From: garyd@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Gary Deol)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: re:Khalistan
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 22:57:51 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

A reply to a message written by: s312@brems.ii.uib.no (Permjit Bhamra)
 
>Could any of you (Pro-Khalistan) people give me a solid reason of 
>wanting Khalistan. 
 
  Better question can you give me a reason why we should stay with 
India?  Especially since up to this day India is killing innocent 
Sikhs in fake encounters, always restricting Sikh economic growth 
in Punjab, for instance by using development permits!  The Indian
gov't is constantly trying to split us up: Moderate Sikh, Terrorist
Sikh, Armathari Sikh (Initiated), non-Armathari Sikh, main-stream
Sikhs (this and Moderate are the more popular terms - defination: 
A sikh who is willing to kiss the ass of the hindu gov't of India).   
Also for more information on India meddling in Sikh affairs read a
book called `Soft Target'.  Sikhs also have no voice in the countries
operations, except for one or two puppets who under their turbans
are more Hindu'ish (probably count cows to sleep) in their thinking 
than a Hindu.
 
> Once agin: DISUNITED WE STAND ?  
 
* Only to the person who see's it through the Indian gov't's eyes! *
 
  Are you aware that at the Hola Mohalla festivial this year in 
`Punjab India' when they asked if Khalistan should be created, half 
a million Punjabi's hands went up (all the people there), this 
was done in the evening, and the lights were dimmed, to protect the 
identity of the militants so they could speak.  If the Punjabi's 
don't want Khalistan would they not have walked away knowing full 
well that there was a risk in staying, or for that matter even coming 
there, which was defying police authority?  I doubt you knew that, 
after all the Indian gov't media WOULDN'T want the outside world to 
know that the VAST majority of Sikhs `INSIDE' India want Khalistan!  
Also a call for Khalistan was made at a Sikh gurdwara in 
Punjab, India and all hands went up (I have the picture taped on 
my wall!) and don't tell me they were playing `simon says'!
Even if you can't get this through your thick skull at least
acknowledge the fact that a significant portion of the Sikh 
population is not happy with the status quo!
 
  It is statements like these that push us Sikhs abroad to use our
last bit of energy to help build Khalistan.  Sadly thoa more of these
rallies can't be held in the fear of another Jallianwala Bagh or
for that matter Amritsar'84 type massacre.  
 
  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! 
 
  I do understand where you get this idea we are not unified especially
right after 84 when the Indian gov't was having a field day seeing
Akali's battling it out against each other and blaming each other's
leaders for conspiring and commiting murders.  This was also even
happening in Gurdwara's outside of India, which reminds me of a  
incident of a Anglo Vancouver person who had a fascination with 
Sikh warfare;  He asked his Sikh friend if they still have the
propensity to fight, so the Sikh took him to the Gurdwara on the 
weekend and they sat there.  The white person asked the Sikh so when 
are you going to show me your people's great fighting skills, he 
replied just wait as soon as the poug (A sweet handed out at 
Gurdwaras) is given out and consumed it starts to stir the lion in 
every Sikh, all the suddenly a fight erupted between two Sikh political
rivalries and low and behold Kirpans were being unsheathed and swung.
Lets just say that white person had a whole new perspective
on Sikhism that day! 
 
  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!
 
 
"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        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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/|\ and so it is today!

Gary Deol              garyd@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca