Hey Guys! While surfing thru net this morning...i got something really gud... so sharing with u all... hope u read it with positive attitude...as i did...n i guess thr is no obligation to anyone personally nor to any community or sect, its just the truth of our community....though its not true for everyone but for a majority of ppl it is....n this article is nothing to take with any seperate state or anything.... My aim to post this article here is an attempt to find out our faults n shortcoming for our overall future development as a person, spiritually, socially and as a counrtymen. Let us try to reform ourselves than blaming other n crying over spilt milk....lts work out to improve ourselves first...After reading this article do read my comment belwo..... these are some points we ppl can really improve in ourselves for our overall deveopment for a bright future. n if u hav any idea do share...
Gur Barr Akaal :)
Waheguru Jee :)
Here is an abbreviated translation of an article by Baba Inderjit Singh Bedi of the Sikh Vichaar manch printed in the Sikh Calendar 2005 Published by the International journal of Sikh Affairs edmonton Canada.
Place: Gurdwara Akal Garh, Ludhiana.
Date: Feb 1985 - after the Genocide of Sikhs in 1984
On 31st October, 1984, the killer of over 10,000 innocent Sikh Pilgrims Mrs Indira gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh Body Guards . This incident by two proud Singhs proved to the World that whoever attacked the Akal Takhat, always suffered a terrible fate. Indira Gandhi's son Rajiv then orchestrated an India wide Massacre of Sikhs, in which according to non governmental estimates nearly 25000-27000 innocent Sikhs were mercilessly massacred or burnt alive on the streets by roving gangs of mobsters. Thousands of Sikh Girls were assaulted and kidnapped and raped by these Govt sponsored hooligans . After this horrrible acts of carnage, thousands of Sikh Families fled Delhi and other parts of India for refuge in Punjab. A few thousand of these refugees were housed in Ludhiana Camps. A Special Relief Society was formed under my patronage so that these people could be cared for. The Offices of this Society were at the Gurwara sahib Akal Garh ludhiana.
In 1985, when the Indian Armed Forces retreated from Punjab leaving Sikh Corpses in its wake, a group of five Muslim brothers from Delhi came to Ludhiana to see for themselves the situation on the ground. This Group had visited Amrtisar and Jalandhar and were happy to see that the refugee Sikhs were being well taken care of. One of the elderly muslim memebers of this group, heaved a heavy sigh and told me: Sardar ji, Aisa Hona Hee Thaa. ( Sardar Ji, this was bound to happen ) When he was asked as to why he held this opinion...he elaborated.
Sardar Ji, he said..There is not a Single Sikh leader capable of thinking about the future. In 1947, the outgoing British Administration sat down to discuss independent India with the Official representatives of the Hindus, Muslims and SIKHS. In Punjab there were the SIKH Princely States of Nabha, patiala, Jind, Kapurthala, Faridkot and kalsian - 6 states in which the SIKHS were the MAJORITY. The Moga sub Division also had a Sikh majority population. IF these areas had been amalgmated..a SIKH HOMELAND could have been formed in 1947. The Sikhs already had a viable Govt., Armed Forces, police.. a READY MADE STATE...but all the Sikh maharajas did not listen to the Sikh Leaders and instead threw their support behind Patel. A good opportunity was lost..the simple Sikhs had trusted the sewwt talking but deceitful mean leaders... the Sikh maharaja's lost their Kingdoms and a Sikh homeland died even before birth. Your GURU JI had said again and again, continued the elderly Muslim veer..DONT FOLLOW BIPRAN REETS. Disnt the Sikhs realise that Nehru, Gandhi, Patel, Malviah, Raja gopal Acharaya were all BIPRANS ? Then WHY did the SIKHS take their side ? The SIKHS refused to listen to their own GURU...while Muslims like Jinnah and Sheikh Abdullah "listened" to this GURU HUKM..and one got Pakistan , the other got Article 370 written into the Indian constitution...the Gullible Sikh leadership put their TRUST in the VERBAL "promises" of the Bipprans. You Sikhs had it coming...You all didnt listen to your GURU JI....and so how could GURU JI help you...THAT is why all this had to Happen..Aisa hona hee thaa.
Whenever God gives wealth to a Sikh, he goes far away out of town to make his bungalow/ kothee and gets cut off from his other brothers. When a Muslim gets wealth, he builds his house right in the middle of the Muslim Quarter, so as to be enar his muslim brothers in time of need. Our streets are narrow and often closed on one end....anybody attacking us cannot escape easily. IF nayone dares enter our quarter and kill one, we make sure we kill ten of them. We keep knives to defend ourselves from gangsters and mobs..BUT SIKHS inspite of beign Commanded by your GURU JI to Keep a KIRPAN at all times....how many of you keep even asmall knife on your person ? IF every Sikh ahd followed His GURU JI's command and kept a kirpan on his person, this wouldnt have happened. You SIKHS like to spend money on ALCOHOL and SHOW OFF...BUT Muslims spend money on MEAT,KEBAB and Palao which make for STRONG BODIES. ONLY GOOD strong FOOD can produce Strong bodies. That is why our young men are stronger than Sikh youngsters. In the evening when we hear the call of the Azan... we run towards the masjid....SIKHS run towards BARS to drink and be merry. Today your Sikh leaders are so engrossed in building GOLD DOMES, Marble Gurdawras. All this money could be spent on setting up factories for the employment of unemployed Sikh youth. Rich Muslims and Rich Christians NEVER put GOLD DOMES on Masjids and Churches...there is NOT a sngle Gold domed mosque or church in the World. The GOLD DOMES of Sikh Gurdwaras serve only to collect the Birds droppings. Didnt your GURU JI command you to put SARB LOH khandas and Kirpan-Chakaras on Gurdwaras...When SIKHS disregard GURU Ji's HUKMs then Aisaa hona hee thaa..
Just like the Sikhs, the JEWS also suffered for nearly 2000 years without a home land..but even living in the wilderness for 2000 years the JEWS kept a strong tie to their LANGUAGE, RELIGION and CULTURE. About One KROR Jews were massacred but they never lost hope and in 1948 they succeeded in creating a homeland. Jewish Women dont DRINK and dance on the streets...their women Parade in MILITARY PARADES, they pilot fighter aircraft, drive jeeps, fire cannons... the Jews have created gardens out of deserts....Sardar Ji, a lesson can be learnt from the JEWS SIKHS had 10 GURUS...they married, had children. IS there any historical proof that any GURU JI danced the BHANGRA at His wedding.... danced on the streets, drunk ?? Isnt such behaviour BANNEd in Sikhism ?
We have seen SIKHS dancing on the streets of delhi... SIKH women wearing short sleeveless blouses showing arms, midriffs, naked backs, half naked legs, loaded with gold jewellery, holding glasses of drink in their hands..have been seen dancing on the streets of delhi. Mobsters and gangsters see such beautiful half naked women, and mark them..as who is to be carried off and made a victim of their sexual desires....Many have disappeared forever. A lot have been sold off in Arab lands, some end up in the Brothels of Bombay. I heard that 200 years ago SIKHS rescued 16,000 of HINDU WOMEN from Muslim Invaders...BUT now couldnt rescue their own women from HINDU Gangsters in their own country.....When You disregarded the GURU Ji's HUKM....and fell so low..Aisa Hona Hee thaa.
The Old man continued: We have vsiited throuh out Punjab...all the news media tell lies about the sikhs..Indian TV, radio, Newspapers all lie. Thousnads of Sikh Youths have been arrested illegally, shot dead adn teh TRUTH is hidden from view. Sikhs are portrayed as criminals, looters, etc. It has been made impossible for Sikhs to live with honour in India. IF only you SIKHS could take the GOLD DOMES of just the Gurdwaras in DELHI and sell it to buy and set up a SIKH NATIONAL NEWSPAPER...there could be some attempt to show the world the true picture. How can Sikhs put their case before the world without a Press. Sikhs should have a DAILY PUNJABI/English/hindi/Urdu Nespaper...BUT when the GURDWARAANAGEMENTS themselves "misappropriate GOLAK FUNDS" fro their own benefit...then AISA HONA HEE THAA. When i heard these words of truth from my muslim brothers.. I couldnt help myself from praising the wisdom of these words. When I think of these I curse those Boot Lickers who place garlands around photos of Indira gandhi, attend Rajiv Memeorial services, put garlands around the necks of HKL bhagats, bootas, and their chamchas....giving out SIROPAS and SIRI SAHIBS to them.... these "sikhs" blacken their own faces but also the face of the entire Sikh Community. They steal the GURU's Golak for their own businesses, factories, ...after having suffered such humiliation, kidnappings and rapes of thousands of daughters, killing of thousands of sons, ..SIKHS can still Drink and Dance the Bhangra on the streets as if nothing ever happened...Sikh Women continue to dance half naked, glass in hand.....and the Sikh SANGAT continues to put forward people who continue vast GOLD DOME and MARBLE GURDWARA projects.... daily licking of the boots of Govt administarators continues shamelessly..YET daily Complaints are also heard,,GURU JI DOESNT HELP US... WHY ?? SIKH Brthers..Please remeber..Logan Raam Khilona Jaan is NOT correct. GURU JI is NOT a PLAYTHING. As long as SIKHS dont follow GURU JI's HUKM and leave BIPPARANWAAD, we cannot expect help from GURU JI..He has already warned us: Jab eh Geh bipran ke reet main na karoon in ke parteet !!!
This article was originally published by the SANT SIPAHI Monthly.
Posted by: Jarnail Singh Dhillon "Arshi" MALAYSIA.
Guest editor, International Jouranal Of Sikh Affairs
Edmonton Canada.
We are at this low point because we have disregarded the GURU's HUKMs..on
ReplyDeletea.) Self Discipline - that is we dont do amrit vela/nitnem/kirtan
b.) We have degenerated into slouches who like to drink and dance in public
c.) We have become ritualistic, superstitious lot who depend on Sants/babas for a "quick fix" salvation magic formulas and waste our time in idle rituals which are a waste of funds
d.)We have neglected our own Language
e.) We have not pushed for Computers and Internet as a Vital Tool for the 21st century....almost NIL Gurdwaras and Punjabi Schools are having any compters and connected to the Internet
f.) We have neglected Gatka and other Martial Arts which was a requirement of the GURU ...but look at how others are attending Tae kwan do tai chee/karate etc by the millions. Apart from the health benefits these build character
g.) We spend far too much on SHOW OFF weddings and langgars - drains the entire community
h.)We have turned into a community of turncoats and traitors..look at how many so called Sikh Leaders can be bought over..that is a result of our moral degradation..because believe it or not this also works on the Computer principle of GIGO _ Garbage in Garbage Out...I mean IF the entire Pool of the Community is full of spineless backless people...then whoever rises to become a Leader from that Pool will soon be bought over/turn traitor and start making for himself....we have had such a long list of leaders...not one can stand as uncoruptible/morally strong/
h.) We are wasting so much Community Funds on Gold domes marble gurdwaras...serious funding for schools, orphanages, factories, Press and media stations, for the upliftment of the community is not coming through.We as a community have far outpaced the Hindu mandirs of old that attracted the Foreign invaders due to their Gold Domes. India is world known as the greatest HOARDER of GOLD... adn now the Sikh Community is the Worlds leader in HOARDING GOLD.....which has absolutley NO BENEFIT to the Community and locks up the money in an unproductive asset.
i.) we argue no end about a complete NON ISSUE of meat VS Vegetarianism..with every Sant baba stressing this at every diwan endlessly..BUT NO ONE dares even mention ALCOHOL and its sister BHANGRA which are the twin banes of every "SIKH" wedding. Sikhs are consuming more and more Alcohol per capita..and ALCOHOL is NOT a NON ISSUE as MEAT because ALCOHOL is Clearly and uneqivocally BANNED and CONDEMNED in GURBANI. Alcohol and MEAT are interconnected....why the undue stress on one and not the other, alcohol is no where regarded as a "food" and not permitted under any circumstances....but we "allow" alcohol by ignoring it and under the influence of brahmnawaad lay too much stress on MEAT only.