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Saaka Of “Akali Morcha Of Guru Kaa Baagh:" An Eyewitness Account
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<blockquote data-quote="Ambarsaria" data-source="post: 155811" data-attributes="member: 14194"><p><strong>re: Saaka of “Akali Morcha of Guru kaa Baagh:" An Eyewitness Account</strong></p><p></p><p>Harry veer ji you raise actually a very fundamental question as to,</p><p></p><p></p><p>Let us review some possibilities and events.</p><p></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Sikhs don't need to act like "Sati's" or Self Immolation: </strong>For example self immolation practiced by some in Buddhism and pretended by nefarious and less than bright leaders of tehpast like Sant Fateh Singh who built pyres on top of Akal Takhat to do so but never did.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Hunger Strike:</strong> Sikhs are not passive and look for alms in return for not eating food. Sardar Pheruman ji was a great Sikh and sacrificed himself this way. In a way his brightness was lost through this and not enhanced and Sikhism suffered.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Bearing Torture without Breaking:</strong> These are examples of phenomenal Sikhs likes of Bhai Mani Singh ji, Chhotey Sahibzadey and large number of other unnamed. This is supreme Sikhism as once you are in such situation bearing the consequences with a smile is a reflection of who you are.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Allowing Self Destruction or be Sacrificed Voluntarily: </strong>This is a bit of grey area.</li> </ol> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Let us review what happened specific to the subject of this thread. Was the purpose solely to feed the SIkh prisoner or was it additionally to,</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Show companionship</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Show brotherhood that they were part of</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Show that they were not forgotten</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Show that Sikhs will take action</li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">So hypothetically what could have Sikhs who sacrificed themselves done. They could have sabotaged the tracks with perhaps bigger loss of Sikh lives both on the train and possible civil or military action on the non-prisoners. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">They could have attacked the train to release the prisoners with perhaps excessive loss of life.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">So in retrospect I find if there objectives were as described earlier, perhaps what they did was the only thing they could do other than doing nothing.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Of course I wish Sikhs had an army and the strength to kick some perpetrators behind and there were no prisoners. But that did not appear to be an option during those times.</p><p></p><p>So I thank and respect those who did what they did as described in the start of this thread. I believe it was the only option with minimal loss of life and lasting impact on Sikh psyche.</p><p></p><p>Humbly submitted for discourse.</p><p></p><p>Sat Sri Akal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambarsaria, post: 155811, member: 14194"] [b]re: Saaka of “Akali Morcha of Guru kaa Baagh:" An Eyewitness Account[/b] Harry veer ji you raise actually a very fundamental question as to, Let us review some possibilities and events. [LIST=1] [*][B]Sikhs don't need to act like "Sati's" or Self Immolation: [/B]For example self immolation practiced by some in Buddhism and pretended by nefarious and less than bright leaders of tehpast like Sant Fateh Singh who built pyres on top of Akal Takhat to do so but never did. [*][B]Hunger Strike:[/B] Sikhs are not passive and look for alms in return for not eating food. Sardar Pheruman ji was a great Sikh and sacrificed himself this way. In a way his brightness was lost through this and not enhanced and Sikhism suffered. [*][B]Bearing Torture without Breaking:[/B] These are examples of phenomenal Sikhs likes of Bhai Mani Singh ji, Chhotey Sahibzadey and large number of other unnamed. This is supreme Sikhism as once you are in such situation bearing the consequences with a smile is a reflection of who you are. [*][B]Allowing Self Destruction or be Sacrificed Voluntarily: [/B]This is a bit of grey area. [/LIST] [INDENT]Let us review what happened specific to the subject of this thread. Was the purpose solely to feed the SIkh prisoner or was it additionally to, [LIST] [*]Show companionship [*]Show brotherhood that they were part of [*]Show that they were not forgotten [*]Show that Sikhs will take action [/LIST] So hypothetically what could have Sikhs who sacrificed themselves done. They could have sabotaged the tracks with perhaps bigger loss of Sikh lives both on the train and possible civil or military action on the non-prisoners. They could have attacked the train to release the prisoners with perhaps excessive loss of life. So in retrospect I find if there objectives were as described earlier, perhaps what they did was the only thing they could do other than doing nothing. [/INDENT]Of course I wish Sikhs had an army and the strength to kick some perpetrators behind and there were no prisoners. But that did not appear to be an option during those times. So I thank and respect those who did what they did as described in the start of this thread. I believe it was the only option with minimal loss of life and lasting impact on Sikh psyche. Humbly submitted for discourse. Sat Sri Akal. [/QUOTE]
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