The Dream Of Others

We are not alone among the people of color that have
a dream.Discrimination has no color such as in India
where the Sikhs are struggling for their rights. After
reading the article below you may feel a kindred
spirit with others in the world that are also struggling
for their rights.


Every 26^th January is a day for Sikhs to reflect upon the years gone by. Many among the Sikhs feel that the last many decades have been teasing times. Though of late there are Sikh faces to be seen in the Indian landscape, for a very long time, India has taunted the Sikhs a great deal in every sphere of life, affecting their life, ideals and goals.

The founding fathers of the Indian constitution touted it as a sacrosanct document to be religiously followed by all in letter and spirit. A glance at the huge volume shows that it has reasonable language but the implementation of the clauses has invariably followed the whims and fancies of the political parties dominating the life of the people of this country.

Every 26^th January is a day for Sikhs to reflect upon the years gone by. The last many decades have been teasing times. India has taunted the Sikhs a great deal in every sphere of life, affecting their life, ideals and goals.

The Sikh nation believes that the Indian constitution has failed the Sikh people. India uses the best democratic ideals and institutions, including the constitution to scuttle our religious, social and political aspirations.

More than a century ago, in his historic “I have a dream” speech, black civil rights activist, Martin Luther King said, “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

What was then true for the black community in U.S.A, is more than true for the Sikhs in India. The situation is exactly similar. The intellectual and legal jargon of the Indian constitution failed the Sikhs, ab initio. Soon after it was ready, the Sikh members of the Constituent Assembly, sensed the injustice and proclaimed, “The Sikhs do not accept this constitution. The Sikhs reject this constitution.” Even the leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal, who are in power today in Punjab have spent years in prison for protesting anti-Sikh provisions of the constitution. The rationale for such rejection persists. All precepts of democracy including liberty, freedom of speech, right to dissent exist in this constitution, but in reality the cheque bounces. Again and again. The funds are not insufficient but the intention is malafide.

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