Sikhs Quotes

“there can never be a closure for the dead of 1984 and the closest one can get is by hoping for fair justice, which has so far remained elusive.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“The more serious act of desecration was the initial decision to turn a blind eye to terrorists taking control and not the eventual action to rid the shrine of gun-totting marauders.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“As Sikh terrorists routinely pulled out Hindus from buses, the effort of maintaining one’s identity became extremely tenuous”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“Hounded by terrorists and unwilling to forsake the land of their forefathers, they have decided to stay on with a new identity. The person remains the same, except that the till now clean shaven cheeks are plastered with uninterrupted beard and the head sports a saffron turban.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“As in the case of most religious minorities the world over, being devout is often also interpreted as political radicalism.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“In the Punjab of yore, it was fairly common for Punjabi Hindu families to pledge their eldest male child as a keshdhari”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“Additional Commissioner of Police, Gautam Kaul (a cousin of Rajiv Gandhi), were accused of instigating a mob which had killed two people.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“In almost every residential colony, the mute policeman was a reminder that Sikhs had been abandoned to their fate.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“more than the inability to defend themselves in the face of a physical assault, Sikhs felt most agitated due to a sense of betrayal by the State.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“Veteran journalists, Mark Tully and Satish Jacob in Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi’s Last Battle recounted how Atwal’s body lay riddled with bullets for two hours before the administration was given permission by the temple authorities to remove the corpse.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“The killers danced the bhangra around the felled DIG, and then sauntered back into the Temple.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“Agitational politics are endemic in Punjab, used by the leading non-Congress party there, the Akali Dal, to mobilize support when it is out of power.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“During the Sikh riots, P G Gavai, a retired civil servant was the LG while the security apparatus was headed by an officer of the Indian Police Service, S C Tandon, who was the Commissioner of Police.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“Dr Mohan’s pictures became part of the proceedings, particularly of a policeman averting his gaze when Sikhs were being chased and abused on the streets of the nation’s capital.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“The boy tried his best to stay oblivious of such social undercurrents but was scarred for much of his childhood.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984

“This overt display of police inaction eventually became a recurring feature of the law enforcing agencies in the capital.”
― Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Sikhs: The Untold Agony Of 1984