Part – II
Shots fired inside the golden
temple complex..!!!!! Shots firing from all directions. In this cross fire were
trapped hundreds of pilgrims. Hundred of innocent men , women , children died between this cross fire. Country men killed by their own military men and ‘brothers’.
No warnings , No announcements made
!!!
When Army began their all out attack on the Akal Takht occupied by
groups of Sikhs led by Jarnail Singh Bhindrawal it was a normal day for many
before it turned into a bloody battle. This would had surely not crossed the
minds of Hundreds of innocent theist visiting
their holiest shrine on the day of Guruparb. Imagine the fear , anger stuck in
their hearts seeing their holy place under attack. Feeling helpless to all this
menace.
A day on which surely many
would have turned ‘atheist’ seeing such a horrific , inhuman , ghastly act in
the lap of golden temple , a place that holds such high religious importance
for Sikh people.
One can imagine the attack was
so brutal and the battle scene so grisly, that there was much to hide from the
public scrutiny. No Red Cross people
were allowed to enter, rather the Red Cross personnel had been detained beyond
the Jallianwallah Bagh. Press Censorship had already been imposed, the last of
the journalists were hounded away and the Press was not allowed inside the
Golden Temple.
The upper portion of the Akal Takht had been fired at by the Army and completely destroyed. Pieces of the Guru Granth Sahib were flying in the air and littering the ground.
This was the respect shown by
the Indian Army to the Harmandir Sahib!!!!!!!!!!!
You must have heard this horror
tale many a times. Read it in better words. Felt the same rage over and over , but
helpless.
Ever questioned it !!!!
Ever contemplated on how could
this had been averted ??
Aren’t we equally responsible
for this ???
What if Bhindrawale and his men
surrendered ???? Saving hundreds of innocent people , their
holy shrine from being demolished , wrecked by Indian military.
Why did they even took up arms ?
Some might defend by quoting
the Zafarnama ( means the "Declaration of Victory" and is the name given to the letter sent by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh in 1705 to the Emperor of India, Aurangzeb )
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Chu kar az hameh heelate dar guzshat, Halal ast burdan bi-shamsheer dast.
But did the situation really
went out of hands. Did the Sikhs tried all possible resolutions ?
Was “Anandpur Sahib Resolution” just another politic gimmick ?
Why Sikhs seeked to create a separate Sikh country, called
KhÄlistÄn?
Zillions of such questions... but only murky answers.
Faith shattered….. Widows… Orphans…
Shame…. that's all what we got from this episode.
But who is responsible ?
It’s easy to blame others but it
takes courage to own your blame.
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… Continue
-- END PART II --
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