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ZEE Punjabi has announced it will be broadcasting free-to-air on Sky Digital this month. The channel, which is currently available as part of a subscription with the other ZEE UK channels, will be free-to-air between Thursday 4th April and Monday 30th April. Surprisingly, ZEE Punjabi will be free during the Sikh calendar's most auspicious occassion of Vaisakhi when the channel will be running premium content during the month of April. ZEE Punjabi has only recently undergone a programming shift and a makeover with up to 17 hours of original programming per day. ZEE Punjabi is available on Sky Digital channel 798 http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2012/04/zee_punjabi_goe.php

The future of Sikh religious channel, Sangat TV is looking bleak after BSkyB issued the channel with a termination notice for unpaid EPG fees. Looking at the documents BizAsia.co.uk has in its possession, Regis 1 Ltd - the company name of Sangat TV - has received a notice to pay over seven months of EPG costs (totaling to around £30,000) by Monday 16th April. If it fails to do so, the channel will be taken off its Sky EPG slot (channel 847). Like its rival, Sikh Channel, Sangat TV's survival is mainly down to donations by viewers and commercial revenue. The channel's expenditure per month (including satellite and Sky EPG costs) mounts up to £45,000. Currently, the channel receives around £11,000 per month worth of donations from viewers. It also makes a similar amount of commercial revenue. The deficit is met by ad hoc individual/trustees/creditors and institutional (Gurdwara) donations. In an email leaked to BizAsia.co.uk, the channel plans to put the following plan of action forward to avoid further financial difficulties. • Majority of our Sangat has forsaken the concept of Daswandh and the importance of Panthic projects - we all must work hard to revive this. • We [sangat TV] all must work hard to bring in enough SO/DD (Regular monthly donations) to plug the monthly funding gap. I suggest that each Trustee should take responsibility to collect at least £2k pcm in addition to their own contributions. • All Trustees must contribute a higher amount each as one off payment towards clearing the backlog of Creditor payments i.e Arqiva and BSkyB. • There is a huge untapped potential for increasing the advertising revenue many folds. All Trustees should bring in advertising revenue of £2k pcm. • Sangat should be made aware of all facts and figures and a regular Appeal to Sangat for donating Daswandh should be made in very clear terms Sangat TV will be holding a trustees meeting at the end of this month to discuss further to better its financial position. Sangat TV became a household name last year when the channel went on the streets of Birmingham to cover the August riots. BizAsia.co.uk contacted Sangat TV about its current position but was awaiting a response at the time of filing this article. http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2012/04/question_mark_h.php

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Singhballer please re-read my original response if you still can not understand here's a basic sentence No sikh media can survive in India without political interference only media outside in UK (i.e. sikh channel), USA, Europe is out of their clutches ie Ofcom. I will try and keep things VERY simple for you next time so I don't have to waste my time saying the same statement again. “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” ― Malcolm X

No point in starting any kind of tv/radio channel or newspaper in Punjab until we have Khalsa Raj as it firstly will never get permission or if it does start-up the enemy will force it to be false or make life hell i.e. power cuts, infiltration and corruption, red tape, guests won't turn up or intimidation of staff etc. Don't waste your time or money support the sikh media voice outside india as it is free from anti-sikh involvement.

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Over 150-year old historical temple of Baba Karam Singh was demolished overnight by the land mafia in Mardan The 35 feet tall national heritage was turned into debris in the native town of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Hoti. A well and some old constructions around the temple were also demolished by the land grabbers. The temple of Baba Karam Singh, built in 1846, is considered one of the holy places for the people belonging to Sikh religion. The Sikh community of the province has demanded reconstruction of the temple and also protection to the other sacred places for them.

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I know this is a bit last minute and that there is going to be massive traffic jams and parking issues in Southall tomorrow, I am not from the area, can someone with local knowledge suggest the best place to park (I don't mind 10-15 minute walk away) also any ideas of the route plan (map). The only thing I do know is it starts at 1200hrs in the afternoon. Gurfathe Jio

ARTICLE from the Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.britannic...402222/Namdhari Namdhari also called Kuka , an austere sect within Sikhism, a religion of India. The Namdhari movement was founded by religious ritual other than the repetition of God’s name (or nam, for which reason members of the sect are called Namdharis). His successor, Ram Singh (1816–85), introduced the sect’s distinctive style of wearing the turban (bound straight across the forehead rather than at an angle), of dressing only in clothing made from white handwoven cloth, and of frenzied chanting of hymns culminating in shrieks (kuks; hence the name Kuka). Under Ram Singh’s leadership, the Namdharis sought a resurgence of Sikh rule in the Punjab. In January 1872, British police apprehended and executed by cannon about 65 Namdharis. Ram Singh was exiled to Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myan.). Namdharis stress their identity as members of the Khalsa (the order of initiated Sikhs) but differ from the mainstream Sikh community in their equal regard for the Adi Granth (“First Volume”), the sacred scripture of Sikhism, and the Dasam Granth (“Tenth Book”), a work compiled by the followers of the 10th Guru, Gobind Singh. They are also distinguished by their belief that the lineage of the living Gurus continued after Gobind Singh. The Namdharis maintain their own gurdwaras (houses of worship) and practice strict vegetarianism. They do not marry outside the sect, and they use fire in their marriage rituals. http://www.britannic...nchor=ref235634 Ram Singh was born into a respected small-farming family. As a young man, Ram Singh became a disciple of Balak Singh, the founder of the austere Nāmdhārī movement, from whom he learned of the great Sikh Gurūs and heroes and of the Khālsā (Sikh military brotherhood). Before his death, Balak Singh appointed him leader of the Nāmdhārīs. At the age of 20 Ram Singh entered the army of the Sikh maharaja Ranjit Singh. Three years later, on the death of Ranjit Singh, the mainstay of the Sikhs, his army and domain fell apart. Worried about British power and Sikh weakness, Ram Singh determined to help Sikhs regain their self-respect. He introduced new practices among the Nāmdhārīs, who came to be called Kūkās (from Punjabi kūk, “scream,” or “cry”) because of the shrieks they emitted after the frenzied chanting of hymns. His sect was more puritanical and fundamental than other Sikh sects were. Nāmdhārīs wore white, handwoven robes, bound their turbans in a distinctive way, carried wooden staves and rosaries of wool, and used special greetings and passwords. Their gurdwārās (“temples”) were Spartan in their simplicity. Ram Singh instilled a sense of worth and dignity into his disciples (many of humble origin) by telling them they were the elite of God and that other sects were mleccha (“unclean”). His private army even had its own couriers, in order to boycott the British postal service and to prevent messages from falling into enemy hands. In 1863 Ram Singh attempted a grand gesture; his followers were to meet him at Amritsar (the Sikh holy city), where he would proclaim himself the reincarnation of Gurū Gobind Singh and declare that he had come to form a new Kūkā Khālsā. The police intervened, however, and Ram Singh was restricted to his native village for an indefinite period. As the years passed and his prophecy of breaking British rule remained unfulfilled, internal trouble broke out. Realizing they were no match for British power, the Kūkās began to attack the Muslim community. Following a particularly bloody incident, armed bands of Sikhs attacked Māler Kotla, a Muslim community, and a large number of the attackers were captured by the British. The British, sensing that this was no mere bandit raid but the start of a revolt in the Punjab, dealt with the Kūkās in a barbarous way: the prisoners were bound over the mouths of cannons and blown to bits. Thereafter, Ram Singh even appealed to Russia for aid in driving the British out of India, but Russia, not wishing to risk war with Great Britain, refused. Ram Singh spent the remainder of his days in prison and exile. After his release from prison, he was exiled to Rangoon, where he lived for almost 14 years as a state prisoner.

Waheguru ji, Jashb this is brilliant thank you for taking the time and explaining your idea so clearly, if you don't mind I am putting this on my Facebook page to send out to others. Gurfateh jio

BUMP WJKK WJKF Vaisakhi 2012 Nagar Keertans start from this weekend at this moment in time the Khalsa Panth needs to unite more than ever and support each other.... waheguru waheguru waheguru waheguru waheguru

OMG is it me or are Singh's turning romantic - this I think is a pre-wedding or tribute video? This one is lovely though..more like a PUNJABI wedding than a Sikh one and this one there are no words.... (I know its a hindu wedding but check out the sardars dancing infront of elephant!)

YouTube is now full of very lavish sikh wedding videos where one-up-manship is out-of-control I feel mainly influenced by these zombiefied daily indian tv dramas...

Fantastic news. also http://articles.time...ee-plastic-bags Delhi Gurdwaras to go solar and ban plastic disposables AMRITSAR: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) will make Gurdwaras under its management solar powered and Nagar Kirtans plastic-free and clean. DSGMC president Paramjit Singh Sarna told TOI on Friday that in all the 16 Gurdwara's managed by DSGMC , the sangat was informed about their eco drive and was encouraged to plant trees and save water at homes. "Sikh history and teachings give us a responsibility to protect our vulnerable Earth," said Sarna.He said the managemenet of DSGMC was also mullilng over to ban disposables in all the Gurdwara's. He said the DSGMC had also decided to hold Sikh Vatavaran Diwas by holding wide variety of programmes including reciting Sikh hymns, singing environmental songs, holding and attending seminars of environment conservation and reflecting Sikh teachings in an active way by planting trees, talking about wast reduction etc.

This is hardly "Jatt hogya sharabi wedding songs" more like caste battle cries - don't confuse underdogs with malicious intent, actually dalsingh101 who do you think they are singing about...... Jatts are not the only section of the Khalsa Panth