Article on Operation Bluestar - Rebuttal ! (part 1)
ਇਹ ਹੈ ਸਿੱਖ ਬੁੱਧੀਜੀਵੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਦਸ ਦਿਨ ਦੀ ਕਮਾਈ !
ਇਹ ਬੁੱਧੀਜੀਵੀ , ਭਾਰਤ ਜਾਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਅਧੀਨ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਟੀਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਪਲਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ ,
ਨਾ ਹੀ ਆਰ. ਐਸ. ਐਸ. ਦੇ ਪੇਡ ਬੁੱਧੀਜੀਵੀ ਹਨ , ਨਾ ਹੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਕਹਿਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਬੁੱਧੀਜੀਵੀ
ਹਨ , ਨਾਹੀ ਸੰਤ-ਮਹਾਂਪੁਰਖ , ਬ੍ਰਹਮਗਿਆਨੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਭੌਂਪੂ ਬੱਧੀਜੀਵੀ ਹਨ । ਇਹ ਸਿੱਖ ਚਿੰਤਕ , ਸਿੱਖੀ ਨੂੰ
ਸਮੱਰਪਿਤ ਬੁੱਧੀਜੀਵੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੈ ।
(ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ ਆਖਿਰ ਵਿਚ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ)
ਅਮਰ ਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਚੰਦੀ
Subject: Fw: Article on Operation Bluestar
From: Iqbal Dhillon [mailto:drisdhillon@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2013 2:44 AM
To: gurmit@singh.net
---- Forwarded Message -----
From: Iqbal Dhillon <drisdhillon@yahoo.com>
To: "kulwantsinghdhesi@hotmail.com" <kulwantsinghdhesi@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 5, 2013 5:44 AM
Subject: Article on Operation Bluestar
Dear S. Kulwant Singh Dhesi ji,
I am sending a write-up of mine through the Attachment. This write-up is in reaction to
your article on 'Operation Blue Star' which I received from your side through E-Maila few
das back. Thewrite-up is in Anmol Lipi font of Gurmukhi. Pleas convert it accordingly if so
required. I shll await your
response eagerly.
qbal Singh Dhillon
Chandigrh
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Subject: FW: Article on Operation Bluestar - Rebuttal !
From: Gurmit Singh <Gurmit@singh.net>
To: Dr. Iqbal Singh Dhillon <drisdhillon@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 1:
Dear Dr.
Thanks a lot for sharing Rebuttal to S. Kulwant Singh Dhesi (UK).
You have very nicely summed up the entire issue in (11) pages, which
I could not have done by reading (11) Books on the subject matter.
I fully agree with your write-up but one thing I found missing, which
both of you have not touched. What is that ?
Original/inner deceit and enmity of the Hindutva against the Sikhs
since the days of Guru Nanak Sahib when he refused to follow the
brahminical doctrine of ‘mundan & janeu’. Although they remained
hidden during the Mughal and British Raaj but close to
the hidden carpet snakes jumped in the open, which could be seen
when we look at their approach and behaviour adopted by the Hindu
Leaders since 15th August 1947 by MK Gandhi, JL Nehru, VB Patel,
Chandu Lal Trivedi, Gopi Chand Bhargava, Bhim Sen Sachar, GB Pant,
Ram Kishan, Gulzari Lal Nanda, Morarji Desai, R. Venkataraman,
PV Narasmimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani, IK Gujral and
other Hindu Editors, Journalists, Bureaucrats who also played their part
vigorously.
Also look at the current situation when the Sikh Dealers both Political
and Religious have been playing in the hands of the same parties without
learning any lesson from the past episodes since 1834 to 1984 and onward !
dyKo: gurU grMQ swihb, pMnw 1372: “kbIr swcw siqguru ikAw krY
jau isKw mih cUk ] AMDy eyk n lwgeI ijau bWsu bjweIAY PUk ]158]”
iKmw dw jwck,
gurmIq isMG (is~fnI, AstRylIAw)
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Subject: Re: Article on Operation Bluestar - Rebuttal !
From: Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer <hsdilgeer@yahoo.com>
To: Gurmit Singh <Gurmit@singh.net>; Dr. Iqbal Singh Dhillon <drisdhillon@yahoo.com>
Cc: "kulwantsinghdhesi@hotmail.com" <kulwantsinghdhesi@hotmail.com>;
Dr. Awatar Singh Sekhon Canada <assekhon@shaw.ca>;
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 5:00 AM
Dear Veer S Gurmit Singh Jio,
Iqbal singh Dhillon has not been able to know even an iota of the causes of
the attack on Darbar Sahib.he has taken it on face value of Bhindranwala only.
His aericle is on and around Chowk Mehta Dera and the Day and Night
TV programme.
Subject: Re: Article on Operation Bluestar - Rebuttal !
From: Mohan Singh Ahluwalia <walia013@yahoo.com>
To: Gurmit Singh <Gurmit@singh.net>; Dr. Iqbal Singh Dhillon <drisdhillon@yahoo.com>
Cc: Verpal Singh <verpalsingh@yahoo.com>;
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 1:18 AM
dyKo: gurU grMQ swihb, pMnw 1372: “kbIr swcw siqguru ikAw krY
jau isKw mih cUk ] AMDy eyk n lwgeI ijau bWsu bjweIAY PUk ]158]”
jau isKw mih cUk ]
Here Sikha stands for to understand, and not for Sikh, as during the time of Bhagat
Kabeer, there was no Sikhism. Refer DARPAN.
Sorry for interruptions.
Mohan Singh
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Subject: Re: Article on Operation Bluestar - Rebuttal !
From: Verpal Singh [mailto:verpalsingh@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2013 3:00 PM
To: Mohan Singh Ahluwalia
Cc: Gurmit Singh
Dear Ahluwalia Sahib,
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa; Waheguru ji ki Fateh.
Prof Sahib Singh's exegesis seems to support what S. Gurmit Singh wrote and does not
support what you say:
ਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੈ, ਜਉ ਸਿਖਾ ਮਹਿ ਚੂਕ ॥
ਅੰਧੇ ਏਕ ਨ ਲਾਗਈ, ਜਿਉ ਬਾਂਸੁ ਬਜਾਈਐ ਫੂਕ ॥੧੫੮॥ {ਪੰਨਾ ੧੩੭੨}
ਪਰ ਹੇ ਕਬੀਰ! ਜੇ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਉਕਾਈ ਹੋਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਭੀ ਕੁਝ ਸੰਵਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ
(ਇਸ ਹੀਰੇ ਜਨਮ ਨੂੰ 'ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੈ' ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨੂੰ ਬਚਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ), ਜੋਮਨੁੱਖ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਵਿਚ
ਅੰਨ੍ਹਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਰਹੇ,ਗੁਰੂ ਦੀ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਦੀ ਕੋਈ ਭੀ ਗੱਲ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪੋਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦੀ । ਜਿਵੇਂ ਫੂਕ
ਮਾਰਿਆਂ ਬਾਂਸ (ਦੀ ਬੰਸਰੀ) ਵੱਜਣ ਲੱਗ ਪੈਂਦੀਹੈ (ਪਰ ਫੂਕ ਇਕ ਸਿਰੇ ਤੋਂ ਲੰਘ ਕੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਸਿਰੇ
ਰਾਹ ਬਾਹਰ ਨਿਕਲ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਇਕ ਕੰਨ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਜੇ ਕੰਨ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਉਹ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ
ਅਸਰ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਹੀ ਨਿਕਲ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ ।
ਚੁੰਚ-ਗਿਆਨੀ ਉਹ ਭਾਵੇਂ ਬਣ ਜਾਏ ।) ।੧੫੮।
Clearly Sabad Guru here is referring to the "learner" and not "learning". Please do
enlighten me if your reference to Prof Sahib Singh is different from the above.
Regards,
Verpal Singh
Email: verpalsingh@yahoo.com
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Subject: Re: Article on Operation Bluestar - Rebuttal !
From: Verpal Singh [mailto:verpalsingh@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013 2:48 AM
To: Gurmit Singh; Dr. Iqbal Singh Dhillon
Dear S Gurmit Singh jio,
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa; Waheguru ji ki Fateh.
Thank you for sharing Dr Iqbal Singh Dhillon's article on the attack on Darbar
Sahib and for pointing out the omission of RSS and Hindutva forces in the theory
presented.
I am going to restrict my comments to the
Dhillon.
1. The way I heard (from two prominent "Rashtarvadi Sikhs") the story of Soviet
Union'srole in the attack of 1984 is this: Soviet Union was facing ever increasing
problems in Afghanistan at the hands of Mujahideen, who were funded and armed
by USA with Pakistan providing safe bases for them (the Mujahideen) to operate from.
In order to neutralize the Mujahideen, Soviet Union needed to destroy their bases in
a surprise attack on
in
aim supposedly was to completely annihilate
2. So why did it not happen? Again, supposedly, America got wind of this plan and brought
in a battleship in the Arabian Sea to threaten India that if it went ahead with the planned attack,
America will directly come to the aid of Pakistan. It seems that there indeed was a
in the
3. On the surface, the theory seems logical. But a little deeper look reveals many problems
with it. Chief amongst these is the issue of "Rashtarvadi Sikhs" - the emphasis here is on the
"Sikhs", so that we may exclude people like Maj General K S Brar, whose "Sikh" identity has
been completely absorbed by his "rashtarvad". These were Sikhs working at virtually every level
of Indian administrative structure, with links to non-Sikh decision-makers (or those in the know
of the decisions being made) - amongst these one may mention Khushwant Singh of those times
and Indian Foreign Service officer H S Khalsa who resigned his position in
Singh may also be mentioned, who perhaps was one of the most well-connected Sikhs living
in
4. Hypothetically speaking, if these Sikhs knew that the attack on Darbar Sahib was an actual
plan (and not just a threat or smokescreen), they would have done something to stop it. Just
imagine the situation Indira Gandhi would have been in if Khushwant Singh had returned his
Padam Vibhushan in, say January 1984. Or if HS Khalsa had threatened to resign his IFS post.
Or Patwant Singh had written in some international journal about what an horrendous decision
it would be. All this before Indira had a chance to send the army into
5. It also seems inconceivable that people like Patwant Singh and Khushwant Singh were not
aware of Darbar Sahib model being used in Chakrata to train commandos. But the reactions
and actions of these and people like them post June 6, 1984 clearly show that they were all
taken by surprise. This is only possible where they were given an alternative scenario about
why the army was being sent to
atmosphere of intimidation and violence there.
6. This alternative scenario was the Soviet-Union-attack-from-Afghanistan-and-Indian-
attack-from-Punjab-on-Pakistan. This is exactly the sort of power-play that people like
Khushwant Singh (and other "rashtarvadi Sikhs") enjoy - making and breaking fortunes
of nations, and carrying a false sense of having done something "for the country".
7. It is also my belief that even Sant Jarnail Singh did not believe that army would attack.
For him to stay on inside the complex, he also must have been given a reason. The simplest
one that comes to mind is this - when he was arrested in 1981 and then unconditionally
released, local populace, especially those who had borne the brunt of police atrocities
during Naxal movement in Punjab, or during incidents like one at Chando Kalan and in
their daily lives, saw Sant Jarnail Singh as "a saviour strong enough to even make the Indian
State release him unconditionally"; it was only after his unconditional release that he achieved
critical levels of popularity. Would he have refused to play a part in a scenario where he could
"turn away the whole Indian Army's might"? For after all, who in their right minds could think
that Indian army, especially led by a "Sikh" general, would attack Darbar Sahib?
8. Perhaps, he was told that this was the end game to strike a fatal blow to Akalis by
raising
his profile? If we are to believe (and I have no reason to not believe) Tully and Jacob's
description of Sant Jarnail Singh's worried and unresponsive demeanour on the morning
of army laying siege to the complex; then RL Bhatia's official car coming to pick up Bhai
Amrik Singh and Bhai Amrik Singh returning after two hours; and the same afternoon Sant
Jarnail Singh responding to Tully and Jacob that he was ready to respond in kind to any
attackon Darbar Sahib - it is easy to conclude that he was given some sort of reason to stay
on insidethe complex. For if he had decided to court arrest - as he had done in 1981 (so
there was nothingto fear in being arrested) - the whole plan of Indira Gandhi would have
collapsed. For the only reason Indian Army had laid siege to the complex was to arrest
SantJarnail Singh - with him arrested, army could not enter the complex or destroy Akal
Takhatand the reference library,or attack 200 other Gurdwaras.
This is only a theory - for the persons who told me the Soviet Union story still believed
that if
my asking as to why then did the army not simply return to its barracks, the answer was
that it would have"made Bhindranwale far too strong, which could not be allowed".
I think the fact is that "rashtarvadi Sikhs" were fooled completely and felt betrayed.
Those who still cling to the notion that "
what was done to us in 1984 and continues to be done today -