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मैं इसके साथ नहीं जाऊंगी…। यह मुझे मार डालेगा…। मौत से कुछ घंटे पहले महंत इंदिरेश अस्पताल सामने सड़क पर लोगों के बीच बिलखते हुए लखविंदर यही कह रही थी।

रिश्तों के भंवर में फंसी लखविंदर को समाज से मदद की उम्मीद थी, लेकिन लोग पुलिस पर जिम्मेदारी छोड़कर किनारे हो गए। लोगों की सूचना पर पुलिस के दो जवान तो आए, मगर मदद करने के बजाए समझौता कराकर चले गए। पुलिसकर्मी यदि लखविंदर को कानूनी सुरक्षा देते तो उसकी जान बच जाती।

हरिद्वार में कथित तौर पर जलाकर मारी गई विवाहिता लखविंदर की मौत के लिए जितना दोषी उसका पति और परिवार है उससे कहीं अधिक पटेलनगर थाने की पुलिस है। पुलिस वालों से लखविंदर बार बार कह रही थी उसका पति उसकी हत्या कर देगा। वह उसके साथ नहीं जाएगी, लेकिन पुलिसकर्मियों यह कहकर पल्ला झाड़ लिया कि यह घरेलू विवाद है। आपस में सुलह कर लो।

हरिद्वार जिले के रानीपुर थाना क्षेत्र के औंरगाबाद निवासी गुरमीत की पत्नी लखविंदर कौर को सोमवार रात जली अवस्था में दून के कोरोनेशन अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया था, जहां उसकी मौत हो गई।

मुजफ्फरनगर के गांधी कॉलोनी निवासी लखविंदर के परिजनों का आरोप है कि गुरुमीत दून में रहता है। सोमवार रात को विवाद के कारण लखविंदर पति की चलती बाइक से कूद गई थी। महंत इंदिरेश अस्पताल के सामने वह काफी देर तक अपने बचाव के लिए लोगों से मदद की गुहार लगाई थी। मौके पर लोगों का जमावड़ा भी लग गया था।

लखविंदर पति के साथ जाने को तैयार नहीं थी। आरोप है कि हंगामे की सूचना पर इंदिरेश अस्पताल स्थित पुलिस चौकी के सिपाही आए थे। पुलिसकर्मियों ने लखविंदर की आशंका को गंभीरता से नहीं लिया।

दोनों को बातचीत की नसीहत देकर चलता कर दिया। परिजनों का आरोप है कि यदि उस समय पुलिस कार्रवाई करती तो लखविंदर की जान बच जाती। हालांकि, पटेलनगर पुलिस का कहना है कि यह आपसी विवाद था।

एंड्रॉएड ऐप पर अमर उजाला पढ़ने के लिए क्लिक करें. अपने फ़ेसबुक पर अमर उजाला की ख़बरें पढ़ना हो तो यहाँ क्लिक करें.

~ Source: dehradun.amarujala

Students could learn how to tie a turban during the Sikh event Tie-A-Turban Day on Tuesday on the University Center Mall.

MavsGoGreen and the Sikh community at UTA held a Tie-a-Turban event to create awareness about the Sikh religion and the significance of the turban on the Central Library mall April 14.

The turban signifies sovereignty, dedication, self-respect, courage and piety for Sikh followers, as stated by the Sikh Coalition. Gurkamal Deep Singh, computer science graduate student, said the Sikh community at UTA spent the afternoon tying turbans on students and talking to students about the Sikh religion to help create awareness about their culture.

Nearly 25 million people worldwide, and approximately 500,000 people in America, practice the Sikh religion, making Sikh the fifth largest religion in the world, according to the Sikh Coalition.

Ravneet Singh, computer science graduate student, said about 99 percent of people who wear turbans in America follow the Sikh religion. He said the Sikh community on campus wants to help the UTA community learn more about the religion and not confuse it with extremist groups.

“There have been attacks on Sikhs. They have been thought about as Taliban, so we wanted to spread more awareness,” Singh said. “This is our culture and this is our values. How are we different?”

Sukmbir Singh, computer science graduate student, said it’s becoming more of a choice for followers to choose to wear a turban, and not all followers wear one. He said men have the surname Singh, meaning lion, which derives from the ancestors being warriors, and women carry the surname Kaur, meaning princess.

Singh said the Sikh religion was formed out of Hinduism to protect the innocent. With corruption within the Hindu caste hierarchy, Sikhs turned to the teachings of Guru Nanak rejecting religious formalism in favor of hard work necessary to maintain a community’s needs.

~ Source: www.theshorthorn.com

2015 Senior Freestyle Champions were crowned at the ASICS Junior / Senior Canadian Wrestling Championships, at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, after athletes fought hard to earn the opportunity to represent Canada internationally as national team members and in Toronto at this summer’s Pan American Games.

Quite a few South Asian wrestlers won medals. In the senior championships, one among them was Gurjot Kooner (Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club – BMWC) won the silver medal in the 125 kg weight category.

The 2015 Championships saw Canada’s senior champions crowned in eight men’s and eight women’s weight-classes, with great competition supported by an appreciative Brock University crowd.

~ Source: voiceonline.com

This is an afternoon raaga.
Guru Nanak Dev ji

Ang 721
I am so hungry for Your blessed vision…I beg at Your door day after day.
Also followed by…I am a beggar at Your door….please bless me with Your charity….

So this painting was an effort to visualize …… to imagine being at the door of the Divine…being hungry for the blessed vision. At this beautiful door….it is a hopeful scene for me ….since the door is partially open …..hopeful because of the possibility of my prayer being heard…..the bright light on the other side of the door is suggestive of the Divine light.

~ Dr. Navjeet Kaur

Ideally this raag is sung in the autumn.
Guru Ram Das ji guides us …

Ang 719 …..

The Lord’s humble servant sings the praises of The Lord. Even if someone slanders the Lord’s servant he does not give up his own goodness

So for this painting my thoughts were about the wheel of life …. That cycles through the ups and downs with the joys and challenges of life. The Guru’s message is to help me keep my mind in equipoise in all situations/circumstances….it is a challenge….trying to keep my mind in equipoise in all situations… It is still it is very much a work in progress for which I seek the Guru’s grace.

I would like to share my perspective ….that in each of our minds ….that within each of us is the power and capacity to be vengeful, hateful, vengeful vs the capacity that each of us has to be grateful, love full, blissful. The Guru’s words guide us to never give up our goodness within despite the circumstance.

Gurbani gives us the courage to garner the strength within to be in equipoise ….guide to keep my mind still in all of life’s situations.

~ Dr. Navjeet Kaur

The ideal time to recite this raag is in the morning hours.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji

Ang: 713:
Know that power, wealth and pleasure are like shadows of trees….running after them in different directions, these pursuits are useless. Except for The Lord’s name… everything else is transient.

Intuitively this painting was to be about trees and shadows as well as a path through the forest.
I am lost in this forest of worldly distractions …..lost in the world of power, wealth and pleasure….. these thoughts surround me like trees in a forest…but there is also a path in the forest…..the path is the Guru’s guidance. I ask for the courage to stay in faith ….to stay on the path…… And to stay in devotion.
The light seen on the far side of the trees is suggestive of the divine light.

~ Dr, Navjeet Kaur

This is an evening time raaga.
Guru Arjan Dev ji guides us …

Ang 701:
The company of the holy is like a boat to ferry me across the world ocean.
Also followed by …I cross the world ocean when I come in company of the holy.

Let me share my thoughts about this painting….
The evening time sky above, a solitary figure sits in the boat….
the boat is white…..suggesting my Guru’s pure guidance,
In this boat of Guru’s guidance ….. One can safely cross over…..
It is a hopeful scene for me…it’s evening time…..the shore is near …..there is the possibility of making it to ashore before nightfall….of crossing the world ocean before life’s end.
I also wanted to share my perspective that….
The journey to the Guru is a solitary journey ….for each one individually…..
Thus the solitary figure in the boat…

~ Dr. Navjeet Kaur