Waheguru Ji Ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh!
im subscribed to a group e-mail i get nd this is from ther....just so reader doesn't get confused, this has rplys of two people to one of the e-mail. i was going to post the e-mail first but now im gonna leave it as it is..because the last (first here) reply got me into reading this post on the first place.
(deleting the e-mail ids of these people for privacy)
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Arun Shrivastava <>@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lovely, Parmender. I am ashamed I am not a Sikh.
Arun Shrivastava
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Parminder Sandhu <>@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thanks IHRO for sharing this article..just my two cents here..
First when country's(India) Pride/respect (women) were taken away by Turkishs and middle easterners ..Sikhs/Sardar were needed coz they were saving them in bunch of 20,000-30,000 and were respectfully sending them their homes.
Then came British..Sikhs/Sardars were needed when they paid maximum contribution to the freedom struggle (ard 80-90%) and country became independent...great battles like Saragarhi where 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000-15,000 afghan soldiers too fall into Sikhs share and regared by UN as one of five major battles in the history of mankind... Its different matter their history is not taught in Indian Text books.
Then came to fill the stomach of country men..Sikhs/Sardar were needed when they produced maximum wheat and rice to fill the stomach of famine striken Bengal and all other states of India..and country not only became self sufficient in food production but also started exporting grains in very short time.
Then Sikhs/Sadars were again needed to curb the wars imposed un-timely on great nation called INDIA by its neighbours..China, Pakistan, Bengladesh..thanks to Sardars for keeping the head high of their nation and won all of them except in China where weapons and artillary reached late hours and land was captuted by China which still is her holds.
Now when country is in 21st century and progressing too on many avenues and it WANTS TO LAUGH TOO ..so Sikhs/ Sardars are again needed to make the country laugh.
So see carefully how sardars are interpreted by majority and people (Indians here )with whom Sikhs/Sardars worked :
Sikhs/Sardars became Pride saviours
Sikhs/Sardars beacame freedom fighters
Sikhs/Sardars became world successful farmers
Sikhs/Sardars became Proud millitary officers and army men
Sikhs/Sardars became butt of ridicule and laughter.
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Sikhs/Sardars became terrorists and traitors when they asked for space to live for themselves and asked for their rights.
sincerely,
P.S.Sandhu