The forgettable massacre?

There is nothing intelligent so say about a massacre
Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist

On a Summer evening, 35 Sikh men and children were ordered out my armed camouflaged personnel and were lined up near to a gurudwara. The armed men opened a volley fire with their automatic rifles, while chanting religious slogans. The firing continued for ten minutes stopping only to reload their rifles. The date was March 20, 2000 and location was Chittisinghpura in Anantnag District of Kashmir. The murders of the 35 innocent Sikhs were member of Lashkar e- Toiba, (LeT) a Pakistan sponsored group which has often been mentioned as the veritable arm of ISI. Some of those involved in the attack was identified as Rasool Wani, Zamrood, Abu Maaz, Shahid, Babar, Tipu Khan and Maqsood all members of Pakistan sponsored Jihad Groups.

The massacre was an assault on the Sikh psyche worldwide as many Sikh mourners attended the funeral of the massacred men. The murderous rampage resulted in the suspicion of our Islamic brethren by the miniscule Sikh population in the region.

While many so called ‘’righteous” Sikhs have now been seen talking with the leadership of Pakistani Army, ISI and LeT, attempting to revive a dead and impractical idea called ‘’Khalistan” no one of them, who claim to speak for the ‘’oppressed” Sikhs (despite having lived in Canada and USA and seldom visiting their Pind) has called for the prosecution of the group leaders who were responsible for the massacre. They have been so subservient to their circus masters that they have not even asked for an public apology from Islamabad. Moreover, the when those supporting the ludicruous idea joins hand with the same people who had ordered the killing of innocent Sikhs, the hypocrisy and the bankrupt morality of those are laid bare in the open.  

Is the deafening silence because not enough of Sikh blood was spilt on that faithful day to denounce it or demand answers from those who fund these groups ( the same circus masters to whom the leaders procrastinate). 

Is the massacre of our brethren not being talked about because it carries no potential for political capitalisation, or is it not being mentioned because it is an inconvenient truth which will annoy the masters resulting in stoppage of  pittance funding to Sikh groups based in Pakistan and nurtures the delusional ‘’Khalistan dream”. 

Or is not being spoken about because the blood of our brethren is a hinderance for those who want to fill up their coffers, underwritten by our suffering

Our community which has seen enough trials and tribulations since the partition of Punjab in 1947 and need no rerun of bloody episodes. Those who are trying to hijack my religion and bring back violence in the name of religion needs to know that such degenerate beings will find no mercy from the panth anymore. We want peace to relish our dreams and aspirations not another round of bloodshed. If the Khalistan dreamers want scape goats who can validate a reason for getting blood money from their masters, they can import the goats from their own back yards (Canada and England), instead of looking for cheap labour in South Asia like a bourgeoise regime which they are.  

Gopal Singh Chawla with LeT leader Hafiz Muhammad saeed