Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Khalistan
From: ghayalm@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Manoj Ghayalod)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:19:17 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati

>  A quick look of Sikh history will show that when the Khalsa Panth 
>wishes to pursue something they will do so at ANY cost until their 
>desired goal is achieved!  For instance in 1764 when the Sikhs were 
>fighting the Afghan leader Abdali (The Maratha(Hindu's) army had ran 
>off and left the Sikhs to defend Punjab)) a writer by the name of 
>Qazi Nur Muhammad who was accompanying Abdali gave his view regarding
>the fighting with the Sikhs: "They came like a lion and fled like a 
>fox.  If you wish to learn the art of war come face to face with them 
>in battle ... The body of every one of them is equal to more than 
>fifty ... If their armies take to flight, we do not think they were 
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>running away.  It is only a war tactic of theirs ..."  In another 
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>case the brave children of Guru Gobind Singh were asked by the 
>Governor of Sirhind what they would do if he let them go, they
>replied "We will form an army and come back to attack you".  The 
>governor astonished by the bravery of the children then asked the two 
>young Sikhs what they would do if he destroyed their army, in which  
>the children boldly replied "then we will form another army until you
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>are finally destroyed" - that is how the Sikhs of today must fight!

There is one thing I would like to point out, that bravery is
not a monopoly of any community.  Sikhs have been brave in the
past, so have others.  For example, a large portion of India
was ruled by the Mughals, they were Muslims.  The Marahathas
may have run away on that occasion, but they were well known
for bravery, Shivaji can be compared to any Sikh, Hindu or
Muslim leader.  The Peshwas have at one time controled more
land in India, than anyone else, they are Maharathi brahmins.
The last Hindu kingdom to fall was in the South.  Subhash 
Chandra Bose a Bengali was the only Indian who had the guts to
form an army against the British.  Nehru was a Kashmiri brahmin,
Mahtma Gandhi was a gujrati and Ambedkar was from the backward
class, they were as brave as anyone else. Indian christians
resisted the portuegese in Goa. I think it was Nehru who
said about the Jats, they are one community when India has been
in danger traded their farming equipment for guns.

The final test are Sikhs considered the most dangerous terrorists,
no, LTTE is the most dangerous terrorist organization, they are
Tamils and nobody can question their bravery, though I don't think
they are using it wisely.  You are really lucky to be born in
a country of so many brave people.

Manoj

ps I guess you must have noticed that I have left out one community.

I guess our democratic instincts are really strong, nobody has
labeled you as a traitor (not motivated enough, perhap to go to Punjab and
fight), but this has become an interesting debating point. I hope
ther won't be a needless name calling.