News: Sifting the Dust of 84 Pogrom for Some Positives ~ Part III of VI

....most of it pertains to or arises out of the impulse to record it for history or otherwise to understand and evaluate how much the state machinery was implicit in planning and execution of the Pogrom and continued to be actively engaged in impeding the delivery of justice through commissions of enquiry, use of all manner of witness intimidation, delays and other dilatory devices.

News: Officer talks about getting shot 12 times at Sikh Temple

When bullets, blood and terror came to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on that Sunday morning, Aug. 5, Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy would not give in. In the middle of a gun battle that raged for about two minutes, he found himself wedged beneath a car as the gunman reloaded. And he thought to himself: "I'm not going out like this. I'm not going out in a parking lot."

News: Society Of Sikhs in the Deccan

Dakhni Sikhs derive honour and self-respect from their ancestors who were much concerned about self-esteem. When Nizam gave them the jagir of Nirmal, they rolled farman into the muzzle of a gun and blew that off, saying: “We get salary from our Maharaja. Who is he to give us jagir?” The past and the present thus reinforce each other. They boast: “Singhan da dabdba poora hai ji.”

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