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Originally Posted by carolineislands  While searching one of the links on this page for literature about Sikh history I found a link to a study by Harjot Oberoi called "The Construction of Religious Boundaries." The reference read like the thesis of the study was that present day mainstream Sikh theology (for lack of better word) was brought about as a sort of British conspiracy to fragment India and that it ended up creating a sort of doctrine that was never intended by the founders of Sikhism. It was pretty weird -- it seems to present the conflicts in the 80s as some sort of Sikh "terrorism."
Is this book part of the propaganda of the group that was brought up earlier?
And what about this accusation of Sikh "terrorism?" I watched a video a week or so ago of a news report in Canada that called the Khalistan groups a "terrorist organization."
It was awful! |
here's a review of the book:
Critical Reading of Harjot Oberoi's: The Construction of Religious Boundaries
"Harjot Oberoi’s
The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition3 is replete with lies, deception and manipulation of historical information"
doesn't sound terribly well regarded to me.
as far as
Sikh Millitancy in the 80's and 90's, that is a whole separate topic, filled with arguments from all sides.
if you want to know the truth about
Sikh militancy, read "
Fighting for Faith and Nation". it provides an unbiased perspective, a collection of interviews with militants forced to live abroad, as well as presenting samples from news media and books about the GOI's side of the story, and balanced out with quotes from SGGS and information on the history of
Sikhism. i sincerely believe that after reading this book, even if they do not agree with the ideology of a separate
Sikh nation, anyone will understand the necessity of the struggle in Punjab.