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Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN AND AFTER THE INDEPENDENT OF INDIA
A.    “Khooni Vaisakhi” at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919
B.  “Nadir Shahi vi Hind nu bhul gayi e, Chale Englishi aise furman aithe-
     Karan kehde aakhran vich zahir, Jo-jo zulam de hoye samaan aithe
C.      (Even Nadir Shah is forgotten, so ran the English wrath here How do I express the acts of oppression inflicted here): On May 26, 1924, the Punjab government banned (NEVER DELETED OR STOLEN) his anthology, Dukhan De Keerne (Wails of Pain)”. Reported by: Vishav Bharti; Tribune News Service: Amritsar, April 3, 2019
 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN AND AFTER THE INDEPENDENT OF INDIA
D.    “Murder of sleeps and a wonderful act of Martyr’ i.e.
 ‘Neendan Da Qatal and Shaheed Da Gajab’ in book, ‘Jhanan Di Raat’ at page 826 to 828: By Prof. Harinder Singh Mehboob, renowned Punjabi Shiromani Sahitkaar, noted litterateur and Sahitya Academy Award winner”
 TRUE PANJABI VERSION AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH: GIVEN ALSO
E.     Those who are in favor to keep the cultural cover intact over the transparency and accountability always remain in the good books of the governments in India and such characters are selectively and exceptionally trained to do odd jobs and for distorting the history.
F.     THE TRUE TRIBUTE: TO SHOW GRATITUDE, PRAISE OR ADMIRATION COULD BE TO FORMER PUNJAB DGP KPS GILL, ACCEPT HIS DEMAND
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G.     Where to Where India’s Modi: Have 2019 Polls Any Answer?
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H.    Were the killings of Minorities at Will by the Central Agencies as an Inhuman Policy as a part of Indian Diplomacy?
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“A poem by Punjabi writer Nanak Singh on the Jallianwala Bagh which was banned by the British after its publication in 1920 has now been translated into English.
Singh was present at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919. He was 22 years old at the time. As the British troops opened fire on the unarmed gathering protesting against the Rowlatt Act, killing hundreds, Singh fainted and his unconscious body was piled up among the corpses.
After going through the traumatic experience, he proceeded to write “Khooni Vaisakhi,” a long poem that narrates the political events in the run-up to the massacre and its immediate aftermath.
The poem was a scathing critique of the British Raj and was banned soon after its publication. Its manuscript was subsequently lost.
After long years, the poem has been rediscovered and now translated into English by the author’s grandson and diplomat, Navdeep Suri. It will be published by HarperCollins India next month to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Featuring the poem in translation and in original, the bilingual edition is accompanied by essays by Suri, H S Bhatia and by Justin Rowalatt, whose great-grandfather, Sir Sydney Arthur Taylor Rowlatt, drafted the Rowlatt Act.
Singh (1897-1971) is widely regarded as the father of the Punjabi novel. With little formal education beyond the fourth grade, he wrote an astounding 59 books and received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1962”. PTI NEW DELHI, UPDATED: FEBRUARY 14, 2019 22:02 IST: THE HINDU
“Nadir Shahi vi Hind nu bhul gayi e, Chale Englishi aise furman aithe
Karan kehde aakhran vich zahir, Jo-jo zulam de hoye samaan aithe
(Even Nadir Shah is forgotten, so ran the English wrath here How do I express the acts of oppression inflicted here)
Feroz Din ‘Sharaf’ was trying to put words to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The celebrated poet, fondly known as the “bulbul” of Punjab, however, had no clue that he was under watch of the British Empire.
On May 26, 1924, the Punjab government banned his anthology, Dukhan De Keerne (Wails of Pain)”. Reported by: Vishav Bharti; Tribune News Service: Amritsar, April 3, 2019
“ਸਾਕਾ ਜੱਲ੍ਹਿਆਂਵਾਲਾ ਬਾਗ: ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ ਹਕੂਮਤ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਰਫ ਦੀ ਪੁਸਤਕ ‘ਦੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਕੀਰਨੇ’ ’ਤੇ ਲਾਈ ਸੀ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ: ਜੱਲ੍ਹਿਆਂਵਾਲਾ ਬਾਗ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਕਿਤਾਬ, ਜਿਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਰਾਜ ਸਮੇਂ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਲਾਈ ਗਈ।

ਰਲਿਆ ਖੂਨ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ਏਥੇ‘
ਨਾਦਿਰਸ਼ਾਹੀ ਵੀ ਹਿੰਦ ਨੂੰ ਭੁੱਲ ਗਈ ਏ,
ਚੱਲੇ ਇੰਗਲਿਸ਼ੀ ਐਸੇ ਫੁਰਮਾਨ ਏਥੇ।
ਕਰਾਂ ਕੇਹੜਿਆਂ ਅੱਖਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜ਼ਾਹਰ,
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਸਮਾਨ ਏਥੇ’
ਉਡਵਾਇਰ ਦੀ ਉੱਤੋਂ ਉਡ ‘ਵਾਇਰ’ ਆਈ,
ਕੀਤੇ ਡਾਇਰ ਨੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਫੁਰਮਾਨ ਏਥੇ।’’
(ਪੁਸਤਕ ਦੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਕੀਰਨੇ ’ਚੋਂ): ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਭਾਰਤੀ: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ, 3 ਅਪਰੈਲ 2019: Punjabi Tribune, Chandigarh

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Will the Cultural Cover Ever Be Uncovered Or Exposed?
 By Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, Ludhiana
The Indian cultural cover and the transparency and accountability are conflicting terms and contradictory to each other, when the Indian culture is based on ambiguity and falsehood openly, and whereas, the transparency and accountability demand to secure access to accuracy, clearness and the responsibility. The Indian cultural cover and the transparency and accountability can not run simultaneously.
Under the circumstances, the transparency and accountability can never be meaningfully and adequately promoted as being considered against the policy of culture cover and unnecessary for justice in the Indian system i.e. discriminatory in nature basically. The Indians were victims of their own history.
Under the garb of the cultural cover, the people in India are facing humiliation, harassment and the planned State terrorism and not getting the information even under ‘The Right to Information (RTI) Act’. Could it be called as a part of the corrupt world phenomena and to remain for ever unchecked?
Those who are in favor to keep the cultural cover intact over the transparency and accountability always remain in the good books of the governments in India and such characters are selectively and exceptionally trained to do odd jobs and for distorting the history.
To a question of mine, as to why the Sikh massacre-1984 being remembered as 84 riots in the country by the media as well as by the intellectuals and the writers etc, the answer was, it was all being done in the name and under the garb of cultural cover by the flatters toeing the line of falsehood openly and they are against the transparency and accountability?
It was really very negatively knowledgeable, but very disheartening answer to digest for me at late stage of my life.
However, I could get an answer as why and where, I failed unbendingly in the eye of the system. I am proud of that the failure is not on the part of legal awareness and of conscientiousness and or religious in any manner. 
As to why Prof. Harinder Singh Mehboob, renowned Punjabi Shiromani Sahitkaar, noted litterateur and Sahitya Academy Award winner was being criticized till to day? The answer was obvious, for and because of his act of cultural uncover, a few lines of his poetry ‘Murder of sleeps and a wonderful act of Martyr’ i.e. ‘Neendan Da Qatal and Shaheed Da Gajab’ in his book, ‘Jhanam Di Raat’ at page 826 to 828 and he was not suitably remembered and comparatively glorified for his work on his death.
The operative part of the poem, ‘Murder of sleeps and a wonderful act of Martyr’ is being produced in English for ready reference as under: The poem, what a wonderful example of exposure of the Indian cultural cover?

“Murder of sleeps and
A wonderful act of Martyr”
Listen! Oh cruel witch!
..The Nation of the Martyr*
Slept after offering prayers at the door of Guru!
Then, a witch snake or cobra**
 stealthily sneaked in, thirsty to suck  blood,
The hands of Beant with firmness of mind
O woman with wicked sons, listen.
You have killed the innocent children of my Qaum in their sleep.
But Jarnail who is an old guard of the Guru’s house,
is riding the almighty Time and such a rider is never defeated.
Listen, 0 heartless and cruel Witch!
The wrath of Beant will finish you like an insect and having demolished
the gates of your kingdom, will push you in the darkness of Hell...
The woman like a female witch snake or cobra
surrounded the Harmandir and Fate burnt the bread of the pious fakirs.
Then, an arrow shot by Beant came to destroy the poison
of the wily witch who slept in the hearts of idol-worshippers.
The innocent babies eaten away in asleep
Listen! Oh cruel witch! ...

The Foot notes to the poem:

*Martyrdom day of Guru Arjan patshah
** A witch snake or cobra, known for killing its victims
in sleep by sucking in their breath in imaginary stories.

Remembering Renowned Punjabi Shiromani Sahitkaar, noted litterateurs and Sahitya Academy Award winner, Harinder Singh Mehboob
ਸਰਦਾਰ ਹਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਹਿਬੂਬ ਜੀ ਦੀ
 ਕਿਤਾਬ  ‘ਝਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਰਾਤ’
’ਚੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਯਾਦ ਕਰਵਾ ਰਹੀ ਕਵਿਤਾ:

‘ਨੀਂਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਕਤਲ
ਅਤੇ
ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਦਾ ਗਜ਼ਬ’

ਕੌਮ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ* ਗੁਰੂ ਦੇ ਬੂਹੇ
ਕਰ ਸੁੱਤੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਾਂ ।
ਡੈਣ ਸਰਾਲ** ਚੋਰ ਜਿਉਂ ਸਰਕੀ
ਲੈ ਕੇ ਘੋਰ ਪਿਆਸਾਂ ।

ਹੱਥ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਸਮੇ ਦੇ ਡਾਢੇ
ਕੋਹਣ ਕੁਪੱਤੀਆਂ ਡੈਣਾਂ,
ਲਹੂ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਦਾ ਲਟ ਲਟ ਬਲਿਆ
ਕਾਲ ਦੇ ਕੁਲ ਆਗਾਸਾਂ ।
 
ਮੇਰੇ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਮਾਹੀ ਦੇ ਦਿਨ ਤੂੰ
ਸੁਣੀਂ ਕਪੁੱਤੀਏ ਨਾਰੇ ।
ਕੌਮ ਮੇਰੀ ਦੇ ਬੱਚੜੇ ਭੋਲੇ
ਡੂੰਘੀ ਨੀਂਦ ’ਚ ਮਾਰੇ ।
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ਨੀਂਦ ’ਚ ਨੀਹਦ ਜਹੇ ਬੱਚੜੇ ਖਾਵੇਂ
ਸੁਣ ਬੇਕਿਰਕੇ ਚੜੇਲੇ ।

Mehboob was given the Government’s prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for 1991 for his anthology entitled ‘Jhanam Di Raat’, which contains the long poem vilifying Indira Gandhi as a “witch snake or cobra**” and hailing her assassin Beant Singh as a martyr. It also makes communal references to “idol-worshippers”.
Was it not an act of uncover and exposure of the cultural cover and should be honored by all in the interest of justice and the transparency?
It is already said that sources disclose that eminent poet Amrita Pritam, convener of the three member jury, was instrumental in Mehboob getting the award. Her one sentence report, described the book as “a beautiful happening in Punjabi literature” which explores “the agony and ecstasy of life”. The other members of the jury, Prof Amrik Singh and Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, did not find the book to be of high literary standard.
Hindi poet and critic Vishnu Khare said "The poem is definitely communal, it almost deifies violence and is certainly offensive to a large number of Indians The Sahitya Akademi must express regret and see that its jury members read all books most carefully."
Hindu writer Krishna Sobti described the Poem as “deeply disturbing.” She said it was “simply outrageous” that an assassin of the Prime Minister  should be elevated to the status of a martyr in the line of Guru Arjan Ji.
Prof. Harbhajan Singh too found the book good, but agreed that the last poem was inflammatory and communal “It would have been better if this book was not given the Sahitya Akademi award,” he said.
When the question like this, “The final question is: what will the Sahitya Akademi and its parent Ministry do now to rectify the lapse, and to prevent a recurrence in future?”,
being posed, whether the cultural cover ever will be uncovered or exposed to bring the transparency and accountability in the system?
Was the demand to uncover and expose the cultural cover and the cry for justice in favor of the transparency and accountability, does it amount to revolt against the State and or the lawlessness?
1. In case, the international community concludes so on the ground that it was the acceptable world phenomena, and there can never be any remedy except the whistle-blowers including me to surrender under protest grudgingly. But, I wish to pose the following questions to have answers in the larger interest to test the transparency and accountability in the context in Indian system:
2. Can the information under the Act, be provided as to how many Sikhs arrested meaning thereby taken into custody, captured, detained, caught, taken in for questioning, picked up etc and or how many sent abroad and now on the ‘black list’, and or arrested to arm them as terrorists and cats, and or how many surrendered meaning thereby: laid down their arms, admitted defeat, submitted, yielded, given in, gave up etc after the Army attack 1984 till today?
3. The details of the Sikhs and others who were picked up spontaneously, unplanned manner surprisingly and later on killed, eliminated, liquidated, shown disappeared etc all including the given categories as stated by former DGP K.P.S. GILL after the period stated above? See reference below.
4. As to why a 'Constitutional Commission' did not set up for facing justice on the demand of former DGP K.P.S. GILL?
5. Could the detailed identity of the main accused (Rajiv Gandhi) stands killed by a ‘Human Bomb’, the other co-accused, who remained the part and parcel of the then entire government machinery, responsible for the `genocide of Sikhs' or the `State-Sponsored Violence' against Sikhs not be disclosed being a matter of record as the accused were on duty on all the three days of Sikh Massacre-1984?
6. Why only the government always form or remain in search of some committee, team, the individuals as its henchmen, when the crime(s) committed by the state machinery become so open, to insist only to accept the adequate compensation and start pressurizing the victims families to accept the same and no guilty punished except playing political dramas like the cases of H.K.L. Bhagat, Jagdish Tytler and now case of Sajjan Kumar etc?
Highlights Forwarded By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
First Posted On: April 6, 2019, 1:09 AM (IST)
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COMMEMORATES-TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF JALLIANWALA BAGH CENTENARY