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1984 - A Remembrance with Poems
for Peace
WSN Bureau
 New
Delhi: In a poignantly titled workshop ‘Poems for Peace’ at
Guru
Harkrishan
Public School
in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, last month, United Sikhs honoured the
memory of the innocents who fell victim to the mad violence and lack
of peace of that dark era.
The first 5 minute
simran (meditation) session was dedicated to the memory of the
victims of the 1984 Sikh Genocide and was followed by a discussion
on the meaning of peace by a volunteer, Harpreet Singh.
Poems for Peace,
founded by an American lady, Lauri Hoffman Bunting, is a worldwide
poetry exchange on the theme of peace, with the aim of weaving a
strong and colourful tapestry of Peace in the world.
Poems written for
Poems for Peace were then recited by a mixed group of students of
Guru Harkrishan Public School. Tanisha of III- C, Japneet Kaur of
IV- C, Mehdeep Singh of V- B, Manpreet Kaur Parmar of VIII- C,
Prabhleen Kaur of VIII- C and Karanpreet Singh of IX- C recited
poems. You may read poems by Prabhleen Kaur and Parmeet Singh here.
Students who recited poems with Mr. S. S. Minhas, Principal and Mrs.
Raminder Kaur, Head of Department, Divinity
S. Jagjit Singh
from Guru Harkrishan Public School, Kalkaji, a guest, shared his
views on Peace relating it to the Gurus’ sakhis (parables) of the
Mughal era.
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May 2009
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