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Happy Gurpurab 2021 On this auspicious occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, embrace the holy words of Guru Nanak and try to live the best possible way a human can. Pray to God to keep us engaged in the service of the needy, Simran of the one God, and make us determined to earn the rightful bread and share with others. Before talking about the relevance of the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the fifth largest religion in the world, let us understand the word Sikh. Actually, Sikh means disciple. That is, one who adopts the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji in his conduct and life as a disciple, he is a Sikh and we all know that humanity is the biggest religion in his teachings, so his teachings are relevant every time. Guru Nanak started his mission with his childhood friend and disciple Mardana. Along with the message of one humanity, he preached vigorously to help the weak. He campaigned against caste discrimination, idol worship, and pseudo-religious beliefs. Guru Nanak Jayant...

 Who was Max Arthur Macauliffe? Known as Baba Max Arthur Macauliffe, was the First documented western convert to Sikhism. He was the first to translate the Guru Granth Sahib partially into English. Macauliffe is a supremely important figure in Sikhism. Our parents know about him but our generation doesn’t. Without him, much of the academic study of Sikhism would have started much much later. Macauliffe story is sort of a tragedy. This person left his lucrative job, did extensive research with disappearing Gyanis and created a counter for Trumpp Sikh history. Factually, it was correct with little bias for British Raj (like some place I get the feeling that he insinuated that Gurus wanted Britishers to occupy India forever). Apart from this bias, his work was excellent and against great odds. Sadly the Sikhs betrayed him. By the time he finished his work, anti British movement was at it's peak and sikhs gave him cold shoulder. I don't think he converted to Khalsa, but he did Nit...