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Found this on Sikhnet- written by Inni Kaur Ji ( http://www.sikhnet.com/s/IRemember )

I Remember....

They say do not write..

They say do not speak..

They say forget about it..

If I agree — then

In my silence lies my guilt.

As long there is breath

As long as there is strength

I will write; I will speak

For I remember .......

I Remember....

The year is 1739

Hindustan is in terror

The cruelty of the Mughals

Is felt everywhere.

Nadir Shah is in Delhi

Looting the treasures.

Carting 2200 Hindu women

For his private harem.

The news spreads like wild fire

Across this great land

Helplessness and confusion

Reign supreme.

Sardar Jassa Singh

Commander of the Sikh army

Hears of this atrocity

Vows to take a stand.

The Sikhs are a minority

The Mughals have the upper hand

Despite this disparity

A midnight attack is planned.

The Mughal camp is asleep

The Sikhs wait in silence

At the stroke of midnight

They begin the attack.

Talwars are in the air

The Mughals are caught off-guard

The women are freed

And safely brought back.

In Hindu households

A sign of relief is heard

As the women rush back

To the arms of their loved ones.

There are Sikh casualties

But there are no tears;

To uphold a woman’s honor

Is the Sikh d

haram.

From that day on

A pattern emerged;

The Sikhs struck at midnight

To free the captured women.

Every night, the women prayed

For the safety of the Sikhs

Mothers told their daughters

Trust only a Sikh.

Hindu mothers with love

Made their first-born sons Sikhs;

A sacred trust existed

Between a Hindu and a Sikh.

Through the centuries

This trust and love continued

Until the forces of evil

Raised their ugly head.

The year is 1984

The unthinkable happened

Our Hindu brothers

Turned on us.

Sikh women were raped

Their fathers, husbands

Sons and brothers

Butchered in-front of their eyes.

The country is in shell-shock

At the brutality of this massacre;

Yet no voice rose

To speak against this massacre.

I ask my Hindu sisters

Where were you?

Did your hearts not bleed?

At the rape of your sisters.

Twenty years have gone by

But the pain has not diminished

There are no answers

To what happened in 1984.

To my Hindu sisters

I have one request.

Tell your sons, husbands and brothers

The sacrifices of the Sikhs.

To my Sikh veer

I need not remind you

You are bound by your Guru

To protect the weak.

No Sikh hand will rise

Against any women;

Be she a Hindu or a Muslim

She has the protection of a Sikh.

My Ardaas:

Let the winds be gentle

Let there be peace on this land

Let this shattered trust

Be given a chance to grow.

But ask me not to forget

For I remember....

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