Mr. Hari Krishna Mair
Brampton:
A caravan of Punjabi pens, this time from Toronto brought together Punjabi storyteller Major Mangat in the monthly gathering. Before this, his new book ‘Black Eyes’ was released. Manpreet Sahota recited Thomas King’s translated story ‘Sarhad’ and some poets recited poems and tied the knot. Kulwinder Khaira, chief operator of the caravan, gave a brief information about the history of the caravan. He said that since 1991, Major Mangat has been one of the original members of the caravan. Pyara Singh Kudowal introduced Manpreet Sahota.
In his interview, Major Mangat said that he was born in Nanke village Punian (Ludhiana). Studied there till ninth standard. In order to talk to himself, he started reciting rhymes in the sixth and seventh classes. At that time he wrote the first story ‘Sunhri Sui’ after taking the influence of the novels/stories of writers Gurdayal Dalal, Hamdardveer Nowshervi, Swaranjit Swai, novelist Nanak Singh and Santokh Singh Dhir in his mind.
In the year 1990, he came to Canada and founded the ‘Punjabi Kalaman de Kafle’ along with writers Jarnail Singh, Onkarpreet, Baltej Pannu, Surjit Flora and Kulwinder Khaira. Major Mangat became the first narrator to tell the story here. Then followed his seven story collections one after the other: ‘Taliyaan Te Uge Thohar’, ‘Kunjan Di Death’, ‘Trishanku’, ‘Pariyan Da Desh’, ‘Moambatti’, ‘Man Mosam Di Rangt’ and ‘Black Eyes’. published A book of his encounters ‘Aamhne Samhne’, poetry collection ‘Darya Chon Disda Chan’, films ‘Sulagde Rishte’, ‘Pachtava Te Run’, novels ‘Samundar Manthan’ and ‘Ek Janam Hor’, short story ‘Mitti Na Frol’ Jogia’ and ‘Brahmand Yatra’, the travelogue ‘We also saw the world’ have been published. Malwinder Singh, Jaswinder Sandhu, Kulwinder Khaira shared ideas about his story with Mangat. Authors and readers in attendance also asked Major Mangat questions about the creative process.
Jarnail Singh the narrator said about Major Mangat that the same writer who has something to say has been writing continuously for so long. Praising Manpreet Sahota, he said that he has excellent knowledge of both languages to translate. Gurdev Chauhan, Gyan Singh Dardi, Pyaara Singh Kudowal, Hardyal Singh Jheeta, Malwinder Singh and Kulwinder Khaira recited their beautiful poems in the Kawi Darbar held after the conversation.
Rashpinder Mangat, daughter-in-law of Major Mangat, daughters Karman and Bismin Mangat also participated in this event. Authors and readers present included Harjinder Sandhu, Sucha Singh Mangat, Amrit Parkash Singh, Shamsher Singh, Surjit Singh, Surinder Singh, Gurjinder Singh Sanghera, Parswinder Singh, Baljit Kaur Dhaliwal, Gurpinder Dhaliwal, Manjit Kaur, Kamal Preet Kaur, Harpal Singh, Gurbaksh. Kaur, Lal Singh Bains, Principal Jasdeep and Hira Lal participated in the discussion. Rachpal Kaur Gill, the operator of the caravan, thanked everyone who participated in this event.
An invitation to connect with Gurbani for healing
Calgary:
Sarb Rog Ka Aukhadu Namu Mission organized a four-day disease prevention camp at Dasmesh Culture Centre, Guru Ghar, Northeast Calgary with the support of the organizing committee. For this camp, Davinder Singh Sahota, Gyan Singh and Ranjit Singh from the Canadian unit of the mission arrived in Calgary from Toronto. Gurdish Kaur Grewal who has been associated with this mission for a long time gave a brief overview of the history of the mission.
He said that the mission was established by Hardyal Singh IAS (Retd.) Chandigarh, in 1983 when he got complete relief from his incurable disease through the method of ‘Namu Daru’. He organized the first camp at Goindwal Sahib in the presence of doctors, the results of which were very meaningful. Influenced by these camps, Dr. Balwant Singh established a unit of this mission at Ludhiana in 1987 and propagated this method through other camps and made successful experiments. Now its branches have spread all over the world apart from Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Toronto, Vancouver, from which thousands of patients have benefited.
Apart from Davinder Singh Sahota and Gyan Singh, Bibi Jasveer Kaur, Gurdish Kaur and Dalbir Singh Ratan enchanted the Sangat by chanting and meditating the reassuring words of Gurbani. The mission attendants emphasized the need for the Sangat to engage with Gurbani in order to cope with the sufferings and problems of life. According to the demand of the Sangat, the literature of the mission printed in three languages was on Gurbani Radio. An exhibition of dies was also held. Apart from the mission website, the Sangat can be informed about programs at central locations, radio and TV. Also He also informed about the programs and shared some of his personal experiences of Ludhiana camps with the congregation.
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