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UNITED SIKHS-Asia organized a 6 week camp which was called Change Agents Of the Future (CAOF). CAOF started on November 15th 2002.

It was started initially with four participants: Lakhbir Kaur, Sarveen Kaur, Manjeet Singh (United Kingdom) and Harpreet Kaur (Faridabad). Devina Kaur (Canada) and Ajit Singh (Pune) later joined them.

We at UNITED SIKHS-Asia are pleased to have them with us.

The first field trip took the Change Agents Of the Future (CAOF) participants to Indore (Madhya Pradesh). On the trip to Indore we stopped at the following historical / interesting places:

Guru Ka Taal (Agra) 16th Nov: Guru Teg Bahadur was arrested here with three Singhs (Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Dayala.)

Kirtan Darbar (Indore)18th and 19th Nov: The Change Agents Of The Future Participants attended the Kirtan Darbar at Indore. Also Gurmat Vidhya Classes were held at Indore.


Bhudri Village (60 kms from Indore)18th Nov: Met Vanjara Sikhs there. There are 500-600 vanjaras, out of which 25-30 have converted to Sikhism due to the parchar done by Gurmat Parchar Committee (Indore.) CAOF participants interviewed the people there and tried to understand their problems. The Vanjara Sikhs explained the problems they faced in the management of the gurdwaras and what they thought was lacking in the parchar.


Bandhi Chod Gurdwara (Gwalior)20th Nov: Guru HarGobind ji was kept in jail here for almost 12 years. Guru Sahib had successfully negotiated the release of 52 kings with himself from the jail.


Bala Sahib Gurdwara (Delhi)21st Nov :Guru Harkrishan had spent time here while in Delhi.

From Indore the camp proceeded to Punjab on the 22nd Nov. Before settling down in Dam Dama Sahib the camp visited the following places:

Harmandir Sahib (Amritsar):

Anandpur Sahib: Here the camp visited a vidayala and met the students there.

At Damdama Sahib the daily schedule at the camp keeps the participants fairly busy. The day starts with Asa Ki Vaar Kirtan in the darbar sahib at 6:00 AM, followed by ladi war katha of Sukhmani Sahib. Before joining the Kirtan the participants do their Nitnem banis.

After this everybody goes out for some exercise. Post breakfast, there is a 2 hr session of Jap ji Sahib. In this session Bhai Sahib Isher Singh ji explains the meanings of the bani. An explanation about the various metaphors used and the context of the various words is discussed.

The next session involves a discussion of the Gurmat Philosophy. We discuss things like why bani is guru and other related topics.

Gurbani - Santhiya (Learning to read bani with correct pronunciation) is done in the afternoon followed by an outdoor session. In the outdoor session some participants get involved in Gatka Practice while others play badminton etc.

In the evenings, Rehraas is read followed by a sikh history workshop. The day ends with Langar and Kirtan Sohila at 9:00 PM. The camp moved to Nanded (Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib) on 11th Dec' 02.