On Sikh Identity

Foreword The Sikhs as a people are in a pitiable plight today. There is hardly anything alright with them. Their history is in shambles; a sheaf of hearsay stories that do not stand scientific scrutiny, a large volume of it. Their tradition is losing its grip on the new generations, one after the other. Their faith, one of the most modern and most scientific religions in the world, is getting more and more unrevealed. Their way of life is becoming out-of-fashion. Their art lies uncared for. Their music is neglected. Their literature has narrowed itself to the confines of a truncated Suba divided and subdivided time and again. They can no more claim heroes like Banda Singh Bahadur and Bhagat Singh, scholars of the eminence of Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha and Bhai Vir Singh, freedom fighters of the grit of Baba Kharak Singh and Master Tara Singh, poets like Puran Singh and artists like Amrita Shergill.

A welcome opportunity came their way in the celebration of the tercentenary of the Khalsa. They could realign themselves. It has gone utter waste in drum beating. Crores of rupees have been washed down the drain. The Sikh people are where they were.

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