[net.nlang.india] Responses to posting concerning Sikh issues

rkp@mgweed.UUCP (Rakesh Khetarpal) (11/11/85)

       >"First of all I do not accept the fundamental notion apparent 
       >in the posting that Sikhs are Punjab. This is a common 
       >mistake by Sikhs. "
       
>>  I agree that Punjab = Sikhs is wrong; but this feeling has 
>>  more to do with the Punjabi HIndus (especially the Arya 
>>  Samaji's who have disowned the Punjabi language-- "Hindu-Sikh 
>>  Conflict in Punjab, by Sathananthan, Lalvani, Iyengar, 
>>  Mansukhani, Bhatnagar, Godbole et al ) than the Sikhs. Many of 
>>  the "Sikh demands" were really Punjab issues, but were never 
>>  really supported by non-Sikh Punjabis.

	I donot understand your justification. Punjabi Hindus in
	the past have always supported the Sikhs and the Gurudwaras.
	Elder son in the family was made a Sikh. Gurudwaras were
	always full of Hindus. Hindus contributed lots of money to
	build these Gurdwaras. Ofcourse, after Hindus were being
	humiliated by Sikhs in the Gurudwaras in India and abroad
	things have changed.