The things I could recall about Harman veerji after meeting him for the first time were:
· He had done a brilliant Ardas involving himself and others completely
· He had great knowledge in bani
· Was fond of eating! ;)
After being in touch with him for the past few months the headlines still rem
ain the same, though news have been shuttling between main and extra pages. Though we all knew that he was looking for a change on north side but when we heard about it we were happy and sad at the same time. We would be losing a wise member for the group discussions. The first statement that everybody said was “Hun Ardas kaun karega?” Soch has it…a specialized member for each thing and it is Harman veer for the Ardas. The best about him in this aspect was to include the occasion be it happy or sad, into the last section of the Ardas. There was never a need to tell him about somebody being unwell or a happy occasion being celebrated. Suneya hai kise kise di ardas zyada suni jaandi hai…I believe he is one of them…
There’s a lot of stuff that we all have learnt from him. The last few trips with him to Bidar and Hazoor Sahib have specially been very rewarding for me. He is normally very frank and open for discussions, but sometimes the ambience makes the difference which can take conversations to boundaries which have not been explored earlier. With Harbaksh veerji also being there with us for the trip to Bidar, I was feeling like I am on a trip with two Harman veers. When there are two intellectuals talking the horizon of talks get limited to the domain of the one with less knowledge. And here I was witnessing the conversation of two veers who seemed to talking about anything and everything about principles of life, Bani’s implementation in practical scenarios and how far are we from the right track we should be on. I contributed a lot to their conversation by being silent, for I did not want to limit the domain of their conversation. :)
There are two sides of him and
you need to meet both to know him completely. The confident DBA in corporate attire transforms into a complete theth punjabi with saffron keski and white Punjabi casuals ;) at his home. Feels proud to be associated to his culture and the pind diyan gallan which he narrates with great interest. And there is a depth in his voice which will entangle you in his conversations and make you believe that life is still simple and cool. Basically a very good conversationalist I think he can talk at length with anyone on any topic, condition if the person is front is receptive and worth what is being discussed about. His small eyes are enough to scold you for anything he doesn’t like happening around. Though he would wait for sometime before he starts expressing his concerns, the silent stares are enough to hint you about what to do next to keep all calm. Yes I have received some and am afraid of them. ;) Daadd gilli karna is one of his favourite hobbies and we have given him patent for this phrase and for another one…something related to birth of a question! ;)
We have been pushing him like anything for starting a new group back in Gurgaon because with coming times people might be going back to north side closer to their homes. After enjoying the company of Sangat here I don’t think there can be a Happy Weekend without being in such a sangat. And with Bhajan veerji, Gagan bhainji and now Harman veerji being there as well, I hope it won’t take much time to erect a building since pillars are already in place.
We recently had a get together dinner at his place where he addressed everybody, recollecting his memories of how he came into the group and how has he changed since then and what changes could he notice in everybody in the times that have passed by. He just connected it in such a beautiful way like there was a movie playing in front of us and it seemed like we would have a emotional climax to this one but we could avoid it with a joke cracked by Ramindar veer! ;) Ramindar veer, Thanks for that…you could limit the conversation to just heavy voices. Though he said a lot about all of us, even after provoked by Randeep veer I couldn’t muster enough of words to say something for him and rest everybody as well chose to keep quiet. So here comes this blog letting all that out which could have been said that day. It was better not said for we needed some time to digest what all had already been talked about. And sometimes silence is like saying more that could have been with words.
Finally it makes me feel that though we are letting a important element of ‘Soch’ part from us but it is like opening another branch of an organization. Even a division operator actually multiplies the count of entity...one entity into two – a dividend and a divisor. I hope and pray that the new ‘dividend’ which he starts in Gurgaon continues to flourish and blossom in the light of Sikhi while the ‘remainder’ here in Hyderabad achieves new heights with new Gursikhs like him joining and guiding us to be on the correct path of life.
Wishing and praying the best for him...May he continue to be on the right track enlightening others as he has been till now....
· He had done a brilliant Ardas involving himself and others completely
· He had great knowledge in bani
· Was fond of eating! ;)
After being in touch with him for the past few months the headlines still rem
ain the same, though news have been shuttling between main and extra pages. Though we all knew that he was looking for a change on north side but when we heard about it we were happy and sad at the same time. We would be losing a wise member for the group discussions. The first statement that everybody said was “Hun Ardas kaun karega?” Soch has it…a specialized member for each thing and it is Harman veer for the Ardas. The best about him in this aspect was to include the occasion be it happy or sad, into the last section of the Ardas. There was never a need to tell him about somebody being unwell or a happy occasion being celebrated. Suneya hai kise kise di ardas zyada suni jaandi hai…I believe he is one of them…There’s a lot of stuff that we all have learnt from him. The last few trips with him to Bidar and Hazoor Sahib have specially been very rewarding for me. He is normally very frank and open for discussions, but sometimes the ambience makes the difference which can take conversations to boundaries which have not been explored earlier. With Harbaksh veerji also being there with us for the trip to Bidar, I was feeling like I am on a trip with two Harman veers. When there are two intellectuals talking the horizon of talks get limited to the domain of the one with less knowledge. And here I was witnessing the conversation of two veers who seemed to talking about anything and everything about principles of life, Bani’s implementation in practical scenarios and how far are we from the right track we should be on. I contributed a lot to their conversation by being silent, for I did not want to limit the domain of their conversation. :)
There are two sides of him and
you need to meet both to know him completely. The confident DBA in corporate attire transforms into a complete theth punjabi with saffron keski and white Punjabi casuals ;) at his home. Feels proud to be associated to his culture and the pind diyan gallan which he narrates with great interest. And there is a depth in his voice which will entangle you in his conversations and make you believe that life is still simple and cool. Basically a very good conversationalist I think he can talk at length with anyone on any topic, condition if the person is front is receptive and worth what is being discussed about. His small eyes are enough to scold you for anything he doesn’t like happening around. Though he would wait for sometime before he starts expressing his concerns, the silent stares are enough to hint you about what to do next to keep all calm. Yes I have received some and am afraid of them. ;) Daadd gilli karna is one of his favourite hobbies and we have given him patent for this phrase and for another one…something related to birth of a question! ;)We have been pushing him like anything for starting a new group back in Gurgaon because with coming times people might be going back to north side closer to their homes. After enjoying the company of Sangat here I don’t think there can be a Happy Weekend without being in such a sangat. And with Bhajan veerji, Gagan bhainji and now Harman veerji being there as well, I hope it won’t take much time to erect a building since pillars are already in place.
We recently had a get together dinner at his place where he addressed everybody, recollecting his memories of how he came into the group and how has he changed since then and what changes could he notice in everybody in the times that have passed by. He just connected it in such a beautiful way like there was a movie playing in front of us and it seemed like we would have a emotional climax to this one but we could avoid it with a joke cracked by Ramindar veer! ;) Ramindar veer, Thanks for that…you could limit the conversation to just heavy voices. Though he said a lot about all of us, even after provoked by Randeep veer I couldn’t muster enough of words to say something for him and rest everybody as well chose to keep quiet. So here comes this blog letting all that out which could have been said that day. It was better not said for we needed some time to digest what all had already been talked about. And sometimes silence is like saying more that could have been with words.
Finally it makes me feel that though we are letting a important element of ‘Soch’ part from us but it is like opening another branch of an organization. Even a division operator actually multiplies the count of entity...one entity into two – a dividend and a divisor. I hope and pray that the new ‘dividend’ which he starts in Gurgaon continues to flourish and blossom in the light of Sikhi while the ‘remainder’ here in Hyderabad achieves new heights with new Gursikhs like him joining and guiding us to be on the correct path of life.
Wishing and praying the best for him...May he continue to be on the right track enlightening others as he has been till now....
No comments:
Post a Comment