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The Sikh Bulletin

A Voice of Concerned Sikhs World Wide

December 2005 poh 537 nwnkSwhI [email protected] Volume 7, Number 12

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In This Issue/qqkrw GUEST EDITORIAL

Guest Editorial…………….. ………………………….….1 TIME FOR SERIOUS INTROSPECTION
House Divided…………………………………………….3 Prof. Gurtej Singh, Chandigarh
Our Experience with S. Didar Singh Bains……………….9
My Experience with Dr. Rajwant………………………..10
Fighting Oppression to Dancing with Dictators…………10 Order of the Khalsa was created, according to an eighteenth century text,
Pro-India Sikh Sellouts Exposed………………………...13 to be ‘an example and guide to humankind’ (rach dino Khalsa jagat kau
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)……………………14 dain santh). It was to be the pivot of a constructive cultural revolution in
The Vanished…………………………………………….15
Chakravyuh-Introduction………………………………..17 every society and was, by its own example, to help in ridding all societies
Chakravyuh-Shedding the Sheepskin……………………18 of evils destructive of dignified human existence and holy living. With
Chakravyuh-Baatcheet in the tone of Aurangzeb………..20 truthful living as sure guide, it was to inspire and secure tension free
Foreign Scholars to the Aid of Cultural environment (sabh dund mitai) to all. Its ultimate aim was to enable
Imperialism………………………………………………21
Another Soul Selling Sant and the Dal of everyone to freely worship God, common “Father and Mother’ (tu mera
Conscience Traders………………….…………………..22 pita tu mera mata) and achieve the ultimate aim of evolving into the
The Right Wing March of The Tribune…….……………24 Divine (jeha sewai teha hovai) as a means of attaining eternal bliss while
The Emperor’s New Clothes…………………………….26 still living. Every member of the voluntary Khalsa Order, was by its own
Operation Blue Star and CCCP………………………….26
Letters to the Editor……………………………………...27 example and application to do the work of ‘one and quarter lakh’ Godward
Donations to the Sikh Bulletin…………………………..27 oriented fully evolved human beings to inspire human kind on the path of
l`K lok–lwmW dw jrnYl nirMdr isMG…………………..…...28 spiritual development. All members were expected to fearlessly uphold
kI hrcMd isMG lONgovfl pMQ qy pMjfb df sLhId sI?...................29 new value system and the attitudes and inclinations it inculcates, as a part
sNq bwbw dljIq isNG iCkwgo vwly……………………….....30 of carrying out the divinely ordained task of ‘converting the whole world
sNq bwbw dljIq isNG iCkwgo vwly Press Release…………..31 into a blooming garden’ (sabh dharti keeni gulzare). Every individual was
sNq bwbw dljIq isNG iCkwgo vwly Police Reports…………31 expected to stand up and be counted amongst those who firmly tread the
Book Page .................................................................... ....32 world ameliorating path, to the last breath and into martyrdom, if that
became necessary.
Editor in Chief
Hardev Singh Shergill
Editorial Board Record of Sikhi in waging peace and war with vengeance for that cause
Avtar Singh Dhami, USA makes a unique reading. Guru Nanak was the first prophet in human
Gurpal Singh Khaira, USA history to address God as a female and call for restoring equality to
Gurcharan Singh Brar, Canada women, ‘to whom are born the best of humans’ (so kion manda akhie jit
Dr. Sarjeet Singh Sidhu, Malaysia jamai rajan). Nanak graphically mentions massacre, rape and plunder
Production Associates perpetrated by Babur’s forces and spoke up against it, though he had to
Amrinder Singh suffer incarceration. Injunctions against abuse of women are the most
Sachleen Singh numerous in the preaching of the Eternal Guru Granth. In a thousand years
he was the first person in India to organise a voluntary force dedicated to
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thousands of women being carried away by Ahmed Shah Abdali, harmony and bliss. Magnitude of the tragedy, should that
one of Asia’s greatest generals and in what has been termed as happen, cannot be fully comprehended.
‘Asia’s greatest act of chivalry’, reached them home in distant
Maharashtra. It thus applied soothing balm to the war ravaged Such yet is the potential inbuilt into the divinely ordained
Marathas defeated and decimated at Panipat. Latest historical society of the Khalsa that almost in spite of actively working
research indicates that it was this organised force that became against itself, it has often come within inches of writing more
the final argument for the British de-colonisation of India in glorious history than any other society in existence. Its unique
1947. (See, The Garrison State by Tan Tai Yong, Sage practical plan for re-building human society as a whole was
Publications, New Delhi, 2005). To mention what it did in unveiled in the age of barbarism and total absence of a concern
between would take several chapters. for ‘others’. Its military exploits, were they to be properly
recorded, would compare favourably with the most lauded in
There would be no AIDS if Guru Granth’s strict and repeated human history. One new entrant is given a command of an
bidding against extramarital relations were to be implemented. army of no more than twenty-five soldiers and instructed to
With remarkable insight the Guru Granth asks people to shun it travel two thousand miles up north for the purpose of ‘folding
as deadly poison. It terms it ‘as living in the snake pit.’ In the up’ an extensive empire that has just seen its best days and has
Fifth Form, Nanak sacrificed his life by torture to emerge ‘a king been in existence for two hundred years. Banda comes to the
among martyrs’ for the most humane of human causes - the Punjab and does just that. He creates a Peoples’
cause of uprooting political tyranny that had resulted in Commonwealth dedicated to spiritual Teachers, an island in the
merciless cultural domination. Along with adultery, the Tenth world of despotism, it remains in existence for a good part of a
Nanak forbade the use of tobacco. It is the strictest of four decade and is finally overthrown by a section of its own short-
taboos to be observed by the Khalsa. Imagine what it would do sighted leadership duped into complicity by the crafty Mughal.
to eliminate lung cancer were the world to accept it as a The strategy followed by the Mughals was that of creating a
command of a Prophet laying down discipline for those who pliable, and severely controlled Sikh leadership to influence the
would walk on the path to God! Immediately on walking out of Khalsa. Sikhs were persuaded to believe that Ajit Singh, the
the medieval Mughal torture dens, the Khalsa captured political supposedly adopted son of Mata Sundri was the real leader.
power. It took no revenge but created ‘a people’s republic’ Edicts were issued to the Sikhs in the name of the Mata (by
(sarkar Khalsa jio). No single individual was killed as Bhai Nand Lal or perhaps by Ajit Singh). His presence in the
retribution and Muslims had equal share in political power. Mughal camp was widely advertised and was used as an
Khalsa always strove to realize human welfare, no matter what argument to induce defections from Banda’s forces. Some
form its struggle took, and no matter how daunting were the gullible Sikhs readily fell for the scheme and inflicted immense
circumstances or mindsets. harm upon the entire Sikh people by complying with the enemy
design. In the process they suppressed a highly potent dream
One great contributions of Sikhi was the primacy to intellect which demonstrably was capable of being realised and had the
even in religious matters (aklin sahib sevyai aklin paiyai maan). potential to benefit all human beings.
While affirming unyielding faith in One loving God, it appears
to say ‘whatever is irrational cannot be holy.’ It made a new At Mudki the Sikhs had performed another miracle by
and a wholesome concept of worship an integral part of religious decisively defeating a world power of the times. The British
discipline. In the process he gave birth to new work ethics Governor General burnt the state papers and “made
imparting moral grandeur and spiritual depth to mundane human preparations for an unconditional surrender.” The most dreaded
activity. Guru’s concept of sewa (service) is the celebration of Ghorcharas (the crack Sikh force) had just arrived and stood in
humanity in human beings. It imparts spiritual grandeur to readiness to join battle. They were persuaded not to attack by
human relations while it protects the environment and extends the traitor-commanders league with the enemy. Consequently
compassion to the animal and other kingdoms on earth. in the few hours of that cold December night, the Sikhs were
transformed from de facto masters of India into a slave nation.
Pursuing human wellbeing, the only purpose for which it was
created, the Khalsa was to assume perpetual leadership in Ever since, the standard enemy practise has been to impose a
cultural ideas. This necessitated continuous vigorous intellectual compliant leadership upon the Sikhs. Some aspects of how
striving to keep abreast of human development taking place all that is done in the political field have been brought out in
over the world, the identification of space in which the Khalsa Chakravyuh. The operation is not confined to that field alone.
could harmoniously operate and the delineation of pathway to Other examples have been quoted. Perhaps someone should
the goal in a particular society. In stead of establishing make a study of how the administrative leadership is similarly
institutions conducive to the furtherance of the ultimate aim, the imposed upon the Sikh Homeland, the Punjab. Instances have
Khalsa became alienated from the goal and appears to have been noticed which completely reveal the unwritten code to
somewhat forgotten the ‘the Guru’s eternal promise (birid, kaul) keep away from the Punjab those administrators who are likely
to humankind’. This turning away from its ideal is proving to have spontaneous sympathy for the land and the Sikhs. If
suicidal for the Khalsa and is resulting in mindlessly frittering some do manage to avoid the fine sieve and slip into the
away the last hope of humankind to perpetually live in peace, Punjab, they are prevented from holding any positions which
would enable them to significantly influence events. Many
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more examples, substantiating the thesis can be quoted. transcend human frailties and walk far on the path of prophet-
hood. Collectively, of course, the Guru Khalsa Panth is the
This arrangement may be understood with reference to the prophet of the age, provided it takes up the task of the Guru,
recent unrest in the Punjab. The police played a dominant role in (Khalsa mera roop hai khaas, khalsae me hau karo nivaas).
suppressing the legitimate Akali agitation, was responsible for Not for nothing does it sit on the throne of Guruship under the
the excesses amounting to repression thus directly inviting patronage of Guru Granth, the real sovereign in spiritual as well
militancy. The police force was responsible for extra-judicial as in mundane world. It must escape the clutches of the sants,
killings – faked encounters. In a word it created and nurtured saadhs, jathedars and all other nano-humans whose thought
insurgency which it conveniently dubbed ‘terrorism’ for the has polluted the course of the nirmal panth with borrowed
consumption of the terrified world. It formed its own dross down loaded from the age and other dispensations.
underground squads to execute innocent people and turned
half the force into bounty hunters. All this was rendered The world is on fire. As the True Guru’s representative on
possible by police leadership discreetly chosen to do the earth, Khalsa Order’s duty lies in extinguishing it everywhere.
butcher’s job. K. P. S. Gill, who had done the same in the North It must warm up to Guru’s prayer ‘save the burning world.
East to suppress peoples’ movement, and others with similar Have mercy – shower Your soothing Name upon it, enable it to
credentials were pressed into service. At the middle levels, IPS live in perpetual happiness’ (jagat jalanda rakh lai apni kirpa
officers from other state cadres and other forces were called in to dhaar - kar kirpa seetal naam deh-paranvat Nanak hukam
assist. Any close study of the composition of the police in action pachhanai sukh hovai din raati). Beginning can only be made
will show that the most visible faces of repression belonged to by meticulously choosing internal leaders who are in tune
that section which had no business to work in the Punjab with the destiny so clearly mapped out for the Khalsa by the
according to the statutory rules governing appointments. The Jagat Guru, Guru Nanak. As a part of it, institutions to define
Prime Minister of the country had to hang his head in shame in the destiny pointed out by the Guru and to lay down how best it
the country’s parliament that the State had failed to protect the can be attained, must be urgently put in position. We need to be
Sikhs in Delhi. It is certain that the country’s ruling elite would humble and brace ourselves up – rediscovering ourselves and
be eternally condemned, were a proper study to be conducted in above all the Guru is the most urgent task of our generation.
the antecedents of the personnel manning the executive and the Gutej Singh <[email protected]>
judiciary at the relevant time. Same, of course, goes for the
armed forces and the Media. Its study can be an eye-opener too. *****
HOUSE DIVIDED
The long and short of the matter is, that the Sikh people have Or as Sukhjind Singh1 says ‘a broken community1’
not so far learnt to produce and sustain their own leaders in a scu suxwiesI sc kI bylw ]mhlw 1]pMnw 723]
manner worthy of a people entrusted with the worthiest
mission in the history of humankind. Neither have they evolved Prologue:
institutions which would aid them in understanding their [What follows below is based on personal experiences. These
situation and the world around them from the perspective of the specific incidents will help the reader appreciate the gravity of the
task in hand. The Khalsa Order is a highly spiritualised situation we are in as a community. As a people we do not read, we
peoples’ voluntary force which is to perform leadership tasks form strong opinions based on hearsay and not based on evidence,
(sewa) in all societies and is charged with the spread of values we do not concern our selves with affairs of the community, we do
and attitudes perceived by the Guru to be attributes of One not want to distinguish between slander and ugly truth, we protect
loving God Father and Mother of all creation. History of the and shield the guilty in the name of reputation of the Sikhs at large
Sikh people holds an assurance that they are eminently suited thus allowing the guilty license to carry on with their harmful ways
for performing that much required role in human affairs, without any fear of consequences, we beat about the bush rather
provided they solve the problem of internal leadership. That is than name names, with extremely rare exceptions our Gurdwaras
the paradox waiting to be tackled. are places for preaching falsehood rather than Gurbani, there by
doing more harm than good, and when it comes to a crunch we
‘All doors are His and all pathways lead only to Him’ is turn our back on the Guru and the larger community for narrower
forgotten. Exclusive group owned ‘God,’ chosen people, each ‘bhaichara’. Ed.]
group’s minutely delineated path to salvation and the ‘only
prophet’ through whom salvation is possible, are the concepts “Today the Sikh Panth is house divided. For this we have no
that have conspired to boost human arrogance to heights that one to blame but ourselves. So long as there is lack of unity in
know no co-existence or mutual goodwill. Fire first burns within Sikh Panth, we have no friends. But the day the Sikh Panth is
and it is in the mind that the first sword blows are struck (jeera united, we will have no enemies.” This statement was part of
agan brabar tapai bheetar vagai kaati). Explosions of emotions ‘Roseville, California Declaration’ passed as a resolution at the
and bombs taking place all over the world are wages of First International Conference on Sikh Identity held at the Sikh
humankind’s sins. The situation should remind the Khalsa of the Center Roseville, California, USA, on Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999.
urgent need of dedicated peacemakers for it is the compassionate It was true then and it is true today.
Bodhisattva of the age. Sikhi is not just another religion and the
Sikhs are not mere ‘followers.’ The Guru expects every Sikh to The self-destructive behavior among Sikhs had become
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apparent to us during our year long During the course of our year long litigation with Amar Singh,
legal battle with Nanaksaria Thug Sant spiced with death threats and witness intimidation, it became
Amar Singh Barundi. Not only did the clear to us, that this man who allegedly raped many young
people we thought were ‘friends’, and ladies he brought out of India as his ‘daughters’ to be married
‘good Sikhs’, not stand by us while we abroad to open doors for their families; fathered many children;
were fighting Amar Singh, some of committed murders; banned from entering Malaysia in 1977, a
them actually became openly hostile ban that he side tracked in December 1993 by getting a visa
with jealousy when we prevailed from Singapore and later from Malaysian Embassy in UK;
without their help. Prevail we did but at denied permission to establish his dera (Thath) in Singapore in
a tremendous emotional and financial 1989; with Thaths and ‘colleges’ in all the countries where
cost and wasted time. Having Sikhs have settled; rubbing shoulders with British cabinet
experienced the loneliness and frustration and having acquired Ministers, New Zealand Prime Minister and Akal Takhat
so much evidence about the worldwide net of deception spread Jathedars; has a guardian Angel who privides an impenetrable
by this Thug, we resolved to help any and all of his victims, of protective shield around him.
which we had learned about many, who would seek our help and
also disseminate the information that we had acquired so no That guardian Angel turned out to be what the book ‘Soft
more victims are created. But we were naive, to say the least. Target’ identifies as India’s Third Agency2. If there were any
doubts they were cleared when we discovered that on March
Unlike most of this thug’s victims who wanted to remain 29, 1996 the British government issued him Passport #
anonymous we wanted the whole world to know about our V170262 after almost a quarter century of him visiting UK on
experience with this thug so they too do not fall victim to his two month visitor’s visa. What had changed was the Govt. in
scams in the garb of Sikhi. No news paper was forth coming in India. Congress was defeated and BJP had come to power and
spreading the news. One honourable exception was the English the Party was taking care of ‘its own’. Every Sikh concerned
language weekly ‘The Week’ whose Chandigarh reporter with welfare of the community must read this book ‘Soft
contacted us and put out a thorough report in its October Target’. It is a case study, “into the strategy used by the
25, 1998 issue. Tara Singh Hayre, the late Editor of ‘The Indo- Indian government to destabilize minority populations,
Canadian Times’, responded to our request and as one of his provoke them into violence and then crack down on them”.
last acts published the Panjabi translation of that piece in the last This is accomplished by what Prof. Gurtej Singh terms in his
issue edited by him, November 25, 1998, before his murder on editorial in this issue as “the standard enemy practise to
November 18, 1998. But even by word of mouth the news impose a compliant leadership upon the Sikhs”. It is this
spread and we were able to help individuals and sangats in leadership that directs the entire dirty work of the Indian Govt.
Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Arizona and That was in India. Abroad the Indian government used Sikh
British Columbia, Canada. We had hoped that these people, diplomats and Sikh agents posted in Indian Foreign Missions in
after their victory over evil of Amar Singh, will join us in the all those countries where Sikhs had migrated in large numbers
crusade to save any more victims but we were disappointed. to escape the state tyranny in Panjab, to create suspicions and
They all prevailed but not one of them joined us. A doctor devisiveness resulting in shootings, riots, police presence and
family in Boston had called us for advice if they should remove expensive litigation for the control of Gurdwaras. There is not a
their daughter from Amar Singh’s school in England, after they single Gurdwara of substance in North America that did not
heard things that worried them. Someone had given them our face expensive litigation. It is not over yet. All this achieved the
telephone number. We too were looking for them because they desired results in the minds of the governments and the people
had some crucial evidence that we could use in our court case. of Sikhs’ adopted home countries i.e. Sikhs are violent and
Our advice to them was not to wait even for a day. The father unruly people. This effort of the Indian Govt. started in 1947,
promised to provide the evidence as soon as their daughter was immediately after partition (not independence) in the form of a
home safe. But once his purpose was served he quit returning circular by the Governor of Punjab to the Gazzeted Officers in
our phone calls. the state and S. Kapoor Singh was the first to blow whistle on it
and mentioned it in his book ‘Sachi Sakhi’. It culminated as
A female member of a family in Surrey, B.C., Canada had fallen part of the US State Department produced CD on International
prey to this thug back in 1974. We were contacted by this family Terrorism in 2003. The transcript from that segment states: “In
in 1997 after she died of breast cancer but not before deeding her an effort to establish an independent state, Sikh terrorists
$3 million worth property to this Thug. Court case and the seized Darbar Sahib Shrine in Amritsar, India. Prime
appeal went on for five years. With the documentation and help Minister Indira Gandhi ordered a military campaign to drive
provided by us they won both. We stayed informed of out the terrorists. Hundreds were killed.” As if this were not
developments by media and third parties but the beneficiary bad and false enough, during the 2004 presidential campaign
never did call even once, either to keep us apprised of and before the State Dept. could be persuaded to delete the
developments or express any appreciation for our help and here reference to the Sikhs, the Democratic candidate, John Kerry,
we were anticipating that they at least will be our companions in catered to the Indian Government by referring to Sikh
helping other families in similar situations. Terrorism.

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Here we would like to share with our readers personal management found out that Vedanti had accepted invitation for
experiences that we have had with some of our current leaders visit to that dera they tried their best to have that visit
and ask how can we start choosing our own leaders ourselves cancelled. We tried to help as well by trying to convince Dr.
and even more important, how do we improve the quality of Gurbachan Singh Bachan, Secretary of SGPC at that time.
our leadership. For what we have is not worthy of our trust. Little did we know that SGPC had no control over Jathedars
that it appointed. On May 18, 2001 when we called Dr. Bachan
Didar Singh Bains he assured us that Vedanti won’t be coming. At that very
My contact with Didar Singh Bains moment Vedanti was sitting at Didar Singh Bains’s house. Last
came about after his speech in Hays, year Daljit Singh was seated in the sewa of GGS atop the
UK in January 1993 at the opening of truck in the November Nagar Kirtan in Yuba City. This Baba
Nanaksaria ‘Sant Baba’ Amar who, abandoned his wife and young son after settling in USA
Singh Barundi’s school where he and lost the case to divorce his wife in 2004 (SB Jan.2005
announced that Baba Ji should open p.24) claims to have established International Human
such a school in California and he Welfare Sikh Missions of America with 32 branches the
would help. ‘Baba Ji’ did open a world over for helping victims of natural disasters (SB
school in Roseville, about 40 miles Oct.Nov.2005 p.27). If indeed that is true we suggest that Baba
from Yuba City, in August 1993, but first educate himself about the geography of the affected area.
Didar Singh Bains did not help even If he sent 5000 warm blankets and other warm clothes to
when asked. That was not a surprise. He was not the only Sikh Luisiana to the victims of Hurricane Katrina he would make all
leader who did not mean what he said. That is a curse on all of of us butt of cruel jokes. People there are not exposed to cold.
them without exception. But what was unpardonable was the They are suffering from sweltering heat.
fact that Didar Singh knew about the incident of Amar Singh
fleeing Yuba City in the middle of night in December 1974 after But we believe he is just saying that without meaning it as the
learning that his seduction of a young married Sikh woman in following illustrates (SB Jan.2005 p.3): On an April 2003 day
Surrey, B.C. and his attempt at seduction of a high school the telephone rang in the office of The Sikh Bulletin and the voice
student in Yuba City had become public knowledge. If that was on the other end asked if I had ever visited the place I was writing
not enough, he also invited Amar Singh, alongwith Tarsem about3. The question was not clear to me. After a back and forth
Singh Purewal, publisher of Des Pardes, UK, to his son’s the caller turned out to be ‘Baba’ Daljit Singh. He had taken
wedding in Yuba City in January 1994. But in Bains household exception to the reference we had made to the ‘celebration of The
better heads seem to have prevailed. Amar Singh was disinvited. dedication of the 400 years of Enlightenment of Sri Guru Granth
Sahib Ji’ that he was holding at his dera to which all the five
Takhat ‘jathedars’ and twenty other Sikh leaders were invited to
That seduction in Surrey, B.C. finally culminated in that poor
take part in one week of celebrations. Principal Jasbir Singh was
woman getting divorced in 1975, becoming pregnant in 1980,
visiting us at that time. I put the phone on the speaker and Jasbir
becoming afflicted with breast cancer and at Amar Singh’s Singh and Daljit Singh exchanged pleasantries. My first question
urging transferring her almost $3 million worth poperty in to ‘Baba’ was why Baba? His answer was that that was his legal
Surrey, B.C. back to him in 1997 when he assured her that the first name on the Green Card. Interestingly enough Amar Singh
property was a curse on her and should be transferred to ‘his’ also has Baba as his first name on his Green Card. To my
Nanaksar, that he would pray before ‘bade baba ji’, she would question why is he divorcing his wife, his answer was that that was
be cured and do seva at his Nanaksar . It was the same propertry his personal affair. Well it is now public. Please see p.24 (SB Jan.
that a Society registered by Amar Singh had purchased from her 2005). When asked who is paying the bill to fly and to house these
in 1974 and returned to her in 1975 by its Canadian directors 25 VIPs, his answer was sangat. When asked to spend sangat’s
when they found out the truth about Amar Singh and dissociated money on constructive things his response, after asking us if this
themselves from him. conversation was being taped, which it was not, was to name
several European languages into which he had already translated
Tha saga of this propertry became The Supreme Court of B.C. AGGS. That was an unadulterated lie. He promised to send us at
Case No.C975444 between WPS Gill, H.K.Gill, T.K. Sidhu VS least one copy in a European language. We are still awaiting its
Nanaksar & Amar S. Sidhu aka Baba Amar Singh ji on October arrival.
8, 1997. Amar Singh lost the case on June 28, 2002.
This obviously was not the first lie he ever told. Recently
Amar Singh is not the only ‘Sant reports have been circulating that Baba Daljit Singh was
Baba’ Didar Singh Bains has shielded caught red handed with a woman (not his wife, whom he had
and promoted. At least since June 2001 unsuccessfully tried to divorce in 2004 ) in a Motel room near
he has been lending credibility to ‘Sant his dera on the night of November 17th 2005. To cover his
Baba’ Daljit Singh Chicagowale by transgression he took an extra ordinary step of having his
visiting his dera himself as well as attorney write ‘Important Emergency Notice’ letters to all the
accompanying Joginder Singh Vedanti Sikh news publications, “This is to give notice that nothing
to that dera. In May 2001 when may be published regarding Baba Daljit Singh without prior
Palatine, Chicago Gurdwara confirmation from himself alone.” [For copy of this letter, Press
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release by Sikh Religious Societ Palatine and Police reports please see saying that he never advocated or supported the secessionist
pages 30-31 of this issue]. Confident Baba then set upon a course of movement. Bains is in Punjab these days (December 1997} and
lies worldwide, in press and over radio, accusing the eye is enjoying the hospitality of Shiromani Gurudwara
witnesses of his transgressions being liars and pictures Prabandhak Committee’s President Gurcharan Singh Tohra
‘doctored’. He asserted that: he never even set foot in the van (who surrendered to the Indian Army by raising his arms
purported to be parked in the motel parking lot; has always during the infamous OPERATION BLUE STAR and Punjab
used Lexus 300; he was at his dera the night of question; he is Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, during whose Chief
prepared to affirm his innocence in front of Guru Granth Ministership in 1978 the infamous SIKH-NIRANKARI clash
Sahib; if his accusors have any proof they should provide it; took place at Amritsar which led to the genocide of Sikhs all
they should name the woman he was allegedly with. Well his over India for about twenty years. The utterances of TOHRA
prayers have been answered. His accusors have a proof now in and BADAL have put a question over his integrity, credibility
the form of two Police reports, one when they called the police and credentials. Is he an agent of the Indian Government
on him and second when he called police to free his van from planted in the Sikh community residing in America to defame
being blocked by his accusors’ vehicle. These reports have his Sikhs as whole in the eyes of the world? Or, is Didar Singh
driver’s license information as well as that of the woman in his Bains taking the Badal and company for a ride?”
company. On the radio he had tauntingly called for his accusors
to provide the name of the woman they allege he was with in the This is what Dr. Sangat Singh has to say in his book ‘The
motel when he claimed he himself was at his dera. Sikhs in History’ 4th edition: page 557,“The visit to Delhi of
Didar Singh Bains of California, who was held up at Delhi
Over nine years ago when we won our case against Nanaksaria International Air Port on Dec. 19,1997, till Badal’s
Amar Singh Barundi we had gathered so much damaging intervention, was significant. He was a guest of Punjab
evidence against him, we wondered how he will be able to show government. He mentioned in an interview that the World Sikh
his face in public again. How wrong we were! ‘Jathedar’ Ranjit Organization of North America had raised the slogan of
Singh came to his rescue. He accepted various siropas and a Khalistan in 1984 at the instance of Indira Congress, and
brand new car from Amar Singh and extended to him the honour stopped it when told by Americans that it was having an
of kirtan at Akal Takhat Sahib and all the Sikh political as well adverse effect on the Sikhs.” A question can be asked. Should
as religious leaders of Panjab and Delhi, including ‘Jathedar’ a Sikh leader take his cues from non Sikhs? Again on page
Vedanti, made bee line to his Thath in UK, year after year. It 589, “The WSO with the active help of expanding Indian
was our word against actions of all those VIPs? Intelligence set up in North America, spread its tentacles in all
the major cities there. The Government of India got full
Now we ask Dr. Rajwant Singh WashingtonDC wale, who briefing of the doings of Sikh elements in both USA and
accompanied ‘Sant Baba’ Daljit Singh Chicagowale, ‘Sant Canada, apart from what was going on in Britain.”
Baba’ Amar Singh Nanaksar Wale, Mahant Mahinder Singh
Birmingham wale and ‘Jathedar’ Jaginder Singh Vedanti Akal In 1995 my uncle, Principal Gurbax Singh Shergill, was
Takhat wale to a Pope sponsored conference in Italy; S. Didar visiting North America. Didar Singh Bains invited him to Yuba
Singh Bains of Yuba City wale who promoted Daljit Singh at City to help start a Khalsa School there. They had already built
every turn; 25 VIPs named on page 22 of the Sikh Bulletin of the class rooms next to the Gurdwara building but they were
April 2003 who graced his dera during week long celebrations in being used for other purposes. Uncle called a meeting of some
April 2003; and Dr. Jasvir Singh Ahluwalia, former Vice- of his former students and their friends at someone’s house.
chancellor Punjab University, Patiala, himself unceremoniously Discussion went on for several hours late into the night when
fired from the post for sexual harassment of co-eds and now someone concluded by saying, “if Didar Singh Bains is
named by Bib Jagir Kaur, herself unceremoniously dumped by involved in a project in Yuba City it will not succeed; it will
Badal from the post of President SGPC, to head a planned not succeed either if he is not in it”. This statement left me
university, what prompted him to honor Daljit Singh with the wondering not so much about Didar Singh Bains but the
‘Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award for his international efforts in educated professional people of that community. Meeting
promoting the Sikh religion and human and social services’. adjourned on that note and uncle went to Toronto, Canada
where a Khalsa school started operating in 1996.
We appeal to all the above and others to not to come to the
rescue of Daljit Singh. Let one dera shut down and start a Dr. Rajwant Singh
domino effect. Then ‘Jathedars’ like Vedanti would not have to My first contact with Dr. Rajwant was a
lie by speaking against deras in Panjab but frequenting them in telephone call to him sometime after we
the Diaspora. It will have a sobering effect on RAW (See page 14 started operating the Gurdwara we
this issue) who hopefully would come to realize that Sikhs are on inherited from Amar Singh in 1996
to their shenanigans. through the court case in lieu of money
he owed us. Our desire was to contact
This is what late Sukhbir Singh Osan had to say in his Sikhs active in the community to bring
Burning Punjab internet publication: “Khalistani protagonist them all together rather than work in
Didar Singh Bains has denounced the concept of Khalistan isolation. He showed no interest. In late
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2000 the then Prime Minister of India was visiting Washington Dec.1998 he again travelled to India to accompany then
D.C. Dr. Rajwant was an invitee to the dinner in his honour that Jathedar of Akal Takhat, Ranjit Singh, to the US Embassy in
news papers later reported he did not attend, perhaps at the New Delhi that issued Ranjit Singh visa that they should not
urging of his Khalistani colleagues. Next contact came when he have but did which they later had to revoke. By 2004 not only
called us after reading the following in the Feb. 2003 Sikh was Chela out of jail but also a Green Card holder under his
Bulletin p.26 that was “triggered by Vedanti’s summons to real name, again by proving to a judge in Stockton that his
Gurbakhsh Singh Kala Afghana in order to show the double deportation to India would result in him being tortured by the
standards being practiced by our two Jathedars – Joginder Singh Govt. of India. One wonders if these two people were that
Vedanti, who has acquired Nanaksaria ‘Sant Baba Amar Singh’ dangerous then why did the Indian Govt. not ask for their
as his Patron Saint and Jathedar Manjit Singh, who has acquired extradition all these years?
Bhajan Yogi as his Patron Saint”:
We would like to ask the ‘affluent and influential Sikhs’
“…In 1996 we filed a petition with the USINS to revoke all these surrounding Dr. Rajwant in the picture on p.12 if knowing
Green Cards because Amar Singh is a fraud and he also took what they know now, would they invite Dr. Rajwant and his
British Citizenship in 1996. He has repeatedly stated under oath Granthi to perform Anand Karaj of their daughters? Since Dr.
that he is British resident, Kamaljit and Amarjit went back to their Rajwant had himself called, we asked him if we were to send
teaching positions at the College in England and the children went him documentation on Amar Singh would he help in revoking
to school there. So far INS has not acted at our request and Amar six Green Cards issued to him and his family. His answer was
Singh keeps on defrauding US citizens with impunity. We welcome
in affirmative. We sent the documantation but there has been
help from any source, except one, to have these Green Cards
no response.
revoked. Exception is Dr. Rajwant Singh, Executive Director of
Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, Maryland. Ironically he is also the
person who could do it. But there are two reasons why we will not Letter to the President:
ask for his help. Firstly, he is in the camp of Babas, Sants and On September 13, 2001 we wrote a letter of condolences
Derawalas. When Vedanti led a delegation to the Pope he was addressed to the President of the United State. In response we
accompanied by Nanaksaria Amar Singh Saadh, Daljit Singh received a form letter dated Nov. 13, 2001 designed for the
Saadh, Mohinder Singh Mahant and this Dr. Rajwant Singh. We Arab and Muslim Americans. “We must remember that our
believe that Jathedar’s delegation was chosen for him. Secondly, Arab and Muslim American citizens love our nation and must
Dr. Rajwant managed to do the impossible i.e. get a ‘Stay of be treated with dignity and respect.” Indo-Canadian Times
Deportation’ against Gurdarshan Singh, Granthi at the Guru Internetional’s October 4-10, 2001 issue had carried a picture
Gobind Singh Foundation Gurdwara, Maryland. Gurdarshan of Didar Singh Bains, Dr. Rajwant and other Sikh leaders with
Singh was ordered deported after being convicted of a criminal act. President Bush. We wrote back to the President expressing
He was charged with, “Child Abuse: Custodian” and “Sex Offense regret that if White House cannot distinguish between Sikh and
Third Degree” On or About 01/01/89 – 12/31/91, Case # Muslim Americans what hope is there from ordinary
1D00037094, District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County, Americans and enclosed the picture of him meeting with Sikh
27 Courthouse Square, Rockville, Maryland 20850. “Defendant leaders to refresh his memory of Sikh Americans. No response
entered a plea of guilty to count #1 of the indictment as amended. was received to that letter.
Court (Kavanaugh, J.) advises the defendant of his rights, find the
defendant has freely and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial
Dr. Jasdev Singh Rai
and entered his plea, accepts plea and enters a finding of guilty to
count # 1 (Sexual Offense – Fourth Degree). Judge: M.
Our first contact with Dr. Jasdev Singh Rai, UK was in Nov.
Kavanaugh. Type: Docket. 04/09/97.ED] 2000 when we discovered that he was involved with human
rights. We were trying to explore the possibility of bringing
Dr. Rajwant had called to defend his Granthi inspite of his India’s genocide of Sikhs in 1984 before the World Court. Dr.
conviction by a District Court of Maryland. Later conversation Rai showed no interest. Later we found out that he was very
with others will reveal that that was his routine. Generally a close to Akal Takhat Jathedars, especially when Vedanti
Sikh family hides some thing like this. But in this case when became Jathedar and Vedanti appointed him as his
the parents found out they went to Dr. Rajwant who chose to representative in matter of turban in French schools. Now, by
believe his Granthi thereby terming the aggrieved parents and virtue of the position Vedanti holds and the history of his
their daughter as liars. He did not give up even after loosing the conduct, since his ‘coronation’ as ‘Jathedar’, Vedanti is enemy
case. What strings did he pull to ensure stay of deportation? number one of Sikhi. What can we expect from someone
Since Granthi was an applicant for political asylum it had to be working for and being close to Vedanti?
proven to the judge that if he is deported he will be tortured by
the Govt. of India. Interestingly same thing happened in the case D. S. Gill
of SYA king maker Jasjit Singh Chela of Fremont. He was Like Dr. Jasdev Singh Rai his too is a one man human Rights
arrested in 2003 apparently for immigration violations for not show called International Human Rights Organisation
appearing before the judge after his petition for political asylum (IHRO). We met him at the offices of the World Sikh News in
was denied several years earlier. In 1996 he did travel to India Stockton in April 1995 while we were trying to gather material
with passport issued by Indian Counsel in San Francisco and before filing a court case against Nanaksaria Amar Singh. We
Green Card issued by USINS under an assumed name. In had learned that an organization based in Ludhiana, Sikh
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Vichar Manch, had collected substantial material about Amar Vedanti, or that of Tohra, Badal, Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba, Baba
Singh. Our contact told us about D. S. Gill’s pending visit to Mangal Singh, Baba Kashmira Singh, RSS, etc.?”
WSN office and suggested that he being from Ludhiana might
be able to put us in touch with the Manch. D. S. Gill offered to In 2002 Harvard University held a conference on Human
do much more. He infact claimed to be the Manch and offered to Rights. “Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human
send us within days material on Amar Singh that will include Rights in Punjab” was published in 2003. Evidence for this
affidavits of the young women and their parents about actions of publication was prepared out of the facilities and offices
Amar Singh. Although he was not going back to India within the provided by Prof Gurtej Singh. He was invited to attend this
next 30 days, he was going to UK and he might find the conference but the US Embassy in New Delhi denied him the
materials in his British office. Since he failed to call us we visa. A friend and well wisher provided him with
located him in England. His true character showed during that Ambassador’s personal email address and suggested he write to
phone call. He was towing Amar Singh’s stooges’ line i.e. ‘Sant him. Gurtej Singh got single entry visa. Again in 2003 when
Amar Singh is a noble soul who has devoted all his life to the we invited him to attend the conference in Roseville, California
good of the community through Sikhi parchar and Khalsa that became the focal point for the October 2003 World Sikh
Schools world wide. It is the dissatisfied people who bad mouth Conference in Mohali, he was given single entry visa. But not
him by making up stories against him once Baba ji turns them knowing how the governments work we made a mistake of
down by refusing to perform illegal favours for them.’ We including request for visas for two other Professors, one each
were to learn later that he has no office in UK and only people from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar and Khalsa College
we were able to find associated with Sikh Vichar Manch were Chandigarh in the same letter as for Gurtej Singh. They must
Balbir Singh Sooch and late Gurbhajan Singh Gill. have been deemed ‘dangerous’ by association with Gurtej
Singh. Reason given for visa denial was that there was strong
Another thing that has mystified us about D. S. Gill is his suspicion that the other two Professors will not return to India.
freedom of movement. Even though he is President of his Second interview with letters from our Congressman and
International Human Rights Commission he seems to have no affidavits of their assets failed to change Embassy’s mind.
problem holding Indian passport and obtaining visas for any
country. On the contrary Prof. Gurtej Singh who heads no In 2004 Prof. Gurtej Singh, alongwith this writer, was to attend
Human Rights Commission had his passport confiscated and six International Conferences in as many countries. All other
was denied one in 2000 when alongwith several other Sikh countries gave him visas, including the US, this time multiple
scholars and Professors he was invited to the States for an entry, but Canada declined the visa request. Only conclusion
Internatrional Conference on Sikh Studies. He successfully we can make is that once Indian Govt. could not deny Passport
challenged the Indian Govt’s action in court and got his passport to Gurtej Singh it resorted to black list him with foreign Govts.
but too late for the conference. This is what we wrote then in the where he is likely to go i.e. where Sikhs have migrated. We
June 2000 issue of the Sikh Bulletin: tried to overturn Chandigarh Canadian Mission’s decision by
Denial of Indian Passport to Prof. Gurtej Singh seeking intervention of three Sikh Canadian MPs through our
“Prof. Gurtej Singh was supposed to have participated in the contacts in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. No Sikh MP
International Conference on Sikh Studies, along with Dr. Balwant helped. Visa was finally obtained through the good offices of a
Singh Dhillon and Dr. Sulakhan Singh, both of Guru Nanak Dev Pakistani Muslim MP in Toronto.
Univ. and Dr. Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon of Punjab Univ. and
Institute of Sikh Studies. Dr. G.S. Dhillon told me that the denial of Dr. Kharak Singh Mann
passport had to do with an old lawsuit arising out of Gurtej Singh’s In our search for Sikh organizations that could use the material
involvement in a human rights related demonstration. Prof. Gurtej we had collected about Nanaksaria Amar Singh Barundi to rid
Singh told me that the act under which that case was filed against us of the curse of ‘Sant Babas’ we turned to Dr. Kharak Singh
him by the Govt. had been declared unconstitutional by the courts. of IOSS (Institute of Sikh Studies) in 1998. He was the channel
It was not clear to him why the passport was denied.
we used to send a dossier on Amar Singh to Jathedar Ranjit
Singh. He delivered that to the Jathedar on January 22, 1998.
Is it not strange that Indian Govt. would issue a passport to the
widow of Bhindranwale, to Advocate D.S. Gill who calls himself
But that made no difference to the Jathedar who, in addition to
President of a Human Rights group, to Ranjit Singh Ghataura various siropas, had accepted an air conditioned car from Amar
whom it incarcerated for 14 years for allegedly killing Nirankari Singh and had him perform Kirtan at Akal Takhat. We were
Baba, and even to one Sukhbir Singh Osan, who would like us to soon disillusioned about Dr. Kharak Singh as well. After
believe that the Indian intelligence agency is watching his every reading his article “Let’s Rise to the Occasion” in the May
move. Yet, Mr. Osan was given a passport and allowed to visit 1998 issue of ‘Meeri te Peeri” magazine in which he included
abroad during the tercentenary year. And, of course, once back in ‘Sant Smaj’ among the organizations that may come forward
India he was ‘hounded by the police who wanted to know everything and join the 300th anniversary celebrations, we wrote a letter to
about him’. him on June 10, 1998. In the two page letter we wrote, “Sants,
at least the kind we have been getting here, drive thinking
Prof. Gurtej Singh is not a terrorist. He is a Sikh Scholar. What is Sikhs away from Sikhism, not to it. Sant Mann Singh, Sant
the Indian Govt. afraid of? Do they think the Sikhi he talks about is Gurbachan Singh Kali Kambliwale and Sant Baba Amar
different from that of Jathedars Puran Singh and Joginder Singh Singh Barundi come to mind.” “For a Sikh there is only one
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Sant and that is Sri Guru Granth Sahib. If that was not the step into the arena and join forces to claim our heritage and live
practice in the past it should be now and for ever.” Desperately by the Guru’s teaching, “Truth is the highest virtue, but
seeking his assistance to save us from akhauti Sants we higher still is truthful living”, Guru Nanak? Our current and
concluded the letter by saying, “Should you wish not to get deceased leaders in India since the partition have conspired
involved then I suggest you change the name of your institute with our enemy to deny us our identity at home (Panjab) and
to Institute of Kesadhari Hindu Studies.” our diaspora leaders have conspired with our enemy to paint us
with the brush of terrorism. It is about time we woke up.
He has not complied with either of our requests but he has Hardev Singh Shergill
1
certainly turned the Institute of Sikh Studies into nothing. To P.11 Fighting Oppression to Dancing with Dictators.
2
P.14 Research and Analysis Wing.
him his membership on the ‘Adharam Parchar Committee of 3
See Sikh Bulletin April 2003 pp 21-23.
SGPC’ was more important than the Sikh Studies. Instead of
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challenging the akhauti hukamnama of akhauti Jathedar Vedanti
about ban on any discussion of Dasam Granth, he chose to obey OUR EXPERIENCE WITH S. DIDAR SINGH
it while ‘Baba’ Virsa Singh was free to propagate it right under BAINS OF YUBA CITY
the nose of the akhauti jathedar. Dear Shergill Sahib, Warmest Fateh!
S. Didar Singh Bains came on the scene at the last minute, at
Conclusion the opening ceremony of Khalsa School in September of 1995.
We conclude with a quote from Kim Bolan’s recently released How he came on the scene is not clear. There are some things
book “Loss of Faith: How the Air-India Bombers Got Away which I do remember such as a gentleman by the name of
With Murder”, McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 75 Sherbourne Tarlochan Singh Kalra, a local resident but with close ties
Street, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2P9: with Mr. Bains, might have approached Late Mr. Gurmukh
“Chohan warmly –welcomed me to his humble house in the town of Singh Badyal who was the secretary of the school, and who
Tanda, where he had run his own hospital when he was forced into understandably got excited with the fact that Mr. Bains was
exile in 1980. He had finally returned to India shortly after I saw going to donate $100,000 dollars to the school if he were
him in London in 2001. He founded a new separatist political party, invited to inaugurate.
but it did not seem to have much zeal. Chohan openly admitted the
movement had been ruined by the violence of some of the groups, This makes sense to me because since 1995, Mr. Tarlochan
including Parmar’s. “You can’t build a country with violence. It Singh has made numerous promises, publicly and in private, to
should be done with logic, by constitutional means,” Chohan said. Mr. Sewa Singh Sandhu, Mr. Gurmit Singh Khalon, myself
He remained close to Simranjit Singh Mann – the last elected and many others that the promised money from S. Didar Singh
Khalistani politician, who also admitted the movement no longer Bains will be coming. My understanding is that Mr. Bains had
had support in the countryside because of the violence of some of its
told Mr. Tarlochan Singh that the promised donated amount
leaders in the 1980s. “They started raping girls, abducting the girls,
will be forthcoming. Mr. Tarlochan Singh has been continuing
looting the people. Once a militant movement loses its high moral
ground, it is going to fail,” Mann told me.
with the same story for the last 10 years.

Jasbir Singh Rode, Bhindranwale’s nephew, echoed Mann’s S. Lashman Singh Aujla, whom I don’t recall ever
sentiments when I visited him in his large, comfortable home in approaching to solicit funds from Mr. Bains, also came on the
Jalandhar. He had also returned from England, where he co- scene on many occasions. He too promised, on behalf of Mr.
founded the International Sikh Youth Federation with Vancouver Bains, that the money for the school would be delivered soon.
resident Harpal Nagra. “The movement was fore-doomed because But no money has been delivered so far, either through Mr.
we were not well organized, we had no country to back us,” he said. Aujla or through Mr. Tarlochan Singh.
“There was no public opinion in our favour. We were taken full
advantage of by the Indian intelligence agencies who infiltrated It has been embarrassing to remind them of the promises they
our ranks, manipulated our members. Killings and counter- have made. It is true that all reminders have been through these
killings were organized and the blame was put at the door of the two individuals, although there is no documentation of these
Sikh movement in all cases.” conversations.

Epilogue Anyhow, the fact remains that the promised donation of $

This issue of the Sikh Bulletin is all about Sikhs hurting Sikhs. 100,000 for the school made by Mr. Bains in 1995 has not
We also believe that inspite of assertions to the contrary the reached the school to date. His announcement was made
letters between Akali leaders and Indra Gandhi’s office that during the opening ceremony, of the first Khalsa School in
Prof. Gurtej Singh has included in his book ‘Chakravyuh’ and Ontario, at Siri Guru Singh Sabha Malton, to more than 3000
printed on pages 23 & 24 of this issue are authentic. Its proof congregants in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib. To not
lies not only in the thorough investigation by Prof. Gurtej Singh receive his donation after 10 years and considering that Mr.
but also the actions of the leaders named in those letters. Isn’t it Bains, along with Mr. Tarlochan Singh, were two of the Panj
time to learn from the past, dump the falsehood of bhaichara, Piaras for the ribbon cutting ceremony at the opening of the
abandon the leaders who got to their position by stepping upon school is disheartening.
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I am certain that Mr. Bains does not need a reminder. We Rajwant Singh and in our phone conversation he promised
eagerly wait for him to honour his commitment of donating me the moon. Tours could happen, book contracts were easy,
$100,000 to the Khalsa Community School, a cause he must money was no problem; this is how I understood it. I also
have believed in, in order to make the donation in the first place. understood that he felt I should stop worrying and writing
Thanks. about Yogi Bhajan's cult. But nothing came of it, I didn't hear
Management, Khalsa Community School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada back from him.
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MY EXPERIENCE WITH DR. RAJWANT Later, I understood how few resources Sikhs have. I learned
Kamalla Rose Kaur that a Sikh "publicist" doesn't commonly exist. In general,
In fall 2000 I posted my first article about Sikhi to a Sikh Sikhs are doctors, lawyers, professors, insurance agents - there
internet forum. I had left the Yogi Bhajan cult a decade before, are countless engineers and computer nerds - and then Sikhs
under threat, after I unwittingly stumbled across a great deal of are working class labor and taxi drivers. Sikh books don't get
evidence about the criminal activities of my former Kundalini published in the West, Sikh tours are self promoted, and Sikh
Yoga Master, Yogi Bhajan, and his inner circle. By the year funding often comes through the Sugar Daddy system. Later I
2000 I had joined with other X-Bhajanites to get that understood much better what happened in 1984 and I forgave
evidence published on the internet. Dr. Rajwant Singh and all the other Sikh men who were rude,
or impatient, or too "polite" to say "No!" to me, when I first fell
Knowing full well that I had been mistaught Sikhi while a into the middle of their debates. I forgave myself for innocently
member of YB's group, I was seeking editorial help with an playing the clown as well.
article I had written and was planning on publishing. Studying
the names of the various Sikh forums I decided to post at one Then I got picked up by Sikhe.Com as their first staff writer
called "Sikh youth" figuring that I might find an informed Sikh and during the three years I wrote for them, we became the
Mom, or maybe an elementary school teacher, to answer my most popular Sikh website ever. My fellow columnists were
questions and tutor me; or maybe the Sikh children could help Patwant Singh, I. J. Singh, Harbans Lal; among others. I
me. believe it was in those early days at Sikhe.com that I once
again heard from Dr. Rajwant Singh. He emailed me asking
But Nanak had different plans for me. I posted my article and me to post something for him to the Sikh forums. I declined.
suddenly I found myself surrounded by Sikh males, no women I explained to him, as I had explained to others, that
in sight, and they were ripping my article to shreds. "Oops!" I I am studying Sikhi and the Sri Guru Granth and that, other
thought, "I seem to have crashed into some sort of teenage pro- than supporting the Sikh Women's Movement and giving
Khalistan gang forum!" Mind you, I am a mother, with grown out remedial advice on how Sikhs might improve global PR, I
children. I am not afraid of a bunch of rude punk kids. And was simply too ignorant to take political sides or back any
being a writer and journalist, I could smell a story. I sent some one leader.
friends the exchanges and the feedback was good. I kept posting.
Dr. Rajwant Singh now? I have admired how he has involved
Those Sikh youth weren't polite but they were knowledgeable. himself in Washington DC Interfaith seva. This has brought
My silly article had talked about how Sikhs revere Baba Siri him into contact with both Clinton and now Bush. He has
Chand, and I called Sikhi; "Sikh Dharma." I assumed everyone sung kirtan at the White House. He too represents Sikhs
did. Still, something wasn't right. I couldn't believe that Sikh everywhere. Except that he was so pro-Khalistan, but now he
teens were so different from teens I knew from other cultures. is happy with the token "Sikh" Prime Minister of India,
They were so serious and intense and sexist. So I asked them the one Dr. Rajwant's former enemies have placed in power?
about this and finally it came out that the Sikh "youth" posting Dr. Rajwant, Mrs. Yogi Bhajan, and Bush and the PM of
on that forum were in their 30s, and several of them were much India, smile happily for the cameras.
older than that! I was crashing their Sikh men's club terribly! *****
FIGHTING OPPRESSION TO DANCING WITH
I should have just excused myself and left, but by then I was DICTATORS
hooked on Sikhi. I was hooked on figuring out what True Sikhi The Portrait of a broken community
taught as distinct from what Yogi Bhajan had taught. I was By Sukhjind Singh
going through a conversion experience and I found, to my [Forwarded to us by Kirpal singh Nijher from
surprise, that I had passionate opinions about Sikhi. Meanwhile I [email protected]; on behalf of; Sukhjind Singh
[[email protected]]
was shocked at how I was being treated by Sikh men out on the
internet, and yet, being a performance artist and a journalist, I In June 1984, the Sikh American community was shaken by the
was looking for a great story and a big break. I fought back by Indian State’s attack on Darbar Sahib, Sikhi’s most venerated
wrting a piece I called "Prem Ki Jit!" It quickly got published place of congregation and worship. In November of the same
all over the world. Fan mail started pouring in. year, the community again looked on with horror as Sikhs were
brutally burnt, killed and raped in the state sponsored pogroms
Clearly I needed to find a Sikh agent or publicist, cultural guide, which unfolded on the streets of Delhi and throughout the
professional mentor. A friend put me in contact with Dr. country.
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The years that followed saw the mass detention, torture, extra-
judicial execution, illegal cremation, and rape of tens of
thousands of Sikhs. The exact number of how many thousands
were killed or tortured will never be known because NGO’s such
as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are not
allowed within the Punjab State even today; estimates of deaths
range from 100,000 to 250,000. Bollywood’s comical
depictions of Sikhs along with the Indian’s center’s oppressive
socio-economic policies have left the Sikhs of Punjab crushed in
spirit and destitute. Social ills, illiteracy, and apostasy run
rampant in the land of the Sikh Gurus.

Sikhs of Punjab need the assistance of their Sikh brethren in the

West today, more than ever. Unfortunately, the Sikhs of
America who once protested the Indian State’s repressive
policies in Punjab, have today abandoned their brothers and
sisters in Punjab. They shamelessly dash to sit in the lap of their
Indian master in the hopes that a beggin-bite might be thrown
their way. An apt example is the recent self-pitying display of
Sikhs in the welcoming of Manmohan Singh to the United
States.
Dr. Rajwant posing with PM Singh during a state dinner on
Forty Five Sikh “leaders”, led by Dr. Rajwant Singh, spent July 18, 2005
$25,000 to put an ad in the Washington Post welcoming the One may rightly ask, what has changed? Have the tens and
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, “on behalf of two tens of thousands of Sikhs who were murdered by the Indian
million Indians in the United States.” Many of these individuals, State been given justice? Or was it always about the Photo
including Rajwant Singh, were once activists for a separate Sikh Opportunity for Rajwant? Have the architects and perpetrators
Homeland and strong critics of India’s brutal treatment of of the crimes been punished? Has the Indian State terminated
Sikhs. Today, they look for favor from their Indian masters by the illegal and unconstitutional diversion of Punjab’s river
broadcasting to America that, “We, here in the U.S. are blessed waters or put an end to barring Punjabi farmers from trading on
to have the world’s strongest democracy as our homeland, and the open market? Has Bollywood ceased using the word Sikh
the world’s largest democracy as our native land.” as the punch line for their asinine amusement? Has Manmohan
Singh ever even addressed the deep rooted troubles in Punjab
WHAT HAS CHANGED? or decried his Party’s actions?
Though the Washington Post ad welcomes Manmohan Singh
with, “open arms, and warm hearts filled with pride, happiness,
and gratitude,” the 22 million Sikhs in India have very little to
rejoice. Not only did Manmohan Singh’s party orchestrate
massacres against the Sikhs, Union Ministers Sajjan Kumar,
Jagdish Tytler and Kamal Nath in Manmohan Singh’s
government were principal architects of the 1984 anti-Sikh
pogroms in New Delhi and throughout India. Horrifying eye
witness accounts tell the saga of Kumar, Tytler and Nath’s
bloodcurdling actions on the streets of Delhi, in broad daylight.

Could anyone imagine a Black President giving members of

the Ku Klux Klan responsible for masterminding mass
lynching cabinet positions or a Jewish President appointing
officers from Nazi Death Camps as his advisors? Would
blacks or jews ever accept a leader that did this? How can
Sikhs?

What Sikh virtues and character does Manmohan Singh

exemplify? In 1993, during the height of the extra-judicial
Dr. Rajwant leading a Khalistani Rally during the visit of PM killings in Punjab, Manmohan Singh, representing India as
Rao on May 19, 1994 finance minister under Prime Minister Rao’s Government,
stated there were no human rights concerns in Punjab at the
Human Rights World Conference in Vienna. He said, “India's

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commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, in disarray, alcoholism and drug use is rampant, no industry
political and civil as well as economic, social and cultural, is exists, and the coming generation is shunning their faith. One
unreserved and total. This commitment has evolved logically should wonder why the most successful, influential, and well-
from the age-old ideals which have been the basis of our to-do Sikhs in America don’t care about their homeland.
composite culture of the centuries." This he said of the work of
a government that spearheaded the mass killing of Sikhs in the The onus lies on the Sikhs of the West to come to the aid of
1980 and 1990. The fact that he sports the Sikh identity makes their brothers and sisters colonized by the Indian State.
his actions that much more damaging for the Sikh people. Manmohan Singh may be a turbaned PM, but his allegiance
Rajwant Singh led a protest (pictured above) against Prime to his Hindu nationalist masters over the interests of the
Minster Rao when he visited America in 1994. Today, he pays Sikhs is unmistakable.
obeisance to the same office. One feels compelled to ask again,
what has changed? Dr. Singh represents the face of Punjab for the Congress Party.
“What do you mean there are any problems in Punjab – A Sikh
Many have put forth that in this post-9/11 climate, having a is the Prime Minister”, says Sonia. For example, shortly after
turbaned Prime Minister from India visit the US will give the Manmohan Singh was appointed PM, the Indian Supreme
Turban and Beard a positive image. Even though most Court made a ruling on the SYL Canal which will rob Punjab
Americans couldn’t name the Prime Minister of Canada and the of even more water. Though the decision was against
American media didn’t give the PM’s visit even a passing international riparian water laws and the Indian constitution,
glance, people have argued that the turbaned visit was favorable. how does one respond to the argument, “What do you mean,
An argument could be made that every little bit helps build an Singh is Prime Minister.”
image. Even so, are we so desperate as a community, so insecure
in our existence that we will ignore dishonesty and shameful Wake up my brothers and Sisters! We cannot be so greedy
actions only for a small bit of mileage for ourselves? Even if to gain favor from the Indian regime that we will compromise
these 45 people genuinely wanted to simply promote a positive our ideals and turn our backs on the Sikhs of the Punjab. Does
Sikh image, could they not have done so without licking India’s the Khalsa forged by the blood and tears of the Gurus forget its
boots? duty to never abdicate and secure justice for the oppressed at all
cost? It is our very own people that are held hostage today.
The Sikh’s sponsoring the ad and those enthusiastically Even having knowledge of simply one brother killed, sister
clamoring for the Indian PM’s handshake at the White House, raped, or wife widowed should be enough to awaken our
represent a sad truth about the state of Sikhs. These are conscience and take positive action to better their condition.
affluent and influential Sikhs. Educated Sikhs. Many of them To do otherwise is to be an empty shell without an ounce of
even “activists” who educate youth, encourage Sikh focused intellect, compassion, and humanity associated with our
programs, hold seminars on human rights of Sikhs. species. There cannot be a neutral in the struggle between
justice and injustice. One is either Guru facing and working
towards uplifting society or working towards facilitating
oppression and destruction of society. Sitting on the fence is an
unacceptable disposition.

If you’ve never heard of anyone affected by the Indian

Regime, meet the family of Ajeet Singh:

M. Singh, aged ninety, a resident of Kilibodla in Ferozepur

district, told us that at about 4:45 P.M. on October 7, 1992, he
saw Jaginder Singh, a resident of the nearby village of Sood,
running down the road toward M.’s house, followed by fifteen
police in two jeeps, led by Subinspector Balkar Singh.
Jaginder ran into the courtyard, turned and shot SI Balkar Singh
and SI Jarnail and then escaped. M. then said the other police
surrounded the house and made everyone come into the
courtyard. Other police reinforcements completely surrounded
But they are self-loathing. They were so excited to be given a the area and blocked all the roads.
chance to shake a PM’s hand, take a picture and publicize a J. Kaur, aged eighteen, who lived nearby, told what
press release that they let the concerns of the Sikh kaum be put happened:
on hold. They give memos about Sikhs in France but forget
the thousands killed by Manmohan Singh’s party. The police beat Rajinder and Sukhvinder (two members of the
family ages twenty-one and fifteen) with their rifle butts for
The Sikhs of Punjab have seen 20 years of turmoil and carnage about ten minutes. I heard the police say to bring the women,
unlike any else in our recent history. The educational system is and they beat them too. I could hear them screaming for about
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ten minutes. Then I heard a burst of gunfire at about 7:15 P.M. Several individuals, including Mrs. Ks’ nephew, tried to escape
and I saw flames coming up near the tree beside the house. by cutting their hair. Despite this many were killed because
About forty-five minutes later I heard three explosions. Then I they were identified by neighbors who took part in the rioting
heard nothing more. The next morning at 6:00 A.M., Devraj and could identify Sikhs, or by minor, local officials who were
Sharma of the Zira police station came to our house and accused seen carrying clipboards and directing the mob to attack
us of giving shelter to the militants. He said, “We have already particular households or people. Other Sikhs had their hair
killed seven members of that family and now we are going to forcibly cut and then killed.
shoot you.”
Mrs. K. lost everything of value from her own home, including
J. Kaur and K. Singh were taken to the police station and then Rs. 7,000 in cash, a radio, a TV and other items. Moreover,
ordered to identify the other family members. J. Kaur described “despite being a middle-aged mother of four, I was nearly
the injuries: raped but was saved by providence. Nevertheless, I was
repeatedly humiliated and my clothes were torn off two or three
Rajvinder Singh’s left arm was broken and the bone was times.” She added, “when the stricken women rushed out of
protruding. He had bullet wounds in his chest and abdomen. their burning homes, the gujjars (from village Chilla), bhangis
Ajit Singh had bullet wounds in the chest and blood on his and some others enquired from each other which woman they
shoulders. Manjit Kaur had bullet wounds to the head, and her fancied and then proceeded to rape them. I heard people
knees appeared to have been crushed. Jasvinder Kaur’s head shouting to each other to kill every Sikh, and that even if one
was swollen and she had bullet wounds to her chest and legs. escaped it would be bad for them.”
The other bodies also had bullet wounds in the chest and
abdomen. Lakhwinder’s arm had been badly burned and the There were twenty-one males in her father-in-law’s family. All
hands of all the other bodies had also been burned. of them were killed. Her brother was beaten and left for dead
but fortunately survived. Sukhjind Singh, Akal Sahai
When Human Rights Watch examined the site on October 13, *****
1992, a rope and chain which were wrapped around the tree in PRO-INDIA SIKH SELLOUTS EXPOSED
the courtyard were dangling from one of the branches. The wall Rajwant Singh, Didar Bains, Others Show
on the outside of the house had been recently burned, and Their True Colors
charred skin was visible on the ground near the wall. There Dr. Aulakh , <[email protected]>
were also bullet holes in the gate. Inside the house, trunks had WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2005 - The visit of Indian
been broken open and the television had been smashed. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States exposed
According to a local journalist, who visited the site soon after the Sikh sellouts who are working for the oppressors of the
the killings, the police claimed that the family had been killed in Sikh Nation, according to Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President
cross-fire. of the Council of Khalistan, which leads the Sikh struggle for
freedom and independence from India. Forty-five individuals
Meet Mrs. K: and Sikh organizations, including the well-known betrayers of
The late husband of this witness was a tea-stall owner. The the Sikh Nation Didar Bains and Rajwant Singh, took out a
family was originally from Alwar, but resettled in Delhi in 1977. full-page advertisement in the Washington Post congratulating
Mrs. K’s husband and three sons (the eldest 28, was a railway Prime Minister Singh. "On behalf of the two million Indians in
porter, the second, aged 20, drove a hired scooter-rickshaw, the United States, we welcome you with open arms and warm
while the third was a boy of 14), were all killed on 1 November. hearts filled with pride, happiness, and gratitude," they wrote.
"As India's friendship with the U.S. increases, we rejoice," they
Mrs. K said that on 1 November, “some people went around wrote.
asking the shops to ‘down shutters’. Those who had closed them
returned to their homes. The pradham [official] of my block then Professor Darshan Singh, a former Jathedar of the Akal Takht,
went around calling people to assemble, as a mob was coming to has said, "If a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Sikh."
burn the gurdwara. The police soon arrived and warned them all Khalistan is the Sikh homeland that declared its independence
to return to their homes and to stay indoors assuring them that from India on October 7, 1987. The Indian government has
they would be safe. When the mob came they [the Sikh men] murdered over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984, more than 300,000
came out and repulsed them. Three such waves were repulsed Christians in Nagaland since 1948, over 90,000 Muslims in
but each time the police came and told them to go home and stay Kashmir since 1988, and tens of thousands of Tamils,
there. “The fourth time they came in increased strength and Assamese, Bodos, Manipuris, Dalits, and others. The Indian
started attacking individual homes, driving people out, beating Supreme Court called the Indian government's murders of
and setting fire to the buildings.” The method of killing was Sikhs "worse than a genocide." According to a report by the
invariably the same: men were hit on the head, sometimes to the Movement Against State Repression (MASR), 52,268 Sikhs
extent of breaking the skull, kerosene poured over them and then are being held as political prisoners in India without charge or
set on fire. trial. Some have been in illegal custody since 1984! Amnesty
International reports that tens of thousands of other minorities
are also being held as political prisoners. "Yet these Sikhs
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congratulated the leader of the government that is carrying out multireligious, multicultural, multilinguistic state that is
these atrocities against the Sikh Nation and other minorities," doomed to disintegrate like the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Dr. Aulakh said. "How can they be considered Sikh leaders or "India is not a homogeneous state," Forbes wrote. "Neither was
representatives when they kiss [lick] the boots of the oppressors the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It attacked Serbia in the summer
of Sikhs? How can there be political prisoners in a democracy?," of 1914 in the hopes of destroying this irritating state after
he asked. "We demand the release of all political prisoners," he Serbia had committed a spectacular terrorist act against the
said. Hapsburg monarchy. The empire ended up splintering, and the
Hapsburgs lost their throne. And on it goes." India is doomed
Over 800 Sikhs demonstrated outside the White House while to fall apart just as Austria-Hungary and the others did. It is on
Prime Minister Singh was visiting President Bush. They the verge of collapse.
condemned the pro-Indian government Sikhs and raised slogans
for Khalistan. "Manmohan Singh, go back," they chanted. "We must continue to pray for and work for our God-given
"Manmohan Singh is a puppet of Sonia Gandhi." The Council of birthright of freedom," Dr. Aulakh said. "Without political
Khalistan was represented by Dr. Bakshish Singh Sandhu, power, religions cannot flourish and nations perish," he said.
Sardar Harjinder Singh, and many others. "Sikhs must work for freedom, not to prop up the Indian tyrants
who are oppressing our people. We know who the real Sikhs
"We must work hand-in-hand, the Sikh diaspora and our Sikh are and who are the pet Sikhs of the Hindustani tyrants."
brothers and sisters in Punjab, Khalistan, until the glow of
freedom shines on a free and sovereign Khalistan," he said. "The *****
flame of freedom stilt burns bright in the hearts of Sikhs despite
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS WING [RAW]
the deployment of over half a million Indian troops to crush it," From Federation of American Scientists [FAS],
Dr. Aulakh said. "Last year, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder 1717 K Street NW, Suite 209, Washington, DC 20036
Singh signed a bill cancelling the agreements that allowed the www.fas.org
diversion of Punjabi water to non-riparian states. The bill The Research and Analysis
asserted the sovereignty of Punjab. Sardar Atinder Pal Singh, Wing [RAW] is India's foreign
another former Member of Parliament, held a seminar on intelligence agency. RAW has
Khalistan in Punjab [He has his designs to form 'Khalistan' become an effective instrument
under the Indian Constitution of 1950. The Constitution (Article of Indian national power, and
25) denies the Sikhs their 'Sikh Identity and very existence', has assumed a significant role
comments Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon of Canada], It was well in carrying out India's domestic
attended and featured outstanding presentations, including one and foreign policies. RAW has engaged in espionage against
by Professor Gurtej Singh, IAS, Professor of Sikhism," he said. Pakistan and other neighboring countries. It has enjoyed the
"Dal Khalsa has held marches through Punjab demanding the backing of successive Indian governments in these efforts.
establishment of an independent Khalistan." Working directly under the Prime Minister, the structure and
On the anniversary of the Indian government's military attack on operations of the Research & Analysis Wing are kept secret
the Golden Temple, the center and seat of Sikhism, in June, Dal from Parliament.
Khalsa, the Khalsa Panchayat, the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar), Damdami Taksal, the Sikh Student Federation Founded in 1968, RAW focused largely on Pakistan. Its
(Bittu), and the Akal Federation marched through the streets of formation was initially motivated by reports of Pakistan
Amritsar demanding freedom for Khalistan. They raised the supplying weapons to Sikh militants, and providing shelter and
Sikh flag. Cases were registered against dozens of Sikhs for training to guerrillas in Pakistan. Numerous missions were
raising the Sikh flag at the Golden Temple on the anniversary of assigned to RAW upon its creation. These included monitoring
the Golden Temple attack in the presence of over 30,000 Sikhs. political and military developments in neighboring countries
Warrants have been issued for their arrest. Those charged that affects Indian national security. Consequently,
include Dal Khalsa leaders such as Kanwarpal Singh Bittu, considerable attention is paid by RAW to Pakistan and China,
Sarabjit Singh Ghuman, Dr. Manjinder Singh Jandi, and others. countries that are traditional rivals of India. RAW has evolved
Dal Khalsa also raised the flag of Khalistan on Republic Day, from its origins as a part of the Intelligence Bureau to develop
January 26. 35 Sikhs were arrested at that time. Some of them into India's predominant intelligence organization. In 1968,
have been denied bail. RAW had 250 agents and a budget of Rs. 2 crore. This has
expanded to the present day total of an estimated eight to ten
History shows that multinational states such as India are doomed thousand agents and a budget that experts place at Rs. 1500
to failure. The collapse of countries like Austria-Hungary, crore, alternately estimated at $145 million.
India's longtime friend the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia,
Czechoslovakia, and others prove this point. India is a polyglot Pakistan has accused the Research and Analysis Wing of
like those countries, thrown together for the convenience of the sponsoring sabotage in Punjab, where RAW is alleged to have
British colonialists. It has never been a single nation. It is supported the Seraiki movement, providing financial support to
doomed to break up as they did. Steve Forbes, writing in Forbes promote its activities in Pakistan and organizing an
magazine, said that India is a multinational, multiethnic, International Seraiki Conference in Delhi in November-
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December 1993. RAW has an extensive network of agents and evidence implicating Osama bin Laden in terrorist attacks, were
anti-government elements within Pakistan, including dissident given to US intelligence officials.
elements from various sectarian and ethnic groups of Sindh and *****
Punjab. Published reports in Pakistan allege that as many as THE VANISHED
35,000 RAW agents entered Pakistan between 1983-93, with From 1984 to 1994, the Punjab Police was at its brutal best.
12,000 working in Sindh, 10,000 in Punjab, 8,000 in North West A decade later, NHRC is still to administer justice.
Frontier Province and 5000 in Balochistan. RAJESH RAMACHANDRAN
[Courtesy: Outlookindia.com Magazine Aug. 15, 2005]
RAW has a long history of activity in Bangladesh, supporting • 2,097 bodies cremated in three crematoriums in
both secular forces and the area's Hindu minority. The Amritsar district. All confirmed by the CBI.
involvement of RAW in East Pakistan is said to date from the
• Police admit custody of only 99 'militants.'
1960s, when RAW supported Mujibur Rahman, leading up to
his general election victory in 1970. RAW also provided training • Compensation awarded to 109 families by NHRC.
and arms to the Bangladeshi freedom fighters known as Mukti Even after 10 years, 2,000 families still await justice.
Bahini. RAW's aid was instrumental in Bangladesh's gaining
independence from Pakistan in 1971.

During the course of its investigation the Jain Commission

received testimony on the official Indian support to the various
Sri Lankan Tamil armed groups in Tamil Nadu. From 1981,
RAW and the Intelligence Bureau established a network of as
many as 30 training bases for these groups in India. Centers
were also established at the high-security military installation of
Chakrata, near Dehra Dun, and in the Ramakrishna Puram area
of New Delhi. This clandestine support to the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), some of whom were on the payroll of
RAW, was later suspended. Starting in late 1986 the Research
and Analysis Wing focused surveillance on the LTTE which was
expanding ties with Tamil Nadu separatist groups. Rajiv Gandhi
sought to establish good relations with the LTTE, even after the
Indian Peace Keeping Force [IPKF] experience in Sri Lanka.
But the Indian intelligence community failed to accurately assess September 6 is an unpleasant milestone in the story of death by
the character of the LTTE and its orientation India and its disappearance in Punjab. On that day, 10 years ago, Akali Dal
political leaders. The LTTE assassination of Rajiv Gandhi was leader Jaswant Singh Khalra, who told the world the shocking
apparently motivated by fears of a possible re-induction of the story of young men in Punjab disappearing and being illegally
Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka and a cremated, was himself made to disappear. The trial into
crackdown on the LTTE network in Tamil Nadu. Khalra's alleged abduction and murder by the Punjab Police,
then the fiefdom of supercop K. P.S. Gill, is still going on in a
RAW was heavily criticized in 1999, following the Pakistani Patiala court. And the trials and tribulations of the families of
incursions at Kargil. Critics accused RAW of failing to provide those who disappeared in the murderous days of militancy
intelligence that could have prevented the ensuing ten-week seem to be endless, their search for justice almost a lost cause.
conflict that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of full-scale
war. While the army has been critical of the lack of information The allegations of police brutality in Punjab between 1984 and
they received, RAW has pointed the finger at the politicians, 1994 are more chilling than any horror film. Human rights
claiming they had provided all the necessary information. Most activists allege the police picked up thousands of young men—
Indian officials believe that in order to prevent another such some confirmed militants, some sympathisers and many
occurrence, communication needs to be increased between the innocents—from across the state, killed them in cold blood and
intelligence agencies, which would require structural reform. despatched them as unidentified corpses to various
crematoriums across the state. There were more weighed down
Most recently, RAW has gained attention for providing the US in canals and rivers. No one knows how many disappeared in
with intelligence on Al-Qaeda and Taliban targets for the war on this manner. However, 2,097 illegal cremations, pertaining to
terrorism in Afghanistan. Maps and photographs of terrorist just three crematoriums in Amritsar district—Durgyana
training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, along with other Mandir, Municipal Committee and Tarn Taran—have been
confirmed by a CBI investigation.

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before they were killed and illegally cremated. Then the NHRC
arrived at the figure of 109 through its own "independent
analysis". According to the petitioners, the police have
admitted custody in certain cases because the families got these
arrests documented by writing petitions or sending telegrams to
public functionaries.

The Punjab Police has always claimed a degree of immunity on

the grounds that this was a 'war against terror' and its officers
should not be held guilty for custodial deaths and cremations.
In a recent hearing, the police counsel even argued that the
Indian state (and its security forces) had behaved in a far
more humane fashion in Punjab than the US forces in Iraq.
Altaf Ahmed, the counsel who drew this analogy, was not
available for comment. It is another issue that even in war,
custodial deaths are illegal under the Geneva Conventions.

The NHRC, on its part, has virtually limited the scope of its
inquiry to illegal cremations in the three crematoriums of
Amritsar. The CIIP had documented hundreds of similar illegal
cremations in other districts of Punjab, like Faridkot,
Kapurthala, Ludhiana and Mansa. But the Commission has
refused to look into these.
The NHRC, inquiring into the entire case for the last eight years
now, has tended to concentrate on the illegality of the Also, the NHRC is yet to question the snail's pace at which the
cremations rather than the allegations of rights violation and CBI is prosecuting the Punjab Police officers. Only about 30
cold-blooded murders. It has also been slow in awarding cases are being tried in Patiala and even Khalra's case has not
compensation to families of those cremated. In fact, last reached its conclusion. This despite a special police officer,
November, the NHRC awarded a compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh Kuldip Singh, testifying recently in the Patiala court that he had
each to only 109 families. As many as 1,886 families have got seen former Punjab Police chief K.P.S. Gill going into the
no relief. room where Khalra was kept a week before he was killed.
According to rights activists, too many high-profile officers are
Of the 109 cases where compensation has been paid, the Punjab involved in the case, which explains why the case is making
Police has admitted that it had custody of 99 persons before they slow progress.
were killed. The police claim that all of them were killed in
encounters and they could not safeguard the lives of terrorists. In The Khalra case had its beginnings in a press
almost all the cases, the police's story is the same: the man in conference held by the Akali leader in January
custody was being taken, usually in the dead of night, to recover 1995. In it, he revealed that thousands of extra-
arms when other militants attacked the police party and killed judicial killings had happened in Punjab since
the terrorist in custody. But not a single policeman was recorded 1984 and that these bodies were illegally
as killed in these encounters where automatic weapons were cremated all over the state. He had the records
often used. But the NHRC did not question why only those in of three crematoriums in Amritsar, which he
custody were killed during such encounters. This despite the made public. But the Punjab and Haryana High Court didn't
NHRC noting in its findings that "the state of Punjab is, entertain his petition. Soon after, he was abducted. A telegram
therefore, accountable and vicariously responsible for the on Khalra's abduction, sent by the then Shiromani Gurudwara
infringement of the indefeasible right to life of those 109 Prabhandak Committee president Gurcharan Singh Tohra, was
deceased persons as it failed to safe-guard their lives and persons treated as a petition by the Supreme Court, which asked the
against the risk of avoidable harm". CBI to investigate the case as also the illegal cremations.

The NHRC refused to respond to Outlook's questionnaire or The CBI came up with the figure of 2,097 illegal cremations in
comment on the various contentious issues since it could the three crematoriums. Among these, the CBI identified 582
prejudice the process of inquiry. Human rights activists allege bodies, provisionally identified another 278 and listed 1,237 as
the NHRC has been softer on the police than the victims. They unidentified. The Supreme Court referred the matter to the
say the police should have been put through more stringent NHRC in December 1996, giving the latter all authority to deal
probing, especially their claim of having had only 99 victims in with the issue. Even when the Centre challenged the NHRC's
custody. One of the key petitioners, the Committee for authority, the Supreme Court held in September 1998 that, "in
Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP), says on the basis of deciding the matters referred by this court, the NHRC is given
its documentation that the police had custody of 146 people a free hand and is not circumscribed by any conditions". That
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is, the CBI would look into the culpability of the police officers work ethics, are recognised by Sikhs to be born of the
in killing/cremating people and the NHRC would probe the deliberate spiritual stance adopted by Sikh Gurus. Any host
remaining issues, particularly those related to human rights society or religious order concerned about the future of
violations. Of course, the Supreme Court expected a "quick humankind, would have regarded the discipline of Sikhism as
conclusion" from the NHRC. That was seven years ago. a valuable addition to human progress and would have
welcomed and encouraged it. This has not happened in India.
After the CBI identified 582 bodies, the Punjab Police admitted On the contrary, Sikh society has always faced deep-rooted
they knew the identity of 376 bodies. According to its affidavit, hostility from protagonists of the Brahmanical order. For
321 were identified on the spot. This means that 65 per cent of instance, certain aspects of Sikh culture are in complete
the bodies were identified before cremation, yet the police did contrast, for instance, to the dehumanising Brahmanical caste
not hand over the bodies to the families. The CIIP's Ashok system. Such differences are found to be intolerable by those
Agrwaal claims that his organisation could place an additional elements of Hindu society which do not regard Brahmanism as
175 corpses, taking the count of fully identified bodies to 757. an unfortunate later development in Hinduism, but conceive of
He says: "There was no justification for the cremation of it as its essential part. The aforementioned is an entirely faulty
identified bodies terming them unidentified/unclaimed, unless it and destructive approach since the essence of what was the
was a matter of policy at the highest level of the Punjab Police. best in ancient Hindu culture has been preserved in Sikhism,
If cremation was a matter of policy, then it indicates that the the advent of Sikhism was a God-sent opportunity for Hindus
murder of these persons could have been a matter of policy too". to shed the sharp angularities of Brahmanism. Wisdom
demanded that, on the authority of the Sikh Gurus,
Despite a decade of delay and apathy, the families of the Brahmanism should have been regarded as a dispensable
'missing and cremated' are waiting for justice. As for the CIIP, it superstructure and thrown off. While the Sikh approach to
sees its 10-year-long fight as not one just about Punjab. Says Hindu society has always been friendly, constructive and co-
Agrwaal: "The issue is about the impunity with which the operative; that of Brahmanism has been in total contrast.
institutions of the state trampled on the most basic of
fundamental rights—the right to life." The situation has become grim since British de-colonisation
(1947-50). The developments, which were to take place in
[On November 18, 2005, after 10 long years of probe by CBI, 6 consequence of it, did not materialise. The promise held out by
Punjab policemen were convicted in the murder of Jaswant Singh the Independence of India Bill or the British Cabinet Mission
Khalra whose body was never found. Of the nine accused for Proposal of May 16, 1947, were belied. A modern democratic
murder, destroying of evidence, kidnapping with intent to murder federal republic with widely advertised safeguards for
and conspiracy, Tarn Taran SSP Ajit Singh Sandhu allegedly minorities had been contemplated. When the Constitutional egg
committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in May
hatched on January 26, 1950, what emerged from it was a
1998, DSP Ashok Kumar died due to illness and Head Constable
Hindu Imperial power claiming hegemonic control over the
Rashpal Singh was discharged. Of the remaining six DSP Jagpal
Singh and ASI Amarjit Singh were given life imprisonment. Four
political affairs of minorities. It was and has remained a totally
others, SHO Satnam Singh, SHO Jasbir Singh, SHO Surender Singh centralised set up, intolerant of dissent, both political and
and Head Constable Prithipal Singh were awarded seven years cultural. The exterior of a modern democratic republic was
imprisonment for kidnapping and five years for hatching a maintained for external consumption and as an effective public
conspiracy, both sentences to run simultaneously. The four were relations exercise. The exercise and the pretence have been so
also fined Rs. 5,000 each for destroying evidence, kidnapping and effectively projected that it has been difficult to draw attention
conspiracy. ED.] to the true picture. Several honest thinkers have been misled
***** into believing the appearance to be more than skin deep. The
INTRODUCTION West, a votary of democracy, welcomed even the sham
From Chakravyuh, Web of Indian Secularism democracy. A Nelson's eye was turned to all the basic faults in
by Prof. Gurtej Singh Chandigarh the Indian system. On the map of Asia dominated by the red
The universal scope and character of the teachings of the Sikh and green of totalitarian regimes, the saffron of Hindu India
Gurus have struck those who have studied them carefully. The was a welcome contrast. It is the belief of minorities, that by
moral responsibility, stress on self-respect and sense of honour, such deceptive appearances India was able to maintain an
insistence on right conduct, concern for the welfare of others and honourable and healthy appearance although it was rotting on
co-existence with other cultures have been elevated by the Gurus the inside.
as the prerequisites for spiritual living and individual salvation.
Very firm doctrinal basis for co-operation with all cultures has The cultivated gullibility of democratic forces allowed India to
been provided in Sikhism. This totally obviates the urge for freely control the destinies of minorities in detriment to their
conversion on the religious plane, completely eliminates the vital interests. A very subtle and original form of neo-
need to claim cultural exclusiveness or superiority by any group colonialism, which has existed since British de-colonisation,
over any other, and, above all, it is destructive of the passion for has gone unnoticed by the world. This is a proposition, which
political domination over others. These along with a host of is difficult to substantiate to a casual observer. A roving eye
other valuable cultural traits, mental disposition, value system can see only the superficial. Indian ruling classes were able to
conducive to the common welfare of all humankind, and unique create a Chakravyuh, a formation that has enabled it to retain a
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stranglehold over the destinies of minorities. Granth Sahib, ‘lore dakh bijoria, kikar beejejat. hande unn
kataida paidha lore patt.’ ‘Farmer sows the thorny acacia and
There were many ways of exposing this stranglehold and hopes it will yield the best grapes; weaver weaves the used
drawing attention to the plight of minorities. Of them, the Sikhs coarse wool and expects it to turn into fine silk'. In the
have tried several. One manner of doing so was of courting semblance of democracy that we have in India, the situation
martyrdom. Sardar Darshan Singh Pheruman, Baba Jarnail was capable of being deftly handled to the advantage of the
Singh Khalsa Bhinderanwale and his associates effectively people. It is not readily understandable why the Sikhs are
presented it to the world. Their martyrdom showed that in India neglecting to exploit every little advantage they have. Surely
there was no conflict resolving mechanism as is inherent in all they are not entitled to treat themselves so badly.
democracies and that a large section of the population, the
custodians of a vital message for humankind, is feeling There is no reason for them to throw up the kind of leaders they
suffocated and fears extinction. This should have made the have been promoting since 1947. The general excuse is that
world sit up and try to penetrate the make- believe so cleverly leaders of all political parties are bad; this is the general
contrived by the Indian ruling classes. That has not happened so situation all over the world. It is just like Indira Gandhi saying
far. It was primarily due to a Sikh leadership failure, particularly 'corruption is a worldwide phenomena'. They must expect more
in the period after the remarkable martyrdom of the Sant. The from their leaders. They ought to consider this at least in the
Chakravyuh factor also had its role in rendering the obvious so ter-centenary year of the birth of the Khalsa, that 'all others'
obscure. were not created Khalsa in 1699. They also had no martyrs
pouring their blood to see them always on God's path. They
I have been watching some of the doings of our political leaders must remember that the Khalsa was 'created to be a guide and
very closely since at least 1966. I am in a position to observe an example to mankind'. It is a great responsibility to have
that with very few honourable exceptions, they have behaved proper leaders; one which cannot be lightly shaken off by
like crude agents of the new colonising power. Partap Singh employing worn out clichés. It is also a responsibility, which
Kairon industrially developed only the Hindi region, which later they themselves will have to discharge.
formed Haryana. Hi surrendered, without compensation, most of *****
Punjab's river water and hydroelectric power to Rajasthan, SHEDDING THE SHEEPSKIN
Himachal, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir. Later on the Punjab From Chakravyuh, Web of Indian Secularism
would set up three thermal power stations, at a stupendous cost, by Prof. Gurtej Singh Chandigarh
to make up for the power shortage. He tried to crush the The story of the great betrayal of the Sikhs has been repeated
agitation for the Punjabi language, played a prominent and quite often. It is yet the belief of the Sikhs that another
ignoble role in replacing Master Tara Singh as leader of the narration will do no harm. One of the most powerful recitals
patriotic Sikhs, by the user friendly Sant Brothers. He made it was on the floor of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament
his life's mission to firmly oppose Sikh causes. He was not even on September 6, 1966. The occasion was the discussion on the
remotely true to the Punjab. Yet in several ways he was much Reorganisation Bill to carve out a Punjabi speaking state. It was
better than many of his successors. We will have occasions to a historical moment in the life of the Punjab and the narrator
observe the doings of the others referred to. Sirdar Kapur Singh was himself an actor on the stage of
history. He had lived the deprivation of the Punjab over and
Only one conclusion is possible from a study of at least the last over in his mind, had shared the pangs of a people relegated to
fifty years or so. The Sikhs have lost a great deal and will a dark corner of history. He had fought all his life to defend
continue to do so unless far reaching changes are them and their culture. It was a remarkable speech he had made
implemented. In the present circumstances, they are likely to that day.
seriously jeopardise their existence as a people. It will be a Ever since the birth of Sikhism, the Hindu response to its
great pity for they have a distinct contribution to make to the ultimate purpose as well as to its existence has been
future world civilisation. The disaster, if it comes about will be destructive. The enlightened opinion, upheld by history ever so
traced to their inability to choose the proper kind of leaders to often, is that this approach is self-negating and an exercise in
lead them and to their failure in holding these leaders futility. It has achieved nothing more than thwarting the
responsible for deliberately letting them down. Harsher spiritual and mundane progress, of largely the Hindu society
language would b permissible, but it is deemed better if the and in consequence, that of India. It is also true that the Sikhs
reader employs it after going through this book. have been thereby prevented from realising their historical
destiny as catalytic agents for the transforming the human
The general Sikh masses cannot escape responsibility for what psyche. This constitutes a universal loss and does no credit to
is happening. Their apathy must also take the blame. The the society which has acted as a stumbling block.
situation has been brilliantly summed up by a Punjabi poet:
‘ditham ajab tamasha sajjan, hik dehun tain darbare. ibnalwaqat The violence thus done to the Sikhs has taken several forms in
muajjaz theendejan nissar khuarae.’ ‘I witnessed a strange history but has been distinctly recognisable in every
spectacle at your court one day, my friend. Time servers were incarnation. In India since de-colonisation, it has progressively
being honoured and true patriots condemned'. Of a people who become more and more pronounced. It begins in 1947 with
do that and still hope to survive, Baba Farid says in Sri Guru insisting that the displaced Sikhs must settle only in the East
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Punjab. Soon all Sikhs were declared as crime prone and the Master Tara Singh and other Sikhs felt that the Congressmen
administration was instructed to deal with them sternly. and others leading the so-called nationalist movement were
'Mahatma' Gandhi's carried on a regular tirade against the Sikhs nothing more than Hindu leaders trying to establish a Hindu
at his 'prayer meetings'. On November 2, 1947, Maharaja majoritarian state. They were essentially communal in nature
Yadavendra Singh of Patiala wrote to the Home Minister, "but and wanted the liquidation of the minorities, which they hoped
the tragedy is further heightened by the fact that a very well to be able to absorb in Hinduism in the coming years. Those
organised propaganda is being carried out against them in who could not be so disposed of were slated for being
America, Great Britain and other places outside India to fasten dominated in the right imperial fashion of the British and
the guilt of blood upon them, although they are themselves the Mughals before them. All the Sikh leaders of this group were
victims". (See, Sardar Patel's Correspondence Vol. IV, not equally ideologically clear. Even Tara Singh, for instance,
Nayjivan Trust, Ahmedabad, November 1972, page 332). After did not share the vivid perceptions of Giani Sher Singh or even
August 15, 1947, the measures for the protection of minorities of Giani Kartar Singh on this subject. The suspicion about new
agreed to by the Constituent Assembly before that date were dangers to Sikh identity in consequence of Hindu revival in
abandoned. A pledge to establish a truly federal State was new India was perceived to varying degrees. The solutions
reversed. This was followed by total non-applicability of even thought of also naturally varied with the keenness of individual
the 'moth eaten' constitution to the Punjab as evidenced by perceptions. While Giani Sher Singh would have nothing short
handing out of diametrically opposed judgements by the of a sovereign third state, Giani Kartar Singh toyed with the
Supreme Court where Sikh and Hindu interests were involved. idea of an autonomous region with constitutional safeguards.
Stout resistance to the demarcation of Punjabi Suba and the loot Tara Singh, who eventually prevailed, was prepared to settle
of Punjab's natural resources and hydroelectric power are some for mere promises of an autonomous region and was sure the
other indications of the same malady. The list is by no means cultural affinities of the Sikhs with the Hindus would take care
exhaustive. of the rest. They laboured under the impression that because the
Sikhs had fought many Hindu and Indian battles against the
The story of the great betrayal began immediately after the Mughal, Afghan, Iranian and the British imperialists in India,
British de-colonisation. The locale was 2, Telegraph Lane, New the Sikhs would be treated as some sort of blue-eyed boys of
Delhi. The main actors were three bigwigs of the times. They the new administration in India.
were Babu Purushottamdas Tandon, Hari Har Nath Shastri
and Lala Achint Ram. They were all first ranking nationalist Niranjan Singh had come to the important meeting as a random
leaders of the times. The last named was the father of the Vice- representative of the nationalist Sikhs and had brought two
President of India, Krishan Kant. Sardar Jagjit Singh author of friends along for consultation should it become necessary. It
The Sikh Revolution related this story to me. He was one of the had been indicated to him that he would be required to discuss
two persons who had accompanied Principal Niranjan Singh, and participate in the process of nation building, which was to
brother of Master Tara Singh on this trip to Delhi. be deliberated at the meeting. He left his companions at the
India Gate Memorial and walked down to 2, Telegraph Lane to
Niranjan Singh had always described himself as a nationalist answer the call of the stalwarts living there. When he came
Sikh, in contrast to Master Tara Singh who was perceived to be back he was quite bewildered and what follows is the gist of
more concerned about the destiny of the Sikhs after de- his report to his companions. 'All three of them were present.
colonisation. He had persuaded himself that free India would be After small talk, they came to the subject of discussion
a secular democratic republic with all citizens enjoying equal scheduled for the day. The Sikhs have played a great role in the
rights regardless of religion, colour or caste considerations. After struggle for freedom. They complimented him for personally
all, this was what all the nationalists engaged in the 'freedom remaining in the forefront. Time had now come to play as great
struggle' had come to swear by. He, like other Sikhs of his kind, a role in the cause of national integration, which was the need
placed too much faith in the secular and nationalist credentials of of the hour. It was apparent, in the background of historical
the Hindu leaders. Their final argument was that since India was proximity that the Hindu and Sikh religions were identical. It
contemplated as a secular, democratic republic with a written was on this assumption that the nationalist Sikhs had co-
constitution, free Press and independent judiciary, there was no operated with the Hindus in the ordeal under the British. The
cause to worry about the future of the Sikhs in free India They Sikhs had protected the Hindus very well in the past and now
stubbornly failed to appreciate that they could be wrong in their since the Hindus had attained sovereignty, the Sikhs were no
calculations. Those who believed in all that were termed longer needed for the purpose. They expected him to give lead
nationalist and those, that like the Master demanded safeguards to the Sikhs in the new circumstances. It was now necessary
for the minorities, were derided as communalists and were that the Sikhs should merge completely with the majority
regarded as belonging to sub-human species. Niranjan Singh, in community. They, especially the nationalist Sikhs, had no
particular, never felt there would be any hindrance to the ideological barriers and were almost one with the Hindus in all
practise of Sikhism in India after de- colonisation. He had a respects. The only nagging difference was in appearance. So,
number of ardent adherents. Sardar Jagjit Singh and Professor would Sardar Niranjan Singh advocate complete national
Ram Singh were amongst them. Those who did no agree with integration and symbolise it by shaving off ? The next step
this group called them 'Nirinjanias' after the traitorous 18th would be to persuade his companion nationalist Sikhs to do the
century Sikh sect, which was the mainstay of foreign invaders. same. The process would continue until the whole Sikh
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community followed the example set by the nationalists'. of the Akali leadership and strictly conducted himself
according to his profession.
Niranjan Singh heard it all and then gave the following reply: 'I
always took you all to be great nationalists. It now appears that The police and para-military forces had surrounded Sri Darbar
you were wolves in sheeps' clothing. I am shocked at our own Sahib for at least two full years before June 1984. The complex
naivety in taking you to be true patriots. Now, since you teemed with policemen in plain clothes and regular secret
perceive no difference between the Sikh and the Hindu faiths, I agents. There was no place in the complex, which could be
will propose another very effective method of national hidden from the public eye. It was a part of the Chakravyuh
integration. Why don't you all grow facial and head hair so erecting to propagate that the complex had been fortified, arms
that Sikhs and Hindus appear identical? You should lead the had been collected there and that extremists had taken shelter
Hindu population on this truly national integration path. Believe therein. It was obvious that whatever and whosoever was
me, I am coming to know of your base (khote) motives for the allowed to filter through the thick sieve of government cordon
first time. Had I known your intentions earlier, I wouldn't have woven outside and inside the Darbar complex, could only
been with you under any circumstances'. Saying this he reach those inside the complex. In the notorious White Paper,
withdrew from the meeting though all of them entreated with the government had given photographs of fortifications
him to stay on and continue the parleys. ostensibly made by the militants. Later several of these
***** fortifications were identified as those actually erected by the
BAATCHEET IN THE TONE OF AURANGZEB Central Reserve Police Force. Photographs of some had already
From Chakravyuh, Web of Indian Secularism appeared earlier in the Press with that identification.
by Prof. Gurtej Singh Chandigarh
In the authoritative bulletin of the Indian army, Baatcheet of It is also well known that just a few months before the attack,
June 1984, we have a rare political document, which completely the government was worried that there were no weapons
lays bare the imperialistic design hatched by the Hindu leaders inside the complex to justify the drastic action it had decided
of our times. This confirms the worst of what has been attributed upon. So arms were smuggled across from Pakistan by the
to earlier leaders and goes much beyond. It is a document, which government's own secret 'Third Agency' and dumped into the
totally confirms the predictions of Puran Singh about the complex. I personally know the facts. In the summer of 1983,
communal nature of Indian polity. The invectives of I was first chosen as one possible smuggler of weapons into
Rabindranath Tagore against the creation of Khalsa, which were the complex. The approach was crude and direct. A serving
later borrowed by the Bengal school of Sikh historians and Brigadier, posted at Jalandhar came along with my
presented in a more civilized language, become forcefully alive acquaintance in the official army Jonga driven by an army-
in the context of this document. It provides conclusive evidence man and attended by an orderly. Posing as a good Sikh, he
of the mentality, which has been noticeable throughout history. pretended to be worried that though the attack on the complex
Around 1922, the whole of the Hindu Congress leadership in was coming soon, the Sant had no weapons. He offered a
India adopted the implications of Tagore's analysis of Sikh truckload, which I could take into the complex in a kar-sewa
history. These are fully represented in the Baatcheet. truck. I had taken my National Cadet Corps service and my
army attachment seriously and it was easy for me to smell
Every basic proposition of this bulletin is inspired by the many rats in the proposition. So declining the singular
imperial designs of a permanent cultural majority. This single honour came almost spontaneously to me. I later leamt .that
document would suffice to completely sum up the majoritarian the deed was done by the acquaintance who had accompanied
arrogance assumed by the Hindus in de-colonized India. Some the Brigadier on the occasion of this meeting. That the truck
of its salient features may be analyzed here. It is in order to state carrying them was intercepted by the district police and was
in the very beginning that this is one of the rare statements every allowed to proceed to the complex on orders from the 'high
word of which is untrue. It is now known to one and all that the ups'. This fact was reported in the Press at that time. I also
army action in the Punjab had been planned much earlier and the know that these weapons were maintained by the secret
army had been given proper training to assault the different agents inside and were never available to the beleaguered,
buildings in Sri Darbar Sahib complex. A life-size model of the defiant Sant.
complex had been used. More than one honorable witnesses
have confirmed that it was Indira Gandhi who reneged the 'Bad elements wanted by the police' carrying on 'illegal activity
agreements with the Akalis, arrived at on her specific from inside the complex - is a fiction which is difficult to
instructions, by her accredited emissaries. Still the Baatcheet maintain, When the then Home Minister of India first made the
asserts that the Akalis could not reach an agreement and that allegation, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
the army assault 'was the last resort'. There was no element of (SGPC) offered to surrender all such elements and asked for a
'reluctance' in the attack but the events were so ordered as to list of such offenders. The list supplied by the Home Minister
make the final attack a deliberate celebration, which would yield included a large number against whom no complaint had been
to conversion of votes at the coming general elections. The registered anywhere, many who were already in police custody
fiction of the 'extremists' having taken over is persisted with. It and a few who were dead. It also included several who were
is well known that Sant Baba Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale freely roaming around outside. Bhai Ranjit Singh was
insisted on maintaining that he was merely following the policy surrendered by the SGPC around that time. Against Sant Baba
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Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale himself, there was only one to do so no longer because there is nothing in it which is not
mandatory First Information Report of a 'crime'. It pertained to there in the Indian Army Baatcheet Serial Number 153, June
an intemperate speech he was supposed to have made while 84.
addressing the congregation at Manji Sahib. The only proof of *****
Pakistani nationals having entered Darbar Sahib 'dressed as FOREIGN SCHOLARS TO THE AID OF
Nihangs' was the alleged discovery of dead bodies on which
CULTURAL IMPERIALISM
sunnat had been performed. There is no knowing as to whether From Chakravyuh, Web of Indian Secularism
these were actually discovered or whether the sunnat was a post by Prof. Gurtej Singh Chandigarh
mortem contribution, as no independent witnesses were allowed Since complete annihilation of Sikh culture has been the aim
by the army authorities into the complex after the killing spree right from the beginning, Sikh history has been constantly
lasting upto at least June 7, 1984. By supreme irrationality, distorted. Sikh literature and sacred writings have been
sunnat was taken to be the final proof of nationality. The attempt periodically vandalized with the climax coming in the wake of
to create a rift between the Sikhs and Muslims is plainly the 1984 attack on Sri Darbar Sahib when even libraries were
discernible in the insinuation. set on fire. The alternate practice has been to discredit settled
Sikh tradition, to prop up rival apocrypha Granths (religious
The cliche about 'honouring all religions' sounds so pleasing in texts) and to raise doubts about the authenticity o Sri Guru
the Indian context but 'except Sikhism' can almost be Granth Sahib (the only Sikh canon). These processes have
axiomatically read into it. The attack on Sri Darbar Sahib was been witnessed with increasing intensity ever since the first day
deliberately made on the martyrdom day of Guru Arjun Dev. of Indian de-colonisation and have often been taken note of by
The crowd was expected to be the thickest on that day and the the Media
curfew around the complex was relaxed for a few hours to let
in the maximum number of people. They were all trapped to be One such attempt was made through the agency of Piar SingI
killed as is borne out by the events which followed. Forty other of Guru Nanak University (funded completely by the state)
shrines all over the Punjab were also similarly besieged and and some foreign scholars. They suddenly discovered, out of
attacked simultaneously. The Sikh Reference Library in the the blue as it were a new recension of Guru Granth and made
complex was burnt to ashes in the style of the Medieval Muslim far-reaching conclusions. This was done to sow doubts about
crusaders. In this context can also be read the spurious claims of its originality. What was strange about this sordid affair was
being 'pledged to democracy and secularism.' that no attempt was made to know the history or circumstances
attending on the discovery of the manuscript under discussion.
The punch line is still to come. First the prelude; Baatcheet It was purchased from a bookseller, designated MS 1245 by the
defines "Amritdharis" as 'innocent countrymen' who have been Guru Nanak University library and suddenly proclaimed the
administered religious oath 'to support extremists'. They are very original recension simultaneously here and abroad. The
condemned as people 'pledged to commit murder, arson, attempt can be compared to some nihilist guerrilla strike on a
terrorism'. All this is from an army which has razed the holiest centuries old firm citadel of tradition. Sardar Daljeet Singh
shrine, killed scripture readers, women and children and had just went to Amritsar and had a discussion with the bookseller
set fire to the library stocked with manuscripts many of which Sardar Harbhajan Singl-Chawla. From this it was clear that
were more than two hundred years old. Such are the benefits of this particular recension had no history worth mentioning.
Chakravyuh and the maya in which it is basically wrapped, that Harbhajan Singh later appeared at the Akal Takhat on May 5,
anything can be made to seem anything opposite to it. Young 1993, and made a clean breast of it. The document being
people fighting for their legitimate rights and in defense of the presented here is his statement at the Akal Takhat. Rendered
shrines of their faith are dubbed criminals while those raiding into English, it would be somewhat as follows:
temples are termed patriots and restorers of sanctity and 'I, Harbhajan Singh Chawla (of the) firm Harbhajan Singh
preservers of unity and integrity of the country. Those, whose Harcharan Singh Chawla of Bagh Jallianwala, deal in
forefathers had shed more blood to defend the honour of their manuscripts, paintings, and handicrafts. Today on Wednesday
countrymen than the water in all the five rivers of the Punjab are dated 5.5.1993, 1 am presenting the written statement to Singh
condemned as criminals committed to terrorism. We hear an Sahib Bhai Manjit Singh Jathedar of Akal Takhat at the Akal
echo of the petty hill-kings around Anandpur Sahib and of M. K. Takhat as below:
Gandhi's pronouncements at prayer meetings in the words, 'these 'The manuscript marked as MS 1245, now present in the
people wearing miniature kirpans around their necks' are to be library of the Guru Nanak Dev University was purchased
'subdued'. from me. This is how this MS 1245 reached me:
'During my business tour of Rajasthan in the years 1979-80,1
Those who like to verify facts for themselves, can read, 'the obtained it from a petty scrap dealer doing the round, on
army has exhibited great restraint and discipline by not even bicycle, of the city of Raisinghnagar of district Ganganagar. On
pointing their weapons towards Harmandar Sahib.' Then they enquiry, I came to know that he had bought it from some house
can then go and count the 380 bullet marks all over the in a village as scrap. It was lying with me for about three to
Harmandar. Amongst the martyrs at the shrine have been four years. During this period I showed it to a Bhai Kamail
counted the priests and a sacred manuscript volume of the Holy Singh who has interest an in manuscripts and works as a
Scripture. Those who may not have read the 'white paper,' need scripture reader at Sri Darbar Sahib and asked him to give his
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views about it. 'It was his opinion, about this manuscript, which assets, he owned a palatial house in Chandigarh, the cost of
I wrote in a note describing it. The librarian of Guru Nanak Dev which at a moderate reckoning, can be computed to several
University bought this manuscript from me for the university crores of rupees. On many an account, he multiplied his
library. I received its sale price. The note about the resencion material assets many thousand times during his public life. This
written by me is not based on my research about it. Whatever financial wizardry had much to do with the exploitation of his
Bhai Kamail Singh told me, is what I wrote in my note'. official position as an important functionary of the Akali Dal as
sd./ Humble servant, Harbhajan Singh Chawla , 5.5.93, Place - well as Punjab's Finance Minister. The blessing also had its
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Shop - Harbhajan Singh Harcharan dark lining. No man, who loves the material things so dearly,
Singh, Bazar Jallianwala, Amritsar. can afford to be on the wrong side of the people wielding real
political power. Balwant Singh was one of the few English
Now that the reader knows about the origin of the note appended knowing persons in the Akali Dal's senior leadership. So he
to the manuscript by the antique dealer, s/he will be shocked to was one of the party's chief negotiator with the Central
find out that the three or four points made therein, tallied Government. That gave him many opportunities, which could
absolutely with the research diligently conducted by Doctors be converted into financial assets. He did not miss any and was
Piar Singh and Pashaura Singh. It was on the basis of such often accused of betraying the vital interests of the party and
research that textual study of the Sikh scripture was seriously the Punjab. I was in a position to watch him closely on at least
suggested and the original — which is in existence, has a three occasions. My observations confirm that his reputation as
continuous history of custody and has been examined by a wily wheeler-dealer was well earned.
hundreds of scholars for nearly four centuries — was
challenged. When this was pointed out, many eminent scholars Once I had occasion to observe him during negotiations with
cried persecution, pleaded academic freedom, questioned the the representatives of the Central Government. An official team
ability of us ignorant easterners to understand the intricacies of comprising of Surjit Singh Bamala, Ravi Inder Singh and
western scholarship and conjured up images of medieval Balwant Singh had been appointed by the Akali Dal for the
inquisition and witch hunting on Spanish and French models. purpose. Some unattached intellectuals, who felt that the Akalis
The only 'punishment' meted out to the offending scholars for always lost at the negotiating table, sought a meeting with the
the well-established crime of blasphemy, was to do voluntary leadership before these appointments were made public. The
social service at a shrine of their choice and for a period of few President of the Akali Dal also appointed a team of some of
weeks. It must be remembered that even such punishment can be these people to accompany the official negotiators. This was an
traditionally inflicted if the offender freely consents to undergo attempt to mollify Bhinderanwale since all of us were
it. In the present case the consent was obtained. The greatly considered to hold views similar to him regarding the problem
offended Western scholar can contrast this with the treatment in the Punjab. It was meaningful in the context of
meted out to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury or to Bhinderanwale's apprehension that the Dal was prone to
Joan of Arc and a hundred thousand others. abandoning all that it had agitated for in return for being
allowed to rule for a short period in the Punjab. At the end of
***** the very first day of the negotiations, it was clear to us that the
ANOTHER SOUL SELLING SANT AND THE Akalis had already made many unwarranted concessions
without the government having conceded anything in return.
DAL OF CONSCIENCE TRADERS
From Chakravyuh, Web of Indian Secularism This is the report we sent to both Sant Harchand Singh and
by Prof. Gurtej Singh Chandigarh Bhinderanwale at Amritsar through Bibi Rajinder Kaur, an
There is also the story of those that not only willingly Akali Member of Parliament, who was on her way to Amritsar.
succumbed to pressures of antagonistic powers but also paraded The Tribune later reported the matter as "Differences come to
the ignominious fall as a great manoeuvre born of political the fore". I have referred to the other two occasions already in
sagacity. Among these are some of our most important political my writings.
leaders. This story can be woven around the next five documents
presented here. Sardar Balwant Singh who had been a A time came when everybody was prepared to believe the
prominent leader of the Akali Dal for several decades wrote one worst about Balwant Singh. He had extensive business
of these five letters. Like many fellow travellers in the Akali interests which, in Indian conditions, could not be pursued
Dal, his rise to power was spectacular. He started his journey as without being on the right side of the government. It was
a low paid, minor government functionary. At the beginning of conspicuous that he was one of the very few Akali leaders
his career he found it worthwhile to accept such a job which who were not arrested immediately after the infamous army
could have barely sufficed to keep his body and soul together. attack on Sri Darbar Sahib. These were the days when many
But he graduated to politics because an educated person of his Sikh leaders of several political persuasions were daily paraded
caste was urgently needed by the Indian National Congress to before the television cameras to eulogise Indira Gandhi's
counter Sardar Atma Singh of the Shiromani Akali Dal. After action. It is in this context that the letter believed to have been
fulfilling that role he joined the Akali Dal and that provided him written by him to the Prime Minister surfaced. It was freely
several opportunities of becoming the Finance Minister in the distributed at Sikh political gatherings and has a bearing on the
Punjab Cabinet. That proved extremely beneficial for his policies the traditional Akali leaders were destined to follow in
personal prosperity. At the time of his death, besides other the next decade.
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1015, Sector 27-B, Chandigarh-160019, June 9, 1984 have been brought in line, or shall we use the then prevalent
To: Shrimati Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, cliche and say he was thus brought into 'the mainstream'.
1, Safdarjang Road, New Delhi,
Most Respected Madam Prime Minister, Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, was one of the earliest ones to
have joined the mainstream if the following letters addressed
As desired by the authorities here I am giving this undertaking by him and his aide to officials of Prime Minister Indira
to you that I will refrain from active politics of the Akali Dal Gandhi's secretariat are any indication. As soon as these
and will support Government action within the limits of my surfaced, an attempt was made to waive these off as fake. I
resources. have reasons to believe that these are genuine:

As you are aware I have in the recent past concentrated my work I was travelling from Chandigarh to Amritsar by car. I had a
to my business activities and to setting up of new industrial chance meeting with retired Major General Jaswant Singh
units. I have never supported any of the actions or ideas of Mr. Bhullar at Banga bus stand. He was on his way back to
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and undertaken to continue to Chandigarh. He told me that he was going abroad and had
oppose him and his men. I strongly think that Government been given two letters of reference by both Bhinderanwale
action in raiding the Golden Temple to flush out and Sant Harchand Singh. I had come to form a poor opinion
Bhindranwale and his terrorists has been very timely and most of Bhullar for certain reasons, which are known to all our
desirable. colleagues. So I remonstrated with both the Sants on meeting
With most respectful regards, Yours obediently, them at Amritsar. Sant Bhinderanwale and his assistant,
Sd. / (BALWANT SINGH). (Confidential) (Personal) Rachhpal Singh forcefully denied having given any letter to
him. They did say that the general had approached them but
The other letters are equally meaningful and show that running they had politely refused with the words that it was not
with the hare and hunting with the hound was not an individual customary for the Sant to issue such letters. But Sant
policy of some particularly wayward members of the Akali Dal. Longowal put up the lamest of lame excuses. He said that
Bhullar had brought to him a letter typed in English, which he
Baba Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale was a many faceted could not read and told him that Sardar Bhan Singh, General
personality. One prominent facet of his short but brilliant career Secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
was that he was able to completely replace the Akali leaders in had sent it for signatures, and he had thus signed it. When I
popular estimation. Had he floated a political party, members of asked Bhan Singh, who was a personal friend, what letter he
the Akali Dal would have defected en masse to join him. It was had sent to the Sant for signing, he said he did not know.
not because he was laying down a different political policy; it Bhullar and his friend had conveyed to him that the Sant
was because the people trusted him more to stand by the wanted a certain letter typed in English. As Bhan Singh's office
declared aims and objectives of the Akali Dal. The Akali leaders did not have an English typewriter or a trained typist, he had
stood discredited since they had, particularly after 1967, been referred them to Devinder Singh Duggal who was at that time
following the devious policy of pleasing the Akali workers with in-charge of the Sikh Reference Library.
the words they liked to hear and bargaining for power with the
ruling clique at the Centre on its own terms. Once in power in Devinder Singh had left for Jalandhar where he lived; I could
the state, they forgot all about their promises to the people and not talk to him that day. The events then happened in quick
the political manifesto was never even reopened, for that would succession and I did not get a chance to meet him until it was
have offended the ruling clique. much after the barbaric attack on Sri Darbar Sahib. By then
these letters had been doing the rounds abroad and were the
This policy rendered the members of the Akali Dal doubly subject of discussion amongst Sikhs all over the world. The
vulnerable. The masses were seen to desert them every time Akali defence was that these were forged. I asked Duggal
some one provided a viable alternative and the ruling clique used whether these could be forgeries. He said they were not and
them to its own advantage even against the people the Akalis that he had typed them at the instance of Sant Harchand
ostensibly represented. The persistent rumour that the Akali Singh Longowal. He also said that he had kept the carbon
leaders were hand in glove with Indira Gandhi on suppressing copies and also that he had many more such incriminating
the people's movement in the Punjab has refused to die. The letters by the topmost leaders of the Akali Dal. He conveyed
following four letters indicate the truth regarding the the gist of the material available with him when he said
allegation. This is why these are being presented here as cryptically, 'these letters are just a tip of the iceberg'. He
significant documents of contemporary history. It appears apparently had much to say but before I could meet him
Indira Gandhi had taken the important leaders into confidence another time, he had died of a heart attack. Very recently,
before she launched the attack on Sri Darbar Sahib. Most of Gurmit Singh Aulakh has circulated these letters once again.
them had not only connived but had actively supported her and On meeting me by chance as stated earlier, General Bhullar
had formulated a plan to contain the widespread resentment that was perhaps referring to a letter dated May 15, 1984,
would be the natural consequence of such an action. Balwant reproduced by Sher Singh Kanwal in his Raj Karega Khalsa at
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reads as follows: and in America so we have to do some thing about that.

Mr.Mehtani will let know the dates of our plan.
Dear Sardar Sahib, Yours Faithfully, Sd. / Gurcharan Singh.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. *
Major General Jaswant Singh Bhullar and Professor Manjit Mr.R. K. Dhawan Febuary 22, 1984
Singh Sidhu1 are visiting your country to review the present set 1 Safdarjang Road, New Delhi
up and explain Akali Dal's stand on various issues facing the Respected Sir,
panth. You are requested to provide them all the facilities and Mr. Parbhu Dayal Singh met me today and has told me that
help during the stay in your country. with your help he has made a deal with Sardar Ganga Singh
With regards, Yours sincerely, Dhillon of America. As I told you when we met that Ganga
Sd. / (Sant Harchand Singh Longowal) Singh Dhillon will go for a good price and you are right that
money can do any thing. He can keep the Sikhs in America
This letter was meant for generally introducing the Sant's disorganised for a while as he is a good actor. He can also
emissaries to Sikhs abroad and was shown to many Sikhs in provide us the names of Bhinderawale supporters in America.
America and England. It is being reproduced here since it The matter we discussed about one person, he will be taken
obviously corroborates the contents of the three other letters, care of very soon all arrangements are done. Payments will be
which are also being given here. It pains me to write that these done on completion of job. I am sure our plan will work.
letters put the entire top Akali leadership at par with the Mr.Parbhu Dayal Singh will let you know the details of that.
universally derided Dogras and Brahmin leaders of the Sikhs Yours very Faithfully, Sd. / Gurcharan Singh
on the scene in the middle of the nineteenth century. It pains *
me all the more that Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, with Mr.R.K.Dhawan April 25 1984
whom I had long association and who I particularly thought was 1, Safdarjang Road, New Delhi
above treachery, was also one of them. These letters are copied Respected Mr. Dhawan Sahib,
from photocopies prepared by one Tarsem Singh in March As you know that Sardar Gurcharan Singh,s life is in great
1986 in the United States. Several spelling and grammatical danger, so I am writing you this letter. Sant. Jamail Singh is not
mistakes have been left intact in order to conform to the original. going to give up and now I strongly feel that we have to do
These letters were given to me by my friend Jagdev Singh what we planned earlier and Sardar Parkash Singh Badal has
Khudian who later represented Faridkot as an Akali Member already explained it to you in details. Most Bhindrawala's men
of Parliament. In the letter of Sant Harchand Singh dated April will run away when they see the army and most probably he
25, 1984, I immediately recognised his signatures. Jagdev Singh will too.
Khudian died in mysterious circumstances soon after being
elected. It was initially thought he had committed suicide. His Major General Jaswant Singh Bhullar and Proffesor Manjit
apparel had been so arranged, on the bank of the Rajasthan Singh Sidhu have agreed to go to America. Full instructions
Canal in which his body was found, as to give the impression have been given to them and they will meet you before they
that he had come with the intention of committing suicide. His leave for America. Financial arrangements have been made.
family continued to believe and propagate that his political rivals Sardar Didar Singh Bains of America and Dr. Jagjit Singh
from the same district had killed him, with the help of the police. Chohan will work with them. They have been told to stop
Much investigation into the incident yielded nothing tangible. Sikhs living abroad before they get organise and start
* supporting Sant. Jamail Singh. Please let your people know
Mr. R. N. Kao 30 January 1984 to support these men with all assistance in every form.
Cabinet Secretariat (Security), Bikaner House, Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi We will soon provide you the names of those sikhs who live
Respected Sir, abroad and supporting Sant.Jarnail Singh. I am sure that our
Mr. Mehtani met me yesterday and gave me your message. He plan will work and this ordeal will be over in no time.
has told me that you are working on the sikhs living abroad. I Yours Very Sincerily, Sd./ Sant Harchand Singh Longowal
am very happy to know that Dr. Jagjit Singhji chohan has 1
Apparently there was a third person. Dr. Sangat Singh in his book
agreed to work with you. He has told me that you have already ‘Sikhs in History’ 4th edition on p.589 writes, “Indira Gandhi as
made him the payment. Congress President, or Prime Minister of India, or possibly in both
capacities, deputed Maj General (Retd) Jaswant Singh Bhullar to North
Dr. Chohan rang me last night and has agreed to work with us America — USA and Canada — to keep her informed of the Sikh situation
he has told me to go ahead with our plan and he will do what we following the Operation Bluestar; scheduled for early June 1984.34 Bhullar
was accompanied by two persons, Mr. S...35 and Mr. D...36”. Mr. D was Dr.
tell him to do. He has already fixed deal with one Canadian Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon. ED.
punjabi news paper man and will take care of the payments. *****
He is working on making a similar deal with a news paper
man in england. One of ex-bhinderawale man, is now working THE RIGHT-WING MARCH OF THE TRIBUNE
with him in england. He is giving all the information to Founded by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia.
A letter to its Editor by Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann,
Dr.Chohan about the activities of sant Bhindrawale men. There President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).
are some very strong followers of Sant Bhindrawale in england Quilla S. Harnam Singh, Fatehgarh Sahib.
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12th October 2005.

To, The Editor, The Tribune, Chandigarh. Dear Sir, When Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia founded the Tribune Trust it
Please refer to your editorial “Beasts in Khaki” dated 11.10.05 of was his desire that all South Asians whether Hindus, Sikhs,
your esteemed paper. I think this editorial, which comes down hard Muslims, Christians and Dalits would find employment within the
on the Panjab police is totally incongruous with the new thinking of administrative and journalist sphere of this paper. Today Hindus
your paper, which is leaning more and more on making The Tribune form 90% of the staff and reporters.
an ultra-right wing paper of the Hindutva doctrine. During the
period of Mr. Hari Jai Singh’s editorship, this paper liberally carried The late Prem Bhatia also followed a very hard sectarian policy
every shade of opinion. I think this was the purpose of Sardar Dyal and was rabid in his views against the Sikhs. He along with Giri
Singh’s Majithia’s philanthropic design and hope. Recently in Lal Jain of the Times of India and Arun Shorie of the Indian
Kharar there has been a beastly murder of three young men and the Express were the leaders of the pack that denounced the Sikhs in
rape of a young lady purportedly at the hands of a powerful land the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Their ghost has now come to haunt
mafia and an extra-judicial murder of two young Kashmiri citizens the Tribune and a lot of journalists. The Tribune is the fourth pillar
by the Panjab Police in Pathankot. In the horror of Kharar the Ropar of the state along with the other press. We know the minorities
Police has taken no action against the accused or registered a rape have lost faith in the other three pillars, the legislature, judiciary
case. In the latter your reporter Mr. Lalit Mohan has reported in and the executive. If the press becomes a victim of communal,
detail. But both these dastardly crimes have not been reported in sectarian and racist thought, it would not be good for South Asia.
your paper. The minority point of view is being totally censored and
obliterated by your paper. What finds notice in your paper is the I am sure you at the Tribune want a strong India and not a strong
hard Hindutva of the RSS and BJP and soft Hindutva of the Hindu religious nationalism. If you want the latter then a barbaric
Congress party. Any opposition to these two thoughts, propounded and corrupt police force is good for right wing nationalism as the
by either of these two parties does not find acceptance in your Nazis and Fascists found and built. That is why in the neo Bhatia
paper. revivalism I say your editorial “Beasts in Khaki” is incongruous.
Your paper has accepted the pardon the Governor of Panjab has
Your foreign and defence policy writers can write anything on a given to the two police officers who committed the genocide of the
right-wing state, but comments contrary to these writings are never Sikhs. As such there is no mention of this insensitive decision in
printed. Right wing editorials denouncing concessions to Muslims your editorial “Beasts in Khaki”. Do you realize that none of the
by the Andhra Pradesh government or a hard hitting editorial against perpetrators of the genocide of the Sikhs, Muslims and Christians
the Sikhs in the Kanishka air disaster are the rage. No one can has been brought to book by the Indian state to date. There are two
challenge these editorials. Any comment to them is considered ministers in the Union cabinet, Mr. P. Chidambaram and Mr.
blasphemy. Kamal Nath who have committed the genocide of the Sikh
peoples. Your paper is on first class terms with them. Mr. Bhajan
We hear of your correspondents traveling with Prime Ministers Lal another murderer of the Sikh peoples has got another term as
entourage, reporting from Washington DC that America has given a the Congress President in Haryana. There will, obviously be no
nuclear status to India. This is flashed as head lines news in your adverse comment.
paper. Obviously it is not true on the day of reporting and not true
till this day. On page two today 12.10.2005 you report with aplomb of the
birthday of Amitab Bachan. How are your readers interested in this
Christians are not allowed to hold meetings in Panjab. Any news? I have met the press several times in various towns,
condemnation of this anti secular view is not published. The Prime Amritsar, Jallandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Barnala, Sangrur,
Minister is invited to a Tribune function. The Tribune represents all Chandigarh, Chamba, Kharar about the human right violations and
shades of opinion. But only supporters of Hindutva are invited. Any the futile visits of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister. This
criticism of the Prime Minister’s Panjab visit is not printed. Sikh news I am told can’t be printed as your paper has no space as other
leaders like Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh who accept important news has to be given coverage. Extra-judicial murders,
Hindutva are glorified but those of us who oppose this pernicious rapes and murders of innocents not registered by the police, the
doctrine have become persona non grata with your paper. poor economic condition of the farmers and their suicides and the
discrimination against Christians and penniless Dalit Sikh widows
A British diplomat in Pakistan is expelled for having a liaison with a is more important than the birthday of Amitab Bachan. How
lady but your paper calls him a UN diplomat. You mention the callous, to the far right and irresponsible can the Tribune get?
Western Australian city as Pert, whereas it’s Perth. You say the
French submarine is Scorpion, whereas it’s Scorpene. No one can I call for an open dialogue between the minorities and your papers
challenge these howlers. There is a steep fall in the standard of good Trustees on the right wing march and poor standard of your paper.
English in the paper. Grammatical, spelling errors and incorrect The communal imbalance in employment by your paper also needs
English has become standard practice. We Sikhs are ashamed, as to be corrected and debated.
this paper was founded by one of us and represents our region. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Simranjit Singh Mann,
President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
The massacre of the Sikhs in 1984 is consistently referred to as a NB: Just as the Sikh nation rightly believes that the famous Kohinoor
riot by The Tribune, though everyone knows that a riot is between diamond belongs to us, similarly the The Tribune founded by Dyal Singh
Majithia is also our property. It is unfortunate and a quirk of history that
two opposing religious, political, social or doctrinal groups. In 1984
whereas the Kohinoor has been usurped by the British through chicanery,
only Sikhs were massacred by the Hindus. None from amongst the fraud and conquest, The Tribune we have let go to the Hindu through
attacking Hindu groups was even injured. negligence and the cunning and deceit of this race. As a nation we must

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renew our claim to both these treasures. The E-mail address of the Tribune is submarines patrolling close to USA. Obviously this plan works for
[email protected]. All liberals holding secular views must participate USA. In order to do this Russia must have a warm water seaport.
in this debate. The official e-mail address of our party is : The problem is that CCCP naval harbors are limited and
[email protected]
sometimes inoperable in the cold Russian winters. The solution is
a Navy harbor in the Indian Ocean. Until this plan is carried out
***** USA will never consider USSR as a formidable threat. Missiles
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES launched from USSR will take time to reach USA giving USA and
Most of you will know the fairy tale of the emperor’s new clothes, CANADA time to respond. Nuclear submarines in international
but I will retell it and then will apply the teachings’ of this story to water just 5 miles off of our coast launching multiple nuclear
my least favourite types of Sikh. warheads pose a serious threat to USA.

Once upon a time and far away there lived a great emperor who USSR was working on establishing a Russian Corridor going
ruled over many lands, and who was incredibly wealthy. The through Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to the ocean. USSR
emperor had one weakness: he was rather vain, and too keen on Military strength was increased in this area with lots of activity.
buying new clothes for every possible occasion. One day a man USSR worked close with the Indian Prime Minister and supplied
arrived in the Emperor’s capital who claimed to be the Tailor of India with arms, weapons and military advisors in exchange for
Tailors. These days a person like that would claim to have designed wheat that happened to be grown in the Punjab region.
clothes for Victoria and David Beckham and every other celebrity USSR has long term goals and at the time was pouring the entire
under the sun. When the Emperor asked him to make a very budget into the military effort. USSR will go into a country and
wonderful suit of clothes the tailor told him that he was quite willing kill all of the teenage population. Then USSR will build schools
to do so, mentioned his (no doubt outrageous) price and warned that and using trained teachers will teach the next generation. When
the clothes he made were so refined that only people of true nobility the next generation becomes young adults they literally have
would be able to see them. handed over their country to USSR control. This was performed in
Afghanistan and USSR even sent a delegation to the United
You can guess the rest: The Emperor put on a suit of clothes that he Nations and they had a seat at the United Nations even though few
could not see, but he did not want to admit to this because people Afghanis knew who they were!
would then come to know that he was not a person of true nobility.
None of the people at the imperial court, none of the people in the The creation of the Russian Corridor was moving along quite well
city could see the new clothes, but all claimed that they had never until the Sikh farmers and merchants in the Punjab started giving
seen such a wonderful outfit. But there was one little boy who was the Indian government a hard time about shipping wheat out of the
not fooled and who shouted : The Emperor has no clothes on ! It country when they had a bad growing season and people in India
was as if he broke a spell, the tailor was found out and had to leave were hungry. Creating this problem for the prime Minister showed
the city in a great hurry. the Prime Minister as weak and was a problem to USSR and the
control of the Corridor.
I want to be like that little boy. Most Sikhs fall over themselves to
follow Jathedars, Pardhans, Sant Babé, Ragís and Kathakars. And I USSR (Red Star) military advisors came up with Operation Blue
(and very few others with me) keep saying: look, they have no Star (CCCP & India hand in hand) to be carried out by the
clothes on ! All of them claim to wear Guru’s clothes. They have Indian Army with USSR advisors pulling the strings. Operation
long beards (hardly any women amongst them), a nice pag and some Blue Star was a systematic killing of all Sikhs with emphasis on
kind of (usually white) Panjabi style outfit. But many of them lack teenagers. For 72 hours the army was to kill as many Sikhs as
the inner rúp, they do not match their nice outside clothes and nice possible and dump them into mass unmarked graves and cover
words (if any) with nice behaviour. These people who claim them up as quickly as possible.
spiritual authority over us, in reality go spirituality naked. They
spend money with the worldly tailors, but do not go to the one Shop Many Sikhs serving in the Indian army refused to participate in
that counts, the Shop recommended by Guru Granth Sahib. In that this operation when it was discovered what was going on. Years
Shop you can buy the clothes of right thoughts and right behaviour, later back at home in the USSR the country has spent all of the
the clothes of seeing God in All and Everything. These clothes will money in this effort and now the people were starving and just
protect you against all the rough weather that life throws at you. trying to survive. USSR crumbled and it became more important
These clothes will give true honour, true nobility, they will get you to survive than dominate the oceans. Gurubir Singh, USA
nearer to The One. Let us stop following these people with no
In 1984 Gurubir Singh served Yogi Bhajan at the Los Angeles world
clothes on and instead follow the true Emperor, the Guru of Gurus ! headquarters as an armed security escort. Operation Blue Star was
the man in blue, [email protected] explained to Gurubir Singh by a United States marine military advisor at
***** that time. He has since left Bhajan Yogi’s sect. Although Sikh youth was
OPERATION BLUE STAR AND CCCP. not safe anywhere in Punjab, the two districts bordering Pakistan, Amritsar
and Gurdas Pur, became special targets. After the one generation of youth
Wahe Guru ji ka Khalsa. Wahe Guru ji ki Fateh.
was wiped out, RSS moved in with funding from the BJP government
Dear Hardev, it is with a heavy heart that I read your story on the under the pretext of participating in the 300th Anniversary of birth of
slaughter of Sikhs at home in India in 1984 in the October Khalsa. RSS’s staunch right wing Hindu members were baptized into
November 2005 Sikh Bulletin. Khalsa by Chauk Mehta Damdami Taksal. They moved into schools of
USSR, known to her friends and allies as CCCP aka Russia. 1984 every village and town of those two districts. School administrators
In order for Russia to be a super power that can stand up to USA it cooperated with them fully to brain wash young Sikh boys and girls in
is necessary to have a superior Navy with nuclear missile armed believing that Sikhs are Hindus and Muslims are our enemies. Multiple
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choice and yes and no questions were used to prove that Sikh Gurus were to read as "Doing several sahej paths one after another… and
Hindus and Khalsa was created for the protection of the Hindus. See SB so having a ready stock of sahej paths…" Please print the
January 2002 p.11 ‘RSS and Sikhism’. ED.]
rectifications so that the readers are not misled.
***** Regards, Dr Sarjeet Singh Sidhu, [email protected]
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and the un-Sikh practices, you expose will not sit idle to see Dr. Satnam Singh Atwal, Fresno, CA…………….….500.00
their shops closed. They will do every thing to eradicate the Dr. Gurmej Singh Dhillon, Fresno, CA……………...350.00
funding source which is exposing them (publication and Mohinder Singh Grewal, Kerman, CA………………200.00
distribution of the Sikh Bulletin world wide). As I have read in Jagdev Singh Beasley, Hayward, CA………………..100.00
the August issue of the Sikh Bulletin, this is just the beginning; Surjit Singh Lamba, Dulles, VA…………………….. 56.00
but don't be disheartened, ultimately victory will be yours as you Manjit Kaur Jhawar, Riverside, CA…………………100.00
have the blessings of Satguru. Pritam Singh, Northridge, CA………………………. 5.00
Chain Singh Virdee, Yuba City, CA…………………..21.00
Please find enclosed my humble contribution of $100. I realise Shamsher Singh Puri, Lilburn, GA……………………25.00
that by way of contribution to receive 12 issues of the Sikh Dr. Nirmal Singh Dhesi, Santa Rosa, CA……………100.00
Bulletin for a year, $100 is neither much nor fair but I am sure Harbhajan Singh, La Salle, Quebec, Canada………...200.00
the readers will make sincere efforts and contribute to see that Dr. Piara Singh, Cerritos, CA……………………...2,000.00
they continue to receive the Sikh Bulletin. With kind regards, Albel Singh Kullar, Tracy, CA……………………. .100.00
Bawa S Jagdev, 12- Meehan Street, Matraville N.S.W 2036. Australia Suaran Singh, Penang, Malaysia……………………..232.00
* Anonymous, Ipoh, Malaysia…….…………………… 18.00
Dear S Shergill Ji, Kartar Singh Chahal, Khanna, Ludhiana, India……...100.00
My Guest Editorial in the October - November 2005 issue of the Dr. Sharnjit Singh Purewal, Clovis, CA…………..…100.00
Gurmit Singh Tiwana, Abbotsford, B.C, Canada……100.00
SB has an error that I wish to rectify. In the closing paragraph, in
Gurbax Singh Sandhu, Unionvlle, Ontario, Canada…101.00
the penultimate line I referred to the "…victims of the 1984
Gurdial Singh Matharu, Markham. Ontario, Canada..111.00
riots…" So often has the word "riots" been used in relation to Surjit Singh, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada………...101.00
the 1984 pogrom against the Sikhs that it has become seared into Col. Avtar Singh, Sacarborough, Ontario, Canada….101.00
our subconscious-ness, so much so I inadvertently used the Indermohan Singh Ahuja, Markham, Ont, Canad…...100.00
word. I wish to put the record straight: what took place in 1984 Inderjit Singh Grewal, Salinas, CA…………………..100.00
was not a "riot"; it was a planned massacre of a minority Autar Singh Sidhu, Windsor, Ontario, Canada……..…60.00
community. The line should be read as: "In the case of victims Pardeep Singh Gill, Mount Prospect, IL……..………200.00
of the 1984 massacre it appears that all that will be said to them Ravinder Singh Kohli, Chesterfield, VA…………….100.00
is "JUSTICE DENIED!" Dip Singh Nahal, Sacramento, CA…………..………100.00
Please also note that in my article "The Sikh Dilemma", which Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kanwal, Coeburn, VA………2,250.00
was essentially for a Malaysian audience, on page 10, near top Resham Singh Kajley, Chico, CA…………………... 50.00
of left column, of the August-September 2005 SB I had written Dr. Ujagger Singh Dhillon, Fresno, CA……………..500.00
"Doing several akhand paths one after another…and so having a Dr. Harjinder Kaur Sidhu, Orlando, FL……………...100.00
ready stock of akhand paths…" That was an error it was meant Bawa Singh Jagdev, Sydney, Australia……………...100.00
Balwant Singh, Marietta, GA……………………….. 21.00
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Gursharan S. Malhi, Chapin, SC……………………. 150.00 ky vyiKAw hY, jwxdy hn ik ikvyN “rUKo Bojnu BUim sYnsKI ipRA
Narender K. Bhardwaj, San Diego, CA…………….. 51.00 sMig sUiK ibhwq ]” dI AvsQw iv`c auh inrMqr ivcrdy sn[
Dr. Pal Singh Virk, Clovis, CA……………………..500.00
Anoop Singh, Vestal, NY……………………………101.00 auhnW dw AwKrI jIvn nOjvwnW leI pRyrnw-sRoq sI; s`c dy
Jit Singh Kohli, Jericho, NY…………………………100.00 SOdweIAW leI iK`c r`Kx vwlw muj`smW[ Aw^r hr smwj iv`c cMd
Channan Singh Ghuman, Scarborough, Ont. Canada.. .25.00 lok hI huMdy hn jo hr pL lok-p`KI pYNqVy ’qy jUJdy rihx[
Total as of November 30, 2005…………………22, 256.00
jUn 1984 qoN bwAd jdoN ipSwc-ibrqI vwilAW Awm lokW
*****
dw ijaUxW hrwm kr id`qw; hr is`KI srUp vwly nUM kwbly-kql
l`K lok–lwmW dw jrnYl nirMdr isMG grdwinAw Aqy mwsUmW nUM zlIl krnw SurU kIqw qW jrnYl swihb
(23 AkqUbr 2005, AYqvwr nUM myjr jnrl nirMdr isMG nimq ho ny mnu`KI AiDkwrW dy pihrydwr dw rUp Dwr ilAw[ pMjwb dy
rhI AMqm Ardws dy idn Cwpx ihq) ieiqhws dy sB qoN kwly dOr iv`c ShIdIAW dI igxqI nUM T`lH pwaux
gurqyj isMG dI v`fI loV sI jo ik isrP lok-rwie nUM lwmbMd kr ky, jbr dw
myjr jnrl nirMdr isMG AnykW PaujI mukwblw sbr nwl kr ky hI ho skdw sI[ iksy nwjwiez PVy leI
muihMmW iv`c BrpUr ih`sw lYx qoN bwAd, dwd-PirAwd kcihrI Awid A`gy krn iv`c, QwixAW dy bwhr Drny
AMq q`k lok p`KI auBwrW dw iSMgwr bxky dyx iv`c; jlsy-jlUs, pRYs rwhIN vwvylw, pRvwrW dI m`dd Awid
jUJdy AMq 10 AkqUbr 2005 nUM Awpxy krn vwilAW iv`c ieh jrnYl sdw mUhrlI kqwr iv`c huMdw sI[
l`K lwmW dy Q`ky srIr dI GoVI nUM iqAwg pUrI dwnweI nwl, pUry qwx nwl, Awpxy s`uK-du`K v`loN by^br auh
ky Awpxy gurU dy crnW iv`c jw ibrwjy - sdw mYdwn iv`c fitAw imldw sI[ BweI qwrU isMG nUM Cufwaux leI
Es gurU dy crnW iv`c, ijs dw ieh kaul isMGW ny auprwlw kIqw sI Aqy mqw pkwieAw sI, “is`K Cufwvx hY
hY ik auh d`sI jIvn-jwc au~qy c`lx vilAW dw A`K dy Por iv`c vf Drm[ gaU bRwhmx qy sau guxW vf krm[” swfw lok-jrnYl
kwieAw-klp kr idMdw hY (“ijin mwxs qy dyvqy kIey krq n lwgI Awpxy pUrvjW dy eys mqy nwl Aw^r q`k ieMn-ibMn sihmq irhw[
vwr ]”) ieh kaul s`cy swihb ny AMimRqsr dy ipMf T`Ty dy Awm Gr g`l AxpCwqy AwK ky kql kIqy hzwrW nOjvwnW bwry
iv`c pYdw hoey ie`k Coty ijMmIdwr nUM mulkW dI iksmq GVn vwlw s`cweI nUM swhmxy ilAwaux dI c`lI qW ieh ‘nrW dw ieMdr’ sB qoN
jrnYl bxw ky pUrw kIqw Aqy AgWh Esy jrnYl nUM A`K dy Por iv`c mUhry sI[ v`fy-v`fy K`bI ^wn, DrqI qoN lY ky b`dlW q`k ivcrdy
lok-ihqW dw v`fw pwhrU bxw ky vI[ ijMnW ku smW iehnW dyS-syvw mhwn nyqw, v`fy-v`fy iqMn Pu`tIAW ikRpwnW vwly juJwrU Aqy q^qW ’qy
iv`c lwieAw qkrIbn Enw hI lok-syvw iv`c[ Ajyhy lok iksy vI bYTx vwly aus qwlmyl kmytI dy mYNbr bxy ijs ny ieh vyrvy lokW dy
kOm dw mwx huMdy hn[ swhmxy r`K ky Awaux vwly simAW iv`c Ajyhy duKWq nUM vwprn qoN
sB is`KW vWg nirMdr isMG vI AkwlI nyqwvW dy svXM-syvI twlxW sI[ j`do-jihd lMmI huMdI geI Aqy inrMqr mSwhUrI dy mOky
vqIry, jo ik pMjwb leI Gwqk is`D ho irhw sI, qoN byAMq duKI sn[ Gtdy gey qW v`fIAW-v`fIAW ‘kurbwnIAW’ vwly ie`k-ie`k krky
jdoN auhnW pMjwb dI i&zw iv`c ie`k Awpw vwrU qwrw cVHdw mihsUs ikrdy gey[ Krcy iv`c ingUxw Xogdwn pwaux dy vwAidAW nUM
kIqw qW ieh jrnYl Es (sMq) jrnYl (isMG iBMfrW vwilAW) dy qkrIbn sB ny ivswr id`qw[ aus vyly jrnYl swihb cMd auhnW
swQIAW iv`c Aw Swml hoey[ pMjwb dy, is`KI dy Bly leI shyVy eys lokW iv`coN sn jo qn, mn, Dn nwl ie`k mn ie`k ic`q jUJdy rhy[
prm-pwk irSqy nUM donW jrnYlW ny AwKrI suAwsW q`k inBwieAw[ AYsy Awpw-vwrU inSkwm swQI au~qy kOx mwx n kry?
keI hor vI jrnYl sn ijhVy cVHdy sUrj nUM slwm krn dI pRivrqI eys X`g iv`c AMqm AwhUqI inrol s`c dy AwSy nwl iqAwr
ADIn bVy hmdrd Aw bxy sn pr sUrj Asq huMidAW hI duSmxW, kIqI rpt dI pYxI sI[ rpt AweI qW vylw bOiDk mulWkx dw sI[
lu`t mwr Aqy DoKw-DVI krn vwilAW dI muhrlI kqwr iv`c jw rpt dw s`c au~qy AwDwrq Aqy mzlUm p`KI hoxw lwzmI sI[ bwkI
Swml hoey sn[ keI AYsy jrnYl vI sn ijhVy jrnYlI Swn, sony- rihMdy juJwrUAW iv`coN iqMn-cwr Pyr iQVk gey Aqy aUxy s`c nUM pRvwn
cWdI dy brqn, rihx-sihx dy nKirAW, p`uq-poqirAW, dohqirAW krn leI qqpr id`s Awey[ A`j lokW nUM &^r hoxw cwhIdw hY ik
dy moh nUM nw iqAwg sky pr sMqW dw fUMGw siqkwr krdy rhy[ dUjy auhnW dw jrnYl sdw vWg Afol irhw[ nWA rpt iv`c Awaux dI
jrnYl isAwsq dI ij`lHx iv`c pYx dy froN dUr bYT ky BrpUr mdd lwlsw nUM iqAwg ky Aqy sB imhxy-qwAinAW nUM ivswr ky auh
krdy rhy pr ieh eysy jrnYl dy ih`sy AwieAw ik iehnW hr rukwvt s`cmu`c hI inrol s`c nwl pRxwey Awpxy gurU s`cy swihb dw s`cw is`K
nUM pwr kr, hr lok lwj nUM iqAwg ky (“sMqn iFg bYT bYT lok sI[
lwj KoeI”-mIrw bweI) AYsw gUVHw sMprk kwiem kIqw ik auhnw dI kwly dOr iv`c lokW au~qy hoey zulm nUM aujwgr krn leI
dosqI A^Ir q`k inBI[ jdoN lok-kimSn bxw ky auprwlw kIqw igAw qW ieh lok-jrnYl
lokW dw jrnYl kOn&rMsW iv`c mqy-GwVw sI, g`lbwq iv`c Pyr muhrIAW iv`coN sI[ eyvyN hI ieh Aw^r q`k ivSv is`K kONsl dy
qrzmwn sI, AauKy vyly Fwl sI, lok-sMprk iv`c bulwrw sI, is`KI pRm`uK syvwdwrW iv`coN rhy[
inScy au~qy hr S^s dy hwx dw Aif`g sI Aqy lokW dIAW muSklW jdoN 1988 iv`c lokW au~qy mnu`KI GwVq dw hVH t`uitAw;
iv`c auhnW dw swQI sI; mihlW-Ju`gIAW iv`c ie`ky qrHW nwl suKI jdoN rwqo-rwq AnykW lokW ny pwxI iv`c Awpxw sB kuJ ruVHw ilAw
sI[ ijnHW ny iehnW dy lok-Xu`D iv`c jylH k`tx dy AMdwz nUM nwl rih qW nirMdr isMG mdd leI bxy kw&ilAW iv`c jrnYl bx
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au~BirAw[ ijs aumr iv`c bzurgW dw pwxI pIx leI au~Txw vI v`fI kIqf, gurduafrf eImfrqF dI byhurmqI kIqI, ZfhIaF aqy iswKF dy
ihMmq dw krm huMdw hY, aus aumr iv`c iek`qr kIqI swmgrI dy sfry irkfrz qy hor afrkfeIv cuwk ky lY geI . ies df iewko iek
tr`kW iv`c frweIvrW nwl bYT ky gofy-gofy, l`k-l`k pwxI iv`c qurdy mksd iswKF nUM ieh sbk dyxf sI ik Auh gLulfm hn qy hfkm AunHF
hoey lokW dy Gro-GrI rwhq nUM phMucwieAw[ ieauN iehnW ‘inmwixAW dI pCfx (Drm, klcr, ihstrI qy iPLlfsPLI dI) hI nhIN blik
dy mwx gurU, inqwixAW dy qwx gurU’ dy ibrd nUM pwL ky Awpxy is`K AunHF df nfmo-insLfn vI KLqm kr skdy hn . ies ny iswKF ivc roh
pYdf kIqf . iswK qF aTHfrvIN sdI dy jLflm hfkmF (aorMgjLyb,
hox dy dwAvy nUM pu^qw kIqw[
PLrKLsIar, jLkrIaf, mIr mMnU, aihmd sLfh durfnI) qoN nhIN sn muwky
^wlsy dy jrnYlW dI is&q krdw hoieAw kwdrXwr AwKdw
qy ieMdrf gFDI qF AunHF dy mukfbly ivc iek inwkf ijhf hAUaf sI .
hY, “ie`k dUjy dw swnI cuqrweI dy iv`c Aqy lVweI iv`c ipCWh n drbfr sfihb ‘qy hmlf iswKF ny cYlMj vjoN ilaf aqy kuJ hI
rihx vwlw[” swfw lok-jrnYl keI bOiDk muihMmW au~qy vI ciVHAw[ mhIinaF ivc ieMdrf gFDI nUM sjLf dy idqI . rfjIv gFDI ihMdUaF nUM
duSmx dIAW gurU gRMQ swihb dy SrIk KVHy krn dIAW kmInIAW iswKF dy iKLlfPL BVkf ky Auh Bfrq df prfeIm minstr qF bx igaf
cwlW nUM iehnW b^UbI smiJAw[ jdoN v`fy-v`fy is`K ichry-muhry vwly pr CyqI hI Aus df vI Brm tuwt igaf ik Auh iswKF nUM nfsqo-nfbUd
is`K eys cwl ivru`D gurU swihbwn dy pRcwry gurU-isDWq dI r`iKAw qoN kr skygf .
AwnwkwnI krn l`gy qW ieh jrnYl J`t kmrk`sw kr ky rx-q`qy BfvyN Bfrq srkfr ny srkfrI mjLdUrF dI mdd nfl (sLfied
iv`c in`qirAw[ ieh auhnW iv`c Swml hoey jo &whS ikqwbW nUM drbfr sfihb coN luwty pYsy nfl) akfl qKLq sfihb dI eImfrq qF
gihr-gMBIr ruqby bKSx dy ivr`uD sn[ eyvyN hI jdoN is`KW dy m`ky qoN bxvf leI sI qy akfl qKLq sfihb dy pujfrI ikrpfl isMG qoN jLYl
hI is`KI dy Asl pRcwr ivr`uD &qvy jwrI hox l`gy qW jrnYl swihb isMG nUM ‘muafPL’ vI krvf ilaf sI, pr rfjIv gFDI nUM hr vyly iswKF
df zr hI KfeI jFdf sI . ies kr ky Aus ny purfxy kfrqUsF
sB bwhrI Bys dI Awx, TwT-bwT dy ruqibAW dy BY (“gj swFy qY qY
(irvfieqI akflI lIzrF) nUM vrqx dI plfn bxfeI . Aus ny 11
DoqIAw iqhry pwiein qg ] glI ijn@w jpmwlIAw loty hiQ inbg ]
mfrc 1985 dy idn lONgovfl, tOhVf, bfdl qy pMj hor akflI afgU
Eie hir ky sMq n AwKIAih bwnwris ky Tg ]”) nUM iqAwg ky ie`k irhf kr idqy . ies sfrI cfl ipwCy pMjfb df nvF gvrnr arjn
vwr Pyr mzlUmW dI kqwr iv`c Aw KVHy hoey[auh jwxdy sn ik s`cy isMh sI . Aus ny akflIaF nUM sUby dI vfgzor sMBflx df lflc dy ky
swihb dw mu`K AwSw mnu`K mwqr nUM “inrBau, inrvYr” ADIn inrBY Brmf ilaf sI . ienHF idnF ivc arjn isMh ny blvMq isMG
krnw hY[ AwqMk cwhy styt dw hovy, cwhy v`fy-v`fy jnyaUDwrIAW jW sulqfnpurI, surjIq isMG brnflf, rfmUMvflIaf qy mnjIq Kihrf nUM
ikRpwnDwrI krmkWfIAW dw, siqgurU dI ie`Cw iehnW swirAW nUM afpxy nyVy lY afdf . ienHF nUM cMzIgVH dy pRo[ aqr isMG aqy ipRQIpfl
nkwrn dI hY[ eys s`c dI Qwh qW XUnIvristIAW iv`c kursIAW dw isMG kpUr dI mdd hfisl sI . ienHF sfiraF ny arjn isMh nfl rl
boJ bxy keI isAwxy nhIN pw sky jo gurU-ikrpw nwl swfy jrnYl dy ky iswKF dIaF kurbfnIaF nUM imwtI ivc imlf ky pMjfb dI ‘gwdI’
igAwn-Kzwny dw sihjy hI ih`sw bx igAw sI[ hfisl krn dI plfn bxfeI . ies plfn hyT cMd iek mfmUlI
21-22 dsMbr 1845 dI kihr BrI rwq nUM jdoN gdwr kmWfr ijhIaF mMgF mMnx df idKfvf kr ky (mMnIaF nhIN sn) ienHF lIzrF
nUM pMjfb sUby dI hkUmq sONp ky iswKF nUM dbfAux vfsqy ienHF nUM PLslI
qyj isMG qwzwdm ‘GoV-ciVHAW’ nMU hwry AMgRyz au~`qy h`lw krn qoN rok
btyrF nUM vrqx dI cfl sI . ienHF ny pihlF qF bfdl qy tOhVf nUM vI
irhw sI qW ie`k inhMg jrnYl ny Es dy gL nyzw r`K ky AwiKAw sI,
nfl rlfAux dI koisLsL kIqI pr jd Auh ienHF nUM pUrI qrHF iPLwt nf
“auh mUMh iv`c Gw lY ky faU-faU (mYN qyrI gaU) kr rhy hn, qUM h`ly bYTy qF ienHF ny hrcMd isMG lONgovfl nUM Psf ilaf . lONgovfl iek
qoN vrj irhw hY[” 9-10 PrvrI 1846 dI rwq nUM eyhI qyj isMG Swm anpVH pr clfk sfD hox dy bfvjUd isafsI clfkIaF qoN jfxUM nhIN
isMG AtwrI vwly nUM AMgyRzW nwl sulh dw mSvrw dy irhw sI[ donoN sI ies kr ky Auh CyqI hI ienHF lUMbVF dI cfl ivc af igaf . ienHF
QWeIN g`dwr au~qy kIqy ie`ko vwr nwl ^wlsy dw sdIvI rwj kwiem Aus nUM corI corI rfjIv gFDI nfl imlf vI idqf aqy idnF nhIN blik
huMdw sI[ kwS! ik swfy jrnYl, jrnYlI qoN au~cy au~T ky srdwr bx imMtF ivc hI ‘smJOqf’ vI krvf idqf . kmfl dI gwl qF ieh hY ik
gey huMdy jo gurU ny iehnW nUM bxwieAw sI! ies DoKy dI nf sfbk cIPL minstr bfdl qy nf sLRomxI kmytI pRDfn
jnrl nirMdr isMG dy pRSMskW, swQIAW, hmdrdW nUM sdw tOhVf nUM hI iBxk peI . ienHF ny vI ies ‘smJOqy’ nUM aKLbfrF ivc
mlwl rhygw ik iksy AYsI kihr BrI rwq nUM iehnW ny KwVkUAW nUM hI piVaf . ienHF hlkf ijhf pRotYst qF kIqf pr iPr cup kr ky Gr
cox bweIkOt dw mSvrw id`qw sI[^Yr! auhnW dw j`g au~qy Awauxw bYT gey .
rfjIv-lONgovfl smJOqf ivc kI nhIN sI ?:
s&l hY[ auhnW dIAW gurU-AwSy Anuswr GwlIAW GwlxwvW dw
1. anMdpur sfihb dy mqy nUM mMnx dI koeI gwl nhIN sI.
ievzwnw qW gurU hI auhnW nUM dyxgy pr gurU ky is`KW nUM Awpxy Aqy
2. ies ivc BfrqI afeIn dI dPLf 25 hyT iswKF nUM ‘ihMdU’
sMswr dy Bly leI eynW zrUr socxw bxdw hY ik kI auhnW dy Asl afKx vflI md KLqm krn df ijLkr qk nhIN sI.
syvk eyvyN hI jUJdy qur jWdy rihxgy Aqy lwl isMG, iDAwn isMG, 3. ies ivc jylHF ivc bYTy hjLfrF bygunfh iswKF dI irhfeI df
qyj isMG eyvyN hI iehnW dy mws dw mu`l v`tdy rihxgy! koeI aYlfn nhIN sI .
***** 4. ies ivc 5000 DrmI PLOjIaF vfsqy koeI aYlfn nhIN sI .
kI hrcMd isMG lONgovfl pMQ qy pMjfb df sLhId sI? 5. ies ‘c pfxIaF, BfKVf-nMgl ibjlI plFtF, nMgl PLYktrI
Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer Tel: 98158 36970 nUM pMjfb dy hvfly krn df ijLkr qk nhIN sI
cfr jUn 1984 dy idn BfrqI PLOj ny drbfr sfihb, akfl qKLq 6. ies ivc afl ieMzIaf gurduafrf aYkt dI koeI gwl nhIN
sfihb aqy drjnF gurduafiraF ‘qy hmlf kr ky hjLfrF iswKF df Gfx sI .
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7. ies ivc PLOj ivc iswKF dI BrqI dy koty dI koeI gwl nhIN GroN gey PLrMgI dy mfrny nUM sgoN kuMjIaF hwQ PVf afey
sI . ies sLrmnfk smJOqf rUpI gLdfrI dy ijLMmydfr sn: blvMq isMG
8. ies ivc hirafxf, ihmFcl qy rfijsQfn ivcly pMjfbI sulqfnpurI, surjIq isMG brnflf, pRo[ aqr isMG aqy ipRQIpfl isMG
boldy ielfikaF dI koeI gwl nhIN sI . kpUr . ienHF ny hrcMd isMG lONgovfl nUM afpxy hwQF ivc lY ilaf qy
9. ies ivc hirafxf, ihmFcl qy rfijsQfn ivc pMjfbI dI Aus qoN ies sLrmnfk hyTI ‘qy dsqKLq krvf ley . ho skdf hY ik
pVfeI qy hor shUlqF dO koeI gwl nhIN sI . Aus nUM pqf hI nf hovy ik ies ivc kI iliKaf hY qy jF Aus ny iksy
10. ies ivc PLOj vwlO cuwk ky KVI ‘iswK rYPLrYNs lfiebryrI’ qy asr, dbfa, zr, lflc, blYkmyilMg (Aus ivc sLfied koeI
hor dsqfvyjL moVn dI koeI gwl nhIN sI . ‘ieKLlfkI’ kmjLorI hI hovy) hyT ies gunfh ‘qy dsqKLq kIqy sn .
11. ies ivc ‘KLUnI nvMbr’ 1984 ivc iswKF dy kqlyafm krn ies sLrmnfk smJOqy kfrn hI aj pfxI, ibjlI, iswKI dI byadbI,
vfilaF nUM koeI sjLf dyx dI gwl nhIN sI . ienF kqlF, ryp, piqqpuxf qy hor msly bxy hn qy ieh sfry gunfh krn dI ijLMmydfrI
jLulm df isLkfr hyey lokF dy muafvjLy dI koeI gwl nhIN sI . (Aus dI mjbUrI koeI vI hovy) ies ‘qy dsqKLq krn vfly hrcMd
ies ivc ienHF kqlyafm ivc sLfiml kFgrsI vjLIrF nUM isMG lONgovfl dI hI bxdI hY, ijs ny pMQ qy pMjfb nfl ieh gLdfrI
htfAux jF sjLf dyx bfry koeI gwl nhIN sI . hor qF hor kr ky hjLfrF iswKF dIaF sLhIdIaF, qsIhy dy ky qVPLf-qVPLf ky mfry
rfjIv ny ienHF kqlyafmF nUM ‘dMgy’ kih ky iswKF nUM ienHF iswKF, ryp hoeIaF hjLfrF iswK DIaF, qbfh hoey lwKF GrF, jylHF ivc
kqlF dy brfbr dy ‘dosLI’ grdfinaf sI (dMigaF ivc dovyN bYTy hjLfrF iswKF nUM Tokr mfr ky ies pfp ‘qy dsqKLq kIqy sn .
iDrF ‘dosLI’ huMdIaF hn). ienHF sfiraF dIaF rUhF Aus nUM qy Aus dy sfQIaF nUM lfanqF
12. ies c ‘KLUnI nvMbr’ 1984 c iswKF dy kqlyafm krn pfAuNdIaF hoxgIaF qy qvfrIKL ies pfp nUM kdy muafPL nhIN krygI ]
afeIaF kfql BIVF qoN afpxy afp nUM bcfAux vfsqy *****
‘mukblf’ krn vfly iswKF ‘qy cl rhy mukwdimaF rUpI jLulm sNq bwbw dljIq isNG iCkwgo vwly
nUM KLqm krn bfry vI kuJ nhIN sI . isK bulytn dy ipCly ANk ivc
sLromxI akflI dl ny 1982 ivc Drm XuwD morcy ivc 45 mMgF rKIaF AsIN dljIq isNG pwsON AjIq
sn qy AunHF ivcoN iek mMg vI nhIN sI mMnI geI . pr ies sLrmnfk AKbwr ivc CpvweI AwpxI
‘smJOqy’ ivc Aultf iswKF AuWqy hyT ilKy jLulm hoey sn: vifAweI dI Kbr CwpI sI]
1. pMjfb rIpyrIan sUbf hY aqy ies dy pfxIaF ‘qy ies df hI
ieh AsIN aus pwsON pYYsy lYky
hwk hY . pr ies sLrmnfk smJOqy hyT rfijsQfn nUM pMjfb
ausdI vifAweI vwsqy nhI sI
df 55 qoN 65 % pfxI muPLq idqf jfxf sI . (rfijsQfn nUM
CwpI] jyhVy s`jxwN ny aus qON
ipCly koty coN bcdf pfxI dyx vfsqy 1985 ivc aMimRqsr qy
hyTlw ANgryzI dw lyK piVAw
gurdfspur dIaF nihrF bMd kr idqIaF geIaF sn) . dUjy
hovygw aunwN nU pqw lg igAw
pfsy rfijsQfn dy kfnUMn muqfibk iswK qF kI pMjfbI vI
hovygw ik New Orleans
rfijsQfn ivc jLmIn nhIN KLrId skdf . (kI ieh ‘iek’
gurdvwrw swihb dI prDwn
mulk hY ? kI ies nfl PLYzrl ZFcy nUM KLqrf nhIN ? kI ieh
bIbI sumIr kOr dy kihx
nslvfd nhIN?) .
2. hirafxf df pNjfb dy pfxIaF ‘qy koeI hwk nhIN qy akflI Anuswr svwAy United Sikhs
dl ny sqluj-Xmnf ilMk nihr dy iKLlfPL hI qF morcf sLurU dy hOr iksy sNsQw nU ausny auQy syvw krdI nU nhIN dyiKAw] dUsrI hwsO hIxI
kiqf sI . pr ies sLrmnfk ‘smJOqy’ ivc 15 agsq g`l ieh hY ik New Orleans dw mOsm bhuq grmI vwlw hY pr bwbw jI
1986 qk sqluj-Xmnf ilMk nihr "hr hflq ivc" bxf aunw nU 5000 kMbl Aqy grm k`pVy Byjy jwx dw AYlwn kr rhy hn] ies
ky dyx dI gfrMtI idqI geI sI . ANk dy sPw 5 qy AsIN iek hOr Kbr iv`c bwbw jI dI swfy nwl hoeI
3. ies sLrmnfk ‘smJOqy’ ivc ieh vI gfrMtI sI ik cMzIgVH AprYl 2003 dI tYlIPon rwhIN glbwq dw izkr kr rhy hW] bwbw jI ny
pMjfb nUM dyx bdly 107 ipMzF dI jLmIn hirafxf nUM idqI swnU ikhw sI ik aunhW ny guru gRMQ swihb dw aul`Qw XOrp dIAW bhuq
jfvygI (hirafxf ivcly pMjfbI boldy ielfky moVn dI QF bOlIAW ivc krvwieAw hOieAw hY Aqy sbUq v`jON aunw ny swnU G`tO G`t iek
hor 107 ipMz hirafxf nUM dyx dI gfrMtI sI . XOrpIAn bOlI ivc aul`Qw Byjx dw vwdw kIqw sI] Ajy qk swnU kOeI
4. ies sLrmnfk ‘smJOqy’ muqfibk ibjlI, pfxI qy hor sUbfeI aul`Qw nhIN imilAw Aqy nW hI imlx dI aumId hY] ij`QO qk s~c bolx dw
qfkqF Aultf sYNtr nUM sONp idqIaF geIaF sn . ies svwl hY auQy ieNj l`gdw hY ik swry sNq bwibAW ny Aqy swfy qKqW dy
muqfibk qF QIn zYm dI ibjlI ‘qy vI hirafxf qy rfijsQfn AKOqI jQydwrW ny sONh KwdI hoeI hYY ik ienhW ny s~c qW bolxW hI nhIN ]
df hwk mMn ilaf igaf sI . prmwx v`jON, hyT CwipAw hoieAw Press Release swnU 18 nvMbr
5. ies smJOqy mgroN surjIq isMG brnflf ny srkfr bxfeI qy nU imilAw pr nwl dI nwl swnU ieh Kbr vI pMhucI ik dljIq isMG ies
rfjIv gFDI nUM KLusL krn vfsqy 30 aprYl 1986 dy idn drbfr nU iblkul JUTw dOS ds irhw hY] iPr AsIN Awpxy k`NnIN ryifa qy vI ausnUN
sfihb ‘qy hmlf kIqf qy mgroN rbYro nUM pulIs cIPL lf ky hjLfrF iswK iehI kYNhdw suixAW] Awpxy JUT nU s~cw d~sx dI koiSS ivc iesny Awpxy
sLhId vI kIqy . vkIlW pwsO swrI prYs (Press) nU hyTW i`d`qI geI DmkIAW dI ic`TI vI
ieh smJOqf isrPL sLrmnfk hI nhINN blik pMjfb ‘qy iek hor jLulm BjvweI ] (sMpwdk )
sI qy ies nUM mnjLUr krnf pMQ qy pMjfb nfl gLdfrI sI . (sLfh muhMmd
Press Release, Sikh Religious Society. Palatine, IL:
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jdoN AweIlYNf lyk iSkwgo vwLw AKOqI fyrydwr nUM pihlW vI ies fyrydwr dIAW pMQk-ie^lwk ivroDI hrkqW bwry sucyq
kIqw jWdw irhw hY pr iksy dy vI isr au~qy kdy koeI jUM nhIN srkI[ pr
dljIq isMG byp`g qy byp`q hoieAw B`j inkilAw AKIr nUM Akwl purK ny dMB Aqy JUT dw prdw &wS kr hI idqw hY[ ‘kUV
vIrvwr, nvMbr 17, 2005 ƒ rwq dy 11.20 vjy iSkwgo dI isK sMgq dy iek inKuty nwnkw EVik sic rhI’ dy gur-bcnW Anuswr pMQ dy m~Qy au`qoN ieh
srkrdw s`jx ƒ kYlIPornIAW dy iksy gurmuK dy Awey Pon ny ik AweIlYNf AKOqI bwby dljIq vwlw klMk hux inscY hI au`qr jwvygw[hux AsIN smUh
lyk dy fyry gurjoq pRkwS dw sMcwlk AKOqI fyrydwr dljIq isMG iksy ZYr- sMgqW Aqy isK pMQ dy AwgUAW nUM purzor bynqI krdy hW ik hux qW jwgo
AOrq nwl rYNf rof (Rand Road) vokWfw siQq ‘vokWfw motl’ Aqy pMQ nUM l`gy hoey ies kohV qoN Cutkwrw idvwE[
(Wauconda Motel) ivc rMg-rLIAW mnw irhw hY , nUM iSkwgo dI is`K- not: ieh fyrydwr keI DIAW BYxW dI byhurmqI krn vwsqy, Drm
sMgq nUM pihlW pRwpq jwxkwrI nUM hor p`ikAW kr id`qw[ieh sUcnw imlx pRcwr Aqy grIbW qy pIVqW dI mdd dy bhwny mwieAw dI durvrqoN kr ky
auprMq BweI mihMdr isMG (hY`f-gRMQI , gurduAwrw swihb, pYlwtweIn), rMg rlIAW mnwaux vwsqy Aksr hI crcw ivc rihMdw hY[gurU ipAwirE!
kulvMq isMG huMdl (Dwrmk sk`qr, gurduAwrw swihb, pYlwtweIn), drSn hux qW hor Brm BulyiKAW ivc nw rho Aqy AwpxI h`k dI kmweI ivcoN hor
isMG pMmw, pRBjoq isMG bWsI, BuipMdr isMG huMdl AslIAq nUM jwnx leI mwieAw AYsIAW DoKw-DVIAWw ivc nw lutwE[swry hI gurUu nwnk nwm-lyvw
motl v`l rvwnw hoey qW motl dy kmrw nMbr 5 dy bwhr fyrydwr dljIq isMG gurisKW nUM bynqI hY ik ies fyrydwr dljIq isMG dIAW AnykW hI hor
dI SYvI vYn nMbr T313228 KVI vyK ky ies ^br dy Asl hox dI puStI ho kwLIAW krqUqW bwry jykr koeI vDyry jwxkwrI hovy qW AmrIkw ivKy
geI[kwPI dyr q`k dI aufIk qoN bwAd ivcwr kr ky sbMDq ielwky dI pYlwtweIn gurdvwrw swihb dI pRbMDk kmytI nwL zrUr sMprk kr ky auh
pulIs nwl sMprk kIqw igAw[ pulIs v`loN kIqI geI CwxbIx aupRMq bhuq ivSyS jwxkwrI idqI jwvy[sMprk vwsqy Pon nMbr 847-358-1117 Aqy
dyr q`k drvwzw KVkwaux qoN bwAd motl dw pMj nMbr kmrw puils vloN PYks nMbr 847-358-1701 hn[eImyl: [email protected]
KulHvwieAw igAw, ijQy fyrydwr dljIq isMG ƒ ZYr- AOrq nwl kmry ivc [email protected]; [email protected]
pwieAw igAw[ pulIs ny iek`qr not:ieh dsqwvyz mOky dy cSmdId gvwhw dy dsq^qW swihq vyKx leI
hoey s`jxW nUM d`isAw ik ikauNik ‘bwbw fYl ijq isMg’ nwl pweI geI AOrq www.srschicago.org ’qy kilk krky vyiKAw jw skdw hY[
nwbwlZ nhIN hY ies krky kwnUMnn qOr au`qy qW kuJ nhIN kIqw jw skdw pr ATTORNEYS AT LAW:
isK sMgqW Aqy gurdvwry nwl sbMDq mslw hox kr ky qusIN Awpxy p~Dr Petrina C. Penio, Gary L. Grolle, 10908 Main Street. P. O. BOX 468.
Richmond, IL 60071, TEL (815) 678-6168 FAX(815) 678-3323
au`qy loVINdI Xog kwrvweI kr lvo[ Mr, Hardev Singh Shergill, Editor, The Sikh Bulletin VIA FAX and E-
iek`Ty hoey q&qISI s`jxW ny bwby dI vYn ip~Cy AwpxI vYn lgw ky MAIL November 19, 005
aus dy B`jx dIAW sMBwvnwvW nUM blwk kr id`qw sI[ kwPI isMG AwLy duAwLy IMPORTANT EMERGENCY NOTICE
Please be advised that this office has been retained to represent Baba Daljit
ingrwnI kr rhy sn Aqy hor s`jx vI lgwqwr au`Qy phuMc rhy sn[sB cOks Singh in an action regarding false accusations and slanderous articles that
sn ik rMgIlw fyrydwr ikDry bwrI rwhIN have been published and false accusations that may be contemplated to be
inkl ky dOV nw jwvy[fyrydwr ibgwnIAW bIbIAW nwl AwpxIAW vwr vwr published against him in the future in an effort to damage his personality.
This is to give notice that nothing may be published regarding Baba Daljit
‘cwr hox vwlIAW’ hYrwn-pRySwn do A`KW nwl Awpxy kmry ivcoN bwhr dy swry
Singh without prior confirmation from himself alone. If any false
hwlwq vyK irhw sI Aqy vwr vwr irmot nwl AwpxI vYn stwrt krn dy accusations are published, we will consider it an overt act of slander and
As&l Xqn kr irhw sI[ keI vwr vYn stwrt hoeI Aqy keI vwr iPr action will be taken. Sincerely, Signed Petrina C. Penio
bMd hoeI[AKIr nUM Awpxy B`j inklx dy auprwilAW nUM kwmXwb nw huMidAW *****
vyK ky aus ny Awp hI pulIs nUM bulw ilAw[ pihlW mOjUd pulIs qoN ielwvw POLICE REPORTS
pulIs dI rIienPorsmYNt (Reinforcement) vI EQy phuMc geI[motl dy Report number; Incident number: 2005P411854, Location : 26671 N
RAND RD R12-WA, Wauconda motel, November 18, 2005
kmry bwhr pulIs EQy hwzr s`jxW (BweI mihMdr isMG, hY`f-gRMQI gurduAwrw
CHECK TO SEE IF THE FOLLOWING SUBJ IS A GUEST AT THIS
swihb, pYlwtweIn, kulvMq isMG huMdl, Dwrmk sk`qr, gurduAwrw swihb, MOTEL (CWB) 03:40:09. THE CALLER IS CONCERNED THAT HE
pYlwtweIn, drSn isMG pMmw, BuipMdr isMG huMdl, jgdISr isMG GuMmx, pwl MAY BE IN THE ROOM WITH A MINOR (CWB)
isMG kwhlo, qrlok isMG, BrpUr isMG, suirMdrpwl isMG kwlrw, rGbIr SINGH BABA DALJIT
211 W STATE ROAD ISLAND LAKE 60042
isMG huMdl, Twkr isMG bswqI, kulbIr isMG bwgrI Aqy pRBjoq isMG bWsI) SEX/M DOB/05301960 HGT/5’O6” WGT/165 HAI/BLK EYE/BRO
dI mOjUdgI ivc bwby nUM AMdroN bwhr k`Fx dy XqnW ivc l`gI rhI Aqy pYdw Remarks from MDT, MORRISON, SCOTT;
hoey ivSyS hwlwqW bwry jwxkwrI hwsl krdI rhI[ THIS IS UNFOUNDED. ..BOTH SUBJECTS ARE ADULTS,
NOTHING ILLEGAL HAPPENING HERE. . .NOBODY ELSE IN THE
AYsy hwlwqW ivc ZYr-AOrq nUM kmry ivc iek`ilAW hI C`f ky ROOM. 04:16:33 AM
fyrydwr bhuq hI GbrwieAw hoieAw motl ivcoN inkilAw Aqy hrPiLAw Baba Daljit Singh’s report to the police:
hoieAw AwpxI vYn ivc viVAw[ vYn ivc vVn qoN pihlW bwby dI ic`tI p`g Report number: Incident number: 2005P411910
iqMn vwr au`qrI Aqy AwiKr nUM auh nMgy isr hI byp`q hoieAw vYn clw ky B`j COMP CALLING FROM ROOM 5 (RNC)
SAYING THE PEOPLE ARE “BOTHERING HIM” (RMC)
inkilAw[bwby dIAW AYsIAW kwLIAW krqUqW nUM vyKx vwly jo cSmdId THEY ARE OUTSIDE (RMC)
gvwh mOky au`qy mOjUd sn aunHW ny AwpxI EQy mOky dI hwzrI nUM Awpxy PEOPLE ARE FROM THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY (RMC)
dsq^qW nwl prmwixq kr idqw hoieAw hY[ies ByKI bwby dIAW kwLIAW * Changed Complainant from ROOM 5 (RMC)
THEY HAVE BLOCKED HIS VEH W/ANOTHER CAR (RMC)
krqUqW dI dMd-kQw qW bVy lMmy Arsy qoN huMdI Aw rhI hY pr hux q`k koeI Remarks from MDT, MORRISON, SCOTT: COMPL LEFT BEFORE I
pu^qw sbUq nw hox kr ky bhuqIAW sMgqW Brm BulyiKAW ivc peIAW rhIAW HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HIM. ALL OF THE OTHER
hn[ SUBJS LEFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
isK irlIjIAs suswietI pYlwtweIn v`loN AnykW vwr hI swrIAW
pMQk jQybMdIAW, q^qW dy smUh jQydwr swihbwn Aqy hor au`GIAW SKsIAqW *****

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