She was born in a conservative Sikh family of Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan) on November 25, 1929, where singing was considered as a taboo. But her brothers stood by her and helped her to start her journey in 1943 with a program on radio Lahore. This journey was continued for more than six decades and concluded in blessing Punjabi music with a mammoth collection of more than 2000 songs. Some of them are greatest songs ever sung.

Her husband encouraged her and introduced her to the celebrated Punjabi poets of that time like Amrita Preetam, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Prof. Mohan Singh and Nandlal Noorpuri. And she never looked back ever since and by lending her voice to the literary gems by these great poets and made them eternal.

She gave birth to a new style of singing and represented an entire era of Punjabi music. It wouldn’t be overstate if it is said that she is literally worshipped by the people from all walks of life in Punjab. She was among the one that achieved the status of a living legend, during her lifetime.

“There was a time that the singer would sit and perform, and would sway the crowds to get up and dance. Now the singer is expected to perform, while the audience sits back and gawk at them. I come from an era where the voice was important, how can I perform today, when the musical beats and body language are used to captivate the audiences’ attention,” she said in an interview before her death, expressing her regrets about contemporary Punjabi singers.

“The singers of today,” she said, “sadly, do not sing with the strength of their voice and control, but on the beat of the music and orchestra. In our times we used to have only two instruments on stage and we would even avoid giving these instruments a microphone so that voice could dominate. The new generation should also look to improve the selection of songs. It needs a more literary refined touch.”

The lady with the melodious voice once said that the reason for her success is that she never gave up learning. She believed that a life well lived is when it has been a continuous learning process. The folk songs that she sang, she learnt from her mother or other relatives, especially during weddings. But a lot of tunes and songs she picked up from unknown people, as they sat humming these tunes.

The obituary of this great singer will be incomplete if we don’t talk about her sister Parkash Kaur and her companion Assa Singh Mastana. Surinder Kaur had a special bond with her sister. Whenever they sang together the tuning was remarkable. While singing with Assa Singh Mastana she gifted some of the most memorable songs ever listened in Punjabi.

Her daughter, Dolly Guleria, is carrying the family tradition forward, and grand-daughter, Sunaini, too is following their footsteps. The three generations had, in fact, sang together in a Punjabi album in 1995 called “Surinder Kaur- The Three Generations.”

It is sad that physically she in not part of this world but legends acquire an immortal status and this is one voice that is and will always be timeless. The songs sung by her will survive as an integral part of Punjabi culture like the following lines of Keats from “Ode to a Nightingale”.

Fruits


Face masks refresh and rejuvenate the skin. They provide intensive
 nourishment to the skin  nourishment that your skin is thrusting for, so make
sure you use face masks regularly on your skin. Almost every seasonal fruit can be applied on the skin. Some fruits like peaches and avocadoes are rich in moisturizers and can be applied to dry skin, while other fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, strawberries, apples, are good for oily skin. Bananas too nourish and soften the skin. So the next time you sit down with a fruit, take out a small piece, mash it and apply it to your face. When you start looking a decade younger than your real age, you will be glad you persevered. For some serious skin firming and nourishment, mash a banana, add honey, and apply this on your skin, and all over your body.


Egg


Egg white tones the skin, while egg yolk nourishes it and prevents wrinkles. If your daughter has an oily complexion, she can put egg white on her skin, while you use the egg yolk on yours. Once you cross the age of 35, start applying egg yolk regularly to your skin. Whole egg mayonnaise too is excellent for the skin, since it is rich in skin nutrients like egg, vinegar and oil.


Essential oils


Essential oils too are excellent for the skin, and they have therapeutic benefits as well. When you are using two oils on your skin, you should make sure you mix them together a while before applying them, to give them time to energise each other. Jasmine, Lavender, Myrrh, Patchouli, Sandalwood and Ylang-Ylang all have effective anti-wrinkle properties and work very well when mixed with a moisturizer.


Massage


Every day and night, while you apply your moisturizer, massage your face for at least ten minutes. Massage it from the neck upwards, because you don't want a clear, wrinkle-free face to rest on a wrinkled neck as you age, do you? Regular facials too help keep your skin looking young till a later age, but if you cannot afford to spend so much time or money at the parlour, even giving yourself a regular massage at home will help. The correct massage strokes would be upwards and backwards toward your hairline. Don't pull your skin too hard. In fact, one of the great ways to massage your face would be to slap it quickly and hard, once again, in an upward and backward direction. This stimulates blood flow and increases circulation, which in turn ensures that a rich supply of nutrients are carried to the skin through the blood. Splashing your face with ice-cold water has a similar effect.


Some people have the tendency to develop puffiness in the face. Regular massage and skin slapping reduces puffiness and leaves skin tight and smooth.


If you feel the beginnings of a double chin, when applying your daily moisturizer slap your double chin area with rapid strokes. Your double chin will vanish.


When you apply under-eye cream, tap the under-eye area rapidly with your fingertips, to pimp up circulation and reduce under-eye puffiness.

Once implemented, Punjab will become the first state in the country to bring the police under the PRS Act. The SHOs will have to reply to issues, supply documents, deal with cases, etc in a specific time frame. This will include issuance of no-objection certificates with regard to public nuisance and safety concerns, character verification, verification of tenants, servants, granting permission for fairs, exhibitions, permission for loudspeakers, etc.

The time period could vary from one day to one month, depending on the nature of the work. Apart from the service under the PRS Act, the SHOs will also have to perform other regular policing work like maintenance of law and order and crime prevention and detection. “The move will restore the diluted hierarchy within the police setup by making the SHO directly answerable to the people. If a SHO is unable to deliver services like passport or arms verification, issuance of NOC of stolen vehicles etc, the Deputy Superintendent of Police at the sub-division level will decide the complaints/ appeal against the erring SHOs.

“If the complainant’s grievance is not resolved, he or she can approach the Senior Superintendent of Police with a second appeal and if the SSP finds the delay on part of the SHO as unjustified, he will fine the SHO Rs 500 for each day’s delay. This amount will be recovered from the SHO’s salary,” a senior government official disclosed.

The Punjabi University Law Department made history by winning the  National moot  court competition  recently held at C.R Law College Hisar. In this National moot  court competition  18 teams from all over the country participated.

President Jat Educational Society Shri Sunil Kumar Lamba gave away the  trpophy to the winning team. A team  from  Law Department, Punjabi University Patiala lead by Dr.Bhupinder Singh Virk and Dr Pushpinder kaur Dhillon,consisting of Jagpreet kaur Atwal ,Heena Kampani, Harmanpreet Dhaliwal, Arshdeep Singh Dhillon and Udaypartap singh Shergill participated in this competetion and won the trophy.distributed the prizes to the winning team.

To make the education system in the state more efficient, the Punjab Government will within two months recruit over 5,000 teachers in different categories.

A decision to this effect was taken by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today during a series of meetings with the deputations of different Unemployed Teacher Unions of Punjab, an official release said here.

Satinder Srataaj who has recently got married has again been dragged into a controversy for his poetry once again. Satinder Sartaj sang these lines in an interview on Channel PTC Punjabi:

This couplet was sung in answer to the last question asked in that interview. These words are proclaimed to be from the pen of Surinderpreet Ghania who hails from district Bathinda.

Apparanetly Mr. Ghania has already recited these lines many a times at various Poetic gatherings and on DD Punjabi and Radio as well. Surinderpreet Ghania had made it clear that Satinder Sartaj never asked for his permission to sing those lines and has asked Satinder Sartaj to explain this action.

Surinderpreet Ghania is not an unknown name in the Punjabi poetry as he is the ex-chairman of Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabah and is a promnent poet. Many other writers are supporting Mr. Ghania in this matter and namely storywriter Harjinder Surewalia, Gurmit Kadialvi, Harmeet Vidyarthi and Poets as Balwinder Chahal, Sukhwinder Singh Kaliawali has regarded this act of Satinder Sartaj as disgraceful. Punjabi song lyricist Amardeep Gill has also disliked this action at facebook.

Tarlok Singh Judge, who was involved in the same issue in the past has also presented his views at Facebook and has called the actions of Baljit Balli and the PTC channel Punjabi disgraceful who are praising such acts. So far, no explanation or official word has been released from Satinder Sartaj.

Sachin Tendulkar has mostly celebrated his birthdays in a quiet manner and away from the public eye over the years. On the eve of his 38th birthday too, the Little Maestro chose to make the occasion special in his own way by fulfilling the wishes of physically challenged soldiers based in Pune on Friday.

Since his cricketing commitments made it impossible for Tendulkar to meet them personally, he interacted with the soldiers undergoing rehabilitation at the paraplegic centre in Pune's Khadki cantonment via a video-conference which was lively and invoked lots of laughter.

While the jawans asked him several questions, Tendulkar too had a few to ask one of them being, "When you (soldiers) go out on a mission there are no retakes. Where do you get the courage from, especially at times when it is a matter of life and death? To which, the jawans replied, "Whatever we do as soldiers is with the responsibility of serving the nation and when we are at the front it is about that and nothing else matters. One doesn't even think about whether you'll stay alive or not." The answer had Tendulkar moved.

On a lighter note, a jawan asked him about his trips to Dehradun and if the hill station was one of his favourite. Tendulkar said, "I have been there only once but the television channels keep showing the same footage. But it's a very nice place and I loved the long morning walks in solace there."

He was also asked about his love for tennis to which Tendulkar quipped, "For me as a kid the choice was between tennis and cricket and I feel that I didn't make a bad choice. Though, I still love tennis and watch it whenever I get time."

About every kid wanting to play cricket and be like him, Tendulkar emphasized that it was for every parent to allow their children to pursue their interests. "Children have their own choices, they should be encouraged. For the kids, it is important that they pursue their dreams with devotion."

Tendulkar promised to pay a visit to the jawans. "I would like to play table tennis with you and would like to learn to play basketball when I come to meet you," he said.

New Delhi: An ICICI Bank manager has indicated a possible link between ADAG Group chief Anil Ambani and Swan Telecom in the 2G scam case.
Indicating a possible link, the ICICI Bank manager has told the Central Bureau on Investigation (CBI) that Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani were the authorised signatories for payments above Rs 10 crore.
Seven ADAG companies are now under CBI investigation for their links to the 2G scam-linked Swan Telecom. This, despite Anil Ambani saying that he had no links with Swan.

All these seven companies have accounts in ICICI Bank and the concerned ICICI Bank manager said all the companies transferred significant money in 2006-07, including at least Rs 107 crore to Swan Telecom. As per the testimony, bank documents show that only Ambani or Tina were authorised to do this.

CBI sources have told that they had confronted Anil Ambani with this statement during questioning at the CBI Headquarters.

CBI sources also said that arrested Reliance executives Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara undertook all actions vis-a-vis Swan under directions from Gautam Doshi. The three senior executives of Reliance Telecom have been named accused and their bail plea was rejected by the trial court.

Sources, however, confirmed that Anil Ambani denied knowledge of this fact and that there is no evidence so far to charge Anil Ambani.

ADAG sources also clarified by saying that, being an authorised signatory doesn't necessarily imply that Anil or Tina Ambani did sign any of the cheques. The sources also said that the CBI chargesheet doesn't include Anil Ambani's name.

Sumrinder Singh Sira, Assistant Prof. Department of Business Management, Punjabi University, Patiala and Horse Breeder, in a press conference here told that the HSBSP is introducing Horse Sports with a view to broad base the ambit of various sports disciplines and with an objective of roping in and harnessing young and upcoming talent, to provide the much needed motivation for the young riders' prospective integration with the national level sporting mainstream, and to eventually win medals at the National and International meets.

Sumrinder also said that besides enhancing the health and welfare of horses in the state, this event would also add to tourism attraction of the state in the forthcoming times.

Col. Sarpartap Singh, an International Equestrian Judge told that this step was taken to with an aim to preserve and look for the welfare of the indigenous horse breeds of India. To uplift the standards of upkeep and to introduce awareness amongst various breeders related to all aspects of horse health care.

 He said that Sikhs arrived in Australia 150 years ago and they have made a respectable place for themselves. He said that Sikhs have played significant role in World war II. He also said that he was aware of problems faced by students coming to from India and assured that all issues would be taken care of.

The Sikhs Games are holding competition in Kabaddi, Hockey, Basketball, Soccer, Tug of War, Tennis and Badminton. Before the Games start, the players presented March Past in front of Premier of South Australia followed by national anthem of Australia and Sikh anthem 'Deh Shiva Bar Mohe eho.."

In most relationships, the time to say goodbye usually arrives at one point or another -- unless you intend to walk down the aisle, of course (and even then...). With your ex, you've shared memories that will either make you laugh or cry, and it's time to take your experiences, put them in your back pocket and move on. But somewhere on the road of parting ways couples feel the need to promise to stay friends -- which ultimately leads to more broken promises.

So, can you ever be friends with your ex? Does it have to be all-or-nothing?

One of the characteristics of a deeply bonded friendship is emotional safety 
 meaning that you have the freedom to completely be yourself and openly share about the deep down stuff of your life. With emotional safety, you can be real - no social mask required. This also means that you lack hidden agendas, and that’s where the problem comes in as former lovers attempt to be friends too soon.

The typical scenario is this: you dated, you fell in love, and you broke up.
 (We’re not talking about the kind of dating relationships that never got that deep.) Now, the person who once loved and made love to you is dating someone new, maybe even sleeping with someone new. It is almost impossible to resist the temptation to compare yourself to the new person in your ex’s life. “Why not me?” you can’t help but wonder. You haven’t yet moved on to someone you’re crazy about, so you are still feeling raw and wounded.

Your ex-lover, now “friend,” shares about a new relationship and you find yourself “coaching” him/her against it.
You find fault with the new person, fault with the way they connected, fault with just about everything. You have a hidden agenda whether you are aware of it or not: to keep your ex-lover single until you are happily in love with someone else or until he/she comes back to you. Exposing yourself to the reality that your lover has moved on is like pouring gasoline on a fire - it keeps you inflamed, prevents healing.

Here’s what works: Post break-up, don’t see one another and don’t talk on the phone until a significant time period has passed.
Give yourself time to heal from the wounds, the loss, and the disappointment. Protect yourself from further injury by removing yourself from the knowledge of your ex’s love life. Agree that you will re-evaluate and check in with one another down the road. Six months, nine months, or a year later, take inventory. If you’re feeling truly comfortable - couldn’t care less if he/she is with someone new - then see if you still want a friendship with that person.

Most of the time, people discover that they don’t. Bottom line: it’s rare for ex-lovers to become good friends, and if they do, it is only after the passage of time and with a great deal of healing. Most likely you should just move on



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