Year of 1984 and its effects on people of India. 1984 whenever this year comes to my mind I feel really terrible for myself not because I was born in this year or my friend neither because India might have lost any cricket match from Australia or Pakistan nor because Indira Gandhi then PM of India was assassinated by her own guards as I have nothing personal about that or I belong to congress party but because that is the year when we witnesses India’s death of its much famed democracy. Some of poor souls like me were born but to little to understand that complicated and yeah some were there who could have mattered but refused to do any thing about it may be I am more terrified and disturbed to see and read about what happened to all those Indians some 21 years back and what about those souls who lost their loved ones for no reason their only reason to face whole of this anger death and humiliation was that they belonged to particular community and those murders belong to some community and later this situation was exploited by various cunning and cruel people to realize their political gains and its not new because it has happened in India when she got her independence from British and it didn’t stopped there in Delhi but occurred again in Bombay and then very recent memory in Godhra ( Gujarat ) which is used again by some party to gain her political motives and these political parties likes to warm their hand on fire of communal riots which are instigated somehow someway by themselves. We talked lot about what happened during riots and who did this and why what were their names and all that stuff, what do these people get out of these on commission which always takes its own time and when results are out either people involved are dead and gone or not in position to be prosecuted by Law of land we generally forgets these laws are meant for these people who can very easily manipulates them according to their need and requirements and these commissions are just whitewash in the public eye who will again suffer another some party or group sponsored outrage against some group to have their way go around it is possible that it might never end under any circumstances and general innocent public will get mauled and murdered by those butchers in white behind the scene. Now the biggest question arises for me is that what about those people who have lost their near dear ones and their wealth I mean everything to this vicious cycle of riot where all this happens and leaves those lifelong scars on the souls of this people what kind of rehabilitation is done for them and what about those people guilty who did all this nothing concrete has been done yet and oh I just feels like I have forgotten about the victims of industrial murders don’t be amazed by it because it is not anything new especially in India where money & power is given precedence over the interest of general public and their welfare take for incidence what has happened in Bhopal same year that 1984 about which I feels is the most imprinted on my soul I got this imprinted on it when I was to young I heard my parents about the operation blue star and Chaurasi key Dangge from my parents and even on television and what not and I couldn’t believe when some my friends used to say stuff like Sardar Gaddar how I have thrashed them in front of everyone and among them was my friend (name withheld ) I hated that guy may be it was bad of me but it surely was heart breaking to my souls and when I grew up I heard of it from my school friends who used to talk about A guy named Sant Bhindrawale which I always disagreed on various issues related to it about his blockade of golden temple in Amritsar Sahib and turning it into fortress causing death of thousand people of Sikh community, I don’t agree with him on issues especially separate Sikh state carved out of Punjab it sounds good the problem according to me is that it is not good idea for people of Punjab because it will hamper growth of its enterprising people who have grown tremendously with India as whole and one nation and contributed toward its growth and prosperity. Actually we got lost in middle about the problems of people who survived these dreadful times and were left alone with their some old parents and somewhere without their only bread earners of family and somewhere various girls were raped I mean gang raped and murdered and many were left alive to past their life with curse of being alive whey they were alive without their people what bad had they done to be alive and face such problems of poverty and deprivation or why were their family members were killed of no fault that question still haunts in our minds especially those who have and human bone left in their body some used this situation to realize their political ideas and other did to take revenge from particular community for no particular reason and murdered many innocent with biggest looser Indian democracy it is not the only incident it happened in Godhra Gujarat Muslims were butchered as were Sikhs in Delhi it was revisited same happened in Bombay will this ever stop in land of Nanak, Buddha and gandhi who stood whole of their life for nonviolence (Ahimsa) and peace. India is land where ideas of love peace and equality were given to humanity by Great souls and to whole world they must been crying with tears of blood up somewhere in their adobes. Last but not the least I would like to know what possibly could be done to save humanity and s from this situation, only one thing comes to mind would be to teach ourselves lesson of love compassion and make everyone around realize that we all are one and our aspirations are in one direction and that would be to take us country toward glory and development and not to waste time in these petty things which might hamper the countrymen and their future offspring’s so that could live the life of prosperity and love all around yeah I know it may be clichéd such but after all life is all about dreams and aspirations and hope which must be kept alive and never let be go down due to despair and we have to provide our children life security and hope. Written by: - Bikram
Tags: Sikh Riots
