Jan 18, 2010

Good news or bad news

Punjab government has declaired a holiday today as a mark of respect
for the late Jyoti Basu the ex CM of west Bengal.This bad news would
be a good news for the students of the govt. schools as it is very
cold and nobody likes to come out of the quilt.

Village Sherpur Kalan

Sherpura is a village which is abov 5 kms from Jagraon.The bigger
Sherpura is called Sherpur Kalan where as smaller Sherpura which is
further 2 kms away from Jagraon is called Sherpura Khurd(I believe
that the bigger village is always kalan and the smaller one is always
khurd).Sherpur Kalan is known for Baba A(nand) Singhji.There is a 13
storey Gurudwara at the birthplace.It also has a village Gurudwara and
two more Gurudwaras.The farmers of the village are
Toor,Khela,Sohi,Gill,Dhillon,Grewal etc.Mistri,Chamar,Bauria,Jheaor
also live in this village.Landholdings are small.Farmers other than
Khela and Toor have settled here after partition.People milk their
baffalos and put the milk in dairies.The get payment after 15
days.Baurias cultivate vegetables and sell it in the vegetable market
Jagraon.Other farmers cultivate wheat and paddy.Some Jats also
cultivate vegitables.Financer Bindu Khela is the Sarpanch.He has
beautiful horses and dogs in his kothi.He keeps a revolver and his
finance company is at Mandi Road Sherpura Chowk Jagraon.