From: malhotra@duke.cs.duke.edu (Manish Malhotra)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Khalistan
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:04:32 GMT
Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Nov11.094219.20701@lut.ac.uk> G.S. Samra writes:

>Who has said anything about throwing you out.
>
 
Do you really expect someone to live in Punjab knowing that
one can be killed senselessly any moment -- while shopping,
while traveling, while celebrating a birthday party ? Do you really believe
that sikhs are under similar threat outside Punjab like Hindus
in Punjab ? Do you really think that when sikhs outside Punjab
board a bus or a train on a journey, they constantly wonder if they
will reach the destination alive ? You have no right to hide
behind the killings of 1984 as an excuse to kill the Indians for
the rest of your life.
Don't you think the terrorists have fuelled ample feelings of revenge among
the rest of Indians to go on another rampage ? But has anything
happened since 1984 ? Mind you, a vast majority of Indians regret
1984 (numerous editorials and magazine articles say/said the same thing),
(many sikhs regret the Punjab killings too), but these
terrorists will continue to create trouble and divide Indians.
By supporting them, you become an accomplice too.
 
Some sikhs call these revenge killings for 1984. If they really wanted
revenge, they could have sought out the politicians who everyone
claims had a hand in instigating those riots. You want revenge, then
do what Udham Singh did to that British General (Dyer ?) in UK for
JalianWala Bagh. 
This way you can ensure your names in history books of Khalistan if and
when it becomes a reality. Do these terrorists really believe that
martyrdom is achieved by senselessly spraying bullets on the hindus
and sikhs alike ? Will your children grow up singing praises of
these cowards ? Will the history books of Khalistan call these cowardly
acts as greats acts of courage ? What virtuous freedom-fighters
these terrorists are !

>Is this view shared by majority of the Hindus?. If it is then this (among
>others) is one reason for the Sikhs fighting for Khalistan.
>
>Do the Hindus from the 'Hindi belt' have different attitude to Khalistan
>(or for that matter the unity of India in general) than say  Hindus
>from the South?. I would welcome any views on this point.

Why are you bent upon dividing the Indians as Hindus and Sikhs ?
So many Punjabi and Sikh families have inter-marriages, what do you
expect them to say ? Why do you want the views of Hindus ?
By asking such questions, you begin to create a divide among Indians.
Why don't you first hold a referendum among sikhs themselves ?
Perhaps, the terrorists have also realized that they do not enjoy
an overwhelming support among Sikhs. I would believe that yours
is truely a freedom movement if majority of sikhs take to the streets.
That is perhaps the reason why the rest of the world does not
listen to you either.

So go on, convince me that you are fighting for freedom.
Convince me that a vast majority of Sikhs want Khalistan.
Convince me with arguments, not by bullets and bombs.
Then I will fight for Khalistan myself.
 
Manish
 
 
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