Guru Nanak Dev Mission Series

215

A Rejoinder
to
the articles of Mr Shourie
published in Indian Express dated 12, 13, 14,
May 1982

Guru Nanak Dev Mission

P,

0,

Sanaur, Patiala

Punjab-India

40-Paisc

THE TROUBLES IN PUNJAB

Mr Shourie (May 12, 13 and 14-Indian Express)
needs to be appreciated for saying bonestly what he felt.
His some sr8tcments. however, ifnot corrected, will create
a wrong impression about Sikhism.
I . . Cow sacred to the Sikh Gurus
Cow 01" any otber
animal was never sacred to the Ourus and neitber is to
tbeir disciples. A wrong meaning is given to the statement that Sikhs are protectors of Gao-Garlb. Gao-Garlb is
a proverb which refers to a poor/helpless person and it
does not mean the cow and the poor. Ouru prolects the
meek (not the cow) b, warning tbat if stronger men. suck
the blood of the helpless and weak (tbrough comiption.
adulteration, under-weighment, illegal grati6cation, etc.) it .
is as sacriligious act as eating cow by a Hindu' or pig by a
Muslim. Absence of human feelings and religious respect
in the 'society is visible from the fact tbat no one feels
concerned, not even the Sikbs, when political, legal, official,
social and other p?wers are used to bully and even kill tbe
down-trodden (the real cows), wbo actually deserve mercy.
OUru Nanak protected buman-cows and not animal-cows.
Mabaraja Ranjit Singll was completely surrounded
by powerful Hindu priests. Hindu ceremonies were perform-

ed at tbe marriage of his sO.n. When be died, his queens

and maid-servants (nine in all) performed 'Sati' -II custom

strongly prohibited in Sikhism. Donation of kohinoor to

Jagan Nath Temple, cow protection and giving cows in
charity etc.. as mentioned by Mr. shourie were done under
tbe pressure of Hindu priests. None of these would become
8 Sikh practice just because they were a<!opted by tho
Mabaraja. Further, Kuka Sikbs arc meniioned as cow
protectors because they killed the butchers at the cost of
their life. Let tbe readers know that tlrey do many more
Hindu rituals-worship of fire, sun, performing havans,
untouchability , (puritanism). The facI i. lbal Kukas arc
not Sikhs in the same way as Ahmedias (Qadianis) ,"e
not accepted as Muslems. Tbe sa.ericces made by Kukas
for the cow Iberefore does not make it a sacred animal
for the Sikhs.
2. Religlou and Politics: togefher or separ.te : Tbe
troubles in Punjab are the result of not beeause religion
anll politics are one according to Sikh faith but because
thay. ha;Vc been made alien to each other under the inBuence/ne~~ of "Opportunisms". Sikhism is a way of lifo
and not a theoretical philosophy to be believed or not to be
believed. Sikhism is not a e.>de of rituals and ceremonies.
To be a Sikb, oDe bas to follow-(i) truthful Jiving, honest
means of earning, (ii) service to society (without discrimination of caste or religion) neither as a favour Dor. to
oblige others but as a duty assigned to a Sikh. He must
well understand and alway. keep in mind that all humanity,
not just the Hindus, or Indians alone, are created by the same
God. Welfare of the whole society is his aim and included
in hi, daily prayers. Would some one say what harm
would 'occur if tbe above principles of SIkhism are. adopted
_~ ~ faith by all our politicians.
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If tbe religion and politics are separated (as i. tbe

case to-day) what will check a Minis.er from selling jobs,
admissions, contracts & licences. Only check is the conscience which is beint killed by preaching keeping of religioo
a way from public life (politics).
Unfortunately, those who preach tbat religioo &
politics are ooe, do not appear to have adopted themselves
thi.' principle in practice. In actuaf life. political exigencies
weigh heavier than religion and public inte~est. The
presentl"s. of faitb in social a nd political justice 'demands
acceplance of the principle, rather tban denigrat.ing it that
poli!ics mnst be guided by the religion for service to the
poor and public as desired according to Sikb faith.
3 Appropriation: It is wrong to say that 'Hindus' have
been appropriated by Sikhs. If it is accepted that Dbai
Mati Dass and other associates with th e Guru were.'HinduI'
then Guru Teg Bahadur and other Gurus have also to be
labelled .. 'Hind us' . The fact is known to all tbat.Guru
Nanak Dev refused to be initiatea as 'Hindu' by not undergoing the 'Janju' ceremony. Those who accepted his
leachiogs were called Sikh (disci , I.. ). Hc decl ared tbere is
no Hindu or Musalman, a ll of uS are same and equal
IDsan (human be ing')'

R05PODIe to th e article

The Troubls iu Punjab

Mr. Shourie has exposed his closed and biased
thinking through bis article in three instalments appeared
OD May 12, 13 and 14, 1982 in lhe 'Indian Exprees'. Let
the fa~.~, put bero~e the general public for their own
decisioD .::;

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He accept. Hindus lind Sikh. would not do what bas

been dooe to sacrilege the temples aod gurdwaras. He
thererore assumes that some mischevious elements havetaken for ride both Hindus and Sikhs' and made them to
ftlb~.i'? ~!$I!rve their own ends I. e. fomenting trouble and
Dot l~ailI~' the followers of the IWO faiths to come closer.
It sllould bave ended th~re. But be makes w roog
asaumptions later
1. Cow lOa. a. sacred to Sikb Garo. as to the Hindus

Unfortunately, this thinking i. the starting point of

the troUble. Day in and day out, efforts are made to prove
that Sikhs are a sect of Hindus which they arc not. The
Gurus. totally rejeclOd the communal approach. The very
first lessoo, Guru Naoak gave, was there is no Hindu, no
Musalmso, all of us arc simple Inll8ll8 (human-beings). The
Sikh has to believe tbat there i. only ODe religion"Humanity". Twice a day he wishes welfare of lbe whole

community, not jus! of the Hindus or the Musalmans, Sikhism

in the modern terminology is 'Humanism', It has same
resp.e ct for Musalman. as for Hindus because it recolllile.
them as human-beings aDd not al Hindus or Musalmaal.
Distortion of basic principle of Sikhism haa beea
made by the opportunists, politicians and illinformed
roligious leaders, Un-like Hinduism Sikh Gurus never
considered cow as sacred.' They rather preached that a
peraon who ,ucb tbe blood of tbe poor actually is like a
Hindu eating a cow or a Musalman eating a pig,.j, ,c. the
religion of Guru Nanak is service 10 the h~lples~ .aDd
. .",eak
men and nol to Ihe animals ,
"

It is the incorrect interprelation of Ihe word 'gaogarib' ....hich has led to 'tbe wrong idea of cow being
considered sacred by Ihe Gurus. Gao garib does not
mean a cow and a pauper but it means a heiple,s ~~d .1'meek person, To prove his wrong statement, Mr Sli911rie
quotes references from Maharaje Ranjit Singh and Kuit.s,
Performance of , Sa Ii' by nine women (Queens and mai'd.servants) althe pyre of Maharaja Ranjit Singh does not
justify inclusion of sad as ' a Sikh practice, Giving of
cows aDd Kohinoor in charily only proves that the
Maharaja was under the strong influence of Hindu priests
which is a hiltorical fact. Kuku canoot be considered as
Sikhs (io thc same way a. Ahmedias i.c. Qadianis can Dot
become Muslims) there beiog a basic difference tbat they
do oot consider Adi-Granrh as their final Shabad Guru.
Kubs do havaos, they wor_hip sun aDd fire . These
practices being adopted by Kuka s cannot become Sikh
practices.

 Unforiunately, Mr Shouri. thinks tbat Sikbs and

Hindu. al one have a common beritage. Let the people
.know that Sikhs have a common heritage not "only~ Wilb
Hindus but also with the wbole Indian community, including
Muslims. Sikh. consider tbemselves buman-beings first
and., last and that is tbeir faith. He point. out to the
idolatory and mindless rituals being performed hy the Sikhs.
Jt i. good be has noted it. Let him know that they are
tbe Hindu practices introduced in the Gurdwaras because
of tl(e. Hindu dominance and tbeyare not Sikb principles.
Tbey-,are practised witb tbe wrong hope of bringing the
maj~riiy community nearer, even wben tbey are probibited
in Sikbism.
2. Prejudices.ad fears between t"o commuaWes .
They have been created by tbe opinion of tb. majority
~~~::'llikh' are second-rate citizens and therefore, must
d.,erid on tbe mercy of tbe majority, This, tbey consider,
'ii:tbe principle of democracy.
Mr Sb.:>urie has tried to throw the blame OD English
people for making Sikhs feel that tbey are different from
tbe H indus. He quote., amoDg olber tbiDgS, a boo k 'Hum
Hindu Nahia' by Bbai Kaban Singh. It was not tbe OU1come of foreign iDterference but tbe result of the desire of
domination by the Hindus over tbe Sikbs. If tbe Hindus
bad cared to understand Sikhism. by nOw all of Ihem
wnuld have felt pride in being Sikhs. Service. by Si kh.
'were rendered Dot 10 tbe Britisb but to tbe country wbicb
were appreciated by 110 less a person IbaD Mabatma Gandbi,
wbo sent a telegram congratulating tbe Sikhs "Tbe first
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b~ttle of Independence has heen woo", when the Imperial

Goveroment had to bow down to the Sikhs duriog their
struggle for independence of the Gurdwaras. Shri Madan
Mohan Malvia advised all Indians to baptise one son as
Sikh in each family. Was he illstigated by tbe Englishmen
or it was his genuine appreciation of tbe services rendered
by lhe Sikhs to the nation tbat he desired every family 10
accept ~ikhism.

If the majority stops feeling jealous of the minority

just because tho latter has a superior religious philosophy,
there would be no trouble. Sikhs do Dot believe in ;oorship
of idols (idol worship m"nlioned by Shourie is being praoli.se~ DOl by the Sikbs but by those who have a HiDdU ' I~ought
but appear to be Sikb. by bearing lurbans) or division of
society into upper and lower classes. They have faith
only in one God and brotherhood of all humanity . Tbere
i, no place for the worship of trees and animal~ like
monkeys, cows or snakes io Sikh faith. The majority
community. feeling the Ortbodoxy (inferiority) of theiif.ith.
is trying to become superior by making illconceived
efforts of ridiculing the Sikh faith. The Sikhs had there,
fJre to retaliate and claim that they have a different indeotity
and a different faith . Hence the book 'Hum Hindu Nahio'.
Why i. there no book 'Hum Musalma" Nahin'? Boons.
Muslman. bave never said that Sikhs are a sect of I"'am,
even thou@b if any other faith is nearer to Sikbism , it
is Islam aDd oot Hinduism which is nOlhing but a cbaos pf
thoughts and a bundle of rites and rituals.
Mr Shourie talks of a concession-Punjabi Suha giveo
to. Sikhs. This reveals his mlDd and makes bim oaked.

'the right which was given to all the languages was dlnied
to Punjabi and arcer a long struggle, it was only partially
agreed and that is considered a 'concession' . This expose.
people of his 'tbought that Siklls are a second-rate citizens.
They have no right of tbeir own as citizens of India. It I,
proclaimed a concession to the Sikhs that the Hindus bave
agreed to give ~unjabi language its some place, not the
~ue place, He is silent that the Hindus who speale Punjabi but
'tPentioned Hindi as their mothertongue, were doing the
gre~~~st dis.ervice not only to the' Sikhs but also to the
n4riim.by alienating suc,h a modern faith, from Ihe mas. of
itiiliAllolp"iety.
, ":' .~:1, Mr Shouri. closed his eye. to the fact that tbe
"majotii'y -'community under tbe garb of secular Congress
has been trying to finisb Sikb faith by every possible legal
and anti , social means available 10 tbem, being the rulerll
Df~!1d,(a . It i. said that the late brave Sardar Patel obser",e;;f.J;)khs ate a brave nation . Wbenever anything i, done
III,im, Ihey get united and make tbe strongest nation iu
iht world bow before tbem. Let us break them .0 that
we can rule them otherwise Ibey will rule the whole country'.
Accordingly, the Si kh. were first declared crirr,inals after
Independence. Later on, Nirankari., Radba Swamis, Kukas.
etc. were patted, helped witb money and political power
to create parallel Sikhism and confuse tbe masses. At tbe
same time, allurements of position in services and otber
official belp was given to tbe followers of these pseudoSikb
leaders, just to fake away the un-wary maSSeS from tbe fold
of genuine Sikhism. The result is the turbulance in tbe
whole of Punjab. Why the Government i. silent 00 the
allegation tbat Nirankari Baba was given Ibe SlatU' of aD

official VIP when eVer he visited outside India th ough be

before being declared a VIP, had no statu. at all but was
a discarded Sikh.
Even now, there are people wiih Sikh appearllllce';
who are .beil)8 used to disrepute . Sikh ism by )D~king .i.tements which are anti-Sikh. The poor fellows even thougl\
occupying ",inisteri.1 positions, but are helpless because if
they 'do not' speak . what Ibeir ma.ters say, they would 'DOt,
just
put out of Government but would be sent bahin4
the bars. Many illegal ' and' criminal acts have 'beel! ..aQ~
done from them to keep . them permaneolly u\l.dec. tb.(,ir,
feet_ '" "'. pity tbem. .
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. Akalis are said to' have a free run 8nd' :noboily is;
trying to put the law into action against them. ' The foe!
ill1lthat it is the majority community who have a free runt
to call a protecting watch dog as mad and then ltilJ}lini.;
After. laQelli.og the Sikbs 8S criminals and communaJi'UJ
they ar~ ; being honnd.d m:e a prey. If some. Hiolla ' ia
killed, the ';'hole Government is shaken .and gets upsret.r
while hundreds Of Sikh. are put behind the bars and given
in-humane tortures /punishments and even if dozens of Sikb .
are' killed, nobody even writes a line in sympathy. Even
wtien th';ir ~erigiotis books are burnt, which are a permanent
10.... tbey
not willing to regisler
a case a!!ainst tbe
, are
"
.,
culprits unless public demonstrations are held at great cost .
to 'tbe community.
He bas decried Sikhs for u.irtg Gurdwaras for politic'l purposeS: ' Why doe. he not .ay Ibat the majority is
using the political and official'po ..... er to rule the Sikhs and

convert them into Hindus? If Ihe majority wants to finish

the minority by ' hook or crook. from wbere else the Sikhs
can draw support and protection except the Gurdwaras.
3, _ Sikhism aDd Polities
-' " , ,Mr Sbollrie is at pains to prove that po.1i.tics and
rellgibn being one in Sikbism are responsible 'fo_f tbe 'present
tfouble.. Let all know tbat opposite is true. tl1~ absence
dt. 4 ",1igion bas permitted our Mioisters to ,'ell ' ~dmission,.
Patin';!!:s; , places and posts, Even tbe members of -the
Setvic~ -,it;Oinmi.sions 'bave to be aPPoInted after beavy'
c08't(~'d'iIn'- of money. It was a big Dews tbat in early
May.,,~ib~~bief Minister dodged the public in LUdhiana so
that h~:~;;'~illd tllCCt only the indu!trialists in a closed room.
What other conclusions caD be drawn except iliat it was
~ suck the blood of the poor througb industrialists by
gillf/ll!.i.!pem licences tt> do anything tbey waDI ' with tbe
belp":,_people (eaqhe innumerable number of cows).
Ha"~ hi. ' religion beeD combined witb politics. be ' would
Dot,bave done it.
Tbe Sikb faitb forces his foliowers to love the whole
hUmanity, even tbeir foes, and this is proved by the history,.
UOfortunately, Ihe politicians of to-day, wbether tbey appear
in Sikh garb or Hindu garb. tbey are 'polltiolaas' and keep
,he instructions of their faitb away from tbem i.'~'t ' they
stop 'hem from doing tlie illegal a~d anti-social deeds
tbey do. Let the responsible decide whether they waot
pt!esent "loot" by corrupt politicians or they' ",ant t,he reliI.ion "Humanism" 10 be put 00 the heads of tbe politicians
to cootrol ,tbe ir vicious desire

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4.

Exlra-Ierrltorlalit;, of Sikh Pri t, and Gard .. ara.

In tbe secend instalment of hi. article, Mr Sbourie

prolests against the non us~ of . authority over the extra,
of ,. !~e Gurdw.ars and Sikh leaders" He
forgets tbat !he. {nvestiga ting aU.thority whicb demands .to
catch the ,cq!prils need not visit Punjab. to recover the
weapons becaus~ they have an armoury buried in the
ya'1!~na near Delhi from where tbey call recover ~ny
..,capOn they want to lag to aoy. pe ..on 10 ju&t.ify;tb'eir
iIIega\ .and unlawful detention of. Sikh.. II is.:.faet tlla,
tb. y. arrested many 'persens and Iben released somo i ,9{
tbem,. 'because of the mass protests, they visYlili~d.lha~
seri~ul' consequcnces would follow ' if .fal... : ~~. ,.,~~o
proc~ded fUflller. Harass'1ient and lorthres "'o f penoo~
bec':u.e of their being Sikhs still continue with a greater
vengienec All this is to satisfy the aggrieved party and
tq diyerl their alleplion that culprits are nol being .';a~ched,
Ac/UaJly r"lI1\1~rs ;'go that they are the culprits tbem.elv... .
who are rulers ja .,Delhi and they have ao polilical .wiU .t~
catchlheir own people who were bired ror such acls which,
';'ould keep Ibe Hindus and the Sikhs agitaled and Ibu .
separated for tbeir political aim of "Divide and Rulo:' _
He.' ha~ rightl)' . me.nlioped ' about the Mahan Sikhs. It ia '
good b~cause. .'I~i. confirm. the ",.u thor's ob~ervations tbal.
it i. tbe mini.tees who stage-mana"e
many things which hale
.
Il r
a.othing to do w.ilb ~ikhism.
~erriortially

5. AppropriatioD/obilteratioD:Mr Shouri. talks of app.~opriations by the Si~h'.

Sardar, Db~Bftt singh beiDB SbOWD ' witb a ,turban ra th~r than
wilh a 'h al is nol acceptable to him Th'i. is furtb .. confirmation of ' 'Ihe f ael Ibal tbe Hindus tbink tbal Hinduism is
soperiot III Sikbism 'aDd , every rigbt belongs only to them
even to destroy the bistorical facts, Dbaga! Singh 'was wii'h
'tllr~,D wben he was iov,olved ' in sbooting ii'reid'Dt al
LahOre. Later on 10 conceal' liis' 'identity, be removed bi.
\lair ' pui on tbe hat 4bd' Englisb dr~ss so that b'o could
~pe. '.'Populari,;"1 tbe real form of Bhagai Singh i;
tlot",ac<;epiable to Mr Sbourle, This' r-eveals bis attitude
eilit lit:reijliogs about the' Sikbs. A llikb, appropria'ted by
iD'aj~riiicJjiifmunity by sbowing nim with bat plea~etMr SIloul'le<aili(.pc[Sons of bis tb;nking but ~heD he is " b'r'o~ght out
in hls~'it'iil;ii,,1 fMm 'wilh turban, ' it becomes' pai~ful t~ them
'all. ecuid theie 'be anything ' worse tban this 'I~ creale illfielings amohg tbe two conll~(unities ?
"

".:~.~~~ter Varagi, a Hindu, is rc:sented to have been~

apptbpritted as Banda Singh Bahadur. Thai "'ay 'the whole
Sildi commanity is tbe result of appropriation by Gurus.
'Veer Varagi toole amrit and became a Singh and was placed' at the 'head of five oiher Singhs 'ilod sent to Punjab.
Ail, whether Ibey were Hindu jal', Brahmi,!s, Sudars,
Moslims, were given option either \0 remain a', they were
and boar the zulam of rulers Or to accepl Amrlt and adopt
the failh of "Humanism", named ~'Khalsa" and be ready
10 sacrifice their heads for the upkeep of the princ.i'tJles 'of
humanily, If Mr Shourie, like aoy otber Sikb, acceplS ,
10 adopt this failb, will be be appropriated: to Sikhism or
",iii he gel freedom from the communal feelings, perform,linet of meaningless and miadless rituals wblcb be bad beeD
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encircled ":ith so far.

Unfortunately, Mr SholJrie i. blind towards historIcal facts. He has reached the border of saying that GllrD
Nanak was a Hindu when he labels four Sikb associate. of
Guru Teg Babadur as Hindus y.:hn )Vcre tortured and killed
' along with 'fhe Guru in Dellii. All Gurus had Hindu
names and Iheref)re, " according to Mr Shou~ie, should b~
called Hinduli. It ~hows either Mr Shourie i, inlention,lIy
bl ind to tbe fad thai Guru Nanak re[used to be !;alIed' is
'Hindu' by dediniog to, pu't 'o'n "Janju" orvery ' ~uch limit'eil
i"nformation has been obtained by him about Sik'!i' ('lith. A.
Sikh c~uld tlie have. Hindu. Mu.lim pr a.ny other ~l!Yte: Ii
was at the time of Baptism in 1699 ' when ' tbe unito'no of
five ,K.klr aDd the name 'Singh' was given to bring
unirormity in the Khalsa and incu lcate the feefing of unity
to keep their spirit. high to resist the zulam committed by
lhe .trong aDd evil force .
6.

A080dpur Sablb Resolutio,,,

'in tbe tbird instalment of his article, Mr Shourlc is

critical of tbe Anand!'ur Sahib Resolution , Thi. is tbe
outcome of continuous ill-trelifinent of the Sikh. and not
fodhe desire of independence frOID Delhi as he alleges. Tbis
bas been cleared mare tban once lind in unambiguous
terms. How about similar demand, from Bengal, Tamil
Nadu aod other States? Tbey, 'arc' as good if not hetter
J{indus than the Delhi, rUlera. It is ' n'ot the religion tbat
iiuDjab wants more powers for bUt thes~ are n~cess.ry for the
dtveloprueot of the State in which tb. Cent're and tbe
majority community are not interested . ' People difter in
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their opinions about the meaning or strong Centre , Slro~g

Cenlre should not mean weak and' incapacitaled slales,
Jlbich ca nnot make any Pfosreso,

The meaning of "Khalsa" haa bee~ ~ntioned to be

"pUre; in tbe' original 'Iense, ' Kb~l~ means 'Royal', Th'e
'w~rd ',Khalsa' refer. 10 ibe land . under the dir.~ct conlrol of
lilt , Emperor as dilferenli"led from Ibe one controllrd
, 'tlit~ State Heads, Jagirdars or' Kings, The 'p resent day
!eqtit~i.~~~,,' word would be ;Central', Sikhs being d\rectlyCOaii.;ct'ea ..... ilh -God, not through , aodl and demigods,
wer9~~~il~d 'Khalsa'.

i. e>ilf.c Khalsa shall rule' doe. not melln thaI there shall

b~ ;" :b~!>inet of Sj\c;~1 alone as, diclato.. and Hindus and

Musliins will be ruled by them. This slogan mea:::. Ibal there

'Wollld be a Cabinet of .humanl/eings to .e.r.ve Ill.. human
'beiDis as against Ihe gree<jy and Iyranl rule of the lime
(;'he~ sl<:>g~p was. designed) which will ullimately perish.
To day il iSJ,ep~aled dailY ,by the Sikhs as a part of Ihelr
brave Hist~ry and as a proof of baving ended Ibe tyrant
rule by sticking to the pripciple of" Humanity" &; sufferinl
for it, , II gives ,Ire!lgth to them to 6ghl the 'oppressioll
witb tlie 6rll) hope of defealina it iu tbe end. As 'Ram Raj'
does not mean 'rule by lb. followers of Ram over olberl':'
but i~p\i~s 'rule of lOod people for tbe goodness of society,
simi.larly, lOlalsa Raj refers ,to the rulo of juslioe, 'This

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hope was given to the followers of Sikh faith living io

f oreSls tbat ultimatelr truth will prevail if tbey continue to
resist
tbe injustice
zul'

,
. lind
.
Mr Sbonr'e gives II long history of pre-partition and
post-partition days, indieating tbat Giani Kart~r Sin.llb
:"'anted an iDdependent Sikb State.tbat be wanted to .. vI'
the pjoatb oilly. H indus were safe in tbe bands of Congre54,
Muslems were safe iii tbe bands of League. The oply UD~
safe 'community was Sikhs wbich still remain uns8f~ , Ulld~
the dbminance of Hind'li com.:nunalism whicb is r~'! ~~~'~
for tbe 'present problems of the State, He obsel'Ves ,Ihal
eXlremists of yesterday are considered m~di:rat,~., ,(,f to-day
because more severe and extreme demands have ,bt~ m,de
by otbers which are against tbe ideals of our' sec~la~ cons11I:ullon. He has confused Secularism witll H indu commuliallsm under the constitution. Everyone bas a ~ght to
believe and act the w.y, he wantl except the Sik'bs \.110
jlavQ bc;en included in the Hindu Code Bill because they
were Qot worthy for a Sikh <:ode bill. It must be noted
t~at Muslems have been allowed to follow their OW" IlersonllL laws. In tbe cnd, Mr Sboll1'ie preaches to educate our
children about our tradilions, of course by excluding the
brave deeds of Sikbs. According to his "balanced" view.
"Sikbs are traitors" sbould be taught to the children
because Amin Chand, a Hindu, was a model of loyalty.
Probably be wants to bave a nation of traitors only . He
wants to con~tal the fact. af 'hi.Atory wbicb belittle the
Hindus as a community. Wben GUTO Nanak and bis succ-'
essor Gurus were busy in Punjab to sew.,togetber the humanity split into Hindus and Moslems an dalso as Kbatris,

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Brahmins & Sudras and prepar,ing Ih~ nuion 10 slop (which

'.ctualiy stopped for ever wben Kbalsa' took over Nortb
<India) tbe invader. from the West, foreign ers took advantage of the weaknesses of the 'nation and ' 'entered from the
Soutb & East of tbe country, Accordio" to Daulat Rai
Arya (1898) even when Gurn Gobiod Siogh sacrif!ced evee,
thiog to save the oatioo ana the Hindu HiI\- Rajas froq'
the tyranny of tbe rulers, they tbemselves .tabbed his pro,.
,gramme by fighting agaiD~t him and thus del~ying freedom.
"TIio:',,,'nly independent 'region ; Punjab, wa~ captured ,by
J;!~.lisli~i~n in (18451849) with , the belp of Hindus and
'il6i'Sikht;" A. mentiooed earlier it is tb~ Sikhs who fought
tb~" f.irs~ 'suCceSsful battl. to d'efeat the foreigo powerful
rulers ~d 'fina!ly made thom to quit. It i~ tbe Sikb. under
'the batl~~t ~f Akali Dal who agai~ successfully resisted Ibe
"Emergency rule, This fact was 00 the lips of everYODe in
1977 but is being quicklyJorgotten. like many otber servicel
'r~Di!e,r.!d 10 Ibe nation _by tlie S'ikbs.
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.(n the end it i.s requested tbal tbe respOnSibility of
the majority community ' to recognise tbe bravery and
/loDesty of tbe minorilY community, because of tbeir supo,r ior Philosophy, may be observed in tbe overall interest' of
humanity.

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