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thepoetproject:

I love history, I love learning about history, I love seeing how far we’ve come from history. When it comes to issues regarding Sikhs and 1984 I hear folks argue to ‘leave things in the past, so we can move on’. I understand their perspective, you can’t beat a dead horse, what has happened, has happened. Personally my education on the events that took place in Amritsar & Delhi 28 years ago has increased dramatically in the past 4 years due to the efforts of various individuals and organizations. That education has directly influenced the person I am today, and had things been left in the past, as some folks wished, I would have continued in life superiorly misinformed.

 

Now the issue with History is, most folks want the short version. Conflicts and wars are great history talking points, because they’re easy to share: “They fought them, starting on this date, and ending on this date, they fought because of…” The reality is the short version only leads to more misinformation, and the stories are dramatically more complicated than any side wishes to admit. The truth of the matter is Harmander Sahib in Amritsar and the Sikh population have been through quite a few major attacks: 1737, 1757, 1762, 1955, and 1984-1994. In 1762, it is estimated that between a third to half of the ENTIRE Sikh Population was wiped out (it was known as  the Sikh Holocaust of 1762). Each time, the population bounced back, fought back, and rebuilt. With 1984 though, that’s still fresh, and the fact that no one has been brought to “justice” for the crimes committed in the horrific aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination is enough fuel to keep that fire burning

 

But what is justice? Who determines what dosage of consequence someone else deserves for their actions? How do you serve justice within a system of law to individuals who operate outside of it? Do we turn to the police force that either helped with the hunt, or looked the other way? Do we appeal to governments who themselves were built on murder and exploitation? Do we boycott Amitabh Bachan films? Do we take it into our own hands, so kids can have a new ‘hero’ to put as their Facebook profile pic for a few weeks before moving on?

There is no justice, there’s just us. And each of us has a different definition of what a ‘sense of Justice’ is. We as individuals are guided by our self interests, just as those who have done harm to us. When you study history, you see that the vicious circle of ‘us & them’ is rarely broken and the right side is usually the side left standing. 

 

The futility and necessity of remembering the events of 1984 are personal, and personally I’m glad there is an effort to remember because the education I received on those topics touch home and helped me expand my empathy to causes that I saw parallels with (Palestinian conflict, Sri Lanka, Darfur, Aboriginal struggles etc). That connection with others wouldn’t have existed for me until I saw the picture of the widows of ’84, and how much they looked like my mother. Most recently I’ve been challenged to educate myself even further back, at a time when the people of region were all unified against a common oppressor, the British, and how effectively they left us in pieces when they made their exit. These stories aren’t unique to India, they happen around the world, the consistency in the 15 000 years of recorded human history is the human nature involved. As Mark Twain says “History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme”

 

I’ve done a few tracks regarding the 1984, and I’ve always made sure they didn’t give off a ‘victim’ vibe and finger point, but rather a vibe of resilience, survival, love and celebration of life. I know people who had been affected so deeply by those events, they turned their life around for the better and shed a lot of destructive behavior. I’m also aware of folks who did the opposite, and used these events to concentrate their personal frustrations and spread hate. 

I personally take the events as a reminder that we, as human beings, are quite a unique creature; our motivations for destroying have little resemblance to any other life form on this planet, and we do a great job of justifying ourselves.

Life is a gift, and if you can read this, you’ve been afforded a privileged length to your life already. Listen, Learn, Love, Laugh, Let Go… educate yourself on all the ugly in the world and welcome every emotion that comes with it. Those emotions are real, and they’re raw, use those emotions to create and contribute something in history that future generations can celebrate.

 

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thefuckerychronicles:

I used to do this a lot as a child…this and talking into fans…ah fuck it I still do this haha.

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