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Post by gigteam on May 9, 2009 9:23:36 GMT
7TH JUNE 2009 SIKH FREEDOM & REMEMBRANCE RALLY PROMO VIDEO - 25 YEARS SINCE 1984 - SIKH GENOCIDE
Will YOU be THERE ?
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Post by jas247 on May 21, 2009 3:21:35 GMT
All those attending please confirm your attendence to the event by joining the Event group on Facebook www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=98621727227Please invite others to join as well once again on behalf of the Federation of Sikh Organisations UK i urge you all to attend this rally your attendence will help to keep alive the flame of freedom Please forward the video to all Flyer for the event available here please print and distribute i43.tinypic.com/6yob4n.jpgREMEMBRANCE MARCH & FREEDOM RALLY SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2009 CENTRAL LONDON, UK COMMEMORATING 25 YEARS OF THE SIKH HOLOCAUST ...TIME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STAND UP AGAINST INDIAN INJUSTICE... Programme: - Gather for rally at Hyde Park from 11:30am. - March through central London to Trafalgar Square between 1:30-2:30pm. - Rally in Trafalgar Square 2:30-4:30pm. Contact your local Gurdwara for transportation. For further information contact: Bhai Amrik Singh Gill: 07860 633 488 Bhai Amrik Singh OBE: 0121 558 6600 Master Avtar Singh: 01332 770 025 Bhai Balbir Singh: 01922 692 320 Bhai Gurmej Singh Gill: 0121 420 4015 Bhai ManMohan Singh: 07832 380 123 Never Forget '84 |
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Post by Tony on May 30, 2009 16:36:37 GMT
BBC Asian Network Special Reports: Operation Blue Star
Operation Blue Star 25 Years on.
BBC Asian Network Remembers Amritsar
BBC Asian Network airs a documentary on Monday commemorating one of the most tumultuous events in recent Indian history.
June 4th is the 25th anniversary of Operation Blue Star when hundreds of people were killed in a gun battle between the Indian government and suspected Sikh Militants inside one of India’s holiest shrines, The Golden Temple.
In June 1984, The Golden Temple complex was bustling with people as it was the anniversary of the death of Sikh's 5th Guru, Arjan Dev Ji. After a three day siege the Indian Army attacked the temple in an attempt to flush out Sikh preacher Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale, and his followers, who were armed and had based themselves in the temple. The Sikh community across the World condemned the attacks which ultimately led many to some Sikh's calling for their own separate homeland - Khalistan.
Four months later in October 1984 Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards as revenge. This in turn led to mass killings of Sikhs in Delhi. The city became a battle field and rife with riots, where official figures say 3000 Sikhs were killed but human rights groups put the death toll much higher.
The documentary named ‘Blue Star 25 years' finds out what the impact of Operation Blue Star has had on Sikhs in the UK today. It talks to Harpal, a child in 1984, who was living in Delhi when a group of hundreds of men surrounded his home the day after Indira Gandhi's killing. At nine years old he recalls how his older brother was beaten to death, Sikh men were being hunted across Delhi. Harpal escaped as his mother had dressed him up as a girl. Harpal, his mother and 5 brothers and sisters were homeless for days until they were taken to an Army camp. There they survived on bread and milk with hundreds of other families facing similar circumstances.
British born Amardeep speaks of her father’s secret that resulted in years of unanswered questions until one day she brought a 'Never forget 84' t-shirt home. His anger and fury towards it were the first indication for her of how destructive the invasion had been for him. Her father had come to England to teach music and after two months in the UK, received a telephone call that destroyed his world as he knew it - his mother, wife, and two children had been burned alive in their home in Delhi.
Chandan, born in 1984 explains how the attack was the wake up call for her parents who actively became involved in Sikhism. It was the trigger that led to her father becoming a baptised Sikh and pursuing the political campaign to obtain a separate Sikh state - Khalistan. Now at 25, Chandan supports a Khalistan state and says the attack on the Golden Temple has shaped her values and identity as a Sikh.
Head of programming at BBC Asian Network Husain Husaini said “Operation Blue Star had a huge impact on not only Sikhs, but Indians all over the world. In this documentary, The BBC Asian Network goes deep into the community to hear about how this event affected their lives even today”.
The documentary will be aired on The BBC Asian Network on Monday 1st June at 6pm.
Listen to the BBC Asian Network the Sound of Asian Britain on:
Digital tv, Digital radio and online at bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork
Sky 119 freeview 709 freesat 709 Virgin 912
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