IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS : Patiala University Librarian caught destroying/selling Sikh rare manuscripts

[jkvlondon]

University students catch the wholesale disposal of rare sikh  Manuscripts, books and pothian  and stop it

Honestly if we can't do anything at least we can support these guys to catch and recover , maybe buy safety for these important artifacts

[Premi5]

Shameful if true

[Guest GuestSingh]

We can donate to help preserve the little history we have left.

http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/Donate/getpayerinfo.jsp

https://www.justgiving.com/panjabdigitallibrary

Remember watching a short documentary on the digitisation process at PDL - they've got the materials and equipment but it seems time-consuming. Investment could make this easier and produce even higher-quality images.

 

[sitokaur]

Vahiguroo Jio kirpa  so 5 bhoot maya minds totally uprooted, disappear, weakened...so no more evil from such_/\_

[jkvlondon]

2 hours ago, GuestSingh said:

We can donate to help preserve the little history we have left.

http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/Donate/getpayerinfo.jsp

https://www.justgiving.com/panjabdigitallibrary

Remember watching a short documentary on the digitisation process at PDL - they've got the materials and equipment but it seems time-consuming. Investment could make this easier and produce even higher-quality images.

 

sorry but who exactly are these people , and what do they do to the originals ? I'd rather take the originals out of the country altogether have pothi sewa do the rebinding/repairs and digital capture and have multiple servers to serve world community . The projects paid for by daswand not particular organisations acting like they OWN the originals .

[sitokaur]

 

[Guest GuestSingh]

22 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

sorry but who exactly are these people , and what do they do to the originals ? I'd rather take the originals out of the country altogether have pothi sewa do the rebinding/repairs and digital capture and have multiple servers to serve world community . The projects paid for by daswand not particular organisations acting like they OWN the originals .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvOAEpDgMQQ - think this is just one part of that documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmhtKy0mrs4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6uz7uvIw8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4YRmxMxwog

[S1ngh]

On 3/16/2018 at 10:55 AM, jkvlondon said:

sorry but who exactly are these people , and what do they do to the originals ? I'd rather take the originals out of the country altogether have pothi sewa do the rebinding/repairs and digital capture and have multiple servers to serve world community . The projects paid for by daswand not particular organisations acting like they OWN the originals .

They are part of sikhri harinder singh based out of US. Not a good guy at all. Too many controversies surrounding him. Punjab’s PDL started by him but I guess they are bit independent but I WILL never trust them. 

[InderjitS]

5 hours ago, S1ngh said:

They are part of sikhri harinder singh based out of US. Not a good guy at all. Too many controversies surrounding him. Punjab’s PDL started by him but I guess they are bit independent but I WILL never trust them. 

Isn't he the same guy spearheading the free Akal Takhat movement? Had no idea he started PDL and what controversies..

[BhForce]

6 hours ago, S1ngh said:

On 3/16/2018 at 11:25 PM, jkvlondon said:

sorry but who exactly are these people , and what do they do to the originals ? I'd rather take the originals out of the country altogether have pothi sewa do the rebinding/repairs and digital capture and have multiple servers to serve world community . The projects paid for by daswand not particular organisations acting like they OWN the originals .

They are part of sikhri harinder singh based out of US. Not a good guy at all. Too many controversies surrounding him. Punjab’s PDL started by him but I guess they are bit independent but I WILL never trust them. 

Yes, Sikhri is organization that sowed doubt about the Dohra read after ardas (Guru manyo Granth ... raj karega Khalsa...), in addition to other things in a curriculum prepared for Sikh kids in the US.

I also would like to know what the motivation behind PDL is. Who is funding it? And what's the end game?

Will they start charging for access at a certain time?

It would be better for a neutral organization, like the SGPC, to digitize documents, and make them available for free for all the Sangat. We (Sikhs in general) already pay for the SGPC. The SGPC probably already has a good deal on its Internet upload access from their HQ in Amritsar, so why should the sangat have to pay another private organization (the PDL) for access to manuscripts?