West Midlands Sikhi Week 2008

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With SatGuroo Granth Sahib Jee's mahaan bakshish and in marking the tricentenary celebrations, Sikhi Week this year is back with whole a whole range of events (open to Students/non students Sikhs/non-Sikhs)

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WEST MIDLAND'S SIKHI WEEK 2008 IS BACK!

300 Years with Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj

From Guru Nanak Dev Ji to Eternal Guru Granth Sahib Ji

1708 to Eternity

Wed 29th Oct- Sat 15th Nov

Following on the success of previous weeks, the famous Sikhi Weeks of

the West Midlands is back and boy is it going to be bigger then ever!

With, inspirational talks, a Candle Light Vigil, National Youth Kirtan

Darbar, and Paintball Massacre this week promises to be the best yet.

Attached is the poster for the week and a short description of each

event. Please take the time out to come down and join in… you can't

afford to miss it!

TEN GURUS: ONE MESSAGE

ASTON UNIVERSITY: NG09

WEDNESDAY 29TH OCT 2-4PM

A talk given by Bhai Manvir Singh on the message of ten Guru Sahibs

from Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj to Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

FROM GURBANI TO KURBANI

BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY: ST FRANCIS HALL

MONDAY 3RD NOV 6:30-8PM

A very inspirational talk on the power of Gurbani. On how our Guru

Sahibs: Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Guru Tegh Bahadur. And countless

Shaheeds such as Bhai Mani Singh and those mothers who had there

children cut into pieces and garlands placed around there necks. How

the Power of Gurbani helped them and gave them strength to endure

physical torture and death.

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

BHAM CITY CENTRE: CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE OUTSIDE CENTRAL LIBRARY

WEDNESDAY 5TH NOV 4-8PM

As an act of remembrance, the Sikh community will be holding a

candlelit vigil to remember the dark days in history during the

Anti-Sikh Pogroms with killing of thousands of innocent Sikhs across

India from the 80's until the present.

To this date even after the findings of the latest commission, no one

has been prosecuted for the organisation of this horror and 24 years

on the Sikh's still await justice. Join us to light a candle of hope

and say a prayer for all those souls awaiting peace.

THE LIVING GURU: GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI

WOLVERHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: ROOM MC 418

THURSDAY 6TH NOV 6-8PM

Seminar by Dal Singh (Coventry) on our eternal living Guru, on the

uniqueness of Guru Granth Sahib Ji a talk on the complilation of Guru

Granth Sahib Ji. A journey from the compilation of Guru Granth Sahib

Ji to the Guru Gaddi of Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

NATIONAL KIRTAN DARBAR

GURU NANAK GURUDWARA SMETHWICK

SATURDAY 8TH NOV 6 TIL LATE

An evening of Kirtan and Katha by various renowned Keertanee.

Including Katha in English including an exclusive display and the BOSS

Stall which includes books on Sikhi, Hoodies, T-Shirts, and CD's.

GURBANI: A UNIVERSAL MESSAGE

BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY: KENRICK LECTURE THEATRE

WEDNESDAY 12TH NOV 2-4PM

An inspiring talk on what is the universal message of Guru Granth

Sahib Ji Maharaj. What is the message of Gurbani? And who is this

message for?

PAINTBALL MASSACRE

SAT 15TH NOV

ALL DAY

SUTTON COLDFIELD

For Paintballing contact your local uni reps.

For further information in regards to Sikhi Week contact

Email: sikhthetruth@hotmail.co.uk

Aston: 07742 350916

BCU: 07902 496548

Bham: 07859 905652

Wolves: 07809 155523

General: 07841 731106/07929 394469

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Wolverhampton presentation on Guru Granth Sahib Jee (open to all)

Thursday 6th November

6-8pm

MC418 (MC building-where canteen and costa is located)

Free food and refreshments will be served.

(Poster produced by sewadaar at Wolverhampton Sikh Society)

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WEST MIDLAND'S SIKHI WEEK 2008 IS BACK!

300 Years with Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj

From Guru Nanak Dev Ji to Eternal Guru Granth Sahib Ji

1708 to Eternity

Wed 29th Oct- Sat 15th Nov

Following on the success of previous weeks, the famous Sikhi Weeks of

the West Midlands is back and boy is it going to be bigger then ever!

With, inspirational talks, a Candle Light Vigil, National Youth Kirtan

Darbar, and Paintball Massacre this week promises to be the best yet.

Attached is the poster for the week and a short description of each

event. Please take the time out to come down and join in… you can't

afford to miss it!

TEN GURUS: ONE MESSAGE

ASTON UNIVERSITY: NG09

WEDNESDAY 29TH OCT 2-4PM

A talk given by Bhai Manvir Singh on the message of ten Guru Sahibs

from Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj to Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

FROM GURBANI TO KURBANI

BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY: ST FRANCIS HALL

MONDAY 3RD NOV 6:30-8PM

A very inspirational talk on the power of Gurbani. On how our Guru

Sahibs: Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Guru Tegh Bahadur. And countless

Shaheeds such as Bhai Mani Singh and those mothers who had there

children cut into pieces and garlands placed around there necks. How

they all used the Power of Gurbani to endure physical torture and

death.

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

BHAM CITY CENTRE: CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE OUTSIDE CENTRAL LIBRARY

WEDNESDAY 5TH NOV 4-8PM

As an act of remembrance, the Sikh community will be holding a

candlelit vigil to remember the dark days in history during the

Anti-Sikh Pogroms with killing of thousands of innocent Sikhs across

India from the 80's until the present.

To this date even after the findings of the latest commission, no one

has been prosecuted for the organisation of this horror and 24 years

on the Sikh's still await justice. Join us to light a candle of hope

and say a prayer for all those souls awaiting justice.

THE LIVING GURU: GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI

WOLVERHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: ROOM MC 418

THURSDAY 6TH NOV 6-8PM

Seminar by Dal Singh (Coventry) on our eternal living Guru, on the

uniqueness of Guru Granth Sahib Ji a talk on the complilation of Guru

Granth Sahib Ji. A journey from the compilation of Guru Granth Sahib

Ji to the Guru Gaddi of Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

NATIONAL KIRTAN DARBAR

GURU NANAK GURUDWARA SMETHWICK

SATURDAY 10TH NOV 7 TIL LATE

An evening of Kirtan and Katha by various renowned Keertanee.

Including Katha in English including an exclusive display and the BOSS

Stall which includes books on Sikhi, Hoodies, T-Shirts, and CD's.

GURBANI: A UNIVERSAL MESSAGE

BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY: KENRICK LECTURE THEATRE

WEDNESDAY 12TH NOV 2-4PM

An inspiring talk on what is the universal message of Guru Granth

Sahib Ji Maharaj. What is the message of Gurbani? And who is this

message for?

PAINTBALL MASSACRE

SAT 15TH NOV

ALL DAY

SUTTON COLDFIELD

For Paintballing contact your local uni reps.

For further information in regards to Sikhi Week contact

Email: sikhthetruth@hotmail.co.uk

Aston: 07742 350916

BCU: 07902 496548

Bham: 07859 905652

Wolves: 07809 155523

General: 07841 731106/07929 394469

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"NATIONAL KIRTAN DARBAR

GURU NANAK GURUDWARA SMETHWICK

SATURDAY 10TH NOV 7 TIL LATE"

The 10th Nov does not fall on a saturday - do you mean the 8th?? Please clarify

many thanks

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"NATIONAL KIRTAN DARBAR

GURU NANAK GURUDWARA SMETHWICK

SATURDAY 10TH NOV 7 TIL LATE"

The 10th Nov does not fall on a saturday - do you mean the 8th?? Please clarify

many thanks

lol typo, yeh 8th november

On a side note lakh lakh vadhaiyee to the Sikh Sangat on the Tricentenary celebrations of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee's Gurgaddi Diwas!

Guru Rakha

Raaj Karega Khalsa

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Plea to the Sikh Youth : Unite and Remember on Wed 5th November 2008

"Victims speak of mobs led by notoriously unruly youth congress activists armed with voters lists from which Sikh homes and businesses could be identified. How did kerosene materialise so effectively? Why did the police declare open season on Sikhs?"

(Daily Telegraph, Nov 1984)

Sangat Jee,

The week commencing Monday 1st November marks the 24rd anniversary of one of the most ruthless and bloody chapters in Sikh history, when the mirage of Indian secularism and democracy was exposed and Sikhs suffered state orchestrated brutality across the country.

In the hours that followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi, by her Sikh bodyguards (Shaheed Bhai Beant Singh and Shaheed Bhai Satwant Singh), on 31st October 1984 , her son Rajiv Gandhi instructed the powers that be to "teach these bastards (the Sikhs) a lesson". The state run media vilified Sikhs, broadcasting proactive slogans such as "khoon ka badla khoon" (blood for blood), and spreading fake rumours e.g. Sikhs had poisoned Delhi's water supply and that trains from Punjab were arriving with dead Hindus on board.

What followed was the systematic and co-ordinated massacre of Sikhs, not only in Delhi but also in Uttar Pardesh, Haryana, Binar and Kanur amongst others.

The attacks followed a chilling pattern. Local politicians from the ruling Congress party mobilised mobs of Hindu youths and armed them with swords, iron rods, knives, clubs and combustible material, particularly kerosene. Using electoral lists and ration shop records, the Congress party leaders guided the mobs to Sikh homes and businesses, moving from one district to another in jeeps to personally supervise the murder and rape of Sikh men and women.

(This is just a glimpse of the atrocities that occurred, for more, go to www.witness84.com , www.carnage84.com, www.ensaaf.org )

Two of the Congress Party politicians implicated by eyewitnesses were Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. You will not be surprised to learn that neither has ever been successfully prosecuted, as attempts to do so have either collapsed as a result of witness intimidation or been locked in the judicial process.

Lawyers in India are trying to bring Kumar and Tytler and many others to account for their actions, but their quest for justice faces immeasurable obstacles as attempts to commence legal proceedings get wrapped in red tape.

We must also show that we have not forgotten, and that we too will continue to demand that these criminals Kumar and Tytler and co are brought to justice.

The Sikh youth of the region will congregate at Chamberlin Square in Birmingham City Centre on Wednesday 5th November, from 2pm to 7pm to raise awareness amongst the wider community as to the injustice and suffering endured by Sikhs in their 'homeland'. Speakers including British MPs will be invited to show their support.

Above all, however, your support is required. Spread the word and let us ensure there is an overwhelming attendance on 5th November.

In the same way that the attacks on Sikhs were indiscriminate, regardless of caste, wealth, social status and irrespective of whether they were practicing or not, each and everyone of us, whether amritdhari or not, should feel the pain that still haunts many of our mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters in India every day.

Taken from Press Release

[.- Prabhjot Singh -.]

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I just came back from the talk on Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji at uni of wolverhampton. Wow, that's all I can say! Bhai Sahib giving the speech had naad resounding in him and I could feel it. He got so much love from Akal Purakh while talking he actually ended up crying in joy and I couldn't hold back my tears either ( Soo embarassing, I hope nobody noticed). All in all, lovely sangat and a lovely event, I am grateful to the sighni who gave me the flyer just 5 mins before the talk!

WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA, WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH!!

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

BCU Sikh Society's Next Event is Part of WEST MIDLANDS SIKHI WEEK 2008

Talk: Gurbani...A Universal Message

When: Wednesday 12th November 2008

Where: Kenrick Lecture Theatre, Perry Barr Campus

Time: 2-4pm

The talk will be given by Professor Eleanor Nesbitt, a Religious Education professor at Warwick University.

Shes the founder member of the Punjab Research Group and has wriiten numerous books on Sikhism including "Guru Nanak" (with Gopinder Kaur) and "Sikhs in Britain: An Annotated Bibliography."

This is a rare oppurtunity to learn about Sikhism from a western perspective!!

AND THE BEST THING ABOUT THE EVENT??

FREE SAMOSE AND DRINKS!!!!!