Religion is one contentious subject to discuss, we have different religious convictions, our beliefs and faith play a crucial role in the overall development of our character. I apologize for hurting your feelings, but in the present day I detest any religious belief that you have and I wish to question each one of you. What I ponder upon every now and then is the explanation for the state sponsored pogrom that transpired on the eve of 31st Oct 1984, and had remained rampant for three long days. This black period in the history of our country, indelibly marks the lives of thousands of people, even after 25 years these people live in the twilight of bitterness and despair.
I am mortified by the manoeuvre of the ruling party. Do we Indians lack the moral fibre to be good human beings? By not raising a voice we condone acts of terrorism against innocent civilians. My question to the entire community is, “what happened to all those people who were held responsible for the riots that happened in 1984”, we killed 5000 Sikhs, burnt them alive, did our souls not burn with them, don’t we see blood on our hands every morning when we wake up, or did we also sell our souls for bottles of liquor supplied by ruling political party. Have we been subjugated by the devil himself, who has taken away every sense of morality that was instilled in us when we were young, fresh and truthful.
‘We were given a bottle of alcohol and 100 bucks each and were asked to kill the Sikhs in different parts of Delhi’ Dr. Jha (name changed to ensure privacy) Dr. Jha was in a very reputed colleges of Delhi during the 1984 riots, pursuing his Bachelors of Arts. The boys of these colleges did not to the best of my knowledge kill anyone they were added just to increase the number of mob. If educated people from best of colleges of India could fall prey to a bottle of alcohol and 100 bucks, it is clear that the people from lower starta of society with minimal education would not hesitate to kill. Both educated and uneducated youth was used (misused) by the ruling party. ‘They had police on their side so they had nothing to worry about’ says Mrs Balraj who lost her entire family in the hands of such butchers. The intent of this blog is not open the unhealed wounds of the Sikhs and to remind them of the injustice that was done to them but to ensure that nothing of the sort is repeated again in the future.
India boosts of being a secular state and a democratic republic, such is the plight of the people in the country which talks highly of secularism. I still remember a few lines from one of the choir songs we used to sing in school:
‘Mazhab Nahin Sikhata Aapas Mein Vaar Rakhna,
Hindi Hain Hum Vatan Hai Hindusitan Hamara Hamara’
(The whole paragraph evolves to the meaning that our first identity is our Nation, Hindustan. It states between the lines that every difference in opinion is our own creation, we must drop those)
Changing the political set up of the country is not easy. You try to screw the system and the system really screws you back. Yet there is one thing that each one of us can do. We can all take a pledge to teach the illiterate masses, the task is not easy yet the juice that we will get out of squeezing the orange is a lot healthier than the efforts that we will put into achieving this goal. Together we can move towards a goal and make positive changes for our country, which can ensure peace in future.
I am mortified by the manoeuvre of the ruling party. Do we Indians lack the moral fibre to be good human beings? By not raising a voice we condone acts of terrorism against innocent civilians. My question to the entire community is, “what happened to all those people who were held responsible for the riots that happened in 1984”, we killed 5000 Sikhs, burnt them alive, did our souls not burn with them, don’t we see blood on our hands every morning when we wake up, or did we also sell our souls for bottles of liquor supplied by ruling political party. Have we been subjugated by the devil himself, who has taken away every sense of morality that was instilled in us when we were young, fresh and truthful.
‘We were given a bottle of alcohol and 100 bucks each and were asked to kill the Sikhs in different parts of Delhi’ Dr. Jha (name changed to ensure privacy) Dr. Jha was in a very reputed colleges of Delhi during the 1984 riots, pursuing his Bachelors of Arts. The boys of these colleges did not to the best of my knowledge kill anyone they were added just to increase the number of mob. If educated people from best of colleges of India could fall prey to a bottle of alcohol and 100 bucks, it is clear that the people from lower starta of society with minimal education would not hesitate to kill. Both educated and uneducated youth was used (misused) by the ruling party. ‘They had police on their side so they had nothing to worry about’ says Mrs Balraj who lost her entire family in the hands of such butchers. The intent of this blog is not open the unhealed wounds of the Sikhs and to remind them of the injustice that was done to them but to ensure that nothing of the sort is repeated again in the future.
India boosts of being a secular state and a democratic republic, such is the plight of the people in the country which talks highly of secularism. I still remember a few lines from one of the choir songs we used to sing in school:
‘Mazhab Nahin Sikhata Aapas Mein Vaar Rakhna,
Hindi Hain Hum Vatan Hai Hindusitan Hamara Hamara’
(The whole paragraph evolves to the meaning that our first identity is our Nation, Hindustan. It states between the lines that every difference in opinion is our own creation, we must drop those)
Changing the political set up of the country is not easy. You try to screw the system and the system really screws you back. Yet there is one thing that each one of us can do. We can all take a pledge to teach the illiterate masses, the task is not easy yet the juice that we will get out of squeezing the orange is a lot healthier than the efforts that we will put into achieving this goal. Together we can move towards a goal and make positive changes for our country, which can ensure peace in future.
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