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Giani Ji is doing such great seva!!!

Volunteering for its own sake The elderly lady with the long grey hair was furious. Until Giani Narinder Singh showed up, none of the nurses on her ward at Surrey Memorial Hospital could figure out why. The stroke that had confined her to a wheelchair and restricted her ability to move had also left her unable to speak. But her eyes were flashing with indignation and she was clearly greatly offended about something. She kept pointing at her chest. Singh, who regularly visited the hospital to conduct religious services for Sikh patients, had forged a friendly relationship with the dignified older woman, evolving an improvised sign language to communicate. She would even let him comb her hair, something she refused to permit the nurses to do. He could see the problem right away. Someone, probably a well-meaning nurse, had buttoned up the lady’s sweater for her, but got the buttons in the wrong order. Her garb was crooked and she didn’t have enough mobility in her hands to fix it. Singh re-buttoned the sweater properly. She smiled, threw her arms wide and hugged him. The memory of it makes Singh smile. “She is still in my mind,” he says of the since-deceased senior. He loves his job. The head Granthi of the Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib at the intersection of 152 Street and 68 Avenue is talking about his duties as the spiritual teacher of Surrey’s newest Sikh congregation. The title of Granthi is usually translated into English as priest or holy man, but the literal meaning is “the keeper and the reader of the Sikh scripture,” and it refers to the man or woman who performs the reading of the Guru Granth Sahib scriptures at religious occasions and performs the morning prayers. Singh was born in India’s Punjab state, the youngest of eight boys and one girl. When he became a Granthi, all of his formerly clean-shaven older brothers eventually grew the beards required of a baptized Sikh as a sign of respect. Most days, the 40-year-old married father of three arrives at the new temple about 4 a.m. He will conduct morning prayers, then take a break from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. before he returns for the evening services. There are weddings to arrange, funerals to schedule and all manner of detail work to consume his day. And then there are the visits to the people who can’t make it to temple – usually the elderly and infirm. “The times I spend with those people are the most precious in my life,” he says. He recalls another patient, a stubborn older man who kept refusing to come to the services Singh would hold at the hospital until the younger man offered to personally push the elder’s wheelchair. Volunteering is good for the soul, the Granthi says, and it’s something he would like see more people doing. “It feels good, very good.” He pats his heart for emphasis. Then he notices the time and excuses himself. He has a trip to make, someone to see. http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/sur...s/17113721.html

I thought that "sukha" mixed with lassi or whatever was only used during war times as a painkiller to help heal the injured. Just like getting a morphine (which has opium in it?) shot after surgery is a medicine and is not intended to be abused. But I don't agree with the part were Singhs used to take "bhang" to chase away fear b/c if a person truly believes in Guru Ji and in Amrit they should have no fear. This tactic is currently being used by the Taliban in Afghanistan where the fighters are taking large doses of opium to dispel their fears in order to fight American, Canadian and British troops.

LOL....Felt kinda uneasy for sec....the first thought that came through my mind was maybe they wanted to attack these places b/c was clips of Bush & Tony Blair and flag burning....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy5g0pUoSaM I have no sound right now (at work). All I see is a bunch of pictures of different Religious places including Darbar Sahib and then there are clips of Islamic training camps and stuff. What's the sound saying?

Sri Lanka rapped over 'disappeared' Sri Lanka's government is one of the world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, US-based pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. An HRW report accuses security forces and pro-government militias of abducting and "disappearing" hundreds of people - mostly Tamils - since 2006. Sri Lanka's government says HRW has exaggerated the scale of the problem. In a separate development, a team of foreign judicial experts has announced its withdrawal from the country. 'Unfair' HRW says many of the missing are young Tamil men targeted on suspicion of links to Tamil Tiger rebels. But their conclusions have been flatly rejected by the Sri Lankan government. An Action Against Hunger worker watches two of the 17 aid workers' bodies being exhumed in September 2006 Concern has been expressed over the disappearance of aid workers Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona says there has been a "steady decline in disappearances over the last 12 months" because of new measures taken by the government. "Unfortunately Human Rights Watch has tended to exaggerate the real situation," Mr Kohona said. He said the group's "unfair" report was based on unsubstantiated claims and "anecdotal evidence", while the government's own investigations into disappearances were proceeding quickly. Tens of thousands have died since separatist Tamil Tiger rebels began fighting the Sri Lankan government more than three decades ago. HRW said several hundred cases of disappearances had been reported since 2006, when fighting between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the government intensified. The rights group said the majority of cases "indicate the involvement of government security forces - army, navy or police". The group said pro-government armed Tamil groups - such as the faction led by renegade rebel commander Col Karuna - had also been implicated in the abductions and disappearances. While most of the victims were members of Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil minority, HRW said, some Muslims and Sinhalese had also been targeted. These included journalists, aid workers, clergy and teachers, HRW said. Many of the missing were feared dead. HRW said the Sri Lankan government's response to the disappearances had been "grossly inadequate". It urged the government to reveal the whereabouts of the missing and prosecute those responsible. The rights group said the number of disappearances carried out by the Tamil Tigers in government-controlled areas was relatively low. But it said, the Tigers were responsible for targeted killings, forced child recruitment, bomb attacks on civilians and the repression of basic rights in areas they controlled. 'Lack of respect' Meanwhile, a team of foreign judicial and forensic experts says it is pulling out of the war-torn island because the government has failed to investigate a series of high-profile cases - including the killing of aid workers. The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) said a government probe into abuses did not meet even basic minimum standards. The team comprises experts from Australia, Britain, Canada, India, Japan, France, The Netherlands, the US, the European Union and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The IIGEP said its suggestions had been ignored or rejected by the government, whose correspondence with them was "characterised by a lack of respect and civility". "There has been and continues to be a lack of political and institutional will to investigate and inquire into the cases before the (government) commission," an IIGEP statement said. Correspondents say that the group's conclusions are a major blow to the Sri Lankan government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7280050.stm

Heard about this on the radio.....the host also stated that the DSP had murdered many Sikh Youths for his own financial gain (including political opponents) and he was responsible for the public murder of Punjabi Singer Dilshad Akhtar who the DSP gunned down with an AK47 after the Dilshad had refused to sing a certain song. Upset over CBI cases, retired DSP commits suicide Varinder Walia Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 12 Upset over CBI cases, Swarn Singh Hundal, who retired as DSP in 2002, committed suicide with his double-barrel gun at his residence in Gopal Nagar, near police chowki, here this evening. Many retired police officials who were facing charges of “fake encounters” during the peak of militancy today alleged that Hundal committed suicide under depression as their cases could not be pursued properly by the state government or the Punjab police. In 2005, Ajit Singh Sandhu, a retired SSP, Tarn Taran, who was key accused in the Khalra murder case had committed suicide by jumping before a running train. The wife of the deceased alleged that her husband was under depression due to the CBI cases . The retired DSP was also involved in the killing of noted singer Dilshad Akhtar in Gurdaspur district. The singer was killed while he was singing on the stage at a marriage party. The DSP had insisted that Dilshad sing “Nachhe jo sade naal...” of Hans Raj Hans. Dilshad refused to sing that song because it belonged to another singer. Provoked over the refusal, the DSP, who was drunk at that time, took out an AK-47 from his bodyguard and fired at him, resulting in Dilshad’s death. He was dismissed from service and sent to jail. Later, he was reinstated. Apart from this, the retired DSP was facing other cases. SHO Neeraj Kumar said the preliminary inquiry revealed that the retired cop was upset over the cases he was facing. One of the cases was regarding the disappearance of a youth of Sur Singh village (Bhikhiwind) . The parents of the youth who fled from police custody had filed a petition that their son was killed by the DSP. The police said the bullet of the double-barrel gun pierced through his chin when he pressed the trigger with his toe. The retired DSP is survived by two sons, a daughter and his widow. The senior police officers, including DIG Parmpal Singh Sidhu, rushed to the house of the deceased. Police sources said the retired DSP was also facing CBI case regarding the killing of top militant Gurmit Singh Sohal of Gurdaspur in a “fake encounter” . His senior officers claimed the retired cop had shown exemplary courage during militancy in Punjab. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080313/main4.htm

nice share...

Simmering discontent: Sikhs in Punjab are fighting many wars Bhai Kanwarpal Singh is angry. Professor Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon feels betrayed; Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti sounds helpless while Manpreet Singh Badal is evidently frustrated. And from the hundreds of small and big Deras strewn across Punjab, self-styled gurus are uniting in a big sneer towards one and all. The land of five rivers seems to be in its elements. The motley crew mentioned above may not figure in national debates on development or social unrest. But in today’s Punjab — split across social, religious and financial divides — these five protagonists represent the five diverse elements of a disquieting debate: One whose outcome could be crucial for the rest of the nation. Scratch the surface of the stereotyped image of the rich, boisterous Sikh; you get a community that seems to be at war with itself. A part of it came to the fore recently as the Dera Sacha Sauda controversy played out in the city streets and the pind. The community, whose political and religious leaderships are firmly in the hands of the upper caste Jatts, is finding it increasingly tough to arrest the assertion of Dalits and other backward castes that form 30% of the state’s population. Their pent-up aspirations have fuelled the numerous Deras — community ashrams mostly led by a ‘superman’ guru where a casteless society is supposedly practised. And almost every single Dera, with its inward-looking attitude, has found itself mired in criminal cases — ranging from sexual harassment of women inmates to murder — posing a huge social challenge for the state’s future. The caste conflagration reached a flashpoint after the Talhan riots of 2003 — where lower caste Sikhs were brutally suppressed by Jatts allegedly with police help over the management of a local shrine — and the Bant Singh episode. The Dalit activist, who won a protracted legal battle against the Jatts who had gang-raped his daughter, was ambushed. He lost three limbs, but managed to survive, making him the icon for Dalit assertiveness in Punjab. Today, the ground situation is such that in almost all of the 12,329 villages in Punjab, there are two gurudwaras — one for the Jatts, the other for the backward. For the radical fringe represented by Baba Mohkam Singh of Damdami Taksal — a seminary once headed by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala — and Bhai Kanwarpal Singh of Dal Khalsa, the Dera cult is just one among the many conspiracies aimed at diluting the Sikh identity. Their grievance list is long, ranging from the serious to the sardonic: That Delhi has squandered away the peace, which dawned in the state after a decade of gore. That Sikhs may soon become a minority in Punjab if the immigration of labourers from UP and Bihar continued unchecked. That Chandigarh is yet to be handed over to Punjab, that the proposed new airport in the very Punjabi Mohali is called Chandigarh International Airport, that Sikhs have started shaving off the beard, that the French have banned turbans in school. In the name of God The Kandi belt is something that you would expect in the starvation zone of Bundelkhand or Kalahandi, not in the Punjabi pind abuzz year-round with a riot of mustard yellow, wheat gold and paddy green. The contrast gets even starker as you drive out from the silky smooth Chandigarh-Ropar highway, surrounded by lush green wheat fields about to sprout the first golden stalk. Suddenly, dry barren lands, rising dust and naked hills, all in the vicinity of a gurgling Beas. Village Dhamana, with its confusing mix of green fields and parched earth, is just around the corner. Three layers of security — central, state, and personal — protect Baba Piara Singh Bhaniarawala, a short, slender man with a lazily-tied turban and a scraggy beard, who hardly looks the man to take on the might of the powerful Sikh religious establishment. But he has. In 2001, he ‘modified’ the Guru Granth Sahib, one of the holiest pillars on which orthodox Sikhism rests. Bhaniarawala’s controversial 2,400-page Bhavsagar Samundar Amar Bani allegedly contained blasphemous references to Sikhism, and in good measure, the self-proclaimed godman asked his followers — mainly Dalit Sikhs — to worship the tome just as they did Guru Granth Sahib. What followed was an open battle between the religious right and the socially wronged, with a series of burnings of copies of both Bhavsagar Granth and retaliatory burnings of the Bir (Granth Sahib) throughout the state. In a rant laced with the choicest Punjabi expletives, Bhaniarawala describes his side of the events: “It wasn’t a fight on religion or ideology. The truth is that they didn’t want Hindus and women to be there in the religious book. I have lost a lot in 2001 when they destroyed my Dera, but am still fighting and if given a chance would write more then what I have written.” Well, that statement may not trigger too much angst from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) — Sikhism’s apex body — because today the focus has shifted to another Dera. Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of Dera Sacha Sauda, by posing himself in holy robes resembling that of Guru Gobind Singh, had set off a storm of sorts in Punjab a few months back. The fringe brigade went on an overdrive, clashes broke out throughout the state, a suicide squad called Marjeevada was formed to assassinate him, even a piece of land near Moga — the Jatt heartland — was earmarked as the burial place for the heretic. Today, there are 10 prominent Deras in the region with a following of more than 1 lakh, says Professor HS Dilgeer, formerly with the SGPC. Dera Sacha Sauda of Sirsa in Haryana would perhaps be the largest. Flush with cash and helped by a captive vote bank, these Deras wield enormous clout when polls gather near. Professor Dilgeer estimates that even a relatively small Dera like that of Baba Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwala in Sangrur district has made collections of around Rs 200 crore. The guru here holds congregation twice a week and has around 3 lakh followers. Add to it around 30 odd secondary Deras with a following of around 30,000 devotees. The bottom of the pyramid would consist of 5,000 units, mostly headed by a single person in a village with 1,000 to 5,000 followers. Deras across Punjab lord over around 50,000 acres compared to 10,000 acres, which the gurudwaras have, says Prof Dilgeer. Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Sikh scholar and director of the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, attributes the mushrooming of the Deras to dysfunctional Gurudwaras that fail to meet the expectations of the devotees on spiritual fulfillment. “At a later stage, political parties jump in to cash in on the followers, and that grants the Dera legitimacy, further adding to its following,” he says. Mr Ahluwalia should know. He is one of the first people who spoke out against the lack of education of the granthis and religious leaders in Sikhism. “The granthis cannot satisfy the followers as they are themselves not well read. There are no tests to clear them and it is through an SGPC member or by sheer luck that they get through. Despite all the clout of SGPC, all they have is just one Sikh missionary college in Amritsar,” he rues. Ideally, the faith buck should stop at the first floor hostel room in the Golden Temple complex, occupied by Jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, head priest of Sikhism’s highest religious body Akal Takht. But then times are hardly ideal. So what are the Akal Takht and its parent body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) — which controls all the gurudwaras in Punjab and Haryana — doing to check this rise of casteism in a religion whose main founding purpose was to provide an alternate path to a discriminatory Hindu hierarchy? Well, relaxing in his hostel room, with his private secretary keenly moderating his master's voice, preacher Vedanti has just this much to say: “The caste problem is deep-rooted and people are not able to rise above their prejudices. It is here that we have to make a difference. The schedule caste/dalits also have an inferiority complex, which they should overcome.” In fact, instead of losing sleep over the steady loss of herds, the good shepherds seem to be dreaming of a minority future. Challenging an order of Punjab and Haryana High Court, the SGPC, in tandem with the Akali Dal-run state government, recently deposed in the Supreme Court that Sikhs were indeed a minority in Punjab. The reason: To retain the ‘minority’ tag, which gives SGPC a free hand in running the huge network of Sikh educational institutions. The logic: Anybody who is not registered with SGPC cannot claim to be a Sikh. Says SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar, “The definition of a Sikh according to the Sikh Gurudwara Act is, “A person is a Sikh if he believes in 10 Gurus and Shri Guru Granth Sahib.” So we cannot count a person who follows other sects like Deras, Namdharis, Radhasowamis or Nirankaris as a Sikh.” Brewing trouble Manpreet Singh Badal, the finance minister of Punjab, would rather look forward. The Akali politician who defies the stereotype in every way, acknowledges the rising casteism in Sikh society, accepts that Deras pose a serious long-term social threat, but his main regret is that Punjab has missed the services bus. The fact that it still is an agrarian state means living with all the ills associated these days with Indian farms. Missing the services bus means all those lost job opportunities and consequent rise in unemployment. As on December 31, 2005, the number of unemployed youth in the state stood at 4,63,229 — of which 3,58,672 were matriculates and above. The former student leader issues a note of caution, “Punjab is at the crossroads. Knowing the psyche of this state, Punjab can either be Japan or Afghanistan. It just can’t accept a middle path.” Japan is a bit far away, but Afghanistan is dangerously close to Manpreet’s Punjab. The World Drug Report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2007 listed Punjab as the World’s No 1 transit point for opium. Drug addiction is fast becoming a social problem, which the radical fringe feels is part of a conspiracy to paralyse Punjab’s famous gabru jawan (rustic youth). Manpreet’s cabinet colleague Captain Kanwaljeet Singh, a veteran Akali politician who was home minister during the period of militancy, adds: “Despondency is leading the youth to drugs. What we see today is Punjab’s next phase. The Green Revolution hangover is over, and Punjab finds itself bypassed as neighbour Haryana and the southern states grow exponentially riding on the services boom. The farmer is agitated. Industrialisation has not happened in a planned manner, thanks to a crucial decade lost in militancy.” But the radicals link unemployment squarely to immigration. “Today, one-tenth of the population of Punjab is from UP and Bihar undermining the reason behind formation of Punjab — to have a Sikh-majority state. There’s not even a registration process to monitor these people who come into the state. Dal Khalsa is working on a white paper on the rising crime rate in Punjab, most of which could be traced to these immigrants,” says secretary Kanwarpal Singh. And for good measure he adds that Ludhiana Police has a dossier on crimes committed by immigrants, a claim flatly denied by police sources. Tarsem Jodha, former MLA and trade union leader, points to the unmistakable irony in these anti-immigration tirades. “Are these people trying to say that a Sikh woman can be inducted into the Canadian Cabinet but a poor rickshaw puller from Bihar can’t work in Punjab?” Migration is vital to Punjab’s economy, reasons Manpreet Badal. “I am a citrus farmer myself, and most of my labour comes from UP and Bihar,” says he. Landlords of Punjab have always relied on immigrants for labour. Even today, it’s not looked upon as a big issue in villages, but the issue is fodder enough for outfits like Dal Khalsa in the cities. “Some time back, we took a procession in memory of Bhagat Singh. And a bunch of Dal Khalsa youth attacked us because we work among the immigrant labourers. Not so coincidentally, one of these guys were arrested later on connected with the Shingar Cinema blast that happened in Ludhiana in October 2007,” says Jodha. Open wounds A society that can’t come to terms with its pluralistic present, a ready brigade of unemployed youth, an unsettled Pakistan just kilometres away from Amritsar, and the lingering after-taste of a quelled rebellion... Punjab, it would seem, is waiting for a spark to come apart. But then, times have changed, as the Dal Khalsa itself admits. “Delhi put down the Punjab resistance with brute force. And they live in a misconception that the suppressed will never come up. But the times have changed. That was then... in today’s world, there’s not much scope for armed resistance,” observes Kanwarpal Singh. “Whatever the issues may be, whatever you may think, terrorism won’t return to Punjab,” says Pramod Kumar, the social scientist heading Chandigarh-based Institute of Development and Communication (IDC). But he issues a note of caution: “People wronged during the fight against militancy and the Delhi riots still harbour a feeling of vengeance. It’s a reservoir of discontent for which no balm has been applied. If at all there’s a rebellion, it will be more revenge-play than a full-fledged separatist movement.” State cabinet minister Captain Kanwaljeet Singh points to the fact that the children born to the Delhi riot victims have come of age: “I rule out mass militancy, but individual acts of terror cannot be ruled out. Personally I think, if at all a violent upsurge happens, it will be more social than religious. Naxalism could find a shelter here given the growing disparities and the rise in the number of the unemployed.” A top Punjab Police official indeed confirms that one of those arrested with regard to the cinema hall blast was an orphan of the Delhi riots. That the radical fringe is trying to consolidate its grip on Sikh politics is evident from the latest moves of SGPC. Last January, the SGPC declared Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh — assassins of Indira Gandhi — as martyrs. And in November 2008, out of nowhere, SGPC had installed a portrait of Bhindranwale in the Sikh Museum in the Golden Temple complex. “These are men of Sikh history and museum is a house of history. If we can keep tear gas and bullets why can't we have his portrait?,” asks Akal Takht chief Vedanti. In the same Amritsar, Baba Mohkam Singh of Damdami Taksal claims there’s a Bhindranwale wave: “There is an upcoming third wing that hasn’t yet made its mark in elections, but it is very strong. We are a wounded community waiting for justice, however delayed. You can call it the Bhindranwale lehar.” The festering wounds keep people like Professor Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon (retired professor of history at Panjab University) up. The author of the controversial book India Commits Suicide says that when people were killed by British colonialism, compensation was paid and even recorded, but such a thing never happened when Operation Blue Star took place or when the 1984 riots killed 3,006 Sikhs. “Can someone please tell me the exact number of militants and civilians killed in Blue Star,” he asks. A journalist from Delhi trying to understand the currents and counter-currents of Sikh politics would, naturally, be happy to give the last word to Pramod Kumar, who told this reporter, “Punjab has burning issues to address. But the only people interested in revival of the Khalistan movement are the journalists coming down from Delhi!” Let’s hope it stays that way. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Featur...479,curpg-5.cms

is this the pic?

the "parnaam shaheedan nu" shirt looks nice..

nice share...

waheguru...waheguru...

I just wanted to share some stories as well. The first one is of an elderly Gursikh who laid on his deathbed in the final three months of his life. For those months his sons, nephew and some family friends stayed with him reciting Gurbani for 24 hours a day (taking shifts). One the at the last moments, while reciting bani, his nephew who was deeply concentrated, noticed the room light up and Five Singhs appeared and took the elderly Gursikh. The second instance is of an Young Singh who had such a high jeevan and did a lot of seva. One night (11 or 12) he felt a sudden urge to visit the Gurdwara Sahib, while walking he recited bani but he was being followed by two thieves (drug addicts) who approached the Singh from behind, one of thieves grabbed the Singh's shoulder and as the Singh turned around, then let him got and the when the Singh looked back he saw both thieves running down the street screaming and falling over. The Singh realized that the Shaheeds had appeared to protect him. This happened in Surrey. Just some experiences I've heard of.

Waheguru.....thanks for sharing this Mehtab Singh Ji....

very nice...waheguru...waheguru..waheguru

This is just rhetoric by both the RSS & BJP. They will never be able to take the portrait of Sant Jarnail Singh Ji down.

I didn't really find it funny........kinda of offended.........maybe all of those Sardar jokes have killed my sense of humor.........then Sidhu says "I am proud of you" & "You are a great ambassador for your countrymen".....cough..cough......

Under the review tab go to proofing (left side), word count should be in the proofing section. Also uploaded a pic.

Sorry about that.....click on present day katha......then click on Giani Thakur Singh Ji (its second last on the bottom).....then click on the last link "Sant Da Jeevan".........listen to it....it's amazing...

I agree with you Namstang, Sikhs shouldn't waste their time trying to delist these organizations b/c it just won't happen. The "agenda" issue is going to be looked upon negatively one b/c of the demand to delist the ISYF and BKI, next b/c the media is spinning to be just like the "Israeli Agenda" where Israeli lobbyist in Canada encourage for strong support of Israel.

Try this link.......... http://www.gurmatveechar.com/katha.php The file opens in Windows Media Player for me.

Listen to katha by Giani Thakur Singh Ji called Sant Da Jeevan. Giani Ji discusses the last moments before Sant Ji went onto the battlefield with around 40 Singhz. http://www.gurmatveechar.org/audio/katha/0...t.Da.Jeevan.mp3 At 20:06 Giani Ji starts talking about Sant Jarnail Singh Ji.

great news

She uses the Air India tragedy to defame the entire Sikh population, always mentioning that Canadian Intelligence blames Sikh "Extremists" and she has made the word Khalistan to be synonymous with "extremism, terrorist, terrorist state". She is very smart in how she writes her articles, she'll mention that certain Sikhs are honouring the assassins of Indra Ghandi and General Vaidaya but never mention Operation Blue Star. Then she'll run to the Indian Embassy in Vancouver to get their comments "India is very disappointed that the Canadian Government is allowing people to honour extremists and the encouragement of threatening Indian sovereignty...blah blah blah... If Sikhs talk about human rights and of killings by Indian Forces, she'll get the Police Chief KP Gill to say "Khalistani Terrorists and their associates are behind this demand for an inquiry human rights violations in Punjab....Khalistani terrorists killed thousands of people..blah blah blah... Again directly linking the word Khalistan to extremism, anyone who supports Khalistan is a extremist. Also she plays the "moderate" and "fundamentalist" Sikh card very well, always running to Bawant Gill to get comments. Once when the Akal Takht Jathedar came to Canada, Gill and his followers held a "Remembrance for Air India Victims" on the same day the Jathedar came to the lower mainland, then from the stage Gill claimed to have invited the Jathedar but he did not show up, so the Jathedar should apologize to the families of the Air Indian victims, Kim Bolan wrote an article on this although she and gill both knew that the Jathedar would never show up because Gill & friends have been excommunicated from by order of the Akal Takht. Again the defaming of Sikhs. She also runs to Ujjal Dosanjh who acts like a hero always talking about standing up to extremists. When he was elected as Premier of British Columbia as the leader NDP Dosanjh went to Gurdwara Damesh Darbar with his party member Penny Priddy, both ate langar in a langar hall with pictures of many Shaheeds from the Khalistan Movement but Dosanjh didn't object to anything when is political chair was in jeopardy. Again just playing politics. I encourage every person here that has a subscription to the Vancouver Sun or even the Vancouver Province to cancel their subscription and when they call your house to ask why (and they will) tell them its because of Kim Bolan. If they don't sell newspapers, they won't make money! This is the best solution I can think of.