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Last year saw many many excellent banners and placards. Many of them produced by the SF and Leciester sangat. Everyone do you best to come up with eye catching posters, banners and placards. Also you night want to work on slogans - "Indra Gandi - marro jhutti" aint going to work too well with the Non Sikh population. If you have any good slogans please post them here. Large groups of Sikhs shouting good slogans will get us noticed as well. Also produce your own leaflets and hand them out to passerbys. Stick the some website addresses on them for further info - eg http://sikhgenocide.org http://www.neverforget84.com etc etc Try and engage th general public in conversation - you'll be surprised at how often people will want to know more. And if you can stick a leaflet in their hands as well then all the better. Some years ago, a number of us London based Sikhs marched under a banner of British Sikhs against the War - when the Iraq war plans were hotting up. We had people rushing over to shake our hands and talk to us; they wanted to ask us about the situation in Punjab; many would say "Oh I have Sikh friends ... I didnt reliase there would be Sikhs here"; and much more. We also handed out leaflets protesting the death sentence against Prof. Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. There were over a million people at these marches and a small contingent of Sikhs like us stood out a mile among the masses and it was a very encouraging and all round positive experience. Good banners will get you and the cause noticed. Informing people (including ourselves) is a lot better than informing no one. Go for it.

"The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long that nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster. A nation cannot cross a desert of organised forgetting... ... The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." [Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter & Forgetting (1977)] Make sure you never forget - attend the Rally and March for Remembrance, Justice and Freedon, London, Hyde Park, Sunday 12 June 2005. http://www.sikhgenocide.org/ http://www.neverforget84.com/ http://www.witness84.com/ http://www.punjabjustice.org/ http://www.ensaaf.org/ http://www.sikhlionz.com/operations.htm http://www.sikhfederation.com/index.htm

It looks Bhai Amrik Singh to me. Someone please correct if my eyes are muddled. Bhai Amrik Singh was the leader of the AISSF - All India Sikh Students Federation. he achieved shaheedi along with all the shadeeds at Harminder Sahib in June 84. You will find him in many pictures alongside Shaheed Sant Jarnail Singh Ji.

The car in front of me this morning in the traffic jam on the way to work - contained the letters RKR in it's registration plate. Can't argue with that kind of coincidence ;-)

Also the interviews section at http://www.punjabjustice.org/interviews.htm has a number of video interviews including an interview with Jaswant Singh Khalra's wife. There's about 14 videos at the above URL.

Also the video section at http://www.proudtobesikh.com/ NB: - currently due to hardware and software updates (the homepage URL - explains fully) this site is accessible at http://24.105.163.50/khalsa/default.aspx Down the right hand side are links to a number of videos including: - Siri Harmandir Sahib Ji Attack 1984 - Operation Blue Star 1984 - Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Ji

Also at http://www.sachproductions.org/wip.ppa There is another work in progress - Unheard Voices of Punjab: ----- Begin ----- Unheard Voices of Punjab talks about the Human Rights violations against the Sikhs of Punjab. This documentary covers the lives of the victims of State sponsored terrorism. Political leaders, activists and victims talk about their personal experience with the authorities and tell us about their bleak view of the future. The documentary, forces the viewer to realize that the voices of thousands of relatives of disappeared Sikhs, still remain unheard. Their wounds still remain unhealed. http://www.sachproductions.org/UnheardVoices_Stream.ram http://www.sachproductions.org/media/Unhea...fPunjablite.ram <-- low bandwidth version ===== End =====

At http://www.sachproductions.org/wip.ppa There a number of works in progress; including - The Widow Colony: ----- Begin ----- The Widow Colony accesses the living conditions of the widows and the orphans, of the Delhi Pogroms of 1984, where thousands of Sikhs were brutally murdered with the help of the Government. The interviews with the widows reveal that even though they have learned to continue on with their livelihood, a large part of their psyche remains trapped in 1984. With their families torn and traumatized these widows and children live in a segregated ghetto of New Delhi, Tilak Vihar. They have been fighting for justice for 20 years and now their children fight with the problem of drugs and unemployment. The perpetrators of these crimes remain free, the victims remain forgotten. http://www.sachproductions.org/WidowColony_Stream.ram http://www.sachproductions.org/media/WidowColonylite.ram <--- low bandwidth version ===== End =====

http://neverforget84.com/MultiMedia/Videos/ There's many videos at the above URL.

http://www.khalsa.tv/?view=10 ----- Begin ----- Play: Operation Blue Star: Not Forgotten By: P.S. Mann Running Time: 58m:51s Genre: Documentary In loving memory of the many innocent men, women and children brutally murdered by the indian government in Operation Blue Star, Delhi pogroms, and fake police encounters. After twenty years, the torture they endured and the sacrifices they made are still fresh on our minds. They will forever be remembered in our daily prayers. This video outlines the events leading up to 1984, starting from the partition through 1978. Priminister Nehru called Sikhs "a menace." From the very beginning, Sikhs have been treated unfairly. In 1978, government backed Nakli Nirankaris marched on Amritsar shouting obscenities at Sikhs and Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Nakli Nirankari Baba Gurbachan claimed that if Guru Gobind Singh made the Panj Pyaare, he would make the sat sitare or seven stars. When Sikhs protested the march peacefully, the Nirankaris attacked the Sikhs with guns. Shamefully, Indian police helped the Nirankaris gun down the unarmed Sikhs. Thirteen Sikhs were martyred. In June of 1984, on the martyrdom day of Guru Arjun Dev Ji, the Indian Army stormed the Darbar Sahib. The Darbar Sahib was full of thousands of men, women and children. All of Punjab was cut off from the rest of the world and all journalists were forced to leave. The army attacked Darbar Sahib with tanks, helicopters, and heavy artillery. Men, women and children were gunned down by the army of their own country. Those who surrendered were shot at point blank range. Men had their hands tied behind their backs with their turbans and were executed. The few Sikhs who were armed fought like lions keeping the fight raging on for a week. The army completely destroyed Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, the highest seat of temporal authority in Sikhi. Those Sikhs who promised to die defending darbar sahib kept that promise... ===== End =====

http://www.khalsa.tv/?view=11 ----- Begin Description ----- "1984: The Sikh Holocaust By: G. Singh Running Time: 9m:49s Genre: Documentary Courtesy: SikhResource A reflection on the attack on Darbar Sahib 20 years ago, this movie is a collection of media segments in response to the attack and the assasination of Indira Gandhi. This is a must see for everyone, Sikhs and non-Sikhs alike. Although it is short, we have picked this video as Editor's choice as it brilliantly depicts the horror and tragedy of 1984. The producer uses authentic footage and audio from various news agencies to create an educational and freely distributable video that gets at the heart of the matter. The video starts off with a picture of the Normandy Landing where Allied troops attacked the Nazi's, stopping a great Holocaust, as well as some pictures from Tiananmen Square. It then goes to show a speech about 1984 in the US House of Representatives. The camera angle shows that nobody is there listening or watching, empty seats, perhaps somewhat symbolic of how the world refuses to address what happened. This video is soul stirring, revealing the raw truth for the masses. Viewer discretion is advised. " ===== End =====

http://www.sikhgenocide.org/ 4 excellent short presentations titled - Introduction, - Invasions - June 1984, - Pogroms - Nov 1984 - Genocide Check them out if you havent.

Well I'm in specifically in TO (or even in the same country ;-) but the thread at http://forums.waheguroo.com/index.ppa?showtopic=11228 which is a list of events on the 21st anniversary of the 1984 attacks against Sikhs contains the following entry: "Shaheedi Nagar Keertan June 5th, 2005 Just letting all the sangat in the Greater Toronto area of the upcoming Shaheedi Nagar Keertan happening this weekend June 5th in Hamilton. The Nagar will be to pay tribute to ALL shaheeds of the Khalsa Panth. Starting with Guru Arjun Dev Ji to all shaheeds to present day. The Program is as following Keertan Darbar - 10:00am - 1:00pm at Gurdwara ShaheedGarh Hamilton Nagar Keertan starts 1:00pm starting at Gurughar to City Hall Hamilton Panthic Veechars - 3:00pm - 5:00pm Nagar Keertan end 5:00pm Come out and pay you respect to all shaheeds. For more information you can contact Gurdwara ShaheedGarh at 905-525-5725" Hope that helps. Please take and post pictures if at all possible.

Pictures from the 2004 rally and march can be viewed at http://june84.org/uk-2004/ Poster for this years march is on the front page at http://june84.org/ Please attend and bring everyone you know. Lets make it bigger than last year. For a list of events around the world visit this thread: http://forums.waheguroo.com/index.ppa?showtopic=11228 Can everyone contribute and organise events in their own countries and update the latter thread.

As you are asking for donations publicly can you outline the following please: 1. How much is the Gurdwara expected to cost in total? 2. How much has been spent so far? 3. How long has the Gurdwara been in construction? 4. How complete is it so far? 5. What major building tasks still remain? 6. How much has been donated from the local sangat? 7. Of the amount that you still need what is the division as to how it will be used? Please provide detailed information to the above so that people can clearly decide how much (or if) they can afford to donate. Thanks.