1984

On sikh genocide in Delhi in 1984

Terror of genocide,
Intranstive eyes peep out of
Dead brains and living corpses,
Trauma of your parting,
Tears endeavor to polish dim eyes
Fake attempt to disremember
Evidence of your existence,
they were crushing, and we concealing
wounds do make a call, sometime
Mourn of your death,
pains of a freezed voice
repressed under the roar of cruelty
Bond with life
more powerful than any other relation
our struggle for justice and life continue ...

Author's Note

More than ten thousands (official data 3000) sikhs are killed by mobs after the than prime minister Indira Gandhi s assassination by her sikh bodyguards, clear evidence are there of involvement of congress and ministry and police who are supporting the mobs, 30 years passed and not a single person is convicted,
JUSTICE IS DENIED IN THE WORLD S LARGEST DEMOCRACY,
though my family survived but as a kid I can not forget the memory of those days, I do write a novel on this

Reviews

[Gurleen Saluja]

"When a tree falls, it shakes the earth" the words of our then prime minister. Politically biased, they led to ruthless killing of Sikhs. Not in Delhi but all over the nation. Many Sikhs went cut their hair! They were those people who are always ready to sacrifice their lives. But just for the sake of political affirmation, a destructive act of genocide took place! Your verse is a good attempt to bring to light the sufferings we had to face.

[hardeep sabharwal]

Gurleen you know my family shifted to punjab from Delhi after this incident, they have seen such a bad days, and years after that my mother craved for her friends and relatives and the streets of delhi, this year I was talking with an uncle, who is also an effected ,and I said we failed to get justice, but he give an other view,, I am writing a story "ARM OF A STUBBORN YOGI " on this episode,

[Gurleen Saluja]

Oh. Sad to know. This incident took place before my birth. But have heard of it from my parents and how they saved themselves.

[hardeep sabharwal]

I was 6 year at that time, still remember a lot of things, but you know life goes on,
And it is life

[Gurleen Saluja]

Yes true that.

[Mayank]

I clicked on this because at first I thought this a poetic version of George Orwell's 1984 but it was about the riots in Punjab which is a very sensitive issue, there are too many conspiracy theories, Operation Blue star and all that, plus I still remember that f*****g quote by Rajiv Gandhi. Politically I don't have faith in any single party and the worse the killer are ruling this country and own law. I can't even match the pain of those who have lost their loved one and have been facing humiliation.
Coming to the writing, it was very powerful message with the shades of blood....

[hardeep sabharwal]

U know mayank I want to write a novel on it whose title is going to be - 1984 - What George orwell has not imagined

[Mayank]

With complete respect to your intention on writing novel and I hope you have read 1984, what Sir Orwell did was futuristic and half of the developed countries are doing what he wrote then when even computers were not introduced. What you are writing is on the account of brutality and injustice from the government. So my request don't mix your feeling with such a respectable author and his book which is far sighted than one can imagine even in his deadliest dream.

[R Smith]

your need for closure is evident, I believe your novel will be as powerful as your poem, bravo!

[hardeep sabharwal]

I hope I will show the real feeling of a kid who is facing such situation in my novel

[R Smith]

I think you will do so just fine

[Avinash]

There could be no peace without justice. No innocent blood is to be wasted.
The culprits should be punished. Not just 1984 but also Post Godhara Riots and similar incidents.
Their souls cry for justice while the culprits walk off laughing.
The nation is indebted to sacrifice of Sikhs for protecting others and boarders and this one incident is a black mark on history .

[hardeep sabharwal]

You know avinash these kind of incidents are not only tragedies and shock to those who suffer but to whole nation . we can not boast of democracy in an unjust system

[Avinash]

Claim to democracy is meaningless until it is realized by the weakest of the weak.

[Debashree Chakraborty]

You painted a vivid picture of the massacre that happened then! Good writing and there's some scope for improvement. Keep going!

[hardeep sabharwal]

Thanks Debashree,

I will do improvements soon

[Debashree Chakraborty]

Sure you will. All the best :)