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Purewal Flays SAD, SGPC For Arbitrary Changes In Nanakshahi Calender
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 142321" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 10px">17 February 2011</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Purewal flays SAD, SGPC for arbitrary changes in Nanakshahi calender</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><SCRIPT> $(document).ready( function(){ $(".print_page").click( function(){ window.open($(this).attr("href"),$(this).attr("id"),"menubar=1,status=1,toolbar=1;width=800,height=400"); return false; } &nbsp<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />; $(".refer_page").click( function(){ window.open ($(this).attr("href"),"mywindow","status=1,toolbar=0,width=450,height=400"); /* var $dialog = $('</p><p>') .html('<iframe width="400" height="480" frameborder="0" src="'+$(this).attr('href')+'"></iframe>') .dialog({ buttons: { "Close": function() { $(this).dialog("close"); } }, autoOpen: false, title: "Refer this page", width: 500, height: "auto", modal: true }); $dialog.dialog('open'); */ return false; } &nbsp<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />; } &nbsp<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />; </SCRIPT></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Punjab Newsline Network</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Thursday, 17 February 2011</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Related thread <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/controversies/34524-lobbying-continues-against-changes-nanakshahi-calendar.html" target="_blank">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/controversies/34524-lobbying-continues-against-changes-nanakshahi-calendar.html</a></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!--google_ad_client = "pub-0261932740446176";/* 300x250, created 5/4/10 */google_ad_slot = "7356179345";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;//--></SCRIPT><SCRIPT type=text/javascript src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></SCRIPT></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">AMRITSAR: Pal Singh Purewal- the architect of the Nanakshahi calendar Thursday openly took the SGPC and Akali leadership to task for mixing the Nanakshahi calendar with Bikrami and resolved not to rest in peace till the arbitrary decision of the SGPC to alter the calendar was not revoked.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Notably, the Nanakshahi Calendar was developed by a Canadian Sikh, Pal Singh Purewal, a retired computer engineer. He started work on the calendar way back in 1960s.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In a communiqué addressed to the Akal Takht jathedar he urged him to revert to the original calendar adopted on 28 March 2003 by suspending the so-called amendments as the move had widened the gulfs within the Sikh community.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In scathing observations made during press meet at Dal Khalsa head office in Amritsar, he said the Nanakshahi Calendar was an identity marker for the Sikh community and the changes have killed the spirit of the almanac.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Accompanied by Manjit Singh Calcutta and Kanwar Pal Singh, Purewal said these so-called changes in the Nanakshahi Calendar have diluted the uniqueness of the Sikh almanac. “All communities and faiths have their own calendar as a mark of their distinct cultural identity”, said he.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!--google_ad_client = "pub-0261932740446176";/* 300x250, created 5/4/10 */google_ad_slot = "7356179345";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;//--></SCRIPT><SCRIPT type=text/javascript src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></SCRIPT></span></p><p><span style="color: navy">He said after the so-called changes the mix-up calendar was no longer the Nanakshahi calendar. Ironically, it's Nanakshahi only in name and that's meant to hoodwink the Sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh rejected the so-called amendments and supported the original version as it emphasized separate identity of Sikhs from Hindus. He said the changes in the calendar were made to appease Sant Samaj. To a question, he revealed that there’s been a</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">electoral deal between Sant Samaj and Badal Dal for the ensuing SGPC elections.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Coming down heavily on the SGPC head Avtar Singh Makkar, veteran Akali leader Manjit Singh Calcutta said the height of his shamelessness was demonstrated in his conduct as he toed the dictates of his political bosses and tampered with the calendar- the symbol of Sikh separate</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">identity. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source</strong>: </span><a href="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/purewal-flays-sad-sgpc-arbitrary-changes-nanakshahi-calender/28707" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/purewal-flays-sad-sgpc-arbitrary-changes-nanakshahi-calender/28707</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 142321, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=red][SIZE=2]17 February 2011[/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=5] [/SIZE] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Purewal flays SAD, SGPC for arbitrary changes in Nanakshahi calender[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] <SCRIPT> $(document).ready( function(){ $(".print_page").click( function(){ window.open($(this).attr("href"),$(this).attr("id"),"menubar=1,status=1,toolbar=1;width=800,height=400"); return false; } ); $(".refer_page").click( function(){ window.open ($(this).attr("href"),"mywindow","status=1,toolbar=0,width=450,height=400"); /* var $dialog = $(' ') .html('<iframe width="400" height="480" frameborder="0" src="'+$(this).attr('href')+'"></iframe>') .dialog({ buttons: { "Close": function() { $(this).dialog("close"); } }, autoOpen: false, title: "Refer this page", width: 500, height: "auto", modal: true }); $dialog.dialog('open'); */ return false; } ); } ); </SCRIPT> [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Punjab Newsline Network[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Thursday, 17 February 2011[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B] Related thread [url]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/controversies/34524-lobbying-continues-against-changes-nanakshahi-calendar.html[/url][/B] [B][COLOR=navy]<SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!--google_ad_client = "pub-0261932740446176";/* 300x250, created 5/4/10 */google_ad_slot = "7356179345";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;//--></SCRIPT><SCRIPT type=text/javascript src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></SCRIPT>[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=navy]AMRITSAR: Pal Singh Purewal- the architect of the Nanakshahi calendar Thursday openly took the SGPC and Akali leadership to task for mixing the Nanakshahi calendar with Bikrami and resolved not to rest in peace till the arbitrary decision of the SGPC to alter the calendar was not revoked.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Notably, the Nanakshahi Calendar was developed by a Canadian Sikh, Pal Singh Purewal, a retired computer engineer. He started work on the calendar way back in 1960s.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In a communiqué addressed to the Akal Takht jathedar he urged him to revert to the original calendar adopted on 28 March 2003 by suspending the so-called amendments as the move had widened the gulfs within the Sikh community.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In scathing observations made during press meet at Dal Khalsa head office in Amritsar, he said the Nanakshahi Calendar was an identity marker for the Sikh community and the changes have killed the spirit of the almanac.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Accompanied by Manjit Singh Calcutta and Kanwar Pal Singh, Purewal said these so-called changes in the Nanakshahi Calendar have diluted the uniqueness of the Sikh almanac. “All communities and faiths have their own calendar as a mark of their distinct cultural identity”, said he.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]<SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!--google_ad_client = "pub-0261932740446176";/* 300x250, created 5/4/10 */google_ad_slot = "7356179345";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;//--></SCRIPT><SCRIPT type=text/javascript src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></SCRIPT>[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He said after the so-called changes the mix-up calendar was no longer the Nanakshahi calendar. Ironically, it's Nanakshahi only in name and that's meant to hoodwink the Sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh rejected the so-called amendments and supported the original version as it emphasized separate identity of Sikhs from Hindus. He said the changes in the calendar were made to appease Sant Samaj. To a question, he revealed that there’s been a[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]electoral deal between Sant Samaj and Badal Dal for the ensuing SGPC elections.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Coming down heavily on the SGPC head Avtar Singh Makkar, veteran Akali leader Manjit Singh Calcutta said the height of his shamelessness was demonstrated in his conduct as he toed the dictates of his political bosses and tampered with the calendar- the symbol of Sikh separate[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]identity. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]source[/B]: [/COLOR][URL="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/purewal-flays-sad-sgpc-arbitrary-changes-nanakshahi-calender/28707"][U][COLOR=navy]http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/purewal-flays-sad-sgpc-arbitrary-changes-nanakshahi-calender/28707[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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