Video: Bhai Manpreet Singh

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Video of the week: Bhai Joginder Singh, Katha In English

In this video Bhai Joginder Singh talks about the effects of Kaam (Lust) and Krohd (Anger). There are many other good videos by Bhai Joginder Singh in english (click here to see the videos).

Sikh Society Meeting

Their is going to be a meeting on friday for anyone who wants to help run the sikh society next year. Any one interested in helping next year please come to the meeting at

5k Foundation
40 Rood End Road
Oldbury
West Midlands

on FRIDAY 21ST JULY at 2pm.

Directions on getting to the 5k foundation building:

Firstly catch the 87 bus, which is just outside of new street station (at ticket inspectors turn left, go outside New street station and then take the first left) and Smethwick Rolfe Street (bus stop just by Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick). Get off the bus just before Gurdwara Amrit Parchar Dharmic Diwan (the gurdwara just underneath the M5). The roundabout just before the Gurdwara has a exit for Rood End Road. Follow this road down, keeping on the right. Just after Vernon road( and before Rood End school), is the 5K building (map below).

Video of the week: Baba Isher Singh Ji

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This video was taken in 1975 when Baba Isher Singh Ji visited the UK.

Click here for info on Baba Isher Singh Ji.

Video of the week: Giani Amolak Singh Ji

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This kirtan is from Kericho (Kenya) after the bhog of an akhand path for the opening of a Gurdwara there. Kirtan is by Giani Amolak Singh Ji with Bhai Gurmeet Singh Ji on tabla, both of whom passed away a few years ago.

Below is a video of Giani Amolak Singh Ji back in the 1970's at Soho Road Gurdwara, Birmingham. In the video you can see what Soho Road Gurdwara looked like in the 70's as well as see Sant Baba Puran Singh Ji who the spiritual head and founder of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha.



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Event: Barsi Sant Gurbachan Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale

To get to Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick, you could catch a train to Smethwick Rolfe Street as this is opposite the Gurdwara. The trains leave birmingham new street at 7 minutes and 37 minutes past the hour.

Video of the week: Jap Ji Sahib Katha by Ek Onkar Kaur

There is also some excellent Jap Ji Sahib Katha in panjabi by Giani Thakur Singh (click here), he also explains the importance of Jap Ji Sahib (click here).

Video of the week: Routine talk by Guruka Singh

Video of the week: Kirtan: Naam Japo Ji Aise Aise

The week's video of the week is kirtan from New Jersey Smagam (May 2007) by Bhai Kudrit Singh Ji. It is inspiring to see such a young child perform kirtan so well.

Video of the week: Youth of the month: Manvir Singh Khalsa

Everyone from the Univerity of Birmingham Sikh Society is very pleased to hear fellow sikh student Manvir Singh Khalsa has been chosen as the youth of the month (click here for interview).

So we have put this week's video of the week as this quick interview of manvir singh at a leicester university sikh society event.



Also, Manvir singh has a blog: manvirsingh.blogspot.com/

Video of the week: Central News feature on sikh journalist

This week's video of the week is a special feature from ITV central news on an up and coming british journalist Jagjeet Singh.

Video of the week: Chaupai Sahib

This week's video of the week is Kabio Bach Benti Chaupai Sahib recited by Bhai Jarnail Singh. This is a prayer written by the tenth guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. It is a prayer humbily asking god for protection and support, which we all need during this exam period :).

Video of the week: Kaurageous

This week's video of the week is this video which shows some of the activities that the Kaurageous organisation have partaken in.



Kaurageous have a couple of events comming up (see below poster) which are open to all females.

Video of the week: Bhai Hari Singh

This week's video of the week is Bhai Hari Singh doing simran at a University of Leicester sikh society event.

Videos of the week: Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ji

This week's video of the week is kirtan from Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ji at Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji Gurdwara in Manchester.



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Videos of the week: Southall Nagar Kirtans 2006 and 2007

As the Birmingham Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan is just around the corner I thought I'd put up the videos of the Southall Nagar Kirtan (this year's and last year's)

2006



2007

Updates to site: New things added to sidebar

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Video of the week: Bhai Harjinder Singh

This week's video of the week is kirtan by Bhai Harjinder Singh Sri Nagar Wale.


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Events: Vaisakhi events

With Vaisakhi coming up they'll be loads of events around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Here's two of which are advertised by BOSS:

There is going to be an Vaisakhi show and exhibition at Wolverhampton University on the 18th April. There will be visual displays, turban tying workshops, live martial arts display(at 1pm), art workshop, boss stall and much more.

To get to Wolverhampton University from University of Birmingham firstly catch the train from university station to new street. From there catch a train to Wolverhampton (usually the train ending at Manchester Picadilly/Wolverhampton). Then follow this map (click here for map) to the MC building.
On Sunday 22nd April there will be the annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtans in Birmingham. A nagar kirtan is when kirtan is sang whilst the sangat walks to a particular location (in this case handsworth park :) )

The first Nagar Kirtan will start at Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Smethwick. To get to this gurdwara catch a train from New Street to Smethwick Rolfe Street (the gurdwara is across the road from the station). The nagar kirtan will go past Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji, then onto Rookery Road past Bebe Nanaki Gurdwara, continuing then to Gurdwara Singh Sabha and finishing at Handsworth Park.

The second Nagar Kirtan starts at Dasmesh Gurdwara (from aston university follow the A34 until you get to Lozell's road. Turn left and then left again onto Wheeler street). The nagar kirtan then continues past Gurdwara GNNSJ (Soho Road Gurdwara), then to Gurdwara Bhagat Ravidas Bhavan and finally finishing at Handsworth Park.

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