Sunday, April 13, 2008

jallianwallah bagh day, apr 13th, 1919

apr 13th, 2008

1650 bullets, 1579 casualties. unarmed crowd celebrating baisakhi.

nobody has ever asked for reparations. unlike the chinese shaking down the japanese to the tune of billions for the 'rape of nanking'.


90 days ago today. i wonder if manmohan singh will spend a sleepless night about this.
of course not, it was only sikhs and hindus who were slaughtered.

see my old column from exactly 10 years ago:

http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/13rajeev.htm

3 comments:

ramesh said...

the sikh gurus were complete and absolute Hindus. Guru Gobind Singh moulded the Khalsa as a kind of "Hindu storm troopers" to fight Muslim oppression.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, Sikhism lost its "Indic" moorimgs and is currently more of a semitic religion than an Indic one -- one God, one book, a dislike for idol worship (scenes from Hindu scriptures in the Golden Temple were recently whitewashed), an entrenched clergy, excommunication, etc etc etc. And like all Hindus who go over to the semitic fold, the sikhs too (especially the clergy) need to assert their identity by attacking Hinduism (especially Brahmins). This is the sad reality of sikhs. The process of moving away from its Hindu roots started in the nineteenth century with (naturally) a little bit of help from the limeys.

murali said...

Rajeev,

I agree completely with ramesh.Even tamil racists make exaggerated claims.

Why are brahmanas hated?There are many high achievers who embody high cultural values-intellectual,ethical,artistic,aesthetic.

In ancient times Vishvamitra envied Vashista.Parikshit insulted a sage.I know iyengars who cannot tolerate the serenity of a Jnani.I pray to Iswara to crush all these fanatics-chinese,semitic barbarians,khalistani fundamentalists,SGPC,Akalis,sikh terrorists,Babbar khalsa,Dashmesh regiment,Khalistan Commando Force.

Let Sri Krishna's teachings -a harmonius blend of Karma,Bhakti and Jnana be the national ideal of all the people of india.

You are doing a great job.

murali said...

A Hindu nationalist like Nirad Chaudhri observed that hindus had no genius for political organisation.He dedicated his book to the memory of the British Empire which quickened our impulses and throughout a challenge to the educated indians.

He remarks that he found south indian brahmanas speaking sanskrit with greater fluency and better accent/diction.

I cannot but exclaim that blogging is throwing up so many south indian (particularly tamilian brahmana)nirad chaudhries/clones/pretenders.I would classify myself as a pretender.

Of course,there are technocrats who dont give a damn about all this.What is the reason for this angst?Is it some deep rooted alienation?

The Bengalis or even northindians do not seem so frustrated.I hold no brief for the chindu or spindian express or india today.But may be we should be a little bit more charitable to them,when we consider the enormity of the challenges and how inadequate the BJP is.The Congress is more equipped to handle the likes of Akalis,DMK etc.It is ideologically coherent in dealing with separatists and its credentials exemplary in dealing with divisive forces.

As a member of the elite,chindu's chief is able to notice this from his vantage position but does not want to share it with the hoi polloi.