Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Why Do People.......

Why do people blog:

1) Because gone are the days when you had enough time to hang out with friends. To express your views, to listen to others.Now people sitting next to each other prefer to hook to their computer than indulging in any argument.Any thing which is not required is considered as 'interfernce'.Thanks to BPOs and IT/ITes people hardly have common time to share their thoughts. Either coz of odd work hours or coz of frequent travel.

2)While blogging people are able to express them selves in a better way. Genuinely people are more comfortable while writng than speaking. Not everone is a blessed orator.

3) People get their own time to express their views without fear of confrontation with any one in the middle.

4) The most important point the audience is huge.After all your thoughts are on www(world wide web)

I was wondering Why am I writing on blog.....My reason is simple I am sitting alone in my apartment with no one to talk to and I could not find any other better time pass.

So thought of boring you guys when you are in the same boat.Hopefully it helped you in killing few moments, while you have nothing in hand to do than staring at your System :p

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Jai Mata D

Specially for Navratras



This is a beautiful collection of all adayas of durga stuti.

Keep listening.

Jai Mata D

Friday, April 4, 2008

Myth About Punjabis


Main ik Punjab di Kudhi ! Te mera naa ha ..................... Wait a second What did you think? My name is some XYZ Kaur? No. I am Neeru Gupta and I am a Punjabi. I am a proud Punjabi.
Yep, I get the same impression whenever I tell some one my name and my place. People all through world think that all Punjabis are Sikhs and have their last name either Kaur (for gals) or Singh (For Guys). But actually it is not the case.
There is no doubt that Punjab is the land of Ten Gurus. Main religion is Sikhism. Almost everyone is aware of this. But how many people know about ‘Sikhism’. What it actually means? How did it originate?

Sikhism was actually founded by Tenth and last Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1699 AD. So who are the rest of nine Gurus. What religion they followed?
All of them were originally Hindus. Sikhism was not started as separate religion but it was originated for a purpose. It was the time of Mugal emperors Aurganjeb. He was forcing people to convert  Islam. At that time Guru Teg Bahadur ji (Father of Guru Gobind Singh ji) was fighting against the evil. After his 'shahidhi' Guru Gobind Singh ji was chosen as new Guru.

Guru Gobind Singh ji was fighting against the Mugals. He built his army. He asked his people to send one of their son to army. These army men were called ‘Singh' (The Lion). This way Guru ji started building the army. Over a period of time it became difficult to differentiate between 'Singhs' and 'Mugal' army men. Many of the ‘Sikhs’ were getting killed by mistake by their own men. To recognize 'Sikhs' Guru ji founded Khalsa panth. He asked his ‘Shers’(Lions) to keep 'kais' long hair and wear 'paghdhi' (turbon) . It made the identification easier. He asked them to keep 'kirpaan' (sword ) with themselves all the time. This was a sign of being ready to attack the enemy any time. He asked them to wear kadha, kangi (comb) and kacha. Then they took oath to serve their nation and fight against evil. Till now sikhs follow these customs. This is called 'Amrit Chhakna' (Baptism) .
So this was how Sikhism was originated. This tradition of sending one son to army continued for long time and then their next families started following it as religion. Over a period of time it became a different religion. A religion in which wearing turban became a symbol. People forgot the purpose.

This is the story of origin of a beautiful religion. A religion which was originated for the purpose of service. Till date Sikhs and people of Punjab have fought bravely in every war. War against terrorism or war against cross border enemies. I am so proud to be a part of this Land. I am proud to the sikhs and proud to be a Punjabi.