Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh
Shaheedi Immortality II : The Second Rising
"Sir Jave Ta Jave Mera Sikhi Sidhak Na Jave"
(if I die then so be it, but may my faith in Sikhi remain firm)
This year commemorates the 20th anniversary of the attack on the most holiest Sikh shrine Sri Darbar Sahib (The Golden Temple) Amritsar along with 40 historical Sikh Shrines and the November massacres, which left thousands dead, wounded, destroyed and homeless. As these events fade from public memory, it is the victims that continue to grieve with their hopes of securing justice from the Indian state, and loved ones returning, rapidly eroding.
A whole generation of Sikh youth have been wiped out in India during the last two decades of the anti-Sikh lynching through ‘police encounters’, which were in reality extra judicial executions, or commonly known to Human Rights Organizations as fake police encounters. Many others have been tortured to death, some missing never to return to their loved ones, thousands remain in prison and hundreds on death row.
As the sons and daughters of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, we must ask ourselves what we can do. Let us start by remembering the sacrifices of the four sahibzades and the countless other Sikhs who have given their all to protect the honour of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
This album is dedicated to those individuals who have given their all to uphold the tradition of martyrdom, we pay homage to the Shaheeds of the Sikh Nation from past to present, those who continue to tread the path and those who will play the game of love through shaheedi – they will be immortal and never forgotten.
Profits from the sale of this CD will go back into doing sewa, the contributors have not taken a penny in producing this project.
We hope you will enjoy the CD and hopefully we will all Awake (Jago) to the suffering off our brothers and sisters back home and take positive action in attaining justice!
The launch was at the Southall Nagar Kirtan on the 4th April 2004.
The CD will be available at various locations/events. Contact us at info@shaheedi.com for further release dates.
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