Floral Ik Onkar designed at the darbar of Baba Ishwr Singh Community Center of the Nanaksar Gurudwara in Nairobi. Picture : 26/11/23 Guru Purab Eve at the darbar sahib of Baba Isher Singh Ji Community Center of Gurudwara Nanaksar in Nairobi. 26/11/23 Guru Purab celebrations can be very extravagant and ritualistic in some places and … Continue reading Guru Purab!
Month: November 2023
Ancestors: They left before us!
Khanda Sahib!
A floral formation of the Khalsa symbol “ Khanda Sahib”. This arrangement was photographed on 26/11/23 at the Baba Isher Singh ji Community Center of Nanaksar Gurudwara in Nairobi. A symbol of bravery of Sikhs depicting crossed swords is one of the ornaments commonly found in photographs and in physical form usually in steel metal … Continue reading Khanda Sahib!
बिखरे बाल!
दर्द की भी एक अलग ही दास्तान होती है ।कभी चेहरे से जा़हिर हो, कभी चाल डाल से दिखाई देता है । जाने किस किस प्रकार दर्द अपना अहसास कराता है ।
Guru Nanak Jayanti!
Published in The Asian Weekly, Edition 690 ( 24th to 30th November 2023) Guru Nanak Jayanti By Sikiladi Guru Nanak Jayanti also popularly mentioned as GurPurab is marked on the full moon of the Kartik month of Hindu calendar each year. The word Jayanti generally refers to a birth anniversary hence most of us have … Continue reading Guru Nanak Jayanti!
खुशाली!
बेटी मेरी अपनी हो या फिर किसी और की- बेटी ही होती है । यह कविता मेरी सखी अरूना की ओर से उसकी बेटी खुशाली के लिए एक प्यारी सी भेंट । जन्मदिन मुबारक हो खुशाली ।
Birthday Greetings!
A pleasure in penning a poem greeting a daughter from her mother: This for a friend who wanted me to pen down greetings for her daughter.
Diwali Greetings!
Greetings as published in The Asian Weekly
Diwali Festival
Diwali Festival By Sikiladi Wardrobes gain new entries as do the lockers The festival of Lights with lamps clay, brass or coppers Houses and offices get a new glaze and shine Meeting friends and relatives thine and mine Sikiladi Cleaning of the grime of ignorance and dust Re-painting the walls, giving homes a new thrust … Continue reading Diwali Festival
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