Every Sikh is deeply hurt and justifiably furious at the wanton attack on the Golden Temple: It has ripped open the wounds that have been festering painfully ever since the Indian army riddled the Sikh Sanctum Sanctorum with bullets and razed to ground the sacred Akal Takht in 1984.
Even the most skeptical among the Sikhs is now convinced that there can never ever be any hope of preserving: the sanctity of the Sikh shrines in Hindu India.
‘The attack has not surprised the Sikhs. They know that such attacks are bound 10 remain a routine feature so long as Sikhs continue to be slaves in India. It is not for the first time that Sikh religious institutions have suffered a diabolic onslaught. In fact, Sikh history is nothing buta recurring tale of the heroic¢ defense put up by self sacrificing Sikhs against devastating odds. The resistance being offered in Golden ‘Temple by a handful of freedom fighters to Stop the invading Indian soldiers from defiling their holiest shrine recalls to the mind the valiant deeds of the Sikh heroes like Baba Banda Bahadur, Baba Deep Singh, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Gen.Shubheg Singh and Bhai Amrik Singhgh, to name just a few from among the galaxy of martyrs.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 21, 1993
