Gurbani’s philosophy of `socialism’ needs to be propagated and adopted in practical form: Grewal

Ludhiana, November 12, 2022: In today's troubled society, where anarchy is spreading on a large scale, there is a need to adopt Gurbani's philosophy of 'community' in one's life and to propagate it in the entire society so that people who are not familiar with this philosophy also follow it and  can be benefitted from by restoring social peace, and the society can also develop the welfare of the common people and propagate it in the entire society .The Guru Sahibs also had the same aim and the entire Sikh history was created under this aim said by Eminent thinker Dr.  Amarjit Singh Grewal. Post Graduate Department of History and Punjabi, Guru Hargobind Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar in collaboration with Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi, Panchkula organized a one-day national seminar on 'Life of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji: Heritage and Heritage'. 

The seminar started with the shabad “Dehi Shiva Bar Mohi Ihai”. The coordinator of the seminar Dr. Baljit Singh presented the outline of the seminar and the college principal Dr. Harpreet Singh said welcome to the guests. Dr. Sukhdev Singh Sohal, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in his keynote speech said that Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib creates before us the concept of a king compared to a king. He is such a king, who gives his sacrifice for the restoration of religion, and against repression and oppression. In addition to this, Deputy Director of Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi, Panchkula. Gurvinder Singh Dhamija, speaking through online medium from America, said that the Haryana Punjabi Literature Academy is always committed to the promotion and development of the values associated with religion, the history created for their restoration, Punjabi language literature and culture. He also promised to organize such programs in future with the college. The vote of thanks for the opening session of this seminar was presented by Dr. Gurmeet Singh Hundal, Head Punjabi Department.

Technical sessions was chaired by Dr. Daljit Singh, Chairperson, Guru Teg Bahadur, Punjabi University, Patiala. In his address, he gave a message to consider the Assamese sources and said that we should consider all the sources together and in a comparative manner only then we can reach the correct historical information. In these sessions Dr. Tejinder Kaur, GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, Dr. Sonia, Daya Nand Women's College, Kurukshetra, Dr. Bharatveer Kaur Sandhu, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Dr. Sarabjit Singh, Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala presented his thesis. At the end of the seminar Prof. Amritpal Singh, Head History Department thanked everyone. The entire seminar was organized by the administrative secretary of the seminar, Dr. Sohan Singh. 

On this occasion Dr.  Swaranjit Singh Deol, Charanjit Singh, Dr. Amarinder Kaur, Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Gulati, Prof. Ramandeep Kaur etc. were also present.