The Vital Anjan

01/07/2024

https://vitalanjan.com/giving-taking/

31/05/2024

The Vital Anjan interviews the sevādārs of Virasati Asthan Seva about the conservation of GurSikh spaces.

The Vital Anjan: Congratulations on launching Virasati Asthan Seva. Your website describes the project as “a charity dedicated to the preservation and conservation of sites of historical and architectural importance associated with the Sikh tradition”. What convinced you this work is necessary a...

30/04/2024

Randhir Singh Bilkhu reviews the exhibition "Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King" at The Wallace Collection.

Historical artefacts are curious objects. On the one hand inanimate and lifeless, on the other they are capable of transporting you to a different time and place, shining a light on the lives of long dead individuals. Through its captivating selection of items, Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King at t...

01/04/2024

https://www.vitalanjan.com/journal/kirtan/

01/03/2024

"How could my life have gone so wrong?
Trapped in this net my end is surely near.
I only wished to get along [...]"

How could my life have gone so wrong? Trapped in this net my end is surely near. I only wished to get along— To be accepted and perhaps belong. Now all I know is fear. How could my life have gone so wrong? I followed schools ten million users strong, And always liked the posts […]

01/02/2024

"So, if one desires to create the laudable ‘good fusion,’ one must have one’s head (one’s ego) in one’s hand. After that, at least tentatively, the conditions are set for something truly exceptional to happen, given the right orientation, sincere, honest effort, and that ever present Grace."

Cheslav 'Bala' Singh

‘…how seemingly disparate traditions can co-exist without mis-judging or excluding one another, all the while upholding their respective, distinct and dignified places.’ [1] There are few things that excite me as much as over-the-top and grandiose titles. So it was only natural that when in Ju...

31/12/2023

"Master Kanghā combs the kes of days—
disentangler of moribund yesterdays..."

Gentle Master Kanghā! Self-knottings perplex me; a thousand demerits vex me! Entrust me to your dauntlessly unyielding, illusion-rending care!  Upwards pulls time’s discerning comb, grinning death with pointed teeth. Inexorable as tāla—crowning ornament of kāla, rendered kalā to praise Akā...