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The Roman Conclave (meeting of the Cardinals) confirms that “Nanac” (Nanak) went Rome and other Nations. This confirms the Papal Brief of 1518. Leo-X and all the cardinals have a clave (Religious meetings of cardinals). In that clave Leo-X, instructed all the christians to follow the footsteps of Nanac, “Common Father of our race”. He instructed all the christians to thank Nanac for his practical help in Italy and elsewhere in the world. The Catholic Pope underlined Nanac’s starting Liberty of human slavery in Rome. This conclave was printed in 1609. Earlier it was a Roman manuscript.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s visit to Rome, Italy in the year 1520.

The Vatican FINALLY confirms the visit of Il Prima Guru Dei Sikhs, the first Guru of the Sikhs.Ufficio Papa (office of the Pope) confirms about Satguru Nanak Sahib visit to Rome and other towns of Italy (by courtesy of Pope Benedict-12 and his Arch-Bishop, Dom Jose Ronaldo Rebeiro dated Feb 27, 2013). Arch-Bishop Dom Jose Ronaldo of Pope Benedict-XII, speaks about Satguru Nanak Sahib visit to Rome with a musician, in 1518 AD, and Satguru stayed in Mussoleum-F of Old St.Peter’s Basillica. Satguru advocated to Leo-X, (the Pope) “Liberty of Slavery”.He told the Pope that nobody has the right to enslave others.

Almighty Satguru told the worthy Pope that every human being has the same blood in his or her veins. Satguru discussed in detail the “Missionario Humantario (Universal Human Mission). [by courtesy of Ufficio Scavi, Vatican, Rome, dated March 2, 2013]

“Sanctus Nanacus Di Indi, Prima Gorium Di Secta, Avec Musei”,

Meaning thereby, Saint Satguru Nanak Sahib, the First Guru of the Sikhs, with a musician, came to Rome and others towns of Italy in the last week of May, 1520 [by courtesy of the office of Scavi (Ufficio Scavi) Saturday (Sabato), dated March 2, 2013]. Thomas Nelson, US Ambassador to Italy, (1913-19), confirms from Vatican records that Satguru Nanak visited Florence, Gobbio etc.

East India Company of U.K, confirms Ek-Oankar in Gurmukhi Script, on the dome of St. Peter’s Basillica, Vatican.This Co. got this information from “Papel Briefs of June 1518. (ref ” House of Commons Papers, published in 1841, PP 190 & “Christian Disciple”, 1814).

~ Source – Sikhnet

Bhai Gurmej Singh, the well-known blind Ragi from Punjab who also served for nearly three decades at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, is in New Zealand these days.

Bhai Gurmej is highly accomplished in Braille – which is the written language for the blind and is a combination of 6 dots. He has worked tirelessly throughout his life to publish the various Sikh scriptures in Braille – so that blind people can also read and benefit from the teachings of the Sikh Gurus.

He translated the Holy Sukhmani Sahib in Braille in the year 1969. In 1975 he completed translation of the verses of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur and by 1979 he completed Guru Amar Das’s verses along with the Nit Nem.

Currently he is working on a project to translate the entire Sri Guru Granth Sahib into Braille. Jagjit Singh, who is the son of Avtar Singh Andrew, a senior community leader and social worker of Auckland, is assisting him in this exemplary task.

Bhai Gurmej Singh was born in Village Bajidpur in Punjab in the year 1940 and at a tender age of 8 years the dreaded disease small pox rendered him blind. A village elder convinced Bhai Gurmej’s father Parsa Singh to send his son to the Central Khalsa Orphanage in Amritsar which also operated a wing for blind students and imparted them vocational training in Kirtan, cane weaving and also taught them to read Braille.

~ Source: www.indianweekender.co.nz

Gurtej Singh Sandhu is an Indian inventor in the fields of thin film processes and materials, VLSI and semiconductor device fabrication. He is recognized as all-time fourth most prolific inventor in the world as measured by number of U.S. utility patents. Gurtej Singh has 1,102 U.S. utility patents as of June 14, 2014.

Currently, Gurtej Singh Sandhu is Senior Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology developments at Micron Technology, Inc. In his current role, he manages the Emerging Memory Materials and Advanced Technologies research and development at Micron. He received degree in electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and a Ph.D. degree in physics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1990.

Dr. Sandhu then joined Micron Technology, where he has been in a number of engineering and management roles responsible for process technology development, pilot manufacturing and transfers to manufacturing.

He has been actively involved with a broad range of process technologies, such as ion implantation, deposition technologies, plasma processing, CMP, Litho and front-end and back-end module integration technologies for IC processing. He has been associated with microelectronics technology for over 20 years and has pioneered a number of process technologies which are currently employed in mainstream semiconductor chip manufacturing.

Moreover, he was involved with introduction of a number of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) based processes and innovative patterning techniques for memory chip technology. Dr. Sandhu has authored over 35 technical papers. Dr. Sandhu is a Fellow of the IEEE.

~ Source: www.micron.com

Have a look at the First Ever Amritdhari Sikh Police Lady Constable in Punjab Police with Dumala as part of her uniform. She joins SGGS senthia class at SGGS Academy Raikot. She sets an inspiration for other Sikhs to proudly carry their attire. An example which surely makes us Proud! Such examples embody the power of positivity, inspiration, strength for other Sikh women. With Guru Inspired Sikhi Saroop you get connected to Sikh Values, a constant reminder of her commitment to her religion. Physical identity impacts how other perceive and treat you, molds how you feel about yourself, and communicates your values to the world. Furthermore, physical identity has a role in developing personal psyche. “Researchers have found that those who have made a strong commitment to an identity tend to be happier and healthier than those who have not. Those with a status of identity diffusion tend to feel out of place in the world and don’t pursue a sense of identity,”.

As a Guru’s Child I want my Sikh women fraternity to be empowered with equality the way Guru Nanak Dev Ji wanted. The steps Sikh Gurus took to advocate the equality of women revolutionized the tradition of Indian society. As women began to partake in social, religious and political affairs, their contribution and worth as equal partners of men became more obvious. The Gurus taught that men and women are equal in the eyes of God, so are equal in rights on the Earth. Gursikh woman Police Officers reflect a true warrior spirit which Sikhism is known for. Their turbans add to their attire of Service to the Nation, to the Society. It’s a moment of Pride to watch Sikh women serving their country without worrying about having to compromise their identity as a Sikh.

Let’s bring back Punjab’s glory & arrest drug abuse, patit-puna, female-foeticide by providing Quality & Value-based educational institutes to doorstep of rural poor. Akal Academies have contributed immensely in creating such ideals for the society who are inculcated with quality education & values of selfless service to the mankind.

We the children, aspire for such a Punjab!

~ Source: Kauregous44.blogspot.com

The historically prosperous state of Punjab, situated in the northwest corner of India, is one of the country’s most fertile regions. Known as the “bread basket of India,” its soil is home to rolling fields of wheat, rice paddies and sugarcane plantations. But trouble lurks in paradise: Punjab suffers from an environmental crisis that is a result of the 1960s Green Revolution that brought mechanized agriculture, genetically modified seeds and chemical fertilizers to Punjab, and has today resulted in poor farming practices, excessive pesticide usage and a shrinking groundwater table.

This sustainability crisis captured the attention of Chris Canales CC ’14 and Angad Singh CC ’16, who filmed an original documentary in rural Punjab during the summer of 2013. Their film, compiled from interviews conducted with rural community members, agriculturists, and academics, provides a comprehensive overview of the crisis, with a focus on rural Punjabi youth, who will inherit the socioeconomic problems their families face due to the crisis: dependence on government subsidies, poor harvests and crippling debt.

Film is a powerful medium to convey the complexity of a multigenerational crisis without pretending that we have the answers

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By documenting a little-known crisis that is often overshadowed by larger, global environmental concerns, Sustain Punjab aims to reach an audience far beyond the local communities that the crisis has impacted. And for the sake of the young people of the agricultural communities, who stand to inherit a land besieged by so many problems, Canales and Singh hope that it succeeds in spreading its message.

Film will become a tool to create awareness about Punjab among U.S. audiences. “Our project isn’t just about a film. Our focus is the story of the youth of Punjab and the difficulties they face growing up.

~ Source: www.college.columbia.edu

Manikaran is located in the Parvati Valley along the banks of river Parvati, northeast of Bhuntar in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. It is at an altitude of 1760 m and is located about 40 km from Bhuntar.

According to Sikhs, during third Udasi, Guru Nanak Dev ji came to this place in 1574 Bikrami with his disciples Bhai Bala & Bhai Mardana. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was with Bhai Bala and Bhai Mardana in Manikaran region and Bhai Mardana felt hungry and they had no food. Guru Nanak sent his good Friend Bhai Mardana to collect food for Langar (the Community Kitchen). Many people donated flour (atta) to make Roti (bread). The one problem was that there was no fire to cook the food. Guru Nanak Asked Mardana to lift a stone and Bhai Mardana then lifted a rock and a hot spring(hot water) appeared. As directed by Guru Nanak Dev ji, Mardana put the rolled chapatis in the spring to his despair the chapatis sank. Guru Nanak then told him to pray to God saying that if his chapatis float back then he would donate one chapati in the name of God. When he prayed all the chapatis started floating duly baked. Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that anyone who donates in the name of God, his or her drowned items float back.

The water of the spring is also supposed to have curative powers & extremely auspicious. The water is so hot that rice for the “Langar” is cooked by putting it into a linen bag and dipping it into the boiling water.

~ Source: http://kullutourism.com/

Story of Ms Kirpa Kaur Khalsa who is from Australia and is currently studying in the UK. Bhenji recently took Amrit and became a member of the Khalsa family. May she be blessed with more Chardikala and Gursikhi Jeevan!

She narrates her journey of being an Amritdhari Sikhni!

I first felt a connection with Guru Sahib when I was 5 years old looking through a picture book in my school library in Australia. Growing up I continued to witness the amazing power of Guru Sahib. Every step closer I took to Guru Sahib, on my discovery I felt so much Pyaar (love) and such a strong presence guiding me on this beautiful lifelong path. Guru Sahib brought me to England for a university exchange and continued to shower me with blessings and guidance- the amount of Pyaar Guru Sahib gives his children is beyond anything in this world. On 20th December 2014 in Coventry, Guru Sahib blessed me into the Khalsa Family. There is no way to describe this feeling! All I can say is my soul is at peace now.

With the power of Naam and Guru Sahib’s Pyaar, there is no way we can ever feel alone or empty. When I was really young I just felt fascinated by the people in the library book and mesmerized by Sri Harmandir Sahib. When I looked at the pictures I felt like I had found my place in the world. It was like I had a connection with it from past janams (lives). There are not a lot of Gursikhs in Australia. However, with God’s grace I applied for exchange programs all over the world and Guru Sahib brought me to England and surrounded me with so many inspirational Gursikhs.

I had so many problems and hurdles to get to UK but Guru ji did not let me fail any test. Even in the last hurdle with my visa I had no certainty that I would be allowed into the country to stay, but I felt that confidence to just to go and everything would work out – and it did. With God’s Grace everything happened perfectly – I know Guru Sahib wanted me to come here and be amongst the Gursikhs and the Saadh Sangat. It’s an amazing feeling – everything was done for a reason!

My name before was Ruby Palmer. My family is full of beautiful people. I love them so much but it is hard for them to understand as they don’t believe in religion. There have been a lot of hurdles and the image of a Dastaar (turban) is confronting for them because it’s so different to anything they know. However, I just explain to them with love why I am doing things and with time they’re getting more and more use to it- it’s just about changing what they perceive as normal. The bottom line is that they just want me to be happy, and following Guru Sahib’s path is what makes me feel the happiest and fulfilled.

20th Dec was the best day of her life when she connected to Guru Sahib & became the member of Khalsa Panth!

~ Source: http://manvirsingh.blogspot.in/