ARNAB - Frankly Speaking with AMITABH BACHCHAN - Page 15

Originally posted by: atominis

It is never authentic.

Always OTT or wrong in terms of showing practices.

AB films used to pretend Sikhs didn't exist. Always Amar Akbar Anthony, John Jani Janardhan blah blah. But no Sikhs.

I admire Sunny for doing a credible role in Border (not Gadar though).

Lately things have improved a bit. But earlier it was horrible!

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

And if it was only to remove militants there woudnt have been attacks on several other gurdwaras. Were there militants hiding in all the sikh temples? There wouldn't have already been so much violence done before hand. There is far more to the story than the one that is accepted in India. Due to banned neutral sources and what not.

1984 anti-Sikh riots
A Sikh man being surrounded and beaten by a mob
Date	31 October 1984 ' 3 November 1984
Target	Sikhs
Deaths	about 2800. [1]

The 1984 anti-Sikh riots or the 1984 Sikh Massacre or the 1984 genocide of Sikhs were a series ofpogroms^{[2][3][4][5][6]} directed against Sikhs in India, by anti-Sikh mobs, most notably by members of the Congress party, in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. There were about 2800 deaths all over India, including 2100 in Delhi.^{[7] [4]} The Central Bureau of Investigation, the main Indian investigating agency, is of the opinion that the acts of violence were organized with the support from the then Delhi police and some central government officials.^[8] Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister after his mother's death and, when asked about the riots, said "when a big tree falls, the earth shakes".^[9]

During the Indian Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in the 1975-1977, thousands of Sikhs campaigning forautonomous government were imprisoned.^{[citation needed]} The sporadic violence continued as a result of an armed Sikh separatist group which was designated as a terrorist entity by the Indian government. In June 1984, during Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to attack the Golden Temple and eliminate any insurgents, as it had been occupied by Sikh separatists who were stockpiling weapons. Later operations by Indian paramilitary forces were initiated to clear the separatists from the countryside of Punjab state.^[10]

The violence in Delhi was triggered by the assassination of Indira Gandhi, India's prime minister, on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards in response to her actions authorising the military operation. The Indian government reported 2,700 deaths in the ensuing chaos. In the aftermath of the riots, the Indian government reported 20,000 had fled the city, however the People's Union for Civil Liberties reported "at least" 1,000displaced persons.^[11] The most affected regions were the Sikh neighbourhoods in Delhi. Human rights organisations and newspapers across India believe the massacre was organised.^[4][8][12] The collusion of political officials in the massacres and the Judiciary's failure to penalise the killers alienated normal Sikhs and increased support for the Khalistan movement.^[13] The Akal Takht, the governing religious body of Sikhism, considers the killings to be a genocide.^[14]

Originally posted by: atominis

They tampered big time with media and records.

Sikhs all over were targetted. Not just in Delhi.

My dad was in Jaipur. He had never been to Punjab actually. But mobs tried to attack him also. But someone saved his life and helped him escape. He left his prestigious job in Indian railways at once in fear and came to Punjab where he had to start from a scratch all over again.

Another person I know had a thriving business in Mumbai. But after this Khoon ka badla khoon call mobs had started attacking Sikhs everywhere. That man had to give up everything and go to Punjab. He lost everything. Still lives in penury and merely runs a thela selling fruits.

Fake encounters, disappearances, rapes, burnings, all gross human rights violations happened. Sikhs faced discrimination in jobs also. They were branded as traitors. They were generalised. All thanks to Congress butchers.

I know a lady who is professor working in a prominent university. Totally simple, normal family, but her brother also disappeared in 1984. Till date they don't know if he is dead or alive.

Gurudwaras everywhere were attacked. Not just Amritsar.

People call this bloodbath and prejudice against a whole community as strong decision? Or ask us to forget it?

Or bark we deserved it?

They think they manipulated records. Sorry but you can't take away people's own experience from them! You can fool others but not ones who have been through it.

They stereotype, generalise, terrorise an entire community for acts of few?

SPIT on Amitabh Bachchan for being a part of this machinery! Damned vampire calling for blood!
😡

And SHAME on them for trying to rationalise it in name of patriotism!

Finally, I don't think justice can be done. They just use these issues. But never give justice. Butchers roam free!

I hope there is a Higher Court Above All where justice is served. These are times when I really wish God was there and law of karma was indeed real.

Feel so helpless and frustrated as an ordinary person.

Originally posted by: atominis

@AllBlacks

Yeah sure.

You only remember that devil's killing but not her follies and killings of thousands of other innocents.

Calling aftermath of Godhra as natural human reaction, saying your dad does not remember etc.

Wow. 😆

Who would care or remember if not affected?

90% India voted for NaMo?

It does not mean anything. Nor hides how many are against him.