This week we have a special episode featuring the London visit of Snatam Kaur and Party with interviews and Shabads.

The Interviews took place at Southall Gurdwara (Havelock Road) and the Shabads were sung at Shepherds Bush Gurdwara, the latter also known as the Central London Gurdwara.

Many Thanks to Snatam Kaur for agreeing to be interviewed and to every one for all the continued support.

In Part 1 - Understanding Sikhism - We understand look at the Sikh perspective on Death

In Part 1 - Understanding Sikhism - We understand the meaning of WGJKK WGJKF.

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In Part 2 - The History of the Sikhs  -

This week’s Shabad Translation features a Shabad sung by Dya Singh of Australia entitled Bheyi prapat manukh dehoria

In Part 4 - Resource Review we check-out http://seva.sikhnet.com

For the Outside broadcast segment we have highlights from the 18th UK Birmingham to London Cycle ride for Children with Leukaemia - organised by the Sikh Arts and Cultural Association (SACA).

In the final part of the programme, Inspirations words and songs, we feature two tracks one by Simon Webb and the other by Niranjan Kaur Khalsa. The latter track is entitled, ‘Muhl Mantra’.

This week we look at both the heritage and meaning of the words: Sat Nam and Sat Sri Akal.

We remember the Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji.

Shabad Translation - Mithr Piaarae noo(n)

In English the Shabad is translated as follows:

mithr piaarae noo(n) haal mureedhaa dhaa kehinaa

sool suraahee kha(n)jar piaalaa bi(n)g kasaaeeaaa(n) dhaa sehinaa

yaararrae dhaa saanoo(n) saathhar cha(n)gaa bhat(h) khaerriaa

The Shabad featured was sung by Jagjit Singh.

Resource Review

In the final part of the programme, Inspirations...

This week, in Understanding Sikhism we look at what the word Sikh means and a Sikh's way of life.

In the History of the Sikhs section we look at the life of Guru Arjan Dev Ji.

In the Shabad translation section we translate the Shabad Ustat Kar Kar Jeevan sung by Daler Mehndi.

We end the programme, the Inspirational songs part, with two tracks from the Vancouver Sikh Spirit Khalsa 300 celebration CD sharing an interpretation of Japji Sahib and Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

This week we have a special compilation episode featuring selective highlights from the last eight episodes of Season 2.

- An interview that I gave back on 9th April 2006 at the BBC

This week the whole episode is dedicated to an outside broadcast, featuring a play held in London called the 1984 diary.

The play took part on 14th March 2007 and was directed by Ms Kavleen Arora and Ms Prubpreet Chaggar.

The play is about self discovery and realisation.

The podcast outlines tragedy of 1984 together with interviews and extracts from the play.

In Part 1: Understanding Sikhism, we look at Hola Mohalla

The words are derived from: Hola i.e: the masculine form of the feminine sounding Holi. The word "Mohalla" derived from the Arabic root hal (alighting, descending) .It is Punjabi word that implies an organized procession in the form of an army column. But unlike Holi, when people playfully sprinkle color, dry or mixed in water, on each other, the Guru made Hola Mohalla an occasion for the Sikhs to demonstrate their martial skills in simulated battles.Together the words "Hola Mohalla" stands for "mock fight". During this festivals, procession are organised in the form of army type columns accompanied by drums and standard-bearers and proceeding to a given spot or moving in state from one gurdwara to another. The custom originated in the time of Guru Gobind Singh who held first such mock fight event at Anandpur in February 1701.The foothills of the Shivaliks in Ropar district of Punjab's north-eastern region, especially around the historic townships of Anandpur Sahib and Kiratpur Sahib, have, since 1701 been playing host to Hola Mohalla.

Recently, the Indian government accorded it the status of a national festival. The military exercise, which was personally supervised by the guru, was carried out on the bed of the River Charan Ganga .It reminds the people of valour and defence preparedness, concepts.

There are also a number of Darbars where Sri Guru Granth Sahib is present and kirtan and religious lectures take place. On the last day a long procession, led by Panj Pyaras, it starts from Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, one of the five Sikh religious seats, and passes through various Gurdwaras.

For people visiting Anandpur Sahib, Langars (voluntary community kitchens) are organized by the local people as a part of sewa (community service). Raw materials like wheat flour, rice, vegetables, milk and sugar are provided by the villagers living nearby. Women volunteer to cook and others take part in cleaning utensils and other manual tasks that need to be carried out.

In Part 3. Shabad Translation

We feature extracts from the CD: Through these eyes

In part 5, Outside Broadcast, we are honoured and grateful Gurumustuk Singh for his time to talk about the wonderful sites: http://www.sikhnet.com , http://www.sikhiwiki.org and http://www.mrsikhnet.com

Thanks again to our special guest Gurumustuk Singh. In addition, Thanks to all those who continue to support us.

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