Sikhs Or Kashmiri Pandits?

[Ek0sikh]

Are we sikhs or kashmiri pandits? why?

- asking different governments for help?

- asking amnesty international for help?

- asking Human rights for help?

- asking Indian president for help?

- asking local MPs, MEPs for help?

-asking local population for help?

-asking to carry out collective worship to protect us or him? or some for chardi kala?

-asking for political asylum save ourselves? this to all those elders who have spent last 20-28 years away from Punjab.

Kasmiri Pandits were doing exactly the same. they are still seeking justice to live in J&K. Are we not doing the same.

what should a true sikh do in these circumstance?

[Mehtab Singh]

Differences:

(1.) Sikhs have not fled Punjab after repeated persecution. Kashmiri Pandits have seen a mass exodus in huge numbers not once but 7 times, the last one being in early 1990. Each time they fled in thousands, starting sometime in the early 1400s until the late 1900s.
(2.) Sikhs have always fought back their oppressors and avenged any desecration to their holy shrines. Kashmiri Pandits have not been able to do so as they do not have a martial heritage.
(3.) Sikhs never went to the head of another religion asking for help. Kashmiri Pandits came to Sahib Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji Maharaj for help.
(4.) Sikhs sacrificed their lives in large numbers but did not embrace Islam. A large number of Kashmiri Pandits did sacrifice their life, but not as many as the Sikhs. Some of the Pandits also committed suicide to avoid conversion, and others fled the valley.
(5.) Sikhs defied all laws passed against them and fought back. Kashmiri Pandits were systematically subjugated under such laws and suffered.


Similarities:

(1.) Both Sikhs and Kashmiri Pandits are not a huge vote bank (actually the number of Kashmiri Pandits left is only a fraction of the entire Sikh community), and so politicians can get away by giving a damn about their plight.
(2.) Both ended up becoming refugees in the country they called their own.
(3.) Both were slaughtered by those they saw as their own brothers.
(4.) Both were a minority where they were attacked.
(5.) Both have been denied freedom of religion in their native region.

What should a Sikh do? Follow the commands of Guru Sahib depending on what circumstances are faced. We have an Eternally Prevalent SatGuru Who is always present with us and never leaves our side, Whose commands and orders are clear, and Who has made us invincible. Others don't have (or don't see) this blessing, which is why they have suffered oppression for over a millennium.