From: lal@cs.arizona.edu (The Morning Sun)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Khalistan
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:46:19 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <5q8euB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> garyd@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Gary Deol) writes:
>A reply to a message written by: s312@brems.ii.uib.no (Permjit Bhamra)
> 
> 
>  I'm sure this article will have no effect on you or most other 
>Hindu's because it is like talking to a brick wall, I know from 
>experience that information like this will just go in from 
>one ear and out the other! 

Sir, I was very interested to read your article. I read about what
happened in 1984 in Times of India yesterday, and this today.
	You article has had an effect on me. Maybe because I am
no a Hindu. <I'm not sure If I'm a Hindu - I was born one but
now follow no religion but mine>
	But I am very much against *TERRORISM*. I am also shocked
by the brutality of the police. I classify policeman killing
civilians as TERRORISM. Surely there must be a way besides
terrorism to solve the problem?

> 
>  Since then cooler heads have prevailed and we are getting down to
>business,  this year in America with the help of the Kashmir 
>Association of America we successfuly lobbied to ban all foreign 
>aid to India until it finds a solution to the Punjab and Kashmir 
>problem (we could of only dreamt of something like that a decade 
>ago!).  In Canada this year there is a good chance that for the 
>first time two Sikhs may be elected to the House of Commons (similar 
>to the American senate) and both are pro-Khalistan advocates, which 
>would be big trouble for India.  Rumors are spreading that India is 
>now financing candidates who are against one of those two Sikhs!  
>This isn't bad progress for a group who initially took up politics 
>in 1984!  The Sikhs realize that the road to Khalistan is long, but 
>once it becomes reality it will only be more cherished in the hearts 
>of Sikhs all around the world.  I had the fortunate chance to have a 
>one on one talk with one of the World Sikh Organization's (WSO) local 
>chapter executives today and he made a statement that in my mind sums 
>up the Sikhs initiatives abroad "In 1984 there was a lot of emotional 
>anger and today there is constructive anger", what he was referring 
>to is that there are more people working for the creation of 
>Khalistan today instead of cheering for it in 1984; which means our 
>movement is continuing to grow and becoming more of a threat to 
>India!
> 

	Is it necessary to have Khalistan or will an apology by
the government and altering of government policies suffice? Is
it neccesary to bring in USA and Canada into the internal politics of 
USA? Do you believe that the only solution is an establishment
of the seperate state of Khalistan.
	If this state is established, what will happen to all
the Hindu's in Punjab? I don't understand why the goverment should
be so anti-sikh. What has happened that Sikh are so discriminated
against?.
	How do you forsee establishing this seoerate state. Terrorism
will not succeed <I hope - I have nothing against Khalistan but I 
have a lot against terrorism>?

> 
>"All Sikh traditions, whether national or religious, are 
>martial; in times of political excitement - and to the Sikhs, 
>politics and religion are closely allied - the militant spirit 
>reasserts itself." - VW Smith, 1922        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>/|\ and so it is today!
>
>Gary Deol              garyd@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 



Also, I feel less and less sympathy for India. Somebody wants to wear a turban
and be a sikh. Somebody is a brahmin. I couldn't give a f**k if you're
a f**king brahmin or whatnot. I really feel that India's problems are
unsolvable.
	R. King said, "Can't we all get along?"
	My answer : no!
	As long as the world is full of Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims,
and whatnot we will never f**king get all along.


A.L.