smgq ny ieh nvin AbwdI iv`c movi gfn di pihl kiqi hy ies lei dws smgqw Agy iek sujwe pys krdw hy ik ies nvin AbwdI dw nw smgq purw hoxw cwhidw hy ies dy bwd swriaw smgqw ny jykwiraw di gumj nwl ies nvin AbwdI dw nw smgq purw pws kr id`qw [ ijs nmu bwd iv`c swrkwry drbwr iv`c mnjur krwieaw igaw[ smgq purw knwl pwrk iv`c jivn dw inq krm, ij`qy pury ds swl 1937 qon 1947 q`k swdw pr KUShwl svqmqr jivn jiivaw aus dw SMKyp jivn dw inq krm iemj si, svyry svyry svsqy autnw suey suey v`fi nihr q`k Bwj lwauxi qy hry hry KyqW di KuSbo dw AnMd mwnxw Gr vwips Aw ky nlky qon culi krn qon vuhly hoxw AMdro jivn swqn ny Avwj dy dyxi ik l`si iqawr hy qy iqn pw p`ky dy kvy vwly glws iv`c AD irvky dw pin nmu iml jwxw, aus qon bwd swrw idn snpry pmci vwg svqmqrw nwl biqnw [ myri ijmmyvwri humdi si ik hr mhiny rwsn Awpxy qy lvyry lei ilawauxw[ bjwr dy sody qon bwd lvyry qy swry Gr di dyk Bwl jivn swqn di ijmmmyvwri si[ dupihr dw roti vylw aucycy iek tybl qy byt ky swry jiaw ny iek`ty byt ky Kwxw [ suc`jw lmgr prswdw qy nwl nmu l`si qy AKIr nmu knk jw mkei di roti di curi dy rs mwnx dw mokw imldw[ Swm nmu cwh vyly ieko tybl qy kyk jw ibskut nwl pixi[ qy ievyn hi Swm dw prswdw swry jiaw ny ieko tybl qy rlky Kwxw qy rwq nmu glws svw dud dw pin nmu iml jwdw si[ ieh iek idn dw nhin pury ds swlw dw inq krm hoieaw krdw si [ ij`qy ieh ds swlw dw inq krm smgq purw knwl pwrk lwhor iv`c mwinaw ausdy nwl nwl jivn swqn rwm kor pykw nwan qy svrn kor nw AsI rikaw si aus di kurbwni di dwd eyqy dyni hy ijs di ikrq qy ihmmq vi kdi nhin BulweI jw skdi[ roxkw vddiaw geiaw knwl pwrk smgq purw AwbwdI dw Awd ieko jhiaw cwr kotiaw nwl hoieaw pr smyn nwl roxkw vddiaw hi geiaw ijs dw smkyp ieaun hy:- bzurg smq ismg ji BwkV ji ny vi swfy ijni jmin ly ky swfy vwg hi koti pwei ieaun cwr di jgw ieko jhiaw pmj kotiaw ho geiaw[ bwd iv`c vyko vyki smgqw AwaunIAw suru ho geiaw ijnhw dw vyrvw ieaun hy, byli ismg twk ijs dw pu`qr vir ismg, mulqwni ismg, brkq ismg, blvmq ismg qy Cotw Syr ismg hori Aw v`sy, bzurg cmbw ismg ictiaw BvW vwlw, qy aus dy pu`qr lwl ismg, gupwl ismg, nwnk ismg pmjwbi, Kjwn ismg Kjy, ausdw pu`qr iemdr ismg, BweI mul ismg aus dw pu`qr mulk ismg AMimRq, sudwgr ismg nwdrw, ijs dy do swly mokm ismg qy mmgl ismg, bzurg JMfw ismg kokn ipco iehnw vkrw Gr KrId ilaw, mwei vjirw sp`qni kysr ismg puqli aus dw puqr bcn ismg, BweI brkq ismg, vjir ismg idlbr, mwmw gopwl ismg aus dw mwmw ipvml ismg, rwm ismg idgvw ijs dy pùqr drsn ismg qy jsvmq ismg, lwl ismg idgvw ijs dy pùqr rgbir ismg qy AmIr ismg, bzurg ruv ismg fsky qon bwlu ismg munsi ismg idgvw, mul ismg lwl ismg drsn ismg, su`cw ismg qy bwvw blvmq B`tI, klawn ismg hrbms ismg iksn ismg qy hrdyv ismg idgvw, munsi ismg inrdos, igawni Amr ismg Amr, bzurg vswki ismg aus dw pu`qr kysr isg KufU aus dw pu`qr prqwp ismg [ Kjwn ismg drvys lwfw AmrsrIAW smgq purw ivc gurduvwrw gurduawry di jmin vycn vwly kolom Ady Bw qy lei ijs di auswri lei BwjI lw ky gurduawrw bnwieaw igaw[prbmd krn lei prbmdk kmyti bnwei gei, bzurg smq ismg ji BwkV prdwn igawni rqn ismg ji Swd jrnl syktri, bzurg byhli ismg KjwncI, qy grmqi di syvw igawni smqw ismg syvk qy lwei gei, ieaun smgq purw iek cmgw v`fw gv bx igaw 1937 qon 1947 q`k dys di vmf q`k 55 BwjIAW sn[ pmjvin koti qon bwd GoVy Swh qon brdri smgq purw Awn ky pmj pmj mrly di jmin KrId ky vko vk FMg nwl kmry pw ky rihxw SurU kiqw qy swry Awly duawly dy lokw ny swnmu kihxw SurU kr id`qw ik quhwfy lwgy qw BwtVy Aw vsy hn qy auqr ivc jdo AsI vi AKdy ik AsI vi Bwtry hw qw sux ky ihrwx ho jwdy[ AsI swri brwdri ny rl ky auhnw nmu kih id`qw si ik ijs ny sincr mmgn jwxw hovy auh smgq pury qon bwr jw ky ikdry mmgy qy ieh sux ky auh swry iehi krdy rhy qy smgq pury ivc koei AYsI hrkq nhi si krdw[ ieh spw 7 hy[

8 nmu****guru nwnk dyv ji dw Awgmn idvs**** sri mwn ig: priqm ismg ji mkmur ji di klm qon cwnx j`g dw prgt hoieaw, hoei A`j rosnwei zwhr pir, jgq gur bwbw, DMn DMn khy lukwei AnMqklw ly vwihguru qon, si guru nwnk AwieAw mw iqrpqw nmu Awky swry, l`k l`k dyx vdwei DMn guru nwnk praupkwri, suxi pukwr jgq iv`c Awey, Gr Gr AMdr nr-nwri ny, rwg, rwgni,mmgl gwey] s`c-cmdrrmw jg-mg civaw, pwp hnyrw imitaw swrw, ivc KusI dy nciaw kliaw, KV ikv krky Pul muskwey] ***jix dw vl skwaux AwieAw*** vlon priqm ismg ismg ji priqm AMimRqsrI isrjn hwr smswr dw pri purn, jg nmu jix dw vl skwaux AwieAw, bujdi SmW ipawr di vyk ky qy, BweIcwry dw dip jlwaux AwieAw, jbr zulm AinAeyN dy JKVW qon, mwvy lokw di lwj bcwaux AwieAw, s`jx bx ky lutn vwilaw nmu, s`cy lokw dy s`jn bnwaux AwieAw mmdw hwl smswr dw vyk ky qy, nwnk dukiaw dy drd vfwaux AwieAw] vgvy isd jogi is`dy qir kiqy, jivn mukq kiqw mwns KwixAW nmu, Bwgo vrigaw nmu C`f ky mwn id`qw, lwlo jhy grib inqwinaw nmu, kiqw bmd mmn mwniaw krn vwly, ByKI pmfqw Aqy mlwixaw nmu, AwKr vikaw AsI scwei A`gy, Juknw pyndw ey AMq jrvwixaw nmu, lyky lokw dw ipawr siqkwr priqm ikly kot hmkwr dy Fwaux AwieAw, mmdw hwl mnukqw dw vykky qy, nwnk dukiaw dw drd vmfaux AwieAw[ cwnx swry dw s`c cmkwaux AwieAw vlon sr: jgir ismg AwSw AYfItr jivn lihr kwli rwq jw kuv di pei vyki, cwnx s`c dw swry cmkwaux AwieAw, pwdy vwg Bu`ly pmdon pwdiaw nmu, nyki vwlvy pmd qy pwaux AwieAw, kofy rwksw, BwgoAW sjnw nmu, s`jn qwei dy sbk iskwaux AwieAw, auc nic dw Byd imtw ky qy, sb nmu eyky dw pwt pvwaux AwieAw, byvi Drm di zulm dy Shu AMdr, PsI vyk ky pwr lgwaux AwieAw, < di nwl dvw ly ky, nwnk! iedi crnw di Coh dy nwl lg ky, dukiaw dw drd vmdwaux AwieAw] BON dy p`qr vi hiry kohynur ho gey, l`kw bwbrw ipawr dy lv PV ley, l`kw vliaw dy vl ny dur hogey, l`kw lwlo ijhy nwm QI lwl ho gey, jivn auhnw vwly nuro nur ho gey, ij`qy nwnk dw nwm di hoei crcw, Fihky mihl hmkwr dy cur hogey, krm bury ies dyk ky Drq auqy, Awp j`g qy krm kmwaux AwieAw, hr duki di AwSw ho jwey puri, nwnk, dukiaw dy drd vmfwaux AwieAw] AMMimRq spw dsy mmuh ivc pw deygw vlon sr: privmdr ismg priqm AMimqsr vir nwnki dw nwnk nwm ijs dw, siqnwm dw jwp krwaux AwieAw, qpdy hoey smswr di ihk auqy, minh myhr dw Aj vrswaux AwieAw ijs dw cwnx hnyry nmu Kw jwvy, AYsI s`c di SmW jgwaux AwieAw bxky Awsrw JugI dy qiilaw dw, aucy muhlw dy isr invwaux AwieAw JUT,pwp pkmf nmu jg ivcon, glq AKrW vwg imtwaux AwieAw vmf Ckn di riq clwaux vwlw, nwnk dukaw dy drd vmfwaux AwieAw Fuldw vyk gribw dy hmjuaw nmu, moqi Aws dy sby lutw deygw hry hoxgy krmw dy Kyq su`ky, JwqI iek vwri ij`qy pw deygw Fwh itibaw nmu toieaw iv`c Brky, jkm DrqI dy sby imtw deygw vjx fmg nw ikqy mnu`qw nmu, AMimRq spw dy mumh iv`c pw deygw somy KwirAw iv`c imtws Brky, nwly ryitaw ivc imtw pwaux AwieAw priqm A`j kuvqn vi bol pei ey, nwnk dukiaw dy drd vmfwaux AwieAw[ spw 8

9 BHAT SIKH SANGAT ASSISTED MARRIAGES THE MATCH MAKER 25 YEARS LAD OF CHOHAN FAMILY, CLEAN SHAVE 5 4 MEDIUM COMPLEXION,DIVORCED NO CHILDREN, WORKING IN AN OFFICE AS ADMIN WORKER IS LOOKING FOR A HOMELY TYPE OF DIVORCED GIRL, OF BETWEEN 21 to 25 NO CHILDREN PLEASE, FOR MORE INFO PLEASE SEND THE BHAT SANGAT SANDESH EDITOR AN . Looking for match for 29 years divorced boy from the Kasbia family. 6 feet tall average build, cut hair clean shave, medium complexion, Occupation: General Manager. Of a Garage, selling new cars, looking for a homely girl with traditional values. For 30 years old 5 7 cut hair Medium comp and build from Gola family working in London family in Newcastle upon Tyne. Work in London as Recruitment Consultant. Not married yet. 27 years old lad from the Rathore family who take pride in his beard and turban 6:11 a match is needed for him We are really sorry that we cannot include any boys particulars as no ones send us any particulars of their daughters and we have taken two girls out as they keep on refusing good match. Can we also say that if you wish to make an enquiry about a girl for your son then please do not phone our land line or the mobile phone as we will not be able to give you a reply. You can send us an which is:- jaswantmail@yahoo.co.uk ALL WE NEED TO KNOW THE BOY OR THE GIRLS, JAAT,HEIGHT,COMPLEXION, BUILD,EMPLOYENT STA- TUS WAS HE/SHE MARRIED OR IS HE/SHE SINGLE. IF IT IS A BOY IS HE A PURAN GURSIKH, OR DOES HE WEAR A TURBAN DOES HE A TRIMMED BEARD HOW TALL, AND IF WORKING THEN, AS WHAT? THANKs swauq irvrsweif iv`c kimaunti Pst di skim cl rhi hy! kimaunti Pst ki hy? kimaunti Pst nmu AsYNblI di srkwr pysy dyndi hy lokw di shwieqw krn lei, ieh iek lmby smyn lei cln vwlw progrwm hy] ijs dy nwl AsYNblI ny irvsweif grynjtwaun qy ibaut twaun nmu sudwrnw hy qy lokw lei nvyn Awausr pydw krny hn[ ies progrwm dw muk audys: hy ieh vykxw hy ik koei vi prvrqn ilawaux ivc kimaunti di glbwq suxi jwvy Aqy purw Xogdwn hovy[ikimaunti syntr ivc AMgryzI qon ielwvw hor BwSwvW vi bol lyndy hn auh krmcwri mwjud hn[ jy kr quhwnmu AMgryzI boln di muskl hy qw qy qusi hor vdyry jwxkwri lyxi hy qw iksy AMgryzI boln vwly nmu nwl lyky swnmu smprk kro AsI quhwfy lei qrjmy dw vi bmdo bsq kr skdy hw[ swauq irvrsweif kimauntis Pst tim nmu tylipun qy Pun kr skdy ho : jw Pyr ei myl kr ky smprk kr skdy ho:- southriversidecommunitiesfirst@yahoo.co.uk COMMUNITIES FIRST IN RIVERSIDE What is communities First? Communities First is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. It is a long term program which aims to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in South Riverside. At the community centre we have staff that can communicate in some languages other then English. If you have difficulties with English and you want to find out more about Communities first or would like to attend one of the events,ask some one who can speak English to contact us and we can arrange a translation or interpretation. South Riverside Comunities First team can be contacted on or by at southriversidecommunitiesfirst@yahoo.co.uk 9

10 We wish to give lots of congratulate all of our readers on the Birthday of our 1st Guru, Guru Nanak dev Ji. Which was on 14th November, may our Guru Nanak Dev Ji bring lots and of happiness to all the Sikh Community. On 30th October was the Bandi chore Divas which the our brothers Hindus call Diwali, so we would like to wish a very happy Bandi Chore Divas to all our readers. Then there was Shaheedi Gurpurab of our 9th Guru, Guru Tegh Bhadur Ji is coming on 24th November After we go to print, after that we have got Christmas holidays are coming let us congratulate every one for that. Then readers the new 2017 year is coming and we would like to wish all our Sikh Community a very Happy New Year. Let wish that our Waheguru bring every one lots of happiness in the new year. Let us hope that our readers did receive the last issue of our Rasala one way or another. If you did not then please do let us know and send us an . The last Rasala was sponsored by our family in Wolverhampton, this Rasala in your hand has been sponsored by our brother Lakhwinder Singh Ji Bhakar for which we are grateful to him he has yet promised another issue next year as well. The next Rasala # 95 will now be coming out next year. in the month of Jan/Feb and will is issued on the last week of February so if any one wish to sponsere that in celebrating some happy event or in remembrance to some one dear then please do let us know by return so that we could book it under their name. We also wish to thank our brother Mr Yash Tara Ji of Lamington Spa for placing his advert in this issue which is placed at the back page and we are hoping that he will do that very soon again. Our brother S. Varinder Singh Ji Bhogal Ji have very kindly donated 10 towards the Running of our Rasala for which we would like to thank him for the Donations can I tell our readers of Cardiff that this is the same Mr Bhogal who gave us lots and lots of help when we were constructing our Gurdwara in Tudor St Cardiff, in the architect and engineering so I would like to wish him lots of good health and happiness in the coming future. Our Gurdwara in Tudor St is celebrating Guru Nanak Dev Ji birthday with an akhandpath on 18, 19, and samapti on Sunday the 20th November, what day did your Gurdwara celebrated this Gurpurab. We are very sorry to report this tragedy that our young brother S. Guljar Singh Ji Gola have past away in preston and his antim Sanskar was held on 8th Nov when we were very fortunate go to Preston to pay our respect we would like to portray our sympathy to his wife and all the family as well as his eldest brother as well as other brothers and pray for his soul that may our Waheguru give about to his soul and give lots of courage to all his family so that they can bear his never forget full loss. with a very heay heart Brother Jaswant Singh Jas. S. Guljar Singh Gola was a very good man who served as the chairman of the Preston Bow lane Gurdwara for numbers of years as well. In Cardiff we have established an Antim Sanskar committee to deal with the remains after the Cremation. Look for another article on this issue. This month once again we will be going to this Bhat community matrimonial fare again and will report next time. Can we ask all of our readers that have you got a permanent visa to go to India yet? What it is that Indian Government use to issue 6 monthly visa first, then they started to give five years visa and in 2013 /and 14 they decided to give 15 years visas and they called that PIO visa card for which one had to pay over 200 pounds. Now the Indian government has decided to scrap that PIO visa and are asking people who got PIO card to change it before the end of December this year and you will not have to pay any more money and most likely you will be given an I CO visa which will be for your life that way one can go when they like, so please look in to it. Another thing that Indian government has done is canceled all old 1000 and 500 rupees note if you have got any of those then you can change them in India till the end of December and in their place they have issued a 2000 and a now 500 rupees note. What are people like us going to do who use to bring three or 4 thousand woth of 1000 and 500 note with them here? In Cardiff we have also established a Sikh Council of Wales by getting together 4 of our Gurdwaras together. We have one Gurdwara in Swansea, and three in Cardiff one in Tudor Street, one in Copper Street and the third one in Pearl Street and we have already done a function together in our National assembly and have celebrated the First Parkash day of our Guru Granth Sahib Ji. And are now looking to celebrate Vaisakhi together. All of our community will be seeing the photos of Sardar Jeeva Singh Ji Bhakar and now we know what he looked like even we have his mine life storey, so if any one else is holding on to some real good photo then please share it with us so that we can share it with all the Bradri send them by . Can I humbly request all of our readers to please send us your Gurdwara . So that we can at least send them a copy of the Rasala by . To day we had an what's up where Manchester Monton street Gurdwara is also now organising a bhat Sangat Rishta Seva they are requesting divorced from 12 to 4 pm and single from 4 to 8 pm on Saturday 3rd December and they say come with your parents not on your own if you do come on your own you will not be admitted. Lastly can I thank all our Dani veer and sisters from the bottom of our heart to all of you who been helping us all along so that we can carry on publishing the Bhat Sangat Sandesh Rasala, please carry on with your good deeds as it is only because of you that this Rasala is still running for the last 15 years other wise it might have packed up long time ago. With all our heart. Very great fully Guru Sangat Charan Dhoor Jaswant Singh Jas. Chief Editor. (10)

11 Punjabi open university Well here we are, two whole months down the line we do very much hope that you have mastered the 1st lot of 10 letters that we asked you to learn and that was 1 letter in 6 days and those 10 letters were:- a A e s h k K g G and new ones are c C j J \ t T f F x and keep this key to the sound and pronunciation safe. this is the key to the sounds & pronunciation All this was written by Gurdave Kaur M.A. B. Ed. Sangeet Parveen. Sangeet Bhaaskar. Sangeet vishaard. Sangeet parbhaakar. To whom we would like to thank and say it was a very difficult task to have worked all this out. We are sure our second and third generation individuals will find their way through all this and will be able to learn Gurmukhi if they really put their mind to it. So can we say that we are grateful to you. Gurdave Kaur we're sure you will not mind as we are only trying to ask younger people to learn Gurmukhi. au u as in put, a with an u Its called onkar auu oo, as in food & u I, as in fruit, U this oora is with dulencre E o a, o A u, a, e Aw a, aa AY oa as in goal & o, as in go or more u, as in but & up, a, as in arrival a as in father &aa, as in baa, This got knna. a i,a a i, as in said & a, as in sad This got dullanva AO au as in exhaust this one has an kanora AM n n, as in ink this one has tipi AW a n aan, an, as in can t This one has Kanna with bindi ie I, I, as in sit this one has a siaari ei ee, ey,y ee, as in seed, ey, as in honey & y,as in holy this has a bihari ey ay, a-e ay, as in say & a-e as in face this has a lann s s,c s, as in sweet & c in race S sh, as in Shine h h h, as in horn k k,c k, as in kettle & c, as in cat K k h k h, as in khaki g G g, as in goat g h g h, as in ghost ng n g as in bangles c ch ch, as in child C chh ch, as in chhattarpur j j j, as in jam z z j, as in zebra J jh jh, as in Jhansi \ n j, as in injury t T f t, as in heat th, th, as in thug f d, as in dig F F dh, as in Dhaka x n n, as in Runn of Kutch q t t, as in Tamil Q t h t h, as in thousand d d d, as in they D dh dh,as in Dharama n n n, as in noon p P P b B m p p, as in pool ph ph, as in phantom ph ph, as in flower b b, as in baby bh bh, as in Bhopal m m, as in mother X y y, as in yellow r r r, as in red l l l, as in love v v,w v, as in van& w, as in will V r r, as in Roorkee A line is placed under a letter to give a softer sound as q t and d d or an open sound as T, th,f, dh, n n, and V r. A line on top of n means that it sound like an n as in ink. A line under u is placed only when it sounds like U in put and there is no line when it sound like u in but. To give a hard sound to a word, double letter have been used as double tt is used in kitten. Writing Punjabi sounds in English is tremendously difficult task as there are only 26 letters in English alphabet as against 35 in Punjabi. Besides V&W,C&S or C&K and Y&I have similar sounds. So the use of 26 English letters is reduced to 23. Moreover 5 vowels in English a, e, I, o, u, are included in the alphabet where as in Punjabi the 11 diacritical marks (lga matran) are in addition to the 35. there are extra 5 sounds of S sh K kh g gh z z and P f; thus making a total of 51. there being a ratio of less than 1to 2 between English and Punjabi, no system can perfectly reproduce the exact sound of Punjabi in English but I have tried to prepare this key keeping in view the phonics of the language. This key has been tested on Asian, afro Caribbean, European and English. It nowhere near the traditional way of writing Punjabi in roman script. An English reader would read bat byt jap jyp but bt jup jp no way he or she is going to read bat as but or jap as jup ; the way Punjabi is being transliterated at present. I sincerely hope that this key will make reading Punjabi in roman script a little better as well as easier. Any suggestions for further improvement would be most welcomed. Can we really thank her for us to use her. We would like to ask our reader who are learning Gurmukhi with us to let us know if its going well or are theresome hiccups. Send us an . Jaswant. Page 10 The new letters are c C j J \ t T f F x that is chcha, chhchha, jja, jhija, nnja,tenka, ththa,dda, dhdda,nanna.

12 igawni rqn ismg Swd ji hr swl di AwpxI fweiri r`kdy humdy sn qy kùj ku swlw diaw fweiriaw swfy pws hn[ so AsI auhnw iv`con auhnw dy ilky ikawl Awp ji A`gy rkx lgy hw[ fweiri jnvri 1 budvwr 147 qon SurU krn lgy hw[ ipcly AOgx bks ly prb Awgy mwrg pwey jie] Awpny purwxy progrwm nmu ivcwr ky Aml iv`c ilawaux lei nvyn swl dy nvyn idnw AMdr, nvyn qriikaw nwl hi isry cvdy hn] 2 jnvri:- Awpxy progrwm qy jivn inswny nmu sdw p`ky idl qy auqswh nwl SurU krnw hi splqw dw sb qon v`fw sbuq hy] rqn, ieli, pihlw Awp ji ieli kymbirj Sihr rihmdy humdy sn] 3 jnvri ieli, swqi ibnw jivn jivn nhin auh qw moq dy idn pury krn dy brwbr humdy hn rqn] bicaw dy jivn nmu aucyrw bnwaux lei isawxy mwpy Awpxy jivn diaw sb qon auciaw GwtIAW nmu cvdy hn, auhnw dy AMdr QkyvW nhin AwauNdw rqn 4 jnvri ieli, AMdrly id`l di KuSI hi mnuk dy cyhry qy KyVw qy roxk qon aus dw subway Kulw qy Acwr aucyrw krn iv`c shwei humdw ey, Swd 6 jnvri ieli, b`cy di bol cwl qon rihxi bihxi qon mwipaw di isawnp, ividaw qy subwe dw purw purw pqw hi nhin lgdw sgon auhnw dy jivn dw vio pqw lg jwdw hy, ieli :- imhnq krn vwlw mjdur auqni hi KuSI prqiq krdw hy, ijqnw ky iek PojI AwpxI ijq qy, rqn 25 ponfw Gr ByjIAW bhwdr ismg pwl dy nw diaw ijs con 100 jsvmq ismg horw nmu dyxw hy[(ponf di kimq aus vkq 13 rupy si) qyrw Prz pukwry qynmu ieh mnmno ienkwr ni krni, qum hy dys kom dw drdi] sux vy ciry vwilaw cmnw, kwhliaw nw kr kwhilaw cmnw, kwhliaw nw kr, qyrw Prz pukwry qynmu, qumu hy dys kom dw drdi ieh mnmnno ienkwr ni krdi] hf hrwm Awls qon cokv bx ky Awpw hi Awp Krwb nhi krdw sgon Awpxy dys qy Awpxy swqiaw dy moifaw qy Bwr nmu hor Bwrw krky jivn pmd nmu hor isql bnwaundw hy] rqn nvin Kyf kyfn lei mdwri, cwlw di swbi jo r`ki ptwri] ieli, Awpxy kmm nmu AwpxI KuSI qy Awpxw jivn pltwaux kwrx smjxw hi isawxy qy KuSI dw kwrx bxdw ey] Sukrvwr ieli, bpwr ivc AwpxI mwrkit Awpxy XkIn dw is`kw clwauxw hi bpwr ivc sb qon v`fi bhwdri. isawxp qy vpwr nmu aucyrw krx dw gux hy[ pr plxw qon smj ies gux qon vwjy rihxw hy, Awpxy ieqbwr nmu KyrU, KyrU krky jldi hi iezq di QW bdnwmi K`t lyndw hy] rqn swtrfy ividaw hin qy QoVw smjy Awpxy bzurgw diaw g`lw ivc hi Awpxw GtIAl jivn bqiq krx dy supxy lyndy ies ivc hi mwn smjdy hn, pr kyvl AwxI KuSI nmu aucyrw krx lei hdw qy kmdw di prvwh nhin krdy, auh smjdy hn, Gr kyvl Awpxy KuSI jivx dw Awlxw hy, ies lei hr QW Awpxw Gr bxwey jw skdy hn] ieli hr vkq Gwty pwx vwliaw ivcwrw krky apxy jivn nmu nivw krn qon Cùt brbwd krn dy vi qu`l hy, isawxy AwdmI iehnw ivcwrw qon, aucyrw qy Aml BrpUr progrwm GVdy qy KuSI rihx di vwdi pwaundy hn, gmw iv`c vi cyhry qy KyVw qy idl AMdr KuSI dw auqswh tpkdw ey] Swd , rwqw hovn lmmiaw, DuK DuK autn sws, Dirg iqnw dw jiviaw ijx bfwni Aws[ kbir swihb] by drdw dy krqy Awpxy idldiaw BVwSW kfky Awpxy ihdy nmu SWq krx dy ikawl rkxy, glin bhisq jwx dy brwbr hy[ Swd iksy dy ipawr BrpUr hwsy qy Bul ky glq AMdwjw lwauxw murkqw qy k`cy px di sb qon v`fi pki inswni hy[ SWd grj jyfi koei vfi mrj nhin qy AwpxI grj vwsqy iksy nmu BulyKy ivc pwauxw lwnq hy[ Swd Awpxy BivKq nmu bxwaux lei vfi qon vfi msibq nmu ikvy m`qy jrky Awpxy Awsy qy pujx dw Xqn kri jwau, jldi hi qklipw KuSI iv`c bdl jwxgiaw[ Swd s`ci KuSI imhnq dy inrbr humdi hy, nyk niaq qy mihnq nwl kmwieaw Dn jgq ivc mwn KuSI qy iezq dw kwrn bxdw hy rqn ] ipkrw qy audwsiaw ivcon aunw dw kwrn soc ky auhnw dw hl lbxw isawxp qy qy auhnw dy SurU iv`c goqy KWdy rihxw AlV qjrby hin mnuk di bysmji ey[ isawxy AwdmI AwpxI audwsi qy ipkrw nmu Awpxy AMdr di iek Avwz smj ky aus dy kwrn lbx dw jqn krdy qy Aml krky aunhw qon aucyrw jwx di koiss krdy hn[ rqn, msibqw ihmq vwly ienswn nmu pukyiraw qy aucyiraw krdiaw hn, pr iflv mnuk iejhiaw auljxw iv`c Awpw guaw bytdy hn[ aucyry ikawl jivn splqw dy suck hn, A`j brp pyndi rhi] ijs ny Awpxy BivKq nmu cmkwauxw hmdw hy auh kdy DuMdw jw tmfw kolon frky ifli nhin FwauNdy[ Swd bd idawnqdwri bpwr diaw jvw qy kuhwvy dw kmm krdi ey, ies dy Afy civaw mnu`k CyqI hi mmuuh di KWdw ey] prdys dys di kdr iskwx dw kwrn bxdw hy[ Swd Gr ivc Arwm nwl izmdgi bqiq krn dw qrikw hi by Gr ho ky AwaNdw hy] rqn ividaw hin mnuk sdw SsopMj ivc ipaw rihmdw ey, aus dw jivn idn divy ivc vi misaw vwg kwlw qy DMudlw jwp dw ey[ honslw mnu`k nmu hr iek kmm iv`c kwmxwbi krn dw kwrn bndw hy qy by honsly vwlw mnùk Awpxy jivn di neiaw nmu knwry ApVw ky fobn dw vsilw jwpdw ey[ budvwr ieli qon lmfn gurduawry, Swd qumu iksmq vwlw eyn AjhI izmdgi nmu suki qy BivKq nmu sr sbj bnwaundw snyhri smw qyry h`q AwieAw hoieaw hy ies nmu hocw pyky hqon guawvn nwl sdw rulnw hi nhin Awpw imtwvx dw vi kwrn bxygw[ AKMf pwt qy Arogqw lei kivqw boli] somvwr mwl KrId ky vwps rwq nmu ieli Aw igaw] ieh spw 12 bwki Agly AMk iv`c js

13 I HAVE ALREADY SAID SOMETHING IN OUR EDITORIAL ABOUT THAT WE IN CARDIFF ARE trying to get a permanent place, so that we can go to a place after the crematorium and scattered the remains of our loved ones in a sweet running water. However I myself was perusing this place since 1992 and the local council did granted us a place and the community did make a use of it two or three times, but now the council have withdrawn that site and all the Hindus and the Sikhs are now working with the Council, who are suggesting another site. I am asking all of our towns and city people in all of UK to let us know if anyone have set up a permanent place any where they can take the remains of their loved ones and put them somewhere without and scaremongering, to put them in the sweet water and quickly leave so that no one can see us or report us to the local authority. Do you know we have now been in Britain for the last 70 years and we have not negotiated with our authority, so that we can do this ritual peaceful with out any DHAR, and yet we all have been doing this for years, the authority knows that we are doing what we are doing but they have not said anything to us, because they know that the remains we go to put in the river are not contaminated. We have been told that the Hindus of the midlands have found a place in one of the Rivers and have put some Ganga water into it so it can purify it and are still using that place to scatter the remans in that river. I know that sometime we have to go for miles before we find some place which is not busy with people and have done it for many, many years. One problem that I am coming to face is the place the council is offering is not a very fast running water and all the Hindus, and Sikhs from other community say that they always grind the remain and make a powder and then sprinkle it in the river and I am trying to tell them that our community do not grind the remains but have them crushed and I know I have seen bigger then 9 inches pieces of bones which are then washed in Milk in a bowl and then the whole thing is the respectfully put it in to the river. The Hindus and the other Sikhs, are saying why do you just have them crushed? and I have told them I did it with my parents and when ever I have gone to accompany any family they have always had the remains Page 13 crushed and not ground to powder. What I want to ask all of my Bhat Sikh Community as to why do we not grind the remains and why we always crush them, and then they are put in to a wooden box now, before it was a card board box, I know I took my father s remains to India and took it to a Place called Kiritpur, the holiest place for the Sikh to do that. I am also telling this group, that we might not use that site, because the children are saying these days that, we went to such and such place to put the Father s remains, we want to now go to take our mother remans there as well. The council is saying there is a site behind Sophia Gardens for which they have allocated 15000, but the site costs keep on going up and up and now they are saying that it will now cost some where around 35,000 and the council is saying that they will foot the and the rest the communities will have to pay, now this Antim Sanskar group is going ahead to open an account in the bank and then go to their respective community and ask them to pay towards it. My argument is that the site behind Sophia gardens does not have very good water flow and the bones will not be able to shift with that water flow, but the flow is fine to sprinkle powder in the water there. This is all come about since the council is running short of funds and it is all being cut back. We have even tried to involve the Indian Consulate and he has gone to negotiate with them but has not come back to us with anything positive. I am going to try and get some of the older generation gentlemens and show them so that they can also give their opinion. We have tried to talk with the council saying why don t they charge extra at the crematorium and build that place for us. But the problem is how are we going to raise 20,000 + so that we can get this place built, is it going to be voluntary donation or are we saying so much per community, then all the Asian communities are not all same size. Should we go by families or individuals, it is a very sticky problem, so I thought that I will highlight the problem so that the other towns and cities can also tell us what they are doing and how they get along whenever they do have a situation at a of Antim Sanskar, please my plea is can people let us know why we do not grind the remains of our loved one, I will be very eagerly waiting for an response from you all. Jaswant Singh Jas. jaswantmail@yahoo.co.uk

14 Winter has arrived make sure you don t suffer from cold feet and hands, I know I do!! The cause of cold feet and hands is because you may have poor circulation in your body. was Try and eat yourself warm, In the colder months, forget salad and switch to soups, curries to keep you warm. Add warming spices, such as ginger, chilli, garlic and gharam masala and mustard seeds to your cooking to help your circulation. which will warm you up and boost your mood and immunity Cold weather can play havoc with your circulation, causing your blood vessels to narrow and making it harder for warming blood to reach your extremities. But chilly hands and freezing feet shouldn t keep you indoor all winter, there s lot you can do to help improve things Wrap up warm, I don t have to tell you that wearing warm clothing could stop your hands and feet getting cold and your circulation getting sluggish. But don t be tempted to wear restrictive layers. Tight socks and waistband could restrict your circulation Bhat Sikh community matrimonial seva in Birmingham Try and massage away cold. There are more than 2000 nerves ending in each foot, so if you want to stimulate your circulation then massaging your feet can really help, Rosemary essential oil helps to boost circulation, so add a few drops to a plain lotion and use it to massage you feet. Place one of your hand on top of your foot and the other on your sole. Rub your hand back and forth across your foot in short, brisk strokes (this is especially helpful for cold feet) try and consternate on the entire foot, from toe to heel, finally squeeze each toe individually and then gently stretch it before going on to the next foot. A big thanks to YOURS, Magazine. MAKE A JOINT RUB FOR YOURSELF AND EASE YOUR JOINTS AND MUSCLES A DEEPLY WARMING AND HEALING BALM. In a base of 50g (2oz) coconut oil, mix 4 of drops spike lavender and two drops of each marjoram, ajwain and German chamomile essential oils The German chamomile has potential muscle repairing properties, marjoram and spike lavender reduces painful lactic acid in your muscles and joints while ajwain relieves pain and warms muscles Rub in as needed. amazing that at least 200 people turned up on the 20th November and the people in charge layed more tables and chair and made 4 long lines, one for single boys and one line for single girls, this time there were more single girls then last time and there was an increase in the single boys as well. There were about 20 boys, of divorced background but there were about 8 girls in the same position. Last time they were writing everyone particulars in a register book and were giving the yellow badge to the divorced and white to the single ones but this time if you were divorced or single they gave you yellow or white label and told them to go in and sit in the appropriate line and that was it, if you try and suggest something to the people in charge they did not want to listen. Last time I suggested that they should get a good microphone and amplifier, they did not bother and still brought a very small one which no one could hear properly. I felt it was too much for the organiser although they did have more volunteers as by 1.30 the place was packed with people, by 3.30 we were told that 4 or 5 people have met up and have gone outside into different rooms to talk. Let us hope that people did get matched up but the service was very, very disorganised, lots of the people were left to fend for themselves, we know it is a free Seva but with a little bit of more resources things would have worked very well but no one wanted to listen to any idea. They were saying, the next gathering will be in February, so I am sorry the service was too loose. We have been informed that another free Seva, matrimonial gathering is happening in the Gurdwara in Monton Street, Manchester Moss side on, 3rd December 12 to 4pm for the divorced and from 4 to 8 pm for the singles, It also said in the notices of Manchester to come with your parents and that you will not be allowed in if you come on your own. I would like to go to that gathering and see what and how free Seva that will be carried out in Manchester, we will see what the weather is like but let me wish lots and lots of success to both of these gathering and hope that our Sangat will benefit from these two places, it is a very good effort but please try and make it more organised and let us hope that more of these gathering's will held. P 14 where. Jaswant Singh Jas. Lots and lots of congratulations to S. Bajan Singh Sewak Landa Of Cardiff And to all his family for buying and moving in to your new home! Can we thank you for the kind donations of 11 to Bhat Sangat Sandesh Rasala to mark this happy occasion. Our prayer is that may our Waheguru give you lots of happiness and very good health in your new house. your brother Jaswant Singh Jas

15 *****Jaswant Singh Jas attended a multi faith conference when he spoke about Sikhism***** THANK YOU BROTHER FOR YOUR KIND DONATIONS 20 Dear Brother Manorath Pal Singh Landa Ji, how happy I was to see you in Birmingham on the 20th November, it was really nice to meet up with someone who remembered Sarab Hind Bhatra Union. Just by hearing the name my internal bulbs light up. (I wish we can have one here as well) We need an organisation here. I can remember your respected father, uncle Ji, Sardar Swaran Singh Ji Bhagat very well even when we were all in India, I knew him as someone who always had a smile on his face. I am grateful for your kind donations, you know brother its people like yourself who have helped me to run this Rasala for the last 16 years, may our Waheguru bless you for your kind donations and may you prospers even more, for time to come and lots and lots Koumi piyaar to yourself, while I remain Guru Sangat Charan dhoor. Jaswant Singh Jas chief Editor page 15. Happy 16th Birthday Hardiyal Krishan armaan singh kusbia Lots of love & congratulations from Grandparents Waleti Singh Kusbia & Gurparshad Kaur Donation of 11 gratefully received from the grandparents as well as 11 from the great grandparents of Cardiff Jaswant Singh, Harsharan Kaur and Balwant Kaur for the Bhat Sangat Sandesh Rasala of Cardiff.

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