Another BIG SHAME for Indian Society which still can't leave its cast systems behind. When people converted(forcefully or for Greed)/changed/influenced [for example - Islam or Christianity/(Buddhism or Jainism)/Sikhism they thought there will be no cast system in their new faith, however i would say it was something like taking out water from a glass and then putting it in Jug. Water never changes (people never changes) only changes is the Shape ! The core things which still occupy the human mind - its hard to take out - if we are told you are upper and see we are Lower ( Off course we have reservation now .. Yahoo ! ). I remind a uncle in Singapore (Sikh) talking to me how its there in Hindu Society but eventually said even we don't like our Son to getting married to a a low cast girl. Well then i thought, he is born and brought up here, how come he can think like this ?? But sometimes some things are running in our mind - our society (with due respect our parents also) teaches all this from childhood.
What really happened in Vienna that lead to violence in Jalandhar ???
Incident - A Sikh Priest was killed in Vienna on 25th May 2009 in Vienna (Austria) by some Persons for reasons believing Sect Leader were disrespecting Sri Guru Granth Sahib. See more for this, or this ...
Who was Sikh Priest who got killed ?
Shri Swami Ramanand, (57 years old) was killed. He was 2nd to Shri Swami Sant Niranjan Dass,( 68 years old ) who got survived in the attack. They belong to Dera Sachkhand whose headquarters is in Ballan, Jalandhar, India.
What is Dera SachKhand ?
Dera is a place of where religious (not sure spritual) people lives. Dera "SachKhand" is located at Balland about 15kms from Jalandhar. It was started around 90 years back. Please see there website for more. Small history and about Dera can also be viewed here as a video.
Reasons of Attack ?
Some times we make truth so simple that we really don't want to understand things with depth because we can't accept it and sometimes we make it so complex that we don't want to understand it.
There are various reasons of this attack also many theories for attack. The simplest one is traditional Sikhs feel that Ravidassi/SachKhand Preachers are disrespecting Shri Guru Granth Sahib.
Ravidasi feels they follow Holy Book becaus 5th Guru included various prayers from Sant Shri Ravi Dass in the holy book. So they feel whereever there beloved ones literature or prayers are included they should respect that. Also at same time they have their own Gurus whom, they follow. However this 2 Guru system is not acceptable to traditional Sikhs.
Another reason is Upper caste Sikhs control traditional Gurudwaras. Mostly people in middle belt of Punjab (called Doaba - between 2 rivers) are in Europe/Canada/USA. So naturally Ravidasi don't want their donations ( MONEY - :-o) to be controlled by upper caste Sikhs. So they mostly donate to their sect. Thats why even MAYA Memsaab ( Mayawati) visited Sect's another temple in London during her visit there ?? People are intelligent enough to make out why. This could be another reason for vengeance.
However at same time i don't agree that with this intension Dera Sachkhand must have been started 90 years back. Look at the pictures in the site. Saints really look spiritual and innocents. Rather all saints are innocents and spiritual. I can only give you assurance once i meet them all , when my turn comes :).
There is another theory given by KPS Gill (former DGP of Punjab) that killers could from be radical Sikh Organizations who are mostly staying in East European countries (Sorry i am not able to find link). However it was later got confirmed by IBN Channel publishing a similar news. Sorry i dont have link now.
AFTERMATH
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Khoon ka Badla Khoon (Revenge ! )- How come we can forget a pet Indian Bollywood dialogue offcourse followed by mindless and foolish people.
As soon the news comes to Punjab , Sect Followers got angry and they destroy public property (Like Burning of trains , destroying Shops, forcefully shutting down business). Indirect Result was - many daily wages workers can't earn. 30,000 people stranded in Jammu because trains were canceled throughout Punjab. Well in my dream it came to me someone's mother might have been waiting for his boy. Somebody might have been going to some other place for exams with many months of preparation. Off course Business bodies showed a damage of 7000 Crore rupees (INR) but i am worried about a common man who is worried about Dal - Roti on per day basis !
What happened in Vienna was bad. Even Sikh Priests condemn it. Off course it was a work of mindless and narrow minded people who think too narrowly about their religion.
There was another angle, although Punjab Government said it was not prepared or was not expecting such things to happen, but thats what are governments are for, to deal with unexpected and untoward incidents. I have always forgive old people so what should i do with Grand Uncle governing Punjab :). Mr KPS Gill said there could be angle to this non-control of anger by tough hands ( by Government) due to byelection in NoorMahal Constituency.
Well having said all this, i just want say Government should be more responsible in controlling all such incidents where sufferer is common man ( Aam Admi) otherwise then they (Badal (not Akali Dal) and BJP) will say Why Aaam admi ka hath Congress key sath ?? ( Why a common hand is with Congress party ( Election symbol of congress is hand - palm)
Whats the cause w.r.t Religion?
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The problem with every religion is , that once master leaves his or her physical bodies, people stop follow teaching and they start giving Importance to people. I remember once Pilot Baba saying that Only Individual gets salvation and not Sects or Groups. So we need to understand this. People have their own perception and belief to follow. We should be more tolerated towards others faiths. Lets become more spiritual rather then religious and off course more tolerant.
Summarizing -
1) Killing of Saint was a mindless Act and inhumane.
2) Destroying of public property and giving trouble to general public by Baba ji's followers is equally punishable.
3) Government should act more swiftly in such cases.
4) We need to become more tolerable atleast in secular country like India.
LIFE
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