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Watch this August 2024 podcast of an interview of Baldev Singh Sirsa in which he exposes the distortion of Sikh history in SGPC books. Satluj TV has this summary to accompany its podcast:
"Dirty talk about Guru Sahabana in SGPC books History has been distorted Children were also taught wrongly in books of Punjab Board Sikh thinker Baldev Singh Sirsa has been raising his voice for many years" ... This article and video published by Sikh Siyasat Bureau in May 2018 on the same subject, has this to say: Amritsar: Sikh activists heal a protest march in Amritsar on Monday (22 May) against distortion of Sikh history in books published by a Nagpur based private publisher. Baldev Singh Sirsa, president of Lok Bhalai Insaaf Welfare Society said that the books were part of Hinduva conspiracy to distort the historical facts to further the Hindutva agenda in the sub-continent. Alleging RSS had behind the controversial books, Baldev Singh Sirsa questioned the silence of Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) over this issue citing its’ alliance with the Bhartiya Janta Party, which is considered to be political offshoot of the RSS. ... Baldev Singh Sirsa had this to say to Sikh Siyasat Bureau in May 2018: "Baldev Singh Sirsa said that the “Nagpuri books” are full of misinformation, lies and Hindutva propaganda about Sikh Guru and the Sikhs. He said that such distortion of Sikh history can not be tolerated at any cost"
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I was sickened to see on a Satluj TV podcast today how Labour's Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, refused (when asked in the Houses of Parliament by his opposition counterpart) to confirm the comment he made when he was in opposition (of the arbitrary detention of Jagtar Singh Johal).
Clearly, taking office has changed Lammy's attitude to Jagtar Singh Johal's incarceration. It has also made him appear, to me, a coward and two-faced. It was also sickening to learn that NOT A SINGLE LABOUR MP raised a question about Jagtar Singh Johal's incarceration. Here is a British Citizen incarcerated for 7 years without trial and successive British governments have done nothing to secure his release and bring him back home, or at least force a trial and a judgement. It's possible Lammy and other Labour MPs, are under orders from Starmer to keep hush on Jagtar Singh Johal arbitrary detention, to avoid jeopardising potentially lucrative trade negotiations with the Indian government. It's also possible that steps are being taken by the government to significantly help Jagtar Singh Johal, but these steps are deliberately not being aired in public to avoid jeopardising progress. The Tories did nothing for Jagtar Singh Johal while they were in power, said Satluj TV's presenter, Angus Scott, but now they are in opposition, they don't miss the opportunity to put Lammy on the spot. "Once again, it's: we'll talk the talk, but we won't walk the walk...It's all absolute political rhetoric", said Angus Scott of British governments. 10/8/2024 0 Comments Genocide by Israel of Palestinians: 'We can't let attacks against children be the new normal."Today (10 Aug 2024), I came across a news clip of an aid worker from Save the Children working in Gaza (Casey Harrity). She was talking after an air strike by the Israelis on a school housing women and children. At least 80 people have been announced dead so far.
When asked how she was feeling about what she is seeing, she replied: "This is the worst I've seen. I've worked in Iraq; I've worked in Syria and in other places...We're seeing a new level of depravity in this conflict and we cannot let this be the new normal. We can't let attacks against children be the new normal. We're asking globally for people to step up to demand a ceasefire...member states should not be sending weapons and we're asking to open the borders so that we can get more supplies in..." On 8 August, I saw an article by the FT "Israel’s allies condemn far-right minister’s Gaza starvation remarks" In it, the Israeli supremacist, Bezalel Smotrich, was quoted as saying "“We bring in aid because there is no choice...Nobody will let us cause 2mn civilians to die of hunger, even though it might be justified and moral, until our hostages are returned." The inhumanity of these Israelis against innocent Palestinians is sickening, and so too is the complicity of the countries who choose to send weapons to the Israelis or who remain silent in the face of such "depravity". I sincerely hope these criminals will pay for their crimes against humanity, but that justice won't bring back the dead, innocent, Palestinians. |