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HOW KARTARPUR SAHIB (Pakistan) APPEARS FROM BORDER WITH A 35X ZOOM

ਸਰਹੱਦ ਤੋਂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਦਿਸਦੈ ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ
سرحد توں کِویں دِسدے کرتارپور صاحِب

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Greatest Field Hockey Player

                                         

SHAHBAZ AHMED

             

Former Pakistani field hockey player Shahbaz Ahmed is widely considered as one of the the best forwards in the Field Hockey history. He was nicknamed The Maradona of Hockey for his amazing dribbling skills with the stick. He became a member of Pakistan National Hockey Team in 1986. He captained his team and led them to victory of Men’s Hockey World Cup victory in 1994. Besides Pakistan national team, he also played for German club Harvestehuder and Dutch club OranjeZwart after the Atlanta Games in 1996. Shahbaz participated in three Olympic Games and won the bronze medal in 1992 Olympic. He is the only player in the Field Hockey history to achieve player of the tournament awards consecutive two times in 1990 and 1994 World Cup.

Maru

Maru is a word representing sandy areas of Thar desert in Marwar (Rajasthan, India). This region experiences high wind velocities, shifting sand dunes, absence of water and salinity, posing a challenge for sustained human living.

In spiritual traditions of North India, Maru also depicts the thirsty state of a Soul that has failed to establish a link with Supreme Consciousness (Core Self).

Today I came across Maru while reading a verse of Nanak on page 148 of Adi Granth. It reminded me of a photo I had composed of barren trees in the Thar desert.   See photo at bottom.

Nanak describes the state of a disconnected person as Maru, a land that fails to satisfy its own thirst. How much ever it may rain, the land remains devoid of humidity. He goes on to provide more analogies of the unquenched thirst.

Thirst of fire that engulfs everything that comes in its contact. A King can never be satisfied by the extent of his kingdom. Ocean always remains thirsty for more water.

Nanak describes his spiritual being similar to Maru. That is sheer humility by an elevated spiritual master.

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