Question to India about Rape

[Singh, Mahan]

Source:

Sikhs for Justice

Indians should also stand with hundreds of Sikh women who were raped in November 1984: Sikhs for Justice By Hainder Singh Published: December 30, 2012

New Delhi, India (December 30, 2012): Sikhs for Justice (SJF), a United States based Human Rights and advocacy group has expressed deep grief over the death of a Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped in Indian capital earlier this month.

“SFJ would like to send our deepest condolences to the family of the gang rape victim from Delhi. We share in their pain at the loss of their beautiful daughter who, through no fault of her own, was brutally beaten with iron rods then gang raped all the while traveling on a Delhi Public Bus” reads a statement sent to Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) by Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, legal advisor of Sikhs for Jusitce (SJF).

“These are the same buses that were used to transport death squads that raped Sikh women in broad day light during November1984 Sikh Genocide” the statement adds.

The said statement by Sikhs for Justice further reads as follows:-

“But today, the question on the mind of every Sikh is, Why the Indian Administration, Politicians and Justice System Did not Stand up for our Sikh sisters who were raped openly during first week of November 1984?”

Sonia Gandhi, made a statement that “As a woman, and mother, I understand how protesters feel,” “Today we pledge that the victim will get justice,” ?

Did Sonia Gandhi conveniently forget the vicious cycle of rape and murder let loose against the Sikh women in 1984 at the behest of her husband Rajiv Gandhi ? Hundreds of those Sikh victims are still languishing in “Widow Colony” just few miles from the Parliament of greatest democratic country without ever being visited by Sonia Gandhi or her stooge PM Manmohan.

For the last 28 years, successive Indian Governments have given open impunity to those who perpetrated violent crime of rape against Sikh women.

During the 1984 Sikh Genocide, instructions were given by local politician with the backing of Indian administration to exterminate male Sikhs in India and gang rape the Sikh women. If the women resisted rape then they were murdered too. These Death Squads were then driven around on PUBLIC BUSES and given IRON RODS along with flammable material. The Death Squads would move from one Sikh colony to another and in the presence of Indian Police, will kill the male Sikhs after beating them with IRON RODS, set them on fire and then move to gang rape ALL Sikh women!!

A girl as young as 7 were also gang raped by these death squads, no one was spared. The accounts of these vicious rapes are documented in a book called Manushi, the book is banned in India. The Sikh women were first subject to witness their sons, brothers and husbands being beaten then burned alive. The witnesses said the surviving women were forced into one room where members of these death squads would come and take one woman away, 20 minutes later bring her back naked, bleeding and with browses all over her body, then take the next Sikh girl.

This organized rape of our sisters during November 1984 continued for days and many of them were murdered. There are also many reports of Sikh women being taken away by members of these Death Squads and held as sex slaves.

The Indians Police refused to investigate these reports, the media refused to cover and the Politicians rewarded those accused of these crimes.

We would also like to ask the Indians, who are today protesting with disgust at the actions of those responsible for the gang rape, what if the government of India was to announce that all the accused of this rape will be given government ministries and appointed to positions of power? Would you be shocked, would you be angry, would you want to scream at the top of your lungs ‘THIS IS NOT JUTICE”, would start to think the government ruling your land is illegitimate and not reflective of your values, would you think of your safety and that of your families, and would you finally start to rebel against that disgusting system governing you?

Now ask yourself, how do Sikh community feel when they see Kamal Nath, Amitabh Bachchan, Sajjan Kumar, KP Gill, Sumedh Saini, Jagdish Tytler and countless others responsible for the murder and rape of our Sisters!!!

Why the Indian Administration, Politicians and Justice System did not stand up for our Sikh sisters who were raped openly during first week of November 1984?

The answer is very simple, because you are not equal to them, you are not Indian!! The Indians will never give you justice; rather, the Indians will work timelessly to criminally demonize those who try to get justices.

But we at SFJ have one question for all our readers, today the Indians are fighting for their one sister who is the victim of gang rape, but what have YOU done for your Sikh sisters who were gang raped by organized death squads with the connivance of Indian administration and never allowed to publically speak about their horrific trauma?

So we implore all our brothers and sisters who want to do something for justice, get involved! Tell your family, friends and coworkers what happened, hold small meetings on what you can do to help our sisters get justice and find a permanent solution to all the oppression faced by Sikhs in India.

[Singh, Mahan]

The source of the above article is

http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2012/12/30/5749indians-should-also-stand-with-hundreds-of-sikh-women-who-were-raped-in-november-1984-sikhs-for-justice

[Singh, Mahan]

The book mentioned in article that documents the cases of rape in November 1984 is called "Manushi,". It is reported to have been banned in India. However, I have tried to search the book on Google but came empty handed. However there is a journal/ magazine called "Manushi" published in India. If anyone knows of the book, or has read it, can you please, give where from that book is available?

[acsap]

Sikhs will never get justice from India.

[Mehtab Singh]

Sikhs will never get justice from India.

Sikhs need to get justice for themselves and then everyone else victim of this savage regime.

[proactive]

After the Delhi Police beat up the protesters, one was interviewed and he was outraged that the Police had beaten him and his fellow protesters, "WE ARE NOT MILITANTS, WE ARE PROTESTERS!" He shouted out. If a Sikh or Muslim protests then he is automatically a Militant and thus the police has every right to beat him up. But for the middle class the Police should be treating them with kid gloves. The Police reaction will show these protesters what minorities have to face when they protest for their rights.

[panthicunity]

so much protesting over a single rape (not that this lessens the gravity of this crime) but Indians forgot that in 84 thousands of sikh women were raped in front of their families and in 2002 muslim women had a similar fate !! I guess in times of communal divides the lives of minorities become too cheap to be cared about.

[Mehtab Singh]

Anyone know what role did our political leadership post 1984 play in securing justice for the victims of the 1984 genocide? If they had taken a tough stand, maybe there would have been justice? Maybe no 2002 would have happened? Maybe this girl would be alive today? I am sorry to say, but its leaders who fail the public. Our political leadership perhaps didn't take a tough stand (please correct me if I am wrong, don't know a whole lot on this) against the perpetrators of the Nov. '84 genocide. The Delhi sarkaar is no different, they have rapists sitting inside Parliament so can't expect them to do anything soon either.

The protesters are not exactly hypocritical I think. In fact its a good sign that the youth in India is waking up and are coming on the streets in the chilling cold demanding justice for a girl from a poor family, not a celebrity. Sikhs at this point need to come forward and push on the demand for justice for the 84 genocide victims. Muslims need to join hands as well with all those who've been wronged. Problem is that the Indian mentality goes berserk during communal violence, which is why they treat those rapes differently. That is such a shame.

Now is the time to bring ALL monsters to the book, whether it was these maggots who drove buses and sold fruits, or the white-dhoti clad maggots in Parliament who are equally filthy. And for that, ALL sections of society are gonna have to unite for once. Be it these Indians, or Sikhs, or Muslims, when its a question of honor, and honor of our sisters and daughters, please lets not draw lines based on religion. As the saying goes in Punjabi "dheeyaan bhainaan sab diaan saanjhiaan hundia". So to secure their safety, I repeat, ALL sections of society have to come together. Lets also not forget our Dalit brothers and sisters who've been at the receiving end of this barbarism for thousands of years.

As Sikhs, we pray for Sarbat da Bhala. Sant Jarnail Singh Jee Khalsa Bhindranwale also protected scores of Hindu girls from rapists/molesters. We should be following in his steps. A mother/sister/daughter is just that, a mother/sister/daughter. That is what Gurbani, Gurmat and the lives of our mahapurakhs have taught is. We need to demand and secure justice and safety for ALL mothers/sisters/daughters irrespective of their religion, and irrespective of the era when their modesty was outraged, whether it was in 1984 or after that or in today's present times, and n matter what part of India.

Just my opinion, anyone is free to correct me.

[HKaur16]

What about the Sikh women who were raped by the Punjab police during those years? Who will we ask justice from? Didn't members of the Punjab Police consider themselves "Sikh"?

[Mehtab Singh]

What about the Sikh women who were raped by the Punjab police during those years? Who will we ask justice from? Didn't members of the Punjab Police consider themselves "Sikh"?

Exactly my point! What to do in such cases where so-called "Sikhs" are guilty of crimes committed against other innocent Sikhs?