The Phoenix – December 2014
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SPECIAL REPORT - SIKH EXHIBITION LAUNCH AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
l Herpreet Kaur Kundi explaining part of the exhibition to a guest provides Sikhs a great direction for life. ‘Empower me, God, to never shy away, from doing what is good and right. May I, thus, become fearless in facing life’s battles, inside and around me, with resolute belief in victory. May my mind then learn; yearning only to praise your infinite goodness, and so, may I relentlessly continue to do all that is good and right, until my very last breath.” Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh finished his speech with a quote from Philosopher and Mathematician Bertrand Russell; “‘If some lucky men survive the onslaught of the third world war of atomic and hydrogen bombs, then the Sikh religion will be the only means of guiding them. When asked, isn’t this religion capable of guiding mankind before the third world war? He said, ‘Yes it has the ca-
pability, but the Sikhs haven’t brought out in the broad daylight the splendid doctrines of this religion, which has come into existence for the benefit of the entire mankind. This is their greatest sin and the Sikhs cannot be freed of it.' We hope that this exhibition is considered to be a humble contribution to meeting this challenge.” Satinder Kaur Taunque OBE DL, who attended the launch from Birmingham, said of the event; “I sincerely feel we have left a very positive message for many, the messages of love, l peace, togetherness, forgiveness, community cohesion, empathy and selfless service to humanity at large, without colour, caste, creed or gender. I hope our prayers of peace and harmony have reached the highest peaks of humanity and have touched many hearts.”
Bhupinder Singh Minhas, Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh and Dr Pritpal Kaur Riat l
l Amrick Singh Ubhi, Rebecca Bridgman, Marcia McLaughlin and Leo Singh Saggo
Ravinder Kaur Nijjar with guests at the launch event
l Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh with Amjad Bashir MEP and Resham Singh Sandhu
Background: Satvinder Singh Sira, Sarinder Singh Sahota, Ragi Baldev Singh Satnam Singh Padham
Surdarshan Singh Channa singing dian classical musical instruments
andeep Singh Lall, Satnam Singh l Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh giving his and Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh speech at the launch of the exhibition
l Surdarshan Singh Channa, Leo Singh Saggo, Ragi Baldev Singh, Herpreet Kaur Kundi, Harpal Singh Kundi
l A Guest reads the exhibition with interest
l Guests reading and taking notes in the exhibition
l Dayal Kaur Bansal looks at the timeline
l Marcia McLaughlin and Leo Singh Saggo