When Bhagat Puran  Singh biopic –Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe was screened at the Revival of Sikhi seminar of the International Sikh Conference in Jakarta early this month, the young and old learnt about the seminal work of the legendary activist.

Feelings of love, emotion, remembrance and respect rent the air when Bhagat Puran Singh biopic –Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe was screened at the Revival of Sikhi seminar of the International Sikh Conference in Jakarta early this month.

Nostalgic feelings are paramount amongst Diaspora Sikhs whenever they meet a Sikh from homeland Punjab and it is further more so when the 1947 generation gets an opportunity to live through their old life through interaction with people of their age or see a documentary or movie of those times.  

The well-made docu-movie is a tribute to the difficult path travelled by Bhagat Puran Singh serving humanity without any distinction of caste, creed, religion and gender. The movie makers describe the Bhai Ghanaiya of our times as “Bhagat Puran Singh, a humble and simple man, chooses a life full of difficulties in order to selflessly serve humanity and later becomes a great writer, environmentalist and philanthropist.”

Screened in Punjabi with English subtitles, the young and the old were aghast at the humanitarian work done by Bhagat Puran Singh. The youngsters vowed that whenever they get an opportunity to visit Amritsar, they will visit Darbar Sahib as well as Pingalwara.

“Bhagat Puran Singh was a humble and simple man, who chose a life full of difficulties in order to selflessly serve humanity and who later becomes a great writer, environmentalist and philanthropist.”

Significantly, in awe and a little pain, the elderly in the audience shrieked when the mass migration scenes of Sikhs moving from West Punjab (now in Pakistan) to East Punjab (the Indian Punjab) were beamed in the serene atmosphere of the Gurdwara Sahib in Jakarta. In tears, ladies wanted to have repeat screening for a wider audience in Medan and other parts of Indonesia.

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