Akal Academy Baru Sahib student dies in Himachal
Nahan: A 16 years old Student Karam Singh from Kharar in Punjab was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Akal Academy Baru Sahib in Himachal on Sunday afternoon. He was a Class X student at the Academy.
The authorities at the Academy claim that Karam committed suicide by hanging himself but the family demanded an autopsy to establish the cause of death. Family members suspect it might be linked to ragging.
hi this is harleen kaur i have studied in akal academy baru sahib for 10 whole years i would like 2 tell u how it is likely 2 b a student there there is a father [Dr sir] who would truly listen 2 u if u are facing a problem he is really caring there r teachers who give u the right guidence BUT there r people out there who love 2 torture students studing there at concession are forced to spy on there on their on friends not by higher athority but like hostle incharges or the one wearing awhite dress reports are made on students that r not disclosed means students are not told of there mistakes but the reports r shown 2 parents at the end of the year parents leave the offices red eyed what actually i was unable 2 under stand was that if staff there claimed 2 b our parents then why did they have to tell our parents about us but instead they should have tried counselling us teachers not all but some were really partial let m tell u about yhe kind of reports they used to make this girl stays in the company of this girl what is actually this all this made us frustrating but its not this that i did not learn anything there i learnt 2 speak english write english out there larent 2 do path learnt 2 become god loving i miss being there i love baru sahib i m extremly sorry if i hurt anyone but please there are really frustrating rules there that make students frustrating make them loose there peace of mind every thing has its limit so strictness too should not cross dr sir knows of problems because my classmates used share to with him sir please know take some step as all this has ended up wrong sir i beg u please i feel really sorry karam singh may his soul rest in peace
i am student of akal academy cheema.i am a medical student.i have faith in academy .
hello
i have been to baru sahib and let u no that they have a lot rules the food yikes… i saw them grinding the atta with their foot!!!! and the teachers dont need a reason to slap anyone in the face y go to a scool like that and i think this scool should be shut down they teach path but along with that they can do wtvr they feel like to the kids…. i remember a person was kicked har just because he was late in turning a page…… so yea dont send ur kids ther….. 65% said that their kids r more spoiled then before 20% said that despite learning patyh and stuff they dont care about god!!!! and the dispensary ewww they dont take care of the kids all they do is put the medicine on the wound and kick the kid out!!!! most of the time it ws the wrong one…. i factured my finger they didnt care that much made me flunk classes and fail the exams
food is not yikes there for the kind information to arsdeep baru sahib has the best medical facility children are not punished for nothing if u had had such problems why not approached dr sir he despite having much work load listens to students i stayed there for 10 years i never got hit by anyone for gods sake do not write all this rubbish saying wrong about a holy shrine it will end up wrong for u dear yeah there r some wrongs there but tell me a school that is perfect
Ohhh come on I no that ur just saving their butt but u no inside that there r a lot of wrong things there the teachers do slap the kids without a reason. And there is no scool perfect but their is better scool out there wheree they don’t slap or hit the kids with stick
Dear All
A lot has been said about Baru Sahib and most of it seems to be opinionated impulsive comments.
We all should try and read between the lines when such situations arrive.
1. Do you think that an institution that has been silently working consistently and has grown massive in the past two decades, would ever receive Public support and also the Almighty’s blessings, if its mission or its working was faulty?
2. We have seen in the past that shaky organisations become history in a few years time, since their motives are questionable. But we all have seen Baru Sahib grow from a 5 students single school to a 52 school chain and that too consistently. How would that have been possible without the noble aspect in it?
3. Organisations are made of people and people are varied in nature. A one-off stand alone incident here and there should not raise our shackles. It is very much possible that a few people would have crossed their limits when situations are tested but pardon me, every organisation in the world has the same problems. We cannot write-off or taint an organisation as bad; in the whole context.
Looking at the larger picture, I admit that Baru Sahib may have done and also plans to do what no organisation of this community ever dared to do. They are challenging ignorance and fighting illiteracy in the most deprived corners of rural north India. Rather, it would be very difficult for us to look at a similar example in this community. Thank God! Sikhs have started looking beyond Gurdwaras.
4. If we all wish to enter into a meaningful dialogue then please let us spend some time in introspection and see what have we tried to do for the Society. There are much more important issues facing us but we are having a slanging match overlooking these. It is almost as if the house is on the fire but the occupants are busy in arguing about the mosquitoes, dirt etc.
5. Do we know:
a) that Punjab was no. 1 in per capita income for a long time but gradually has slipped tono. 5 position in 2008.
b) that Punjab has been rated as the economically slowest growing state by the Planning commision in 2008.
c) that Punjab has a poor rank of 16 in literacy rate amongst Indian states.
d) that 48.10% students dropout before they reach Class X.
e) that per capita consumption of liquor in Punjab is a whopping Rs. 2200/- p.a.
f) that the Punjab Govt. spends Rs. 525/- on Education per capita while it earns Rs. 820/- from the sale of liquor per capita.
g) that 2 out of 3 school going students in Punjab take drugs.
h) that Punjab is the No. 1 transit point for Opium as per UNO.
i) that as per Planning Commission there are 14,72,000 unemployed youth in Punjab.
With folded hands, I request you all to wake up to these realities and tighten your belts to face this onslaught of social evils afflicting us all.
Need I say more!
I beg everybody’s pardon if I have hurt anybody.
dear all
i am noorie arora i come 3 times in baru sahib for job. i want to serve this acadmy this is very beutifull place in this place we find the god. this place live god . inthis place we find a peace. now in this time i am in bangalore
and work in bangalore but i want to join baru sahib when i come back to punjab . i try again to get a job
i have done B A , B.ED ,this is better school where i want to serve.
I was teaching maths to the students of Akal Academy Baru Sahib from 1990 – 1993
Shocked to hear the news
I was loved by all and i have enjoyed my stay their
I request every one to pray for the departed sole
hi ………i’m Navpuneet .i was astudent at aabs..passedout in xth(2006-07)..actually i decided to comment on this issue because blaming the school or the school authority for the incident until and unless u r not completely sure as to why karam singh took the step is not right…i’ve studied at aabs for 10 years and i never saw any reason or an incident that could force a child to commit suicide…hostel -life is meant for helping an individual to stand on his own and if there is any such issue(such as ragging etc),i think karam singh should have discussed the matter with his family or the teachers….
my only request to u all is that please stop commenting on the incident and stop blaming the school for it…..i feel soory for the family members and relatives of karam singh……….
i agree with u .. ia m goin crazy readin this .. like watever but i am (removed) they don’t have rules like we have in US like this is so serious and u guys think that he did it for no damn reason..
why the (removed) u guys going crazy? like fighting for no damn shit??/ wat u gonna get .. chill out..
i just passed my tenth this year from bru sahib. i knew karam personally though he was my junior, he was a happy boy nd he had no reasons to commit sucide upto time i knew him. i dont know why his reasons of mysterious death are not still revealed , but i still feel sorry for him . i will pray for his soul , but i am not satisfied by the reason “SUICIDE”
Here I have seen the various views and thoughts of students and parents. First of all I am not related with baru Sahib I belong to Chennai and a retireed Education officer. I came to know from the views of various sections of the people that death of a student is not due to the school authorities or not by the parents. if a student is drowsy or not obliging the parents request the parents are forcing the children to do this or that. forcing never pay good result. Here the school never commits mistakes. Becz., being a Hindu I visited the baru sahib and stayed few hours and they are running a spiritual related education course. It should be highly appericiated. In any religion it is not taught with religious aspect of teaching. the Sikhs are very lucky enough they are children of God, i think.i sometimes feel that I have not born in Sikh religion.any how stop the discussion of suicide of student and no more discussions please. Being a teacher and officer of Education I pray God it should not happen again . the teachers and staffs should be careful and proper counselling should be given to the drowsy students(home sick). God bless u all
Jayaram from Chennai-9940183957
Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh…..I did study in Akal acedemy baru sahib for 3 yrs….As being student at that time I enjoyed, did cry ,doesn’t want to get up early in the morning,away from parents BUT now i feels sometime that I learned a lot … I learnt english, I was reciting poems, sports i became first always by praying to God….I still remember those days….for sure there were rules we had to follow…….too much stress……being student I was scared of people (sevadar)…..Teachers were very nice….helpful…Dr. davinder n his wife was very nice……..Honerable baba ji very very nice….I was going to baba ji n telling him my problems…he gives ashirwad…….But now i feel that i was crying at that time but we must learn to get up early in the morning to meditate thats wht now scientists say n authers say….
I am shocked to hear about student death in akal acedemy……….
It’s death and nobody can do anything against it. How he died and why will always be unknown but we do not need to blame dr. sir or anyone. All the restrictions imposed there are for some reason which we may or may not abide. Death isn’t restricted to an area and baru sahib is included in it. God has his will and we can’t do anything. Whether he wanted to come back to school or not , what was to happen , has happened.
oh my God, what’s gotton into all of you I was the first one to write a comment on this topic and now what am I seeing that you people are fighting over the stupidest things.. maybe you should read what the kids from baru sahib said….. not hte parents of the kids not hte relatives or teachers either.. the kids…. ask the students who studied there… there the ones who know the truth… some will say good and some will say bad. the ones who say bad only realised the bad part of baru sahib…. and the people who said good only realised the good things… I say yes there are goods and bads for that school. but I kinda disagree with Sadhu, no offence and yes the university has entirely different ruiles than the school itself. Now, I’d advise the next person to see all the comments byt the akal academy students themselves and then comment on what they want to say oh and I too am an akal academy student.
Man, i cant believe how you people are saying “dont leave god”…. I hope schools like this one get shut down one day, it is absolutley “child abuse”…. Im glad im athiest! I wish karan singh couldve done the same. if you have objections, email me klm691heavy@hotmail.com…
Militant Athiest
u guys r so crazy .. there a reason behind everything in this damn world ….
Hey, I just wanted to let you all know, that Vishal Sharma is my hero….people like him realize the true mission of Baba Ji and we could learn a thing or two from him…he is truly a good human being, who actually knows what he is talking about….
Thank You Vishual
I don’t have any problem with athiest people. actually my really good friends are athiest. But ya that school does have some child abuse. but shutting it doewn would still be wrong because. babaji is trying to make people better in a way. it’s the autorities that are doing the abusing and they are the ones who are actually ruining the name of the school.
harpreet… you are so right the only reason I would go back to that school would be because of my friends. I’m sorta not that close to my family. and the only reason they call it divine valley of peace is because it’s in the mountains and Guru Gobind Singh ji went there one time. but ya that school sorta lost the right to be called the divine valley of whatever. trust me everyone would say that it looks nice from outside but fro inside it’s like a total jail. those were the bad parts but the good parts are just the path and stuff and babaji. I hope he’s not being blamed from what Dr. sir and ma’am are doing. probably the worst principles ever. Never really liked them. but I miss the kirtan, darbar sahib. and my friends. not really the tearchers. oh my god does anyone remember chirri(inderjeet bhaniji). I hated her. she slaped me on the face one time because my pajami was in my feet. that too in darbar in frnt of everyone. now that was child abuse.
Manpreet, the (*removed*) can go to hell…… in order to be good, you dont need babaji. I still dont know why some people just cant openly say that “religion is wrong”….. instead, your just taking out the bad things about it rather than everything, and for some reason cant let go of religion. im concvinced that there is a 99.9% chance that there is no god, therfore religion is not neccessary. I’ll leave the 0.1% that there is a god, but im not convinced. email your response, at klm691heavy@hotmail.com
Manpreet Kaur Ji, please check this out http://akalacademy.in/second_generation_%20in_%20AA.asp
his dad is the old timer and never liked the school then. He used to tell the parents of other students that your kids was beaten without any reason, a lie, and lot of parents took their kids away from school. Then he made the case and told his parents that everybody is leaving and he do not want to study there. So his parents took him back.
He was in USA army and served as a Marine. He sent his both kids in Baru Sahib. When Baba Ji asked why
he want to send his kids to Baru Sahib it is not good, teachers beat kids without reason then he admmitted his fault and admitted that itis the Best School.
He is my distance newphew.
I’m sure that you will also like this school after you leave.
Do you sit under trees and get your education if there is no infrastructure. When your Baap comes to Baru Sahib he stays for free and eat for free, right. You want your education for free.
It looks like that your from the family of free eaters, beggars. You are a REAL VIRUS in the Society.
Dear Sadhu,
I believe you wrote this in one of your comments. How Rude. do you know you can hurt someone real bad. don’t you care if you offend anyone. and it is true that the baru sahib authorities take way more money then they should. I don’t care if you agreee or disagree. but you offend a lot of people and I think your probably pretty proud of your self. and you call your sadhu. God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
of cource I like the school. but teachers do hit the kids. especiallly the little ones. older ones can still bear it. I didn’t say that that person is wrong or right I just said that you are ignoring the bad pionts of baru sahib.
Beta Manpreet Kaur Ji, YES I wrote these comments:-
Do you sit under trees and get your education if there is no infrastructure. When your Baap comes to Baru Sahib he stays for free and eats for free, right. You want your education for free.
It looks like that you’re from the family of free eaters, beggars. You are a REAL VIRUS in the Society.
The reason was you can read this:-
40.virus August 16th, 2009 11:49 am
kalgidhar trust is surely a full profit no loss organisation……steep hikes in fees n other charges……n no comparable facilities…..no infrastructure…..wat does that mean…???
In blog No.40 some wants to defame Baru Sahib with fake name of Virus then he got back what he wanted.
You know why?
At the age of 80+ Baba Ji goes around the world to get Donations so that children should get better education. What other people have said please check out this link:-
http://akalacademy.in/testimonial.asp
and go till the last comment. It is written by S. Harkinder Singh Ji of Canada. Then you will come to know that Baru Sahib is providing much better education than other schools where other schools charge 5 times higher school fees and do not provide any thing to the visiting parents. Parents go to Baru Sahib and ask for 5star hotel facilities, like they are doing “Ahsaan” on The Kalgidhar Society to send their kids here. I have seen with my own eyes.
If some parents still complain then believe me they are nothing but free eaters. Pay less eat more.
I was rude that’s fine but when Virus tries to defame then was he/she polite?
Love begets love and otherwise.
Sadhu
(*removed*)
is the academy a good place for academics compaired to schools in USA
what about sikism i spoke to them and they stated that they start at the nursers clases before kidergarden
teaching to read the gotka and guru granth shibe plus teach judo at that time by the time the kid gets to 3rd grade or clases the can read the guru granth shanbi and be well to fight if they have to i am thinking the kids here will bother him too much to the point where he will lose interst in studies plz give advise there is a kid that was being picked on went to the teacher and was told that is because he is different so if he cut his hair he will not have the problem
I am so sorry to hear about late karam singh’s death. I was also a student at akal academy
About 13 years ago.while I was studying there I missed my family too, but now I realize that I learned
A lot there.
y=u all people are mad. what the hell. is this place for writting comment. aren’t u all sickin tired of writtin. mad people.
nancy, you think that we all are crazy and your wondering why we’re writing comments and why we don’t get tired and all that shit. but then why are you commenting on this yourself. why do you have a problem with us commenting if your gonna do it anyway. I feel sorry for you kid.
Dear All,
One Point …….
Is Baru Sahib School stressing more on teaching and also giving religious preaching as bonus.
or its other way.
We must know the purpose which might highlight the tragic death of a young boy.
Thanks
Prince
Hi Prince,
It is an old saying that” After listening the whole Ramayan, in the end of Ramayan someone asks that was Sita Ram’s wife?”
So you have read all the messages and you might have seen their web site http://www.barusahib.org and now you are still asking:-
One Point …….
Is Baru Sahib School stressing more on teaching and also giving religious preaching as bonus.
or its other way.
We must know the purpose which might highlight the tragic death of a young boy.
hi i am simon brar i use to study in baru sahib in .i started from grade 3 iknow that this school knows me very wll pleas get my reply . i left this school from grade 5 .know i am in canada .i am rilly upset to know that karm singh has commited suaside .DR mam i am rilly sorry to here this . just remember that i use to study in this school it is me simon singh brar. thank you for reaseving my aply.buy
OK ….. I have been studying in baru sahib for lyk abt 1 and a half year ….
i wont reallly saiii its a bad skool n alll dht stuff its.A gD Skool Bt DEN i m lYK ders many rules… lyk da heck out of many dos n donts ….
Wht eva Harleen said so it s true dht i m lyk da Teachers shud talk to us and really behave lYk parents nt jus saii dht we are u r parents behave lyk dem to damn it …
our parents send us here to lear n to have fun n to not really feely kinda lonelly..
bt to be true i lyk it ova dere bt nt really loving it lyk my previous skool broadway…
Dr. Sir is a real man … he treats us goood. .. bt the authorithy bhagwan hi bachiya usko… .
its a pain in da neck …
dhts wht i have to saii if no 1 rea;lly agrress to it i dun really care cuz ….. i du nt…
bye tc
not playing doh but listen baru sahib was good one thing i mess about it is teachers just some and my frnzz.. ariii liten i still remember i was like in 5th grade and i couldn’t go to the bathroom like those freakin care takers don’t give a damn and now u know rite .. and i couldn’t but i did end it saying what the bathrooms for when we not allowed to use themm??…lyupp sum pain ……….
yeah by the way sadhu it don’t matter what their sites says but u know what matters wat’s going on in the school, or what will happen, what has been goin on there like u give a crap ??? haan what r u telling her .. itt’s a fact who u telling abt this ?? …..site dead serious i would have snuff the shit .. and also one question just to let u know their site doesn’t say they beat up kids. and also when they doo ………………… why don’t they write that too??? soo better say something before u think.
I am extremely sorry to say that this blog is less related to the death of a student but more focused on criticizing the sacred valley of divine peace-Baru Sahib.
I request this Blog owner to post a new blog whereby people will be able to discuss matters related to Baru Sahib.
Dear all
I was at Barusahib from 1990 to 1993 as a maths teacher
Where ever we go, we can find some plus and minus points
I find at Baru sahib more plus points
Now i am working as the Principal at a Public school at Trivandrum kerala
Still i remember Baru sahib and its inmates every day
Babaji is great
I would like to visit barusahib again
akal academy is great n this cant happen here. we cant about this.
Hi
Even I was shocked my my daughter inform me their one student suside in school bathroom I was just pray to baba ji sab per apani kirpa rakhe , taki koti dubaara eesa nahi ho. Also I request to that teachers who not understand some students yu should explain them like yr yr own kids, like parent lve 2 kids and lesion them very carefully , we no Dr Sir very nice , Mr. Jatinder all is nice teach 2 children , but still there many complains, like cold water, children get easy sick , yu can get many NRI student in yr school if yu provide good facility 2 kids , when go there hometown and explain to others no hot water fr bath, no good medicine, than yu should understand what parent can do , no one send children , please its our request………….