BEAUTIFUL FLOWER: A country is like a flower consisting of many cultures, the petals. India is a garden of many sweet flowers Union of many countries and cultures, including Punjabis, Bengalis Assamese, Tamils Marhattars, Gorkhas, and Kashmiris.

Any attempt by the gardener, the government to destroy or crush any petal, destroys the fragrance and beauty of the flower. Removing or damaging one petal starts the end of the whole flower; soon all the petals falloff, destroying the flower, the country.

Unfortunately, the Indian government is starkly blind to these facts, It is attempting to destroy many sweet flowers like Sikhs, Muslims, Dalits (Hariyans), unwittingly, it has set in motion the process for the destruction of the garden, India.

Think of Canada, it has no language, dance or culture which it can claim to be its own. It, however, feels proud of being a garden where all the cultures of the world, the flowers of many colors and smells, add to its glory and greatness. All kinds of flowers are welcomed and helped to flourish in this land.

In Canada, Sikhs form three fourths of all the Indians. They should, rather than copying the culture of the European immigrants is proud of the Sikh culture, a unique flower of its own kind in the Canadian garden.

If Sikhs do not retain their distinct smell, Le, their language, not only they love the honor of being Sikhs, the Canada garden will also be deprived of its many vibrant, brave and sweet smelling petals of the Sikh flower.

It is unfortunate that in India, the gardener, i.e.: the rulers, are wasting their precious time and valuable resources to destroy some flowers, such as Sikhs, Muslims, Dalit’s, etc. and not letting many other flowers, Bangles, Tamils, Assamese, Marhattas, etc. to develop and blossom to make the garden beautiful and fragrant.

Too much fertilizer to the Hindi Hindu flower has caused toxic effects as reflected in the massacre of non-Hindus every year, particularly Assamese, Muslims in 1983 and Sikhs in 1984, this has triggered the destruction of the whole garden.

India needs a wise gardener who should stop the damaging of the garden and start to promote the growth of all flowers. It is in the interest of the garden and the gardener.

Madhu Keshwari of Manushi will deliver a lecture in Gurdwara Sahib on Ross Street on Sunday,August 3, 1986

. Dajit Singh Sandhu

 W.S.O. (Vancouver).

Article extracted from this publication >> August 1, 1986