1978 All Over Again
Writing by shinda on Tuesday, 1 of August , 2006
Last night, as was previously reported on the net, Ashotoush and his chelay held an event in Amritsar and the SGPC conveniently closed its eyes. Fortunately the Sikh Panth did not. Last night there was word from Singhs, that a group of 400 Singhs including Bhai Amrik Singh and Jatha, all marched on the event, sending Ashotoush’s chelay running. 15 Singhs ended up being arrested in all, but then again the above isn’t from any confirmed or official source, so numbers and actual happenings may very well vary.
Be that as it may, it’s hard not to compare these reported events to those that happened in 1978, after all you just replace the Narkdhari Gurudom of the past with the Noormehalias and fake Sadhs of the present. When first asked about the comparison I found that although the situation sounded a lot like 78, there existed in 78 a spirit that does not seem so obviously prevalent today. But then again I doubt that this spirit was just as obvious then, and may very well only be visible in hind sight.
End of the day knowing that there are still Singhs, 400 of them in fact, ready to storm on a convention of a Gurudom that exists only to mock Sikhi, then one needs to really wonder about all the negative things you always hear about Sikhi being dead in Punjab. After all maybe this was just that little spark everyone was looking for. That piece of flint to help light the flame underneath the sleeping Quam to help wake it up. Anyways, hopefully other sources can help substantiate the news as we optimistically wait for any confirmation.
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With all due respect shinda singh ji, are you sure that spirit isn’t prevalent now? are we even sure that spirit was prevalent then? Yes we have stories and saakhis of our shaheeds and stuff… but in 25 years, will the 20 year olds of THAT era say “there was a spirit in 2006 that doesn’t exist now”?
I’m not going to try to argue that the panth is in the greatest of great spirits and in the greatest of great states, but clearly, if 400 Singhs went out to protest the ashutosh garbage parade, then i’m sure that takes a hella lot of spirit..doesn’t it?
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Made Tuesday, 1 of August , 2006 at 12:26 pm
“But then again I doubt that this spirit was just as obvious then, and may very well only be visible in hind sight.
End of the day knowing that there are still Singhs, 400 of them in fact, ready to storm on a convention of a Gurudom that exists only to mock Sikhi, then one needs to really wonder about all the negative things you always hear about Sikhi being dead in Punjab.”
Someone help me, I’m confused now :S ….
It’s funny how other than PANTHIC.ORG [WHICH IS FANTASTIC] no-one seems to be giving much attention to these things…almost like its acceptable. This is jus asking for trouble…
Love to cover these things in SikhSpeak.Com when the site and magazine are properly up and running.
survey says...one more for the good guys from
Made Tuesday, 1 of August , 2006 at 10:52 pm
How do you know Amrik Singh and his jatha were there?
BSI from 
Made Wednesday, 2 of August , 2006 at 2:21 am
Actually it does look like 1978 all over again.
there is post at neosamurai.coom that also talks about Aushutosh and the serius issues involved
