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ਖੰਭਵਿਕਾਂਦੜੇਜੇਲਹਾਂਘਿੰਨਾਸਾਵੀਤੋਲਿ ॥   If I could find wings for sale, I would buy them with an equal  weight of my flesh. ਤੰਨਿਜੜਾਂਈਆਪਣੈਲਹਾਂਸੁਸਜਣੁਟੋਲਿ ॥੨੧॥ I would attach them to my body, and seek out and find my  Friend. ||21||

Sikh soldiers make camp in Italy during  the First World War.  More than 83,000 Sikhs were killed in action with  Allied forces in both  World Wars

  Ranjit singh cheema investigates the earliest known outsider’s account of the Sikhs’ most holy shrine, written by a one-legged British officer on a spying mission across Punjab There is little more daunting than the burning stare of a blank page waiting to be filled with the introduction to a new book. And so it was with the task of writing the opening chapter of ‘The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past (1808-1959)‘.

Guru Nanak once met a burglar who after listening to the Kirtan asked for Pardon from Guruji.  Guru Nanak asked him not to break into people's houses and to live a honest life. When the  latter pleaded that counsel was impossible for him to comply with( for didn't knew anything  else/any other work), Guru Nanak suggested to him the following alternatives:  (i) Do not harm unto a man who's salt you have tasted  (i) Do not be the cause of suffering unto the poor  (ii) Do not lie.  The burglar promised to accept these mottos.  Once the burglar entered a rich baron's house, collected valuables worth a hundred thousand  rupees and was about to flee when he felt hunger and was tempted to partake some food lying  on the table, which upon tasting found it to be having salt in it. He immediately remembered  Gurujis words and left behind all the goods ready and packed.  When the baron found about it the next day, to guard against repitition of the occurence which  may be more eff

Guru HarGobind ji once visited Kashmir. There lived his faithful follower Sewa Das who was always longing to serve the Guru. Sewa Das lived in the town of Srinagar ( capital of Kashmir) where the Guru planned to go. On the way, however, another faithful follower, Kattu Shah, met the Guru and requested him to stay with him in his cottage for some days. The Guru promised to stay with Kattu Shah on his way back. He advised Kattu Shah to sing God's praises and serve the needy. Kattu Shah was very faithful and did as Guru had adviced. One day a group of pilgrims, on their way to see the Guru, broke their journey at Kattu's cottage. Kattu served them water and did lot of Sewa. He did all that he could for the Sangat. Kattu himself was very hungry and noticed a honeypot which the pilgrims were carrying for the Guru and requested them to show him the honey. When the pilgrims showed it to him he asked if he could have a little on his finger to taste, but the pilgrims refused, saying, &q