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Jokes of the day!

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Saved: Wed 19-12-2018 03:12 They call it a Joke! A   student from UK came to India to write a Thesis on rural life in India.It was Summer season and the month of June while traveling through rural Punjab he had a problem , he was not used to such a high temperature in a Country like India.While passing along 'Phirni' ( Circular path around the village), to get respite from heat,he sat under a shady tree. But heat was unbearable, he then removed his shirt and trouser,he saw a village pond and started bathing.Getting some relief he decided to remain in water till the evening and enjoyed swimming.When he came out of the pond some leaches from the pond accompanied him to enjoy the blood from white skin to their heart's content. He again set out for mission putting his clothes in bag pack and in shorts only.This was a new thing for village urchins and they started following him shouting "Joke oye "Joke oye". After this processio

Thought for the day!

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Deh Shiva Var Mohe by army - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTFcilp2AY ▶ 1:31 Deh Shiva Var Mohe by army. .... Gurbani: ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ ਸੁਭ ਕਰਮਨ ਤੇ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨ ਟਰੋਂ ॥ ਨ ਡਰੋਂ ਅਰਿ ਸੋ ਜਬ ਜਾਇ ਲਰੋਂ ਨਿਸਚੈ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਜੀਤ ਕਰੋਂ ॥ ਅਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਹੋਂ ਆਪਨੇ ਹੀ ਮਨ ਕੌ ਇਹ ਲਾਲਚ ਹਉ ਗੁਨ ਤਉ ਉਚਰੋਂ ॥ ਜਬ ਆਵ ਕੀ ਅਉਧ ਨਿਦਾਨ ਬਨੈ ਅਤਿ ਹੀ ਰਨ ਮੈ ਤਬ ਜੂਝ ਮਰੋਂ ॥੨੩੧॥  Hindi देह शिवा बर मोहे ईहे, शुभ कर्मन ते कभुं न टरूं न डरौं अरि सौं जब जाय लड़ौं, निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं, अरु सिख हों आपने ही मन कौ इह लालच हउ गुन तउ उचरों, जब आव की अउध निदान बनै अति ही रन मै तब जूझ मरों ॥२३१॥  English Translation O Power of Akaal, give me this boon  May I never ever shirk from doing good deeds  That I shall not fear when I go into combat. And with determination I will be victorious. That I may teach myself this greed alone, to speak only of Thy (allmighty lord Waheguru) praises. And when the last days of my life come, I may die in the might of the battlefield.||231||

Sunday Special -- A Million Dollar Question !

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A Million Dollar Question! I Joined Thapar Engineering College Patiala (Now Thapar University),in the year 1959.At that time there used to be a mixed lot of teachers.W.R.C.Coode Adams Was the Principal of the College and taught us Physics.T.H.Terry used to teach Electrical Engineering.( both were from UK) Humanities teacher was Prof. Wadhawa Ram who used to support a white turban.I had a unique position in the class,Firstly I was lone Sikh in a class of 60,Secondly I was the only student who played  H ockey and Captioned the team,and was considered  a'Dabang' and naughty,The Professors while taking attendance never called me by name,if they see a turban would mark 'P' in the register otherwise 'A',I was at a disadvantage too as No body could be a proxy for me. In the First year among all the dry subjects,the cool subject was 'Humanities'.I asked Prof. Wadhawa Ram what has Humanities to do with Engineering? He replied they