Darshan Singh Sandhu recalls the golden days not the dark days, of 1990s Punjab

Listen to this podcast in which Darshan Singh tells of his journey to America at the request of his parents to keep him alive and away from the murderous clutches of the infamous Punjab police (who had nabbed him three times but each time his family had managed to get him released).  He says, if I understood his words in Punjabi, that Badal must never be forgiven.  He also says that those days should not be described as dark days but golden days.  I am not sure why he says that - perhaps it was because Kharkus and other Sikhs were avenging the persecution and genocide of Sikhs in the aftermath of 1984 and compared to the current state of Punjab,, those times were golden days.  He also says, I think, that the widespread use of drugs is under the control of the state and politicians.  He mentions the infiltration of thousands of outsiders into Punjab as a strategy by the central government to ensure votes are always for the government's puppets and to therefore ensure genuine Punjabis will never be able to achieve the majority of votes and take power away from the government.  He asks the Sikhs abroad to return home, at least some of the ex-pats if all of them cannot return to the Punjab, because the demographics of the Punjab.