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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Bhai Manjot Singh

ਮ:੧॥ਸਾਮਕਹੈਸੇਤੰਬਰੁਸੁਆਮੀਸਚਮਹਿਆਛੈਸਾਚਿਰਹੇ॥ਸਭੁਕੋਸਚਿਸਮਾਵੈ॥ਰਿਗੁਕਹੈਰਹਿਆਭਰਪੂਰਿ॥
ਰਾਮਨਾਮੁਦੇਵਾਮਹਿਸੂਰੁ॥ਨਾਇਲਇਐਪਰਾਛਤਜਾਹਿ॥ਨਾਨਕਤਉਮੋਖੰਤਰੁਪਾਹਿ॥
ਜੁਜਮਹਿਜੋਰਿਛਲੀਚੰਦ੍ਰਾਵਲਿਕਾਨ੍‍ਕ੍ਰਿਸਨੁਜਾਦਮੁਭਇਆ॥ਪਾਰਜਾਤੁਗੋਪੀਲੈਆਇਆਬਿੰਦ੍ਰਾਬਨਮਹਿਰੰਗੁਕੀਆ॥
ਕਲਿਮਹਿਬੇਦੁਅਥਰਬਣੁਹੂਆਨਾਉਖੁਦਾਈਅਲਹੁਭਇਆ॥ਨੀਲਬਸਤ੍ਰਲੇਕਪੜੇਪਹਿਰੇਤੁਰਕਪਠਾਣੀਅਮਲੁਕੀਆ॥
ਚਾਰੇਵੇਦਹੋਏਸਚਿਆਰ॥ਪੜਹਿਗੁਣਹਿਤਿਨ੍‍ਚਾਰਵੀਚਾਰ॥ਭਾਉਭਗਤਿਕਰਿਨੀਚੁਸਦਾਏ॥ਤਉਨਾਨਕਮੋਖੰਤਰੁਪਾਏ॥੨॥

Most may come to believe that this Blog is dead like some so many others which popped up during or after I started this in 2004. I came to see and accept this one as being dead too. But as it turns out things have a way of turning into something unexpected entities. So I hope to catch up on old 'Blog post ideas' that have come to mind since the last time I posted. I have been saving post ideas as drafts in hopes of filling them later. It’s a shame that some of the most vibrant and insightful sites listed on the left pane are no longer active. I thought writing today might inspire others to do the same in the near future while looking back to see the amazing posts they wrote in the past.

A few things to mention before I go further. Bhai Manjot Singh California Wale has closed down his blog for now. I hope he brings it back soon, it's a shame that it is gone. I just checked it for the first time in many months, it was in fact such a long time that I had even forgotten my e-mail account that this Blog is associated with. Anyway, this is just to urge Manjot Singh to rethink and reconsider this action. If you know MKhalsa, please urge him to keep on blogging.

I guess I have to step aside and let the rest of the thoughts stay embanked for the time being… I just have a few minutes to get to class I thought I should get something kalambanded that just might be remembered a few decades from now.

I want to share something that I will remember for the rest of my life. That was meeting Manjot Singh online on MSN in the year 2000. There was a big thing that happened that fall, and it sent shockwaves through the community worldwide, especially Sikhs of Vancouver, and Surrey in particular. If you are old enough you will remember what it was, anyway even before then he used to have a blog, all made from Microsoft Notepad .txt coded files. I would say Bhai Manjot Singh is the Grandfather of the modern Blog. The kinds of innovative things he implemented during those 7-8 months were years ahead of their time. You have to remember that Google, Wordpress typepad Blogger etc never existed for many years after those months of innovation. Manjot Singh’s approach to creating a working blog was truly visionary. His big thing back then was Shashters. Bhai Manjot Singh has been constructing and deploying waves of different variation on everything that has been cutting edge since I have been online. It boggles my mind that it really has been that long! I have to get to class, will post more later. :-D