Published in The Asian Weekly, Edition 799 Editor’s note
New year
I Wish a Wish! (Happy New Year)
I Wish a Wish By Sikiladi I wish a wish for the New Year! May it be blessed with days of delights May it be gifted with starry peaceful nights And raise the bar of spiritual heightssikiladi I wish a wish for the New Year! May healthy wealthy be all folks May smooth rides occur … Continue reading I Wish a Wish! (Happy New Year)
Sindhi New Year
This auspicious day symbolizing the New Year of Hindu Sindhi community worldwide observed with huge fanfare coincides with Gudi Parva, Ugadi, and Vishu as per the Vikram Samvat calendar.
Hindu New Year!
Hindu New year is marked world over nearly at the same time period as Easter is marked by Christians and culmination of Ramadan and Eid celebrations. What more evidence can one get that We are all ONE despite different practices, regions and skin tones. Read on to find more as my compilation of a few ways various in which The Hindu New Year celebrations are carried on by different people in their own varied ways yet with a similarity of each following religious practices.
Sikh New Year
the Nanakshahi calendar and its new year begin with the month of Chet (Mid-March) that corresponds to the beginning of the season of Basant (Indian Spring) and also coincides with the Spring Equinox. As such, the Nanakshahi calendar sits in harmony and is in perfect sync with natural and celestial events.
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Envision a Year!
Envision a Year! By Sikiladi Envision a year without deadly wars A year that’s free from painful scars Envision a year without sadness A year that’s free from rash madness Envision a year with plenty much A year that brings joys all in a bunch Envision a year with economic abundance A year with enlarged … Continue reading Envision a Year!
Cheti Chand 2005 in Nairobi (News from the archives)
The pictured news article is scanned from the July 2005 edition of "The Indian" magazine that was published in Hong Kong. Monica Gokaldas served as a voluntary correspondent from Kenya until the magazine ceased publication.
जय झूलेलाल/ Jai Jhulelal
Jai Jhulelal! This Sindhi greeting pictured at Ram Mandir, Nairobi on the occasion of Hindu Sindhi New Year Cheti Chand 2023 / Vikram Samvat 2080 Banner designed by Sonia Harjani ( Guided by Monica Gokaldas)
New Beginnings!
A new beginning tags along an end A beginning it becomes so, Only having followed an end A new life comes only after an end For the soul discards the garment of body To drape on itself a brand new body self A new leaf emerges on the stem Only when a tiny nodule ends … Continue reading New Beginnings!
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