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JUNE: Growing up I didn’t really know much about Sikhi or the Sikh history. I remember sitting in the Langar hall at Gurdwara Sahib as a kid and asking my Dad why there were photos on the wall of people with broken legs, blood all over them and burnt bodies.. (1)
Tearing up, he explained that the Indian police, Gov and army did this to Sikhs. He then told me that this is how his younger brother was killed. I didn’t really understand at the time as he kept it brief and I was young. Seeing how upset my dad got, I didn’t speak about my (2)
Chacha Ji after that... It wasn’t until over a year ago that I actually started to become more familiar with the Sikh history. Obviously educating myself on the 1984 genocide hurt a lot and made me really angry but also another reason to be so proud of my religion. (3)
Then a few months ago my Masi Ji told me in convo that my Chacha ji went to defend our Sikhs in 1984, (which made me remember what my Dad had told me in the Gurdwara Sahib so many years before) and that he would secretly contact my dad to let him know that he was still alive. (4)
My family would wait every single day to hear from my Chacha Ji until one day they never heard anything again. My dad was 15 at the time of the genocide meaning that my Chacha Ji was younger. THE INDIAN POLICE AND GOV TOOK A LIFE THAT HADNT EVEN STARTED YET, ALONG WITH (5)
THOUSANDS OF OTHER SIKHS!!! Even though I never got the chance to meet my Chacha Ji, I am beyond proud to learn that he fought for our religion in 1984. It has been 36 years this month AND THE INDIAN GOV ARE STILL TRYING TO KILL OUR PEOPLE!!! NOTHING HAS CHANGED. (6)
SIKHS MATTER!!! Our lives matter, our people matter. Sikhs are STILL being tortured by the Indian police. My local Gurdwara was attacked last week bc of what’s happening in Kashmir... ?????? SIKHS WERE/ARE THE ONES TRYING RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE PEOPLE OF (7)
KASHMIR N TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE SEE WHAT THE INDIAN GOV IS DOING THERE BUT THEN in the SAME week a Gurdwara was attacked IN KASHMIR AND A SIKH MAN WAS FOUND BEATEN AND HANGED!!! When will people realise that we aren’t the bad ones!!! WE ARE ONLY TRYING TO HELP EVERYONE ELSE.(8)
WE DESERVE SOME MEDIA COVERAGE, WE DESERVE AWARENESS, WE DESERVE A VOICE!!! THIS SHOULDN’T STILL BE HAPPENING. THE INDIAN GOV IS DISGUSTING, THEY ARE CORRUPT AND SIKHS FALL VICTIM TO IT TOO. #justiceforsikhs #neverforget1984 #SikhLivesMatter #SpreadAwareness #Khalistan
I know many people will scroll past this because it’s “too long to read” but PLEASE just be aware!!! I too was absolutely clueless about my religion for so many years, and i still have so much to learn but i couldn’t be prouder of my people. They wanted to wipe us out because
we were so powerful, AND WE STILL ARE!!! So many of our relatives achieved Shaheedi in 1984, LETS NEVER FORGET THEM #ParnaamShaheedaNu !!!
NB: Chacha Ji= Uncle (Dad’s younger brother) & Masi Ji= Auntie (Mum’s sister)
