This Weeks Events

Monday 29th October

West Midlands Sikhi Week 2007 will commence on monday and University of Birmingham will be hosting the first event.
There will be a talk on Sikh Women and Sacrifice which will take place in the St Francis Hall in the Caplaincy (the place where the Cha n' Samosa event was held) at 2pm till 5pm .
There will also be the meditiation session after the event at the same place starting 6pm.


Wednesday 31th October

The next event for Sikhi Week will be taking place at Aston University. The talk will be on Sri Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Ji and will start at 2pm. Members of the Sikh Society will be commuting there by train/bus. Anyone who wants to go with them, please be at the clocktower for 1 pm sharp. Alternatively, for those who would like to make there own way there, the 61, 62 and 63 buses stop outside of Aston University.

Thursday 1st November

There will be a Gatka demonstation at Aston University. This will take place 1pm - 3pm just outside Aston University Guild. If anyone would like to go with the sikh society then e-mail us back on this e-mail address.

There will also be a Sikh Society 6-a-side Football Tournament on Thursday at the football pitches by Bristol Road. The tournament will start at 5pm and it'll be £1 per person. For more information get in touch with Nick Singh on 07859 905652.

Langar on Campus

The langer on campus commemorating Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Gurpurb will be on the 9th November and we need as many sewadars as possible. If anyone is free for a few hours on Monday please come down and help by doing whatever sewa needs doing. This event has been a huge success in previous years with the university, students and sikh community praising the event and the sewadars.

Everyone is welcome to the events.

There's loads happening next week so please come down and make these events a success.

Event: Sikhi Week 2007

Below are the dates and venues for Sikh Week 2007's events.

Monday 29th Oct- Sikh Women and Sacrifice at St Francis Hall, University of Birmingham, 2-5pm

Wednesday 31st Oct- Presentation on Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Aston University, NG09, 2-5pm

Thursday 1st Nov- Gatka at Aston University, outside Guild, 1-3pm

Monday 5th Nov- Langar On Campus at University Of Birmingham, outside Clocktower, 11-4pm

Wednesday 7th Nov-Candlelight Vigil (for 1984 remembrance and sikh soldiers who fought in 2 world wars) at Chamberlain Square in Birmingham City Centre, 4-7pm

Friday 9th Nov- Sikhs and diwali at Wolverhampton University, ML 041, 2-5pm,

Saturday 10th Nov- National Kirtan Darbar at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick, 7pm-12am

This week's events (Week 4)

Events coming up:

On Monday 22nd October we will be starting the Meditation sessions.
Time: 6.30pm
Place: Worship room, St. Francis Hall chaplaincy
Everyone welcome

On Wednesday 24th October, the SikhSoc will be going bowling at AMC.
We'll be going by train or bus most likely - depends on how many people with gaddiya wanna come ; )
The plan: meet at the guild for 1.30pm and make our way to AMC
For more details and to let us know you're coming, please get in touch with Nick Singh on 078599 05652, or alternatively Satnam Kaur on 07743 433146.

West Midlands Sikhi Week is also just around the corner. This is where there are events throughout the space of a week or 2 at the different W Mids Universities, including Wolves, UCE, Aston and of course Birmingham. There will be more details to follow.

The West Midland Sikh Society's have also created a joint website. SikhSoc events from around the West Midlands will be put up on this website. Aston University's Soda n' Samosa event has just been uploaded with some hilarious videos from Bhaji Sukhwinder Singh's talk at the event. Check the site out:
http://wmsikhsoc.blogspot.com/

Sanjha Akhand Keertan Smagam at Niskham Educational and Cultural Centre

Go to www.sanjhasmagam.com for location info, transportation and for more information about the event.

Event: Cha n'Samosa at Aston University

There will be a Cha n' Samosa event at Aston University on wednesday. If anyone wants to go down to help (or for free samose ;)) there are a group of people going down from University Of Birmingham via train. Email us (bhamunisikhsoc@googlemail.com) if you want to go by train with them.

Alternatively, it is very easy to commute there:

1) Bus :- Catch the 61, 62 or 63 bus towards Birmingham. They all stop just in front of Aston University (the aston uni stop is the stop just after the stop infront of the bull ring).
2) Train :- Catch the train to New Street and then go up the esculators after the ticket check, and turn left towards the ramp that takes you outside the pallasades. Turn right at the bottom of the ramp (towards the Bullring) and turn left onto the road with Virgin/HMV/Pavilion on. Head straight down that road (keeping to the right hand side of the road) and you should reach Aston University.

Photos: University Of Wolverhampton Soda n' Samosa

Here are photos from yesterday's Soda n' Samosa event at Wolverhampton University. There will be videos up soon on the parts of the talk by Bhaji Sukhwinder Singh on the life of Sri Guru Ram Das Ji.

Cha n' Samosa at Wolverhampton University

Their will be a Cha n'Samosa event happening at Wolverhampton University this week. The sikhsoc at wolverhampton university has requested for some of the university of birmingham sikhsoc members to go and help. There will be people going by train so anyone who wants to go just e-mail us at bhamunisikhsoc@googlemail.com. They'll leave at around 12.15. There is a map below for anyone who might want to make there own way there (Train, metro and bus stops are all a short walk away from the university campus)
Click here for map

Shaheedi Keertan Smagam 2007

There will be a kirtan smagam this week in memory of the shaheed sikhs of the past. Click on poster below for dates and gurdwareh.

The kirtan from the Rainsbhai in memory of Ikbal Singh is now up on the Sikh Soul website (click here).

Photos: Soda n' Samosa event

Here are photos from today's Soda n' Samosa event. Apologies that photos are not in chronological order.

The next Soda n'Samosa event will be at Wolverhampton University on 10th October (next week wednesday). More info will be on the new West Midlands Sikh Blog.