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I was overcome with emotion. Sadness, also anger, and I was certainly very confused. "Sorry to learn that you lost your father", well-wishers condoled me. Lost your father? What could those words really mean? What does it mean to lose a loved one? How could my father be lost to me? There he had lain before me, his eyes staring into space and his body a little cold. . If his body lay there before me then what had I lost? Oh! Did they mean, I had lost his soul? But his soul, it

Loss of livelihoods is bad enough, compounded by illness and loss of some near and dear to many people. Humanity now lives under a pall of great fear as the pandemic stalks the land. No amount of sympathy and condolence can fill the void of sorrow. But life will go on irrespective of how we feel. I am reminded of the loss of my father Sardar Man Singh ji, his life and the great lessons he provided us. Six years ago, on the 1st day of Sept with a gurgle and a cough my father l

Many years ago, a friend shared an anecdote with me. Which I now recall every 'Father's day'. A little girl was walking along a path with her father, when they came to a rickety and treacherous bridge. Instinctively the father stretched out his hand to his daughter and said; "Here, take my hand." The daughter replied; "No father, you please hold my hand." The father was confused, "What is the difference, whether you hold my hand or I hold yours?" The little girl smilingly sai

"TRUTH is within ourselves; it takes no rise From outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fullness; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception—which is truth. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Binds it, and makes all error: and, to KNOW, Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be w

Facebook - Twitter - linkedin - SikhNet Tegh Vir Singh, our year old grandson gets his bath in style. He is attended to and entertained like a prince as he frolics in the water. He is usually accompanied by his little rubber and plastic toys. The advantage of the bathroom is that one can usually enjoy complete privacy. What a rare thing privacy has become? Once while taking a shower, out of curiousity, I picked up the rubber duck and elephant lying on the shelf. What started

A girl broke my teenage son's heart. He came home devastated. His mother took one look at him and without saying a word, just hugged him, Pavit broke down and sobbed his heart out. Even though it took him a long while, the healing started with that hug. Once whilst travelling outstation I fell seriously ill. Neither self medication nor the doctors prescription provided relief. I knew, all I had to do was to get home in one piece and my wife would take care of me. I reached