Gur-Mukhi

Prof.Joginder Singh Kairon on 4th january enlightened a few choice brave audience who fought with the fog to attend his hypo-thesis presentation of how the gurmukhi letters can be viewed as formed of the binary digits "0" & "1".He likened 0 to night and 1 to day, 0 to evil and 1 to good, and 0 to death and 1 to life.Typical as an Indian audience,questions arose ,"All this is fine,but what is the use of this discovery to society?"
When cautioned that the very roots of Gurmukhi,੧ਉ ,contain the deep philosophical meanings of life and death within its very "rachna" conception.So one can only philosophise how far reaching an impact such a thought process will delve...each and every new thought process needs to be carefully evaluated before being rejected,others present,including Surjit Pattar,observed.

He presented his hypothesis by theorising how the ੳ,ਅ of gurmukhi is made up of the internet binary digits "0" & "1",aesthetically speaking.For e.g.ੳ can be understood as made up of three zeroes arranged vertically "੦ ੦ ੦".The ramifications of such "thought process" in any language are far-reaching and in context of Gurmukhi,even more so as it lends a few colours to the rich heritage we were handed over.If the very first two letters can be viewed philosophically to embody the entirety of life through symbolism of ੧ being "1"(life) & ੳ being "0"(death),then any further thought that emanates from this discussion will only serve to add more juice to this already ripe fruit of our linguistic heritage.

The great Surjit Pattar spoke of his life long friendship with Prof.Joginder Singh Kairon and reiterated the importance of new thought in context of our common cultural heritage..and true to his poetic lineage recited a beautiful poem.