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Attitudes of Sikh freedom fighters in the 1980’s

Cynthia mahmood is a writer who spent a lot of years studying the resistance movement against India by the khalsa army. She spent a lot of time with Sikh freedom fighters; the following extracts are from her writings:

As I gathered narratives of Sikhs involved in the current conflict, one thing that came through very strongly was their awareness of themselves as historical actors. There is a sense in which the sacrifices of all the past Sikh heroes and heroines are seen as investments, as challenges that have to be met by the Sikhs of today in a kind of cycle of sacrifice and dedication. One fighter describes this eloquently:

Khalistani Singh: In our daily prayers we remember all our Sikh martyrs during the mughal period, those who went through terrible hardships. They were cut to pieces, made to survive on a small loaf of bread, and they withstood all sorts of tortures. I used to think, “what type of people were they?” and while I was in the movement there was sometimes a little thought in the back of my mind that if the time came, would I be able to behave as those brave Sikhs (my ancestors) did? But finally when I went through it, it was not me but those other Sikhs who were sustaining that. It seemed they were taking the pain with me. I felt the satisfaction of knowing that with the guru’s grace I was able to pass the test of being a Sikh.

This is required of a Sikh, that a Sikh should withstand everything. What is of the body, its just elements and with death everything goes back. But the spirit is immortal and if the sprit is filled with the love of guru then that gives courage and strength.

Another women , drawing on a historical episode in which Sikh children were chopped into pieces and woven into garlands their mother had to wear, said of the potential sacrifice of her children for khalistan,

“I have only two children, not even enough to make a necklace. If they are sacrificed it will be our great pride to give back to guru what was his gift to us”.

Although the attainment of khalistan is the immediate goal of Sikh militancy, many of the more articulate members of the resistance have a much broader conception of the “Just war”

Khalistani Singh: (Referring to a portrait of Guru Teg bahadur)… That’s Guru Teg bahadur. His story is so beautiful, because he sacrificed his life for the sake of another religion, for Hindus. At the time they were being persecuted by the mughals. That’s really inspirational to me, that’s why I think Sikhs are in this world, not just for Sikhs but for anybody who needs a Sikh. Honestly, deep in my heart I feel our work in this world has to be much bigger than just for ourselves. Some of my friends say that when khalistan is established then we will be able to kick back and relax! But I say no, the work is just getting started. You have your own country, but then you need to work on achieving justice in it and then the rest of the world. When khalistan is established if I have a say, I will send five hundred or thousand or five thousand Sikhs right away to anyplace where help is needed. Let them go to Bosnia or Somalia or wherever. You don’t get peace and justice without sacrifices and our gurus taught all about that.

This brings us to an essential feature of militant Sikh attitudes towards fighting which they are engaged in, and that is that one should fight the righteous war suffused with love. “He is a very loving person” “he is full of love”, are comments I have heard about militants responsible for the deaths of many individuals. Revolutionary fighting is experienced as joyous because it is felt to be reclamation of humanity in situations in which humanity is denied.

Khalistani Singh: I can tell you this not only about my self and my companions but about all the militants I know. We are very devout people. We wake up at three or four in the morning, bathe, and pray for hours and hours. We pray before we go on a mission, that the mission should be successful. When we come back and it has been accomplished we thank the guru for that. Our only mission in life is to uphold the value of dharm (righteousness). People who are fighting for that, upholding the loftiest ideals, how can they do wrong?

(About the fighters) when they go off to mission they are not excited or nervous at all. They are totally at peace. They say their prayers, standing before Guru Granth sahib Ji and ask for strength for what they want to do. They way they take out their weapons and ready their weapons, it is close to worship. Then when they come back the first thing they do is lie prostrate before guru granth sahib ji. They thank Guru Ji if the action was successful. If not then they pray and say, “Guru Ji, thank you for keeping us alive today, and please give us the strength so that next time our mission will be successful”. They are very devout, full of noble sprit and love.

Deg teg fateh, may the kettle and sword of the khalsa be victorious. The kettle to feed the hungry and the sword to defend the oppressed.

Sikhs get a separate marriage law in Pakistan

Despite being a microscopic minority, the Sikhs of Pakistan can now boast of something which has eluded their Indian counterparts since 1980 — a separate law for registering Sikh marriages. On Tuesday, the Pakistani Cabinet approved an ordinance recommending Constitutional status for a Sikh marriage.

On the other hand, in India, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee wondered why the Indian Government is still silent about a similar request. "We put the request of the Anand Marriage Act before the Indian Government for the first time in 1980. Till today, it has fallen on deaf ears. When India got its first Sikh Prime Minister in Manmohan Singh, our hopes surged, only to be disappointed. Recently, the Supreme Court ordered that all marriages be legally registered. In the wake of this ruling, Sikhs demand a separate identity from Hindus, especially in matters of marriage, adoption and divorce. We have requested the Government again after Pakistan took the lead. Let's hope something positive comes out of this," said Paramjit Singh Saran, president of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.

In the absence of a separate law for registering their marriages, the Sikh community has had to register under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955. "The antiquated Anand Marriage Act, 1909 doesn't address issues like divorce, adoption and alimony. So Sikhs have to accept the courts' rulings under the Hindu Marriage Act, which we feel, is not fair," Sarna added.

Pakistan's Minister for Law Syed Afzal Haider announced on Tuesday that once President Pervez Musharraf returns from Davos, he will endorse the ordinance and it would become operational. In all, 27 federal ministers, including caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro singed the ordinance. The Pakistan Government has specified five places: Nankana Sahib, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore for solemnising Sikh marriages.

The response to this regulation will reflect on Baisakhi, to be celebrated on April 13, when hundreds of Sikhs from the world over will converge at Nankana Sahib (Pakistan) to solemnise their marriage.

Frontline comments:

The Indian government has and always will treat Sikhs as second class citizens.

Amritdharis and clubbing

Reasons why people go clubbing:

• To get pissed
• To check out opposite sex and get links (for sexual pleasures)
• To take drugs and dance

So what place does an Amritdhari have in this environment of SIN?

The answer is none. But some Amritdharis come out with these excusues:

• We aint breaking no rehit
• Where in Sikhi does it say, you cant have an good time.
• We just go to chill with our friends.

Well these are all just lame excuses and there is many other ways to chill. You can play a sport or go and do so many other things in a place where there is morals and uncorrupted vibes.

Clubs are full of Sin, corruption and worldly pleasures (enticement) !

If you go to a cave full of soot, your face will get blackened!

BHAI JOGA SINGH:

From the early youth Joga Singh was living at the Guru's Darbar and was a great devotee. One day Guru's eye caught him and he asked what his name was. He replied," O true king, my name is Joga Singh." The Guru asked," Whose Joga you are?" (Joga means for whose service he is fit or simply for whom he is?) "I am Guru Joga (I am in the service of the Guru)," replied Joga Singh. Upon this the Guru promised," If you are Guru Joga, then Guru is tere Joga ( then the Guru is for you)."

After sometimes Joga Singh went to his home in Peshawar for his marriage. When the marriage ceremony was half-way through, a man arrived with an urgent message from the Guru to him to proceed to Anandpur without delay. Joga Singh read the command and instantly left for Anandpur without completing the marriage ceremony. He obeyed Guru's order over everything else. Indeed the path of the devotees is sharper than the edge of a razor blade, and it is even narrower than the hair-breadth on which they have to tread.

Joga Singh continued his journey to Anandpur as fast as he could. After passing through Lahore and Amritsar, he reached a resting spot at Hoshiarpur. On his way his ego got inflated and he thought," Who could have acted like me? Certainly very few Sikhs would carry out the Guru's order like me." This sense of pride brought his fall. At night he was overwhelmed by evil-passion and he started towards the house of a prostitute. Joga Singh was wearing Guru's uniform- a turban and beard. On his way to the prostitute, Joga Singh talked to himself," If some one sees me going into the house of a prostitute, it will bring disgrace to the Guru. Outwardly I am in Guru's attire. So nobody should see me entering the prostitute's house."

As soon as he reached near the house of the prostitute, a watchman appeared saying aloud," Be aware fellows!" Joga Singh could not enter the house and he walked on to the next street. Looking around and thinking that the watchman might have left, he hurried towards the house of the prostitute again. To his amazement the watchman reappeared shouting," Be aware fellows!" Joga Singh could not afford to be seen by anybody going into the house of the prostitute, knowing in his heart that it would bring slur to Guru's name since he was in Guru's uniform. Finally he quit his evil act after trying a few times without success.

Next morning he started his journey and reached Anandpur. Joga Singh stood mute before the Guru with his head down. The Guru asked him about the well-being of himself and his family but Joga Singh stood mute. The divine Master then addressed him," Joga Singh, do you remember when you said that you were Guru Joga, and the Guru had promised, if you were Guru Joga, then Guru tere Joga." Upon this the Guru further explained,"In the garb of a watchman I guarded you in the streets of Hoshiarpur last night, against the sinful deeds and thus saved you from disgrace." Joga Singh fell on Guru's feet and asked for forgiveness.

Such are the ways of the Master. Once we put our complete faith in him, he does not abandon us. The Guru confirms:

"As long as the Khalsa remain distinct and intact, I shall bless them in every way; When they detract

from the prescribed path, I detest them for ever."

(Guru Gobind Singh)

'Sagal duar chad keh ga-io tuaro duar

Ba'he ga-eh kee laj as gobind das tu-har'

Leaving all doors, I come to Your door

Hold me by the arm, protect my honour

for Gobind is Your servant.

(dohra in rahras sahib)

Who said Girls cant Rep it?

Raminder Kaur Bedi, 22, from Patti feels proud of the fact that she is a sole woman gatka performer in her area. One of the two sisters in the family, she is employing this art not only to protect this important piece of the rich Sikh heritage, but also to take cudgels against the menace of female foeticide.

Bedi, who started performing the gatka at a very young age, has vivid memories of an event that inspired her to pursue martial arts. I was very young at that time, but I remember watching an inspiring performance during a religious procession, which motivated me to learn the skill, she said. From that moment, she has been using most of her spare time practicing gatka.

At other times she is busy imparting knowledge of the martial skills to the boys in her neighbourhood. Initially not many people in her circle thought much of her desire to learn the skill, but were forced to take notice when she put up one impressive show after the other and won accolades in different district and state-level events. Though well-versed in almost every nuance of the art, her most awe-inspiring feat in this discipline includes her routine with a sword and shield.

Raminder, meanwhile, laments that now-a-days very few people bother to take some time out from their busy lives and learn gatka, without realising that it is an integral part of the Sikh heritage.

Her objective, however, is to use the art as a weapon against female foeticide. Our Gurus always raised their voice against the killing of girls and women, but many people are still indulging in it, she said referring to foeticide menace. She maintained that she wanted to make the society realise what wrong that it was committing by killing girls even before they were born.

I have brought laurels to my families name and want people to realise that their daughters can make them proud too if only they would give them a chance, added Bedi.

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The hall is made from sangats money, the money that the Sangat gave Guru JI. So basically these masands will be allowing Drink, meat and hoes dancing in Guru JIs property. What a piss take, cant even call it disrespect.

For more information visit and how the sangat will deal with this visit:

www.khalsayouthmovement.blogspot.com

http://www.petitiononline.com/12ab12ab/petition.html

What A Cheek!!!!!

The Akal Thakt Jathedar is chilling and playing golf.

He is relaxing because of all the hard work he has done, all that travelling to the RSS programmes must take it out of him. I mean the Panth is doing so good init we have freedom and there is no disrespect going on. Therefore the Jathedar can have a little break.

NOT

The situation the Panth is in and the problems the panth is facing, the jathedar shouldn’t even have time to sleep. I mean families of shaheeds are suffering in poverty. People are still locked up for no reason. The killers of the anti Sikh riots have not been brought to justice. The youth in Punjab are cutting their hair and taking drugs. Our history is being rewritten and is being replaced with slanderous versions. But the jathedar has time and money to take his family to Canada for holiday and play golf.

I say Vedanti should be taken down from his position!

We need a real Jathedar like Akali Phoola Singh. Who became Shaheed for the Panth!

The great Sikh General, Jathedar Akali Phoola Singh, was born in 1761. His father Ishar Singh was fatally wounded during the great massacre of Sikhs (Wada Ghalughara) in 1762. Before his death he charged Bhai Narain Singh of Misl Shaheedan with the responsibility of raising his infant son.

Akali Ji, by the age of ten, could recite Nitnem and other Gurbani hymns. At Anandpur Sahib, he always kept himself busy doing sewa or reading Gurbani, and he became very popular with the sangat. Because of his scholastic attitude and commitment to Panthic welfare, he was made the leader (Jathedar) of the Misl after the death of Bhai Narain Singh. In 1800, he came to Amritsar and made the Mahants improve the management of the Gurdwaras. The major credit for extending the boundaries of the Sikh Raj goes to Akali Ji, the legendary general of the Sikhs.

In 1808, a British representative was sent to Amritsar for talks for developing better relations between the two governments. A Muslim platoon with the British emissary organized a procession to celebrate their festival chanting loud slogans. When passing near the Akal Takhat, they were advised not to create noise, because it disturbed the Sikh congregation. However, the leaders of the procession insulted the Sikhs instead of listening to their suggestion. On hearing this disturbing news, Akali Ji himself went to settle the matter with the British platoon. The soldiers apologized and behaved respectfully in the future. No more noisy processions were taken near the Gurdwara again.

Akali ji fought in many battles for the protection of Sikhi. He also received the honour of becoming a shaheed for the Panth on the Battlefield.

He was a fearless and skilled commander. He maintained the Sant-Sipahi (Saint-Soldier) tradition of the Khalsa. Akali Phoola Singh Ji remains a role model for all Sikhs.

SIkh Body Demands Progress

’84 Riots
Convert affidavits into FIRs, demands Sikh body
Naveen S. Garewal
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
The All-India Sikh Conference has demanded that all affidavits filed before various commissions and courts by eyewitnesses of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots should be converted into FIRs.

“There is sufficient evidence available against 10,000 people who continue to roam about freely on Delhi roads after massacring 5,000 innocent Sikhs. But, powerful politicians are preventing courts from bringing justice”.

Stating that successive government have been trying to help people like Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar, Kamal Nath, who were in the forefront of the anti-Sikh riots, president of the All-India Sikh Conference (Babbar) Gurcharan Singh Babbar said if the affidavits available with the government forming the part of various commissions and instigations were converted into FIRs, many witnesses would come forward to retreat their submissions.

“How is it possible that the director of revenue intelligence (DRI) raided my house and offices and took away all material I had collected against those guilty of perpetuating crimes against Sikhs and subsequently destroyed it? After all this was not a matter that related to revenue, he was directed by Jagdish Tytler and Gulam Nabi Azad to do so”, Babbar alleged.

Babbar said he had received fresh threats from those responsible for the riots for his sustained campaign to pressurise the government to book the guilty.

He demanded that he be provided a licensed weapon to defend himself. But, he made it clear that if something were to happen to him, Jagdish Tytler would be responsible.

“I have definite and specific information that an assassin has been hired to eliminate me”, he said.

The Delhi-based Sikh activist also appealed to the Sikh community across the world to persuade Jasbir Singh, who is based in California, to come to India and appear before the Delhi High Court to state what he had witnessed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

“The next hearing is scheduled for February 27 and Jasbir must tell the court what he saw, or else thousands of criminals and their henchmen will go scot free”.

The CBI is telling the government that it does not have any evidence to nail the culprits, “I appeal to Jasbir and others like him to come forward and tell the world what they saw”.

Gurcharan Singh, who was himself declared a “wanted” person by the government, said he had suffered humiliation and atrocities at the hands of those who did not want him to pursue the “killers of Sikhs in Delhi”, but his crusade to expose the criminals will continue.

Meanwhile, the All-India Sikh Student’s Federation, has claimed that it has managed to persuade yet another eyewitness, Surinder Singh, to come and make a statement on what he saw during the riots.

Converting by lies and Deception (Hindu Gangs target Sikh Girls)

It is well know and established fact that Sikh girls openly marry and convert to Hinduism on a mass scale in India and all over the world. Last year alone their were 1500 Sikhs girls marring Hindus. At a rate of 4 conversions a day In India. From Scotland to England it is the same story every where.

Questions we must ask ourselves?

• Is it expectable in Sikh religion for Sikh girls to marry a Hindu? • Is this all a common Sikh practice or is it done by deception and fraud?

Is it expectable in Sikh religion for Sikh girls to marry Hindu?
Answer: No, it’s against the Sikh rehait maryada. As it states very clearly

Article XVIII

a. A Sikh man and woman should enter wedlock without giving thought to the prospective spouse's caste and descent.
b. A Sikh's daughter must be married to a Sikh.
c. A Sikh's marriage should be solemnized by Anand marriage rites.

http://www.sgpc.net/rehat_maryada/section_...hap_eleven.html

Is this all a common Sikh practice or is it done by deception and fraud?
Answer: yes it is done under false pretences deception and fraud.

Their main argument is that Sikhs are Hindus and its okay as Sikhism is a part of Hindu religion. Hindus openly wears karas and kanda chains to pretend to be half Sikhs and lure Sikh girls into this false scene of security. Then sikhi becomes history, when these Hindu gangs tell our girls the following things:

• There is no need to be Sikh any more as we have are own country. The Sikhs were created as an army of the Hindus to protect the Brahmins

• We don’t need to be protected by Sikh army anymore as we have the Indian army, we know that Indian army is better then Sikhs as we learn in 1984.

We are the Stupid ones that allow Non-Sikhs to marry our Girls In Gurdwaras. These Gangs must be think we can go to the Gurdwara and get free food, but these fools are letting us marry their girls to!

Below is a real life story of a Sikh Girl:

Amanpreet Kaur Marries a Hindu


http://www.realsikhism.com/testimonies/amanpreet.html

By Amanpreet Kaur
June 2003

I am Amanpreet Kaur, a 22 year old girl born in Ludhiana, Punjab. When I was 19, studying BCA, I fell in love with a Hindu boy named Sameer. We would talk for hours and it was clear that he loved me back. We would always talk about living a happy life together but never really discussed religion.

Religion is a big part of life in India. Indians are very religious people. My family was religious but they hardly told me anything about Sikhism. Everything I learned about Sikhism was from the school in which I studied ‘till twelfth grade. I knew about Guru Nanak Dev Ji and his teachings and that Sikhs are to worship one God only. I knew a little bit of the history, Sikhs fighting with Muslim emperor Aurengzeb to save Hindus. But little did I knew about differences between Sikhism and Hinduism. All I knew was Sikhs do not believe in caste system and do not worship Hindu Gods like Brahma, Krishan, Ganesh, Durga, Kali etc, as mukti (salvation) can only be attained through the meditation on One God, who is above all.

Sameer told me that I do not have to convert to Hinduism in order to marry him. He told me that I can still practice Sikhism if I wanted to. Marrying a Hindu didn’t seem a big of deal to me but my parents told me that I should marry someone with the similar belief system, a Sikh. There arose a huge fight in our family but blinded by love I insisted to marry Sameer only.

Anyway, we got married. Our marriage was conduct according to Hindu marriage ceremony. Everything was going well for the first couple of weeks until his parents started forcing me to do Durga Puja (worship). I resisted but they said it is the practice of their family and I have to do it. I told Sameer and found him surprisingly in agreement with his parents. He said I can perform Sikh practices but being in their family I have to do Durga Puja.

The conflict started arising not only because of Durga Puja but also due to daily Hindu rituals. For example always referring to Hindu Gods while talking, fasting for certain periods, considering fire as sacred, and much more.

They kept forcing me and taunting me and I started performing Durga Puja. I felt very awkward worshipping the stone statue of Durga. One day I decided to search the online version of Guru Granth Sahib about what my Guru says about performing other worships. I found out that Guru Ji condemns the worship of anyone else except God.

As I read more and more of Guru Granth Sahib and some of the articles written by Sikhs, my eyes lit and I was amazed that my Guru offers such beautiful and true teaching. I felt embarrassed for not knowing it until now. Everything a girl could ever imagine is in Sikhism. Guru ji gave women equal status as of men, equal rights and self-respect. My Guru made me a princess by giving me the last name, Kaur. I felt really ashamed and embarrassed having betrayed my Guru.

The next morning I told Sameer that I will no longer perform Durga Puja. When my mother-in-law heard this from Sameer, she became furious and started cursing me. And started telling Sameer that he should leave me. That morning I did not perform Durga Puja. One day Sameer came home and told me to get ready. I asked him the reason and he said it is a surprise. I had no idea where he was taking me until he took me to a mandir (Hindu Temple). He had tricked me to go to the mandir to do Durga Puja. I refused to get out of the car. He kept trying and even tried to drag me. Watching my resistance, he became furious and drove back home. He did not say a word and when we went in our room he slapped me. The slap was so unexpected and hard that I fell on the ground. I started crying and he started yelling. I wept for the whole night.

Slowly our marriage grew apart and we got divorced. I still regret my decision of getting married to Sameer. Sometimes our emotions make us blind and all we want to see is what suits our eyes and we ignore everything else, unaware of what we ignored will come back to haunt us. My advice to all Sikh girls is to marry a Sikh so that there would be no room for religious conflicts.

School rejects Pupil with Turban (allegation)

Durban: A Sikh woman has alleged that her son was turned away admission in two schools here because he had a long hair and wore a turban.

Beena Singh said that her son, Harkit, had been rejected admission by the Durban High School and Glenwood High School last month on religious grounds, according to The Extra, a supplement with the National Sunday Times.

A spokesperson for the provincial education department told the newspaper that the incident was a "serious matter" and they would investigate.

"An official would visit both schools to get to the root of the problem," he said.

Singh alleged that both schools rejected her application on the grounds that her son had a long hair and wore a turban, which is mandatory for Sikhs.

Both schools are former whites-only schools and have started admitting other race students since 1994. She subsequently succeeded in getting him admitted to Durban's Crawford College.

"He has been emotionally scared by this, but he is very happy at his new school. He is a good cricketer and has been accepted by his peers on the cricket field," Singh was quoted as saying by the paper.

However, the principals of both the schools have denied that there had been discrimination against the boy.

"It is totally incorrect to say that he was denied access because he is a Sikh or that he refused to cut his hair or take off his turban. We never even met the boy," Durban High School principal David manger told the newspaper.

Frontline comments:

Alot of schools and Governments tend to be taking the piss out of Sikh rights. I reckon its because we got no base, any nation without a homeland is doomed and will be slaves through out the world!

Mock slaughter in Parliament Square

Hundreds of students and Hindu representatives are to descend on Parliament Square to carry out a mock slaughter.

Those gathered will re-enact the RSPCA's killing of the temple cow Gangotri just as scores of orange-robed Hindu monks will make a tumultuous sound by blowing on sacred conch-shells outside Parliament Square.

The Hindu protest against the actions of the RSPCA will be held on the same day that a British delegation will pay their final respects to Gangotri by scattering her ashes in the holy river Ganges in the ancient pilgrim city of Varanasi in India.

The procession which will start from Parliament Square and finish outside DEFRA will include singing, chanting, slogans, drums, cymbals, costumes, colorful robes and banners, and culminate in the mock killing of a 'cow' by protestors dressed as RSPCA officers.

On the same day, Hindu priests in India will chant ancient Sanskrit verses, light lamps and offer prayers as British Hindu monks scatter Gangotri's ashes into the sacred river.

"Our travel to India is our final act of respect to Gangotri," said Gauri Dasa, President of Bhaktivedanta Manor.

"We are agonized by her killing and British Hindus also wish to voice their concern on the same day. Their protest in London is an expression of this desire."

"The temple nursed Gangotri in a way no farmer could ever afford to do. The RSPCA seem to have missed the point that Gangotri was not being made to suffer.

"On the contrary, she had survived so long precisely because of the quality of care she had received. Our society must be able to recognize that just as we do not allow the euthanizing of human beings, Hindus do not accept the euthanasia of cows." said Barry Gardiner MP for Brent North, who had initiated an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons against the killing of Gangotri.

Rickie Sehgal, a member of the Justice for Gangotri Taskforce and Chair of the Hindu Forum of Britain's Membership Committee, said, "The RSPCA do not seem to be aware of the levels of resentment and anger in our community as a result of this despicable killing of Gangotri. We do really want some answers from them."

Organisations that will take part in the protest include the Hindu Forum of Britain, National Council of Hindu Temples, Hindu Council UK, VHP UK, Hindu Council of Brent, ISKCON, Swaminarayan Hindu Mission and several other national and regional Hindu institutions.

Frontline comments:

The cow was killed due to an injury, what if a human is injured do we just kill them. The Rspca have the cheek to say they protect the welfare of animals. Its seems like powerful Governments and organisations seem to be able to get away with anything! The common people have no say!

Film about Sikh awareness made by non-SIkhs

Within six months after its official release, the film MISTAKEN IDENTITY won three first prize awards (The Golden Lion Award for best documentary), The Remi Statuette for "creative excellence" competing with 4,500 entries and the NYIIFV Festival's (debut director for documentary) at American Film Festivals.With the announcement of the "global media event" in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA., screenings were held across the USA (over 33 States completed); Canada (Ottawa's House of Commons; etc.,), and now the film will move across the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean to have its India premiere on Doordarshan TV, after the successful screenings in across the major cities in the United Kingdom where large communities of Sikh reside.

Vinanti Sarkar

The film is but "a drop in the ocean" ­ about one ethnic community while promoting the identity of over 500,000 British Sikhs. MISTAKEN IDENTITY is the first film (six part series) produced by two non-Sikh women, who have been producing dramatic culturally diversified films to inform and educate North Americans.

Hosted by 22-year old Host Amanda Gesine (who conceived the idea of the TV program) the one hour film shows how she discovers her Sikh neighbors five days after 9/11.

Amanda Gesine was the inspiration behind Mistaken Identity. A 22-year-old student at Georgetown University, Amanda passed away in a tragic accident on 14 June 2002.

Never having had a Sikh friend in school or college, she saw how American Sikhs were immediately, racially profiled, verbally abused and physically assaulted simply because they wore turbans and beards and mistaken for terrorists.

A white girl, sheltered like so much of the mainstream populations in North America and the UK, she existed behind the whitepicket fence, which separate "the others". As the Youth of the new millennium, she immediately saw the light at the end of the tunnel and sought to break new grounds in promoting films of cultural diversity to mainstream populations, because she felt they are more relevant now than ever, especially as her favourite class at Georgetown University (Washington DC) was "cultural diversity."

The film demystifies the enigma of Sikhs (first ethnic group filmed) and shares the hopes and desires of people from all walks of life who seek to close ranks against bigotry and hate, and take a united stand against terrorism which results from fear and ignorance. It focuses directly on the concerns of multicultural diversity and tries to educate people about new strange immigrants "and asks for tolerance, respect and understanding of next door neighbors."

The film is Amanda Gesine's legacy to the world as she had a freak accident, after spending ten months of her young life working on completing the film. It is her contribution to inform and educate … by sharing her own efforts of distancing ignorance and fear about fellow neighbours … Visit www.cultural-diversity.co.uk where you can review 3-4 min of the film on streaming video …

Sponsored by UK's Jean Bartlett, Managing Director of The Bag Lady www.bagladyit.com in Cardiff, Wales. For more information contact: Ms Nims Sarkar, Managing Director, Celebrating Cultural Diversity (CCD), 59 Vicarage Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 0SR Tel: 0121-427-5991 Email: Producer/Director vsarkar1@earthlink.net for availability of DVD.

Frontline comments: RIP AMANDA, the work you did for the Sikh Community will never be forgotten God Bless Your Soul!

RSS show their ARMS OFF

The Indian EXPRESS

Arms on show at RSS rally

Milind Ghatwai

Posted online: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 2323 hrs IST

BHOPAL, JANUARY 29
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh broke new ground in Madhya Pradesh on
Sunday when its gun-wielding volunteers fired in the air at the end of
an orderly Path Sanchalan (route march) in Satna town.

The procession of more than 150 volunteers carrying guns, swords and
lathis began from the Sangh office behind the Kotwali Police Station and
concluded at the same spot after a round of the main bazaar as onlookers
watched in awe.

The firing was reserved for the end. "It was the work of some young
volunteers who were overwhelmed by the occasion," explained RSS
prant sanchalak Shankarprasad Tamrakar. "It's not illegal
because all weapons were licensed," he told The Indian Express on
Tuesday.

Tamrakar admitted that firing happened for the first time, but justified
the display of weapons as necessary and integral part of the procession.
Only those volunteers who are part of the Dhwaj Vahini carry weapons, he
claimed.

According to him, the firing took place after everything was over, and
hence, cannot be treated as part of Path Sanchalan. The local
authorities turned a blind eye to the incident saying no one complained
about firing. A local television channel showed volunteers in
celebratory mood loading their guns and firing in the air. "They are
following in (Narendra) Modi's footsteps," said Satna's
Congress unit president Pradyumna Singh Saluja.

Only a day before, Jabalpur—the headquarters of Mahakaushal region
that includes Satna — witnessed another huge procession of
gun-wielding volunteers. Though there was no incident of firing, the
number of weapons on display was large.

Earlier, Path Sanchalan used to be restricted only to Dusshera
celebrations. RSS leaders said only urban areas carry out processions on
the occasion of Vijaya Dashami while in rural areas the local units
organise them as per convenience.

Madhya Pradesh has seen an unusual spurt in Path Sanchalans after the
BJP wrested power from the Congress in late 2003.
Ten days ago, RSS insisted on taking out Path Sanchalan in Badnawar in
Dhar district that saw communal violence two days before. The violence
ensued when RSS volunteers on "awareness rally", ahead of the
Path Sanchalan, entered a Muslim locality. The route chosen by the RSS
coincided with the one planned by Muslims for their Tazia procession. A
few RSS activists are behind bars in connection with the Dhar violence.


Sidhique Poocholamad,