Giani Thakur Singh Ji

Giani Thakur Singh Ji has been in the U.K for the past week following the Prakash 300 Program. I went to see him a few days ago when he was in Southall. He’s so down to earth and funny, and had everyone in stitches with his jokes, such a contrast from his more serious ‘on stage’ personality when he does Katha.

Slough Rainsabai Kirtan

There was a Rainsabai Kirtan here in Slough this weekend to celebrate Guru Harkrishan Sahib's Gurpurb. It reminded me of sitting in Harmandir Sahib – with everyone all tightly packed in. There’s something very special about being in Sangat and hearing Kirtan in the early hours of the morning. And it was a real treat to get home in 5 minutes, when normally the drive back can take anything up to two hours. This is Khalsa Primary School where it was held.

The Wisdom of Children

Sameena is one of my closest friends, we got together for a natter recently. She has two beautiful daughters, here is the eldest Manal chilling out after Koran reading class.

I always marvel at the wisdom of young children, they are wonderful metaphors for health, being so tuned into their needs. They eat when they’re hungry, stop when they’re full and sleep when they’re tired. When they are happy they are brimful and their upset is accompanied by tears. They come at life with such vivid imaginations in which anything is possible, enormous determination and insatiable curiosity.