On December 2, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the 43-year-old Akali Dal MP from Bathinda, filled the Lok Sabha with sadness and remorse with her poignant account of the victims and survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, and how even after 25 years they have not been given justice... House Leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he agreed with Kaur that the tragedy should never happen again. “Not just tragic, it’s horrendous,” said Kaur.
Never again? Fact is, the “horrendous” has happened: again and again. Mercifully, 1984 has not again happened to Sikhs. But it happened to Muslims in 1989 (Bhagalpur), 1992 (Ayodhya, Mumbai) and 2002 (Gujarat) and to Orissa’s Christians in 2008. It happened just a year before 1984 too, to Muslims in Nellie (Assam). By the definition given in the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948, that adds up to six “genocidal killings” in 25 years. Only in India, the world’s largest democracy.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Prof. Darshan singh ji Khalsa & the controversy at Rochester - detailed view
View copy of the letter from the President, Gurdwara Rochester, New york : http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2009/11/letter-from-rochester-gurdwara-for-prof.html
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Ashutosh meet: security beefed up
The local police has fortified Sector 32, near Vardhman Spinning Mills, Chandigarh Road, where religious meet the controversial godman, Ashutosh Maharaj will begin on December 5.
With protests against this meet surfacing, the police have tightened the security around the area of the meet which now sports a khakhi look. Meanwhile, backed by no major Sikh radical or any other group, a section of Sikhs, who hails primarily from the Kalgidhar gurudwara area, held a protest dharna at Jagraon bridge here today demanding a ban on this meeting. The Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan, a dera headed by this godman, has been on the hit list of the Sikhs since the 80s after the godman spoke against the Sikh Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Anti-Sikh riots one of the most tragic events, says Pranab
Amid opposition demands for immediately bringing to book culprits of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Government on Wednesday described the incident as "one of the most tragic events" and assured Lok Sabha that it would do its best under the given circumstances.
"Everyone of us feels ashamed that this happened. ...We cannot get back the lives we lost, we cannot remove the agony (of those affected) ... We can take a vow and draw a lesson that in future this does not happen," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
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Conmen feared to be prowling Sikh community
SIKH residents fear sick conmen are prowling their neighbourhoods warning of "bad luck" if they refuse to donate to their charity.
Groups of up to 10 and 15 men wearing Sikh turbans have been spotted asking for money in the Merton Road area of Seven Kings.
It is thought the twisted fraudsters ask for up to £500 at a time and often target elderly residents.
One woman who donated £200 to the alleged cause after they called round at her mother's house now fears she may have been conned.
She said: "They said it was for a hospital in India and wanted £500.
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Akalis raise 1984 Sikh riot issue in House
NEW DELHI: The Akali Dal on Monday rattled Parliament, reviving the issue of delay in justice to anti-Sikh riot victims and forcing the Centre to say it would see what can be done to address the grievance.
The Akalis were peeved at the government allegedly sitting on the CBI demand for chargesheeting the accused indicted by Nanavati commission which include Congress leaders. Leader of Opposition LK Advani demanded a parliamentary committee to expedite action.
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Mukherjee described the riots as "one of the most tragic events", promising to discuss with the PM what could be done. "Everyone of us feels ashamed ithappened... We cannot get back the lives we lost, we cannot remove the agony (of those affected)...we can take a vow and draw a lesson that in future this does not happen," he said.
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The Akalis were peeved at the government allegedly sitting on the CBI demand for chargesheeting the accused indicted by Nanavati commission which include Congress leaders. Leader of Opposition LK Advani demanded a parliamentary committee to expedite action.
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Mukherjee described the riots as "one of the most tragic events", promising to discuss with the PM what could be done. "Everyone of us feels ashamed ithappened... We cannot get back the lives we lost, we cannot remove the agony (of those affected)...we can take a vow and draw a lesson that in future this does not happen," he said.
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Sikhs offended by Canadian PM’s refusal of Prasad
Sikhs are deeply offended by the Canadian PM’s refusal of Prasad (Holy food) he also did not go to eat Lungar, a tradition in all Sikh Gurdwaras
As the Prime Minister Stephen Harper was visiting the Sikhs Holiest Shrine Harmandar Sahib (Golden Gurdwara) Sikhs feel he should have shown a great understanding of the protocol of such a Holy Shrine.
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Mohansingh Rajpal is Pune's first Sikh mayor
PUNE: Mohansingh Rajpal of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was elected mayor on Tuesday with a comfortable margin of 44 votes. Rajpal was elected with the support of the Congress party.
It was a straight fight between Rajpal, who got 89 votes and the Shiv Sena (SS) candidate Deepak Gawde who managed to get 45 votes from SS and Bharatiya Janata Party members. Ten corporators were absent during the elections, eight of them from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
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It was a straight fight between Rajpal, who got 89 votes and the Shiv Sena (SS) candidate Deepak Gawde who managed to get 45 votes from SS and Bharatiya Janata Party members. Ten corporators were absent during the elections, eight of them from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
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1984 riots case: CBI terms witness 'unreliable'
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday termed as "unreliable" a key witness of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, who had testified against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, while clarifying its stand and giving a clean chit to the former central minister.
Reading out the affidavits of the witness, Surinder Singh, filed at different times, the probe agency said he remained silent for 17 years and recorded his statement only in 2001 before the Nanawati Commission, in which he named Tytler as an accused.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa controversy - a detailed view
Sat Sri Akal,
Please view below the step wise details of the Controversy with Prof. Darshan singh Khalsa. It's just an effort to offer you the detailed view of the complete controversy.
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