Never Forget 1984 : Part II

                                                                      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 ) 

ਚ੝ ਕਾਰ ਅਜ਼ ਹਮਹ ਹੀਲਤੇ ਦਰ ਗ੝ਜ਼ਸ਼ਤ ॥ ਹਲਾਲ ਅਸਤ ਬ੝ਰਦਨ ਬ ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ੀਰ ਦਸਤ 

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 Khālistān?

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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