Speeches by Youth

Sania Kaur is a senior in high school and has been part of Khalsa School since she was 7 years old. She graduated from Khalsa School and has been teaching for the past 4 years. She has learned Kirtan in various raags as well as how to sing, play harmonium, and rabab. In addition, she has actively participated in the International Hemkunt Speech and Kirtan Competitions. Being part of Khalsa School has brought her closer to Sikhi and her heritage and she is very thankful for the opportunity. 

After 8 years, I reflect on joining Guru Nanak Khalsa School, learning Tabla and participating in Hemkunt speech as some of the best decisions of my life.By learning table I could participate in keertan and was fortunate to be taught by some of the world’s best.  By participating in Hemkunt speech, I learnt the art of Public speaking and developed confidence in myself. These skills have enabled me to become a leader of my troop in Boy Scouts, vice president of the programming club in my school and volunteer teacher for the karate class. I have won gold at Sri Hemkunt Internationals. I wish to thank all my teachers and the Guru Nanak  Khalsa School, where I learnt all these skills.

Japleen Kaur is a 9th grader at EVHS. She has been participating in the Hemkunt speech and kirtan competitions for a few years and enjoys doing them. She plays the harmonium and has also been learning the dilruba for around two years. Outside of school, she enjoys playing field hockey and reading.

Geeta is a sophomore at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino. She has been a regular participant in the Hemkunt Speech Symposium and Gurbani Contest for the many years. She enjoys playing the rabab, harmonium and violin as well as performing Kirtan. On Sundays, she helps teach Punjabi and Gurbani to young children at Guru Nanak Khalsa School at San Jose Gurdwara. In her spare time she loves reading fiction books.

My name is Sehaj Singh Basati. I was born in 2007, and enrolled in Guru Nanak Khalsa School, San Jose (GNKS) in 2014. Within 5 years, I graduated from GNKS. Not only did I learn Punjabi and Gurmat, I also participated in Keertan Darbars, Tabla classes Gurbani competitions, and speech competitions. I have excelled in each one of these activities both at the regional and international level competitions. Outside of GNKS, I also participate in Kavi Darbars. I feel honored to have become one of the youngest volunteer teacher in GNKS and give back to the young Sikh students what I received from here.