Here is the BBC Press Release for the programme.
BBC Programme about 1984 - A Sikh Story
NSO PRESS RELEASE BBC PROGRAMME 1984
A one hour documentary on the massacre of Sikh in 1984 will be shown on BBC1 at 10.50 PM Sunday 10 January 2010. The Programme is called 'A Sikh Story'.
The setting takes the form of a young woman of Sikh origin who has lapsed from active practice of her faith going back to India to rediscover her roots and the importance of her faith. In the process she comes face to face with the full horror of the persecution and massacre of Sikhs.
Dr Indarjit Singh, Director NSO who was the Adviser to the Programme comments:
'After years of chasing and lobbying, we finally got the BBC to make a programme although it is not the sharp investigative programme that I would have preferred. Numerous difficulties were encountered with the Indian government stalling for weeks before giving limited permission for filming, even though we said that it would only be about someone rediscovering their Indian roots. There was also some personal frustration that in my interview, my role of 'independent' adviser limited the degree of outrage that I was allowed to express.
The BBC were also nervous about the project and the interview with General Brar is not sufficiently robust. All in all however the programme is sensitive and moving in its depiction of the horrors suffered by Sikhs in 1984.1 urge Sikhs, particularly young Sikhs to watch it to understand how minorities can be treated in a country that describes itself as the world's greatest democracy.'
Please inform your local gurdwara about the date and time-10.50 PM Sunday 10 January 2010 on BBC 1.
http://www.sikhphilo...sikh-story.html
She is the only journalist that has tried to put the Sikh side of 1984 on mainstream UK TV(However weakly) , nobody else has done that in 25 years. The good things to come out of this are that even people who showed no interest in 1984 are now asking questions about what happened. Sonia did say that she identified with the Sikh religion which is a big step for her, maybe she can be helped to take things forward. Remember a lot parents tell their kids nothing about Sikhism, so they have to be helped, this why we have a lot of issues in the Punjab and West regarding Sikhi in the youth. The people behind the scenes the BBC used are the real offenders.
The 'Sikh' journalists like Khushwant Singh usually blame the Sikhs for everything , even though he had to hide in the Swedish embassy when his fellow Indians tried to burn him alive. We had a few Punjabi communist journalists who made the offensive Radio 4 programme. The only person who did a good job on TV was the late Patwant Singh.
There was the programme the BBC made in the 90s, a two parter....that had both Patwant and Khushwant Singh.
Can you translate that ?