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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 100286" data-attributes="member: 884"><p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">Listen to your ‘shoe’!</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><span style="color: #000080">-- Kul Bushan</span></em></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><span style="color: #000080"></span></em></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><span style="color: #000080"></span></em> <span style="color: #000080">I’m mightier than a pen! Gone are the days, when I would silently lie beneath your feet. I speak now. Haven’t you heard me through cartoons, newspapers, TV discussions, debates, etc., these days?</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">For years, you have walked, jumped, or ran on me. You have put me through indignities by walking over stones, mud and muck (tobacco stains are the ones I abhor). But now I have found my voice. Do not take me for granted, I am a deadly weapon now. Whenever the deaf needs to be woken up from stupor, use me. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">You may criticize me and my ways, but you can’t deny that I am highly effective. The moment I strike, my voice becomes national headlines. My voice can disrupt public meetings, conferences, press meetings and shake the hell out of laid-back people.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">Credit goes to Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi for giving me my newfound status. I was lying low, but he suddenly lifted me from oblivion into the spotlight, as he hurled me towards none other than the former President Bush – the most powerful man on earth. Well, I admit I was nervous, shaken and thinking of the consequences as I went flying towards him. The then US President dodged me, but Zaidi became an instant hero to many throughout the world, thousands of whom raised me in demonstration of support. The incident became a rage, and I, a superstar (look out for the countless blogs, cartoons, and articles on me).</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">Gosh, it felt nice to have made such a grand entry. Well, there was no looking back after that journey from Zaidi’s smelly feet to Bush’s head! And now in India, I have become a ‘missile of discontent’ to say the least.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">My stint with stardom in India began when I was hurled towards the Home Minister P Chidambaram. Jarnail Singh, the angry journalist in a fit of rage, hurled me towards unsuspecting Chidambaram during a press conference at the Congress headquarters. Jarnail Singh was fuming over the issue of Jagdish Tytler being given a clean chit in the 1984 Sikh riots case by the CBI. As the temperature soared during the conference, Jarnail Singh, in true ‘Singh is Kinng’ fashion, took me off from his size 9 feet and before I knew, I was inches away from the target, who was smiling blankly.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">I was more than happy over my success, when Congress asked Tytler not to contest elections. The public blurted, ‘it took a shoe-throwing incident to put forth a point’ and I smiled at myself.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">Another claim to my stardom was through a 64-year-old retired school principal, who used me as symbol of attack on India’s political system. Rajbal Singh Saharan’s son had lost his job and there was the Congress party lawmaker Naveen Jindal delivering a happy speech during a rally. How could he tolerate it? The old man tried to shout but his voice remained subdued, so he thought of speaking through me. I laughed as I tried to focus on Naveen Jindal, while merrily being thrown at him.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">This was followed by my sister’s (the slipper) attack at the veteran politician and prime ministerial candidate, Lal Krishna Advani. He is a man of great stature, but my sister dislikes his ‘communal’ undertones. So, she readily became Pawas Aggarwal’s tool of attack, when he aimed her at Advani during a public meeting. Poor Pawas Agarwal was retorting for being “removed from his post due to groupism within BJP” and he surely made an impact. I rolled with laughter, when the usually outspoken Advani, who had challenged the PM for a verbal duel, took to silence and refused to comment on the embarrassing occurrence.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">It is being said that the media is making much of shoe-throwing incidents and giving it undue coverage that’s why such acts are becoming a regular.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">Whatever, they say, one can’t deny the enormity of my effect. After blog-wars there will be shoe-wars. "Flying footwear are now the weapons of mass distraction," said a headline in a newspaper. I have become the highest form of protest in the country. Strict measures are being taken to stop ‘shoe-hurling’ incidents. I am on cloud nine!</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">So, I warn you, do not consider me an ineffective little accessory fit only for your feet. My power is growing by the day. They say, I am being misused, I say I love to be used in any way. I do not care about moral or immoral stance; I am just enjoying being the ‘shoe’ – a powerful symbol of protest, just as much of comfort.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span><span style="color: #000080"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A media consultant to a UN Agency, Kul Bhushan previously worked abroad as a newspaper editor and has travelled to over 50 countries. He lives in New Delhi</span></span></strong></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Copyright <span style="font-size: 9px">© 200</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px">5 </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Mauritius Times.</span></span> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 100286, member: 884"] [LEFT] [SIZE=5][B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080]Listen to your ‘shoe’! [/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][I][COLOR=#000080]-- Kul Bushan [/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#000080]I’m mightier than a pen! Gone are the days, when I would silently lie beneath your feet. I speak now. Haven’t you heard me through cartoons, newspapers, TV discussions, debates, etc., these days? For years, you have walked, jumped, or ran on me. You have put me through indignities by walking over stones, mud and muck (tobacco stains are the ones I abhor). But now I have found my voice. Do not take me for granted, I am a deadly weapon now. Whenever the deaf needs to be woken up from stupor, use me. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080]You may criticize me and my ways, but you can’t deny that I am highly effective. The moment I strike, my voice becomes national headlines. My voice can disrupt public meetings, conferences, press meetings and shake the hell out of laid-back people.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080]Credit goes to Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi for giving me my newfound status. I was lying low, but he suddenly lifted me from oblivion into the spotlight, as he hurled me towards none other than the former President Bush – the most powerful man on earth. Well, I admit I was nervous, shaken and thinking of the consequences as I went flying towards him. The then US President dodged me, but Zaidi became an instant hero to many throughout the world, thousands of whom raised me in demonstration of support. The incident became a rage, and I, a superstar (look out for the countless blogs, cartoons, and articles on me). Gosh, it felt nice to have made such a grand entry. Well, there was no looking back after that journey from Zaidi’s smelly feet to Bush’s head! And now in India, I have become a ‘missile of discontent’ to say the least. My stint with stardom in India began when I was hurled towards the Home Minister P Chidambaram. Jarnail Singh, the angry journalist in a fit of rage, hurled me towards unsuspecting Chidambaram during a press conference at the Congress headquarters. Jarnail Singh was fuming over the issue of Jagdish Tytler being given a clean chit in the 1984 Sikh riots case by the CBI. As the temperature soared during the conference, Jarnail Singh, in true ‘Singh is Kinng’ fashion, took me off from his size 9 feet and before I knew, I was inches away from the target, who was smiling blankly. I was more than happy over my success, when Congress asked Tytler not to contest elections. The public blurted, ‘it took a shoe-throwing incident to put forth a point’ and I smiled at myself. Another claim to my stardom was through a 64-year-old retired school principal, who used me as symbol of attack on India’s political system. Rajbal Singh Saharan’s son had lost his job and there was the Congress party lawmaker Naveen Jindal delivering a happy speech during a rally. How could he tolerate it? The old man tried to shout but his voice remained subdued, so he thought of speaking through me. I laughed as I tried to focus on Naveen Jindal, while merrily being thrown at him. This was followed by my sister’s (the slipper) attack at the veteran politician and prime ministerial candidate, Lal Krishna Advani. He is a man of great stature, but my sister dislikes his ‘communal’ undertones. So, she readily became Pawas Aggarwal’s tool of attack, when he aimed her at Advani during a public meeting. Poor Pawas Agarwal was retorting for being “removed from his post due to groupism within BJP” and he surely made an impact. I rolled with laughter, when the usually outspoken Advani, who had challenged the PM for a verbal duel, took to silence and refused to comment on the embarrassing occurrence. It is being said that the media is making much of shoe-throwing incidents and giving it undue coverage that’s why such acts are becoming a regular. Whatever, they say, one can’t deny the enormity of my effect. After blog-wars there will be shoe-wars. "Flying footwear are now the weapons of mass distraction," said a headline in a newspaper. I have become the highest form of protest in the country. Strict measures are being taken to stop ‘shoe-hurling’ incidents. I am on cloud nine![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana] [COLOR=#000080]So, I warn you, do not consider me an ineffective little accessory fit only for your feet. My power is growing by the day. They say, I am being misused, I say I love to be used in any way. I do not care about moral or immoral stance; I am just enjoying being the ‘shoe’ – a powerful symbol of protest, just as much of comfort. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=#000080][I][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]A media consultant to a UN Agency, Kul Bhushan previously worked abroad as a newspaper editor and has travelled to over 50 countries. He lives in New Delhi[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/I][/COLOR] [/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Copyright [SIZE=1]© 200[/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]5 [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Mauritius Times.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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