JUNE 1984 MEMORIALS - WESTERN CANADA

First, go to the Panthic Weekly and read:

.The Ghalughara: Operation Blue Star - A Retrospect


Look a minute at this lovely little flower, the forget-me-not. It rather has the shape, I think of a blue star. A beautiful reminder of an ugly event!

Now, as we are entering the season of the Third Ghalughara, I know there are many memorials planned in different places. If you have anything planned, we will be happy to post it here in The Road To Khalistan. Please feel free to send it to my e-mail at simayanan@gmail.com.

Here is the first I have received from BC Sikhs.

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!

***PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL BC, ALBERTA, WASHINGTON SANGAT***

June 2nd to June 8th, 2008 is INTERNATIONAL 1984 MEMORIAL WEEK.

There are special events happening ALL WEEK.

If you feel "enough" is not done in our community to reach out, to make our issues known, to commemorate our history, to celebrate Gurbani - this week will have a range of events covering all of these topics.

PLEASE ATTEND AS MANY EVENTS AS YOU CAN, AND BRING YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS.

It is *EXTREMELY* important that we come out in large numbers on Saturday, June 7th at Vancouver Art Gallery, to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the June 1984 Massacre of Sikhs in Punjab and the November 1984 Massacre of Sikhs in Delhi.

Still, 24 years after this horrendous attack, the perpetrators roam free and have NEVER BEEN SENTENCED by the faulty and corrupt criminal justice system of India, which claims to be the world's largest democracy but is instead one of the world's largest human rights abusers and has one of the highest rates of child poverty worldwide.

The Sikh youth in BC have been working with local intellectuals, politicians, community leaders, business people, activists, and have invited esteemed guests from out of country for this WEEK-LONG MEMORIAL, including Author and Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Cynthia Mahmood; World-Renowned Advocate for 1984 Victims in India, Harvinder Singh Phoolka; Director of the Sikh Research Institute, Harinder Singh; Program Associate at Ensaaf, Jasmine Marwaha; Professor of Sociology at Langara College, Indira Prahst; Communications & Gender Development student Kamal Arora; and many others.

LET'S JOIN HANDS TOGETHER TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE VICTIMS OF INDIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

Let's stand up for justice for victims of oppression everywhere.

Let's gather as a whole community to recognize the sacrifices of human rights defenders around the world.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THESE EVENTS THIS WEEK:

* 1984 OPEN COMMUNITY FORUM / DISCUSSION With Dr. Mahmood & H.S. Phoolka
Tuesday, June 3 at 6:00pm at SFU Surrey Campus
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14830067431

* 1984 REMEMBRANCE KEERTAN DARBAR
Wednesday, June 4 at 6:00pm at Gurdwara Sahib Sukh Sagar
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13806259319

* SIKH WOMEN IN 1984 - Discussion / Q&A with Dr. Cynthia Mahmood
Thursday, June 5 at 6:00pm at Guru Nanak Academy
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23153317246

* HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA - FORUM (Tickets By Invitation Only)
Friday, June 6 at 6:00pm at Kwantlen University College
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15273083443

* CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL MEMORIAL :: Lest We Forget :: 1984
Saturday, June 7 at 6:00pm at Vancouver Art Gallery
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15197493201

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!

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WHY TRY TO FIT IN?
YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT!