Terms of use

Using Saajan

These terms apply when you use the Saajan app, the Saajan API that the app uses, and this website. Saajan is made by Gurbaaz Singh Nandra ("we", "us"). By using Saajan you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it. Our privacy policy explains how data is handled.

If you got Saajan from Apple's App Store, Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies; if these terms conflict with it, these terms apply where Apple allows. Apple and Google are not responsible for Saajan or its support.

What Saajan is

Saajan helps you keep a daily Nitnem, read Gurbani, find shabads and read the daily Hukamnama. It is a reading and habit aid. It is not a religious authority, and it does not replace a Gutka Sahib, the guidance of the sangat or your own maryada. Streaks and reminders are there to support you; the app only knows what it can see or what you tell it.

Gurbani text and translations

• Gurbani text, translations and teekas come from the Shabad OS database, and the daily Hukamnama from Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, via GurbaniNow. We show them as the sources publish them. See Credits.
• We take great care, but mistakes in text, vishraams, translations or the Hukamnama date can happen. If you find one, please tell us at saajan@suniai.app or from inside the app, and we will fix it or pass it to the source.
• Translations and teekas are interpretations by their authors, shown to help understanding. They are not Gurbani.

Using it respectfully

Please don't:

• use Saajan or its content to present Gurbani in a way that distorts, mocks or disrespects it;
• scrape, copy in bulk, overload or attack the Saajan API, get around its limits, or use it to build another service without asking us first;
• reverse-engineer the app to misuse the API, or interfere with other people's use of Saajan;
• use Saajan for anything unlawful.

We may limit or block access that harms the service or other users.

Voice search

Voice search sends your voice to a speech-to-text provider, as described in the privacy policy. Transcripts are automatic and can be wrong, so always check that the shabad you open is the one you meant. Voice search may be unavailable at times, and we may limit how often it can be used.

Ownership

Gurbani belongs to the whole Panth and is free of copyright restrictions. Translations, teekas and fonts belong to their authors and are used under their licences (see Credits). The Saajan app, its design, illustrations and code belong to us. You may share Gurbani from the app freely; please don't copy the app itself or its artwork.

Free, and changing

Saajan is free. We may add, change or remove features, and we may stop offering the app or the API. If we plan to stop, we will try to give notice in the app. Because your data is on your phone, the app's offline features keep working with what is already downloaded.

No warranty

We work hard to make Saajan reliable, but it is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, as far as the law allows. We don't promise it will always be available, error-free, or that reminders will always arrive (your phone's settings and battery saving can stop them).

Limits on liability

As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for loss of data on your device, arising from your use of Saajan. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your rights as a consumer where you live.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We will change the date at the top, and for important changes we will tell you in the app. If you keep using Saajan after a change, the new terms apply.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts of India have jurisdiction, without taking away any protection you have under the consumer laws of the country where you live.

Contact

Questions about these terms: saajan@suniai.app.