From: kvivek@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Khanna Vivek)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: KHALISTAN!
Keywords: Punjab, Khalistan
Date: 9 Nov 92 01:17:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: constell.1992Nov9.011713.22035
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA


	Hello there folks!! I had postd an article (on Khalistan) in reply to
what Harpreet Singh had written. I have received this reply from a person
who thinks quite like I do. Here is the article in its entirety.

Hi vivek,
	Well said!!!!! These guys reside in Canada/USA, don't know
anything as to what is happening in India and how people are suffering
due to all this turmoil. I am myself a Sikh and I really do not believe
that there is any place for Khalistan and moreover I love my country to
the extent that I am really planning to return back in the very near
future. I am also from New Delhi, infact right next to where you live,
Masjid Moth(G.K. III) and saw what happened during the riots. Its really
not easy to forget but one has to look at the future and decide where
one's goal is and how to achieve it. Well the point is that I agree with
what ever was said and that more people like us should speak out such
that the fanatics on both the sides are driven back into dark and remote
hole. There is no place for fanatics in our country, be they be Sikhs or
Hindus. Moreover how do you differentiate a sikh from a hindu. My first
cousin is a Brahmin and I am a sikh. Have of my familly tree is
Hindus(or what some want to call themselve) while the other half are
sikhs. My best friends are Hindus and Sikhs. People from
Punjab/Delhi/Haryana will understand how close and intermingled the two
communities are. How are you going to seperate them I have no idea. Will
I kill my own first cousin(brother) just because he is a Hindu !!!! I
don't think so.
	The problem in Punjab, I feel, is basically first economical and
political. It started out to be merely political(i.e. distruction of
Akali Dal by I.G. in the late '70s) and then it took a turn towards
being economical. How to solve the problems of one of the greatest
states in India ? I don't know, but what I do know is these claims and
counter claims as to who is at fault and who started it is definitely
the wrong direction and will not lead us towards a solution. The reason
I have written all this to you is because I felt that you were talking
sense unlike the other FANATICS on both the sides. Hope I have not
wasted a lot of your time. If you think you can post this onto the net
please do that for me. I can not post anything for the past couple of
weeks.           
Thanks for listening and talking sense and hope others will also see all
the grey shades between Black and White.

G. S. sikand.

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	Basically in India people have to learn about the sanctity of each
and every HUMAN LIFE. Please do not break it down to Sikh lives/ Hindu Lives/
Muslim Lives/ Christian Lives. Everyone of us has the right to live and enjoy
God's creation. In a democracy a governmnt is by the people and for the people.
We the people should therefore take back our country from the current brand of 
leaders. It is our country!!

	A government that could not protect its citizens from the murderous
mobs in 1984 riots, that could not protects the life, dignity and property of
its citizens from the equally murderous acts of terrorism in the once glorious
state of Punjab from 1980-1992 should not be allowed to function.

	If the government tries to protect the perpetrators of the 1984 riots,
we should tear it down. Mahatama Gandhi gave his life for us so that we could
value peace-brotherliness-and ccoexistence. The average Sikh, in 1984, was as
innocent as the average Hindu/Sikh killed in Punjab by the terrorists. 

	Is the India of 1992 everything that Mahatama Gandhi devoted his entire
life (selflessly) for? No. 
	
	Mr. Sikand says that he loves his country India very much. I think we
should value this admission from him. I am sure that there will be millions of
others like him. It should be our task therfore to bring these people back into
the mainstream. We should not take any step that will alienate Mr. Sikand and 
others like him. 
	
	I myself am a Punjabi (hindu). I would like to see the formation of a 
peace loving group of people from all religions. Therefore, I would like to
ask all the peace loving people of our great nation to unite now. Let us form
a group and let our opinions be known to all (especially the Indian Government).
I think that a group like this could have some potential in improving human 
rights in India if it attracts enough people.

	Remember, millions of people, just like you and me, gave up their lives
so that our nation could be free. I have seen a lot of postings on Khalistan
in this newsgroup. That implies that a lot of people care about this issue. 
Talking alone will not solve anything. I challenge you all to do something about
this vexed issue. Rise above pettiness. Enough blood has been shed. We can and
make a difference.  Ross Perot had once remarked about the Bush administration:"
"They think that if they talk about  problem, they have solved it." So either
we do something or we shut the hell up about Khalistan, Kashmir etc.

		Let not the sacrifice of great leaders like Bhagat Singh,
Azad, Maulana Azad, Subhash Chandar Bose, Mahatama Gandhi be in vain. We are
surrounded by enemies and united we stand  else -------!

							Vivek Khanna
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