In the month of August, particularly as August 15 nears, the vitriolic commentary of Khalistani ideologues reaches its Zenith, with claims that this date is not the Independence Day for Sikhs. Such statements are current amongst a miniscule vocal element in the Sikh Diaspora that lives in the post truth environment of Europe and other ‘developed’ countries and that includes Khalistanis who have the blood of innocents on their hands. Many of them have never set foot in Punjab or know of our contribution to the Independence struggle. The statements of the Khalistani supporters is directly diminishing the value of the heroic deed done by the likes of Bhagat Singh and Udham Singh.
Every year without failure, the post truth believers (never a sizable population by the way) try to raise a ‘Khalistani flag’ in front of the Indian High Commission here a. Such acts also disregard the heroic deeds of our brethren, who serves in the Indian Armed Forces and have reached top echelons of the services by their grit and hard work. In the dark days of Khalistani terrorism in Punjab, August 15 and January 26 were used by the Khalistani terrorists as a reference point to bump off more unarmed civilians. Today, these dates are used to heighten the pitch of a venomous discourse by deceitful, ignorant and manipulated individuals.
This hooliganism underwritten by those who see Sikhs as meagre pawns in a power game to bleed India with a thousand cuts. But the repercussions cause trouble for innocent citizens, projecting us (Sikhs) in a poor light across the world, and causing embarrassment to the majority among the community everywhere. Moreover, in a world which is tired of terrorism and all information just a click away, no one in their right minds would come out to support a movement that seeks to reignite a vicious and dead ideology, which instigated the murder of nearly 12,000 innocent civilians in a decade and half long violence. It would also be right to point out at this juncture that a majority of those killed by the gunmen propounding the idea of Khalistan were also Sikhs.
It is unfortunate and demeaning that the teachings of our Guru and symbols of our religion are being denigrated by a minority as a means to gain publicity. Without taking in the essence of the teachings of our Gurus, and applying them into their daily lives and actions, these eyeball-grabbers are attempting to transform our religion into gestures, symbols and rituals of hatred and murder.
Every year without failure, the post truth believers (never a sizable population by the way) try to raise a ‘Khalistani flag’ in front of the Indian High Commission here a. Such acts also disregard the heroic deeds of our brethren, who serves in the Indian Armed Forces and have reached top echelons of the services by their grit and hard work. In the dark days of Khalistani terrorism in Punjab, August 15 and January 26 were used by the Khalistani terrorists as a reference point to bump off more unarmed civilians. Today, these dates are used to heighten the pitch of a venomous discourse by deceitful, ignorant and manipulated individuals.
This hooliganism underwritten by those who see Sikhs as meagre pawns in a power game to bleed India with a thousand cuts. But the repercussions cause trouble for innocent citizens, projecting us (Sikhs) in a poor light across the world, and causing embarrassment to the majority among the community everywhere. Moreover, in a world which is tired of terrorism and all information just a click away, no one in their right minds would come out to support a movement that seeks to reignite a vicious and dead ideology, which instigated the murder of nearly 12,000 innocent civilians in a decade and half long violence. It would also be right to point out at this juncture that a majority of those killed by the gunmen propounding the idea of Khalistan were also Sikhs.
It is unfortunate and demeaning that the teachings of our Guru and symbols of our religion are being denigrated by a minority as a means to gain publicity. Without taking in the essence of the teachings of our Gurus, and applying them into their daily lives and actions, these eyeball-grabbers are attempting to transform our religion into gestures, symbols and rituals of hatred and murder.
