Breaking: Patiala University Librarian Attempts To Destroy Rare Sikh Manuscripts

[SadSingh]

BREAKING: PATIALA UNIVERSITY

LIBRARIAN ATTEMPTS TO

DESTROY RARE SIKH

MANUSCRIPTS

Students of Punjabi University Patiala today foiled

an attempt by Librarian and other conspirators to

sell/destroy rare handwritten manuscripts related

to Sikhi.

Gurbani Pothiya, Historic Literature and writings,

handwritten manuscripts were being sold off in

Crap (RADDI) by Librarian. When Students

noticed it, they stopped the truck and took

literature in their possession. Librarian SAROJ

BALA said she has got atleast ONE COPY of

every Book/Writing which was being Sold, but

when the students demanded her to show the

copies she could not. Instead she tore down one

Magazine Nirguniara which students had

recovered from truck.

Now the SIKH STUDENTS are protesting against

this conspiracy to destroy SIKH HISTORICAL

BOOKS which were being stored in University.

They have demanded suspension of Saroj Bala

and filing a case against her and her co-

conspirators and have demanded DIGITIZATION

of all the Manuscripts which have been recovered

and which are present in University LIbrary.

pictures of torn manuscripts can be seen in link

http://dailysikhupdates.com/breaking-patiala-university-librarian-attempts-to-destroy-rare-sikh-manuscripts/

[SadSingh]

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: How Students Prevented Punjabi …:

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT :

On Dumping Away Rare

Documents in Punjabi

University

Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Patiala: A serious matter has come into light

where Punjabi University Patiala was trying to

dump away rare documents, including some

manuscripts. On March 15 some students noticed

that many documents, books, rare newspapers

and some manuscripts were being loaded to a

truck. On inquiring the matter students came to

know that the University had sold out these

documents to a scrap collector as “waste-

papers”.

Ranjeet Singh one of the students who took lead

in this issue told Sikh Siyasat News that the

documents which were being taken out of the

University as ‘waste-paper’ included copies of

rare newspapers such as “Khalsa Samachaar”

and Punjabi magazines like Nirguniara. It also

included many books such as transliteration of

Kuran and copies of Bible.

“One of my friends informed me that a truck full

of documents was being taken away from Dr.

Ganda Singh Reference Library. He told me to

check it myself. I went there to check and found

that many rare documents were being loaded to

the truck” said Jagtar Singh, a Ph. D student.

When students asked University librarian to

explain the move she said that the university was

possessing original copies of all the documents

and only duplicate copies were sold out as scrap.

“Librarian m’aam told us that the library was in

possession of duplicate copies of all these

documents but when we asked her to show

duplicate copies of some selected documents she

could not produce anything”, said Ranjeet Singh.

“She took away those documents and later

refused to produce even those copies that we had

selected from the heap of documents that were

unloaded from truck of scrap collector” Ranjeet

Singh added.

A student shows copy of a rare Punjabi magazine

torn by university Librarian

Jagtar Singh told SSN that when he asked the

Librarian to show duplicate copy of a particular

issue of Nirguniara magazine, she snatched the

magazine from his hands and tore it away. He

also shows some torn parts of the magazine.

The issue took serious turn and the librarian had

to submit her resignation and the documents

were offloaded from the truck. The university

administration has formed a four member probe

committee to probe the matter.

Dr. Gurnam Singh, who is one of members of four

member probe committee told SSN that the

committee has directed the library staff to sort

out the documents and prepare a list of all the

documents, manuscript and books.

A team of Sikh Siyasat News also visited the

Punjabi University on March 15 evening and found

that a large number of documents (that were

being dumped away by the university) were

related to 1984-85 period when the Indian state

had unleashed it’s oppression to snub Sikh

political movement in Punjab.

Sources also told Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) that

many of the documents that were being sold out

as waste papers were part of ‘rare collection’

kept at Dr. Ganda Singh Reference Library.

University Registrar Dr. Davinder Singh admitted

that there were discrepancies on the party of

university administration in selling out waste

papers.

Punjabi University vice-chancellor Dr. Jaspal

Singh did not respond to queries on this issue.

One being asked to present his version of this

issue, Dr. Jaspal Singh preferred to remain tight

lipped.

http://sikhsiyasat.net/2016/03/20/exclusive-report-students-prevented-punjabi-university-dumping-away-rare-documents/

[InderjitS]

Severe punishments should be in place for those caught doing beadbi. In the past it would be a case of katapa first or far worse and savaal later.