Presently, there is lack of understanding of the term 'Ghar' which is used extensively and prominently in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. It is now, as a result of the path-breaking research by Dr Charan Kamal Singh, the term 'Ghar' has been explained in totality - the way it has never been done, so far. This book relates to all those who read Gurbani, who perform Gurbani Kirtan, and those who study any aspect of Gurbani. Thus, this book, with pioneering observations, relates to one and all, who follow Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
Dr Charan Kamal Singh is Director of Ishmeet Singh Music Institute, Ludhiana. Dr Singh had acquired technical knowledge of music when he accomplished Sangeet Vishard from Pracheen Kala Kendar, Chandigarh and Sangeet Parbhakar from Gandharv Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi. As a music expert, Dr Singh personally guided his nephew, Ishmeet Singh (Voice of India fame) and his daughter, Gurleen Kaur (Melody Queen of Dallas), to become accomplished singers. With music skills in place, Dr Singh refined his research abilities as Scientist in Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and later. as Head of Department in Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. Dr Charan Kamal Singh has been a devout follower of Sri Guru Granth Sahib since his childhood. With the rare combination of skills of music, abilities of research, approach of academics, zeal of selfless service, international exposure and, above all, tremendous reverence for Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Dr Charan Kamal Singh, a veterinarian, an academician, a research worker, a kirtan performer, a music director, an organizer and a devout Sikh became an amalgamation of all requisite ingredients to take up this gigantic work of exploring the hitherto unclear term of 'Ghar' in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
During my childhood, impressed by my Gurbani Kirtan, my mother Sardarni Tripat Kaur, put me to formal study of musicology from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh under the guidance of Prof. Kartar Singh and later, at Gandharb University, New Delhi under the guidance of Shri Chaman Lal Bhalla. While preforming Kirtan, however, there remained a query at the back of my mind, throughout, that despite I sang Gurbani sabads starting from the phrase titled "Rahao", yet Rahao phrase was almost always the second phrase of the sabad and seldom as its first phrase. I kept asking myself that why Rahao phrase wasn't always the first phrase in sabads. Later, it so happened that as I descended from a stage after reading a lead paper about 'Uniqueness of Sikh youth', during World Sikh Youth Conference, organized by Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle, Ludhiana in collaboration with Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC), Sri Amritsar in 1995, an elderly person put forth that I should try to clear doubts about the term "Ghar in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. His words were so impactful that I finally resolved to explore the concept of 'Ghar in Gurbani. To understand the term 'Ghar’, I had to understand Gurbani in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. I, therefore, studied Gurbani Grammar and Guru Granth Sahib Darpan by Prof. Sahib Singh. The ten volumes of this magnanimous work by Prof Sahib is such a towering contribution, without which, the present accomplishment would not have been possible. Most respectfully, I express my gratitude to Prof Sahib Singh for his noble work.
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