Sikh Bulletin 2024 Issue 1
Dear Readers of The Sikh Bulletin,
We are pleased to deliver the latest issue of The Sikh Bulletin – 2024 Issue 1 (January-March 2024). The contributions within this Issue are as follows:
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The Editorial titled Temples and Mosques: Destroying One to Build the Other examines the Babri Masjid destruction and Ram Mandir construction in its place at Ayodhya to discover how such a move spilled over out into calls by Hindutva right wingers for Darbar Sahib to revert to a Vishnu Mandir. Chief Editor Karminder Singh Dhillon, PhD argues that should the issue be put forth before an Indian court – as the Ayodhya issue was – and should the decision be based on classical Sikh texts, the Hinduvta groups would have a slam dunk case.
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The Shabd Vichar section looks at a shabd of Guru Nanak ji in Sri Rag ਕੋਟਿ ਕੋਟੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਆਰਜਾ Koat Koti Meyri Aarja (SGGS 14). Karminder Singh Dhillon examines the spiritual messages within the shabd from the Tatt Gurmat perspective.
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Prof Tennyson Samraj, Phd of Burman University presents a bold and realistic plan for The Sikhs’ aspiration for the Khalsa state in his essay titled Khalsa State Modelled after the Vatican State.
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Jogishwar Singh Switzerland, PhD presents the first of the two essay on Artificial Intelligence that are contained in the issue. His essay is titled Sikhi and AI: Opportunities and Challenges.
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Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, head of the Center for Understanding Sikhism, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada writes the second essay on AI titled Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Science-Religion Dialogue.
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Harmanpreet Singh Minhas in his essay titled Auspiciousness and Ritualism talks about the illogic of both by drawing from a shabd of Guru Nanak ਜੇ ਕਰਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਮੰਨੀਐ ਸਭ ਤੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ Jay Kar Sootak Mannee-Ai Sabh Tai Sootak Ho-Ay (SGGS 472).
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Karminder Singh Dhillon, Phd provides a critical commentary on the qualifications sought by the SGPC in its quest to employ granthis at Darbar Sahib in his essay titled Granthi Wanted: SGPC Standards - What they are, and what they should be. His core argument is that the qualifications sought are inappropriate for Sikhs and Sikhi in the 21st century.
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Writer, thinker and member of The Sikh Bulletin’s Editorial Board, Moninder Singh of Canada ਮਨਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਨੇਡਾ, in his regular column titled ਖੰਡ ਮੰਡਲ ਵਰਭੰਡ Khand Mandal Varbhand discusses how our desires and expectations pertaining to our relations are not always in accordance with Hukm, in his essay ਰੱਬੀ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਦੇ ਉਲਟ ਨੇ ਸਾਡੀਆਂ ਰਿਸ਼ਤਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਇੱਛਾਵਾਂ।
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Advocate Surinder Singh Kanwar of Australia ਐਡਵੋਕੇਟ ਸੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਕੰਵਰ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ offers a critical analysis of the genesis of the Khalsa in his Punjabi essay titled ਕਿਵੇਂ ਹੋਈ ਖ਼ਾਲਸੇ ਦੀ ਸਿਰਜਣਾ? ਇੱਕ ਵਿਚਾਰ.
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Gurbani scholar Dr Chamkaur Singh Brar of California, USA ਡਾ: ਚਮਕੌਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾੜ provides an interpretation of the verse ਬਾਬਾ ਨਾਂਗੜਾ ਆਇਆ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਲੇਖੁ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ in his first essay, and of the shabd ਕੋਈ ਬੋਲੈ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਕੋਈ ਖੁਦਾਇ in his second essay.
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ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਜਿਉਣਵਾਲਾ Gurcharan Singh Jeonwalla of Canada ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਜਿਉਣਵਾਲਾ ਕਨੇਡਾ provides an understanding of the word RAM as used within Gurbani in his Punjabi essay ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਵਿਚ ਅੰਤਰ, ਰਾਮ ਮੁੱਲ ਨਹੀ ਖਰੀਦਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ.
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Jay Singh of Sindh, Pakistan ਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ, ਸਿੰਧ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ discusses the futility of performing multiple Akhand Paaths in his Punjabi essay titles 51 ਸਰੂਪ, 101 ਸਰੂਪ, 151 ਸਰੂਪ, 500 ਅਖੰਡ ਪਾਠ?
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Prof Hardev Singh Virk reviews Dr Harbans Singh Sraon’s book titled Heal Yourself Naturally: Proven Home Remedies.
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Reproduced for the benefit of readers are (i) a short piece of Dr Asma Kadri of Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan titled ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ (ii) A poem by Robert Frost titled The Road Not Taken, and (iii) a humorous Punjabi poem by Charan Singh Shaheed titled ਚੌਧਰ.
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