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NEWS & VIEWS<br />
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drunk or with a liquor bottle, they felt ashamed watching us.<br />
“Uncle ! Now only we have come to know that Guru Granth<br />
Sahib is for reading. Earlier, we thought only bowing to it is enough.”<br />
“Now that I have completed one path, I wish to start another. I<br />
have found an aim <strong>of</strong> my life.”<br />
“I got peace <strong>of</strong> my mind. My anger and stress have come down<br />
heavily.”<br />
It was felt that the sehaj path is the cure-all <strong>of</strong> all ills. One daily<br />
gets novel spiritual food, hence, he/she (i) will not fall to apostasy; (ii)<br />
will be saved from drugs and other evils; (iii) shall not fall in the trap<br />
<strong>of</strong> so-called ‘saints’ and deras. Furthermore, gurbani is so cosmic that<br />
we get answers to all our doubts/problems.<br />
Now on demand from students, it has been decided that the<br />
competition will continue till the year 2008 when the tercentenary <strong>of</strong><br />
gurgaddi purab <strong>of</strong> Guru Granth Sahib will be celebrated. Interested<br />
participants can get a copy <strong>of</strong> Sehaj Path diary free <strong>of</strong> cost from Guru<br />
Gobind Singh Study Circle, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana - 141002<br />
or can email their demand at renukass@hotmail.com or call on 09855<br />
400 300. (Courtesy : E-mail report by Renuka Sarabjeet Singh<br />
)<br />
~~~<br />
FRENCH BAN ON TURBAN<br />
January 22, 2005. The IOSS has asked the French Ambassader<br />
in India to take up the matter <strong>of</strong> ban on turban, with his government<br />
in Paris. The letter written by the President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
<strong>Studies</strong>, Chandigarh is reproduced below :.<br />
To<br />
The H E Dominique Ghirard,<br />
Ambassador <strong>of</strong> France to India,<br />
New Delhi<br />
Your Excellency,<br />
You must be aware <strong>of</strong> the suffering <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sikh</strong> minority in France<br />
and the anguish <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sikh</strong> community across the globe, caused by