The Inevitable Doom

“Hello and welcome to the 15th Independence Day celebrations of our mother land – Khalistan. It’s been 15 years since the day our first prime minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Jr. hoisted our national flag for the first time in the independent Khalistan. I’d now request our Prime Minister Sardar Manmohan Singh Jr. to address the gathering.

Hello everyone. I congratulate you all on the 15th Independence Day of Free Khalistan. I’d also like to welcome Mr. KCR Jr., Prime Minister, Telangana , one of our neighboring countries. Our relationship with Telangana is very old, and very special. This was the state, which made us believe that we can achieve our dreams. On this auspicious occasion let me begin by walking down the memory lane and appreciating how it all happened. The battle for freedom of Khalistan was long fought, and we made constant efforts till late 1980’s to get freedom from the clutches of India, but to no avail. Post that, we got diverted from our mission for a few decades. A wave of patriotism spread in the whole of India after a few incidents of bomb blasts in quick succession across the nation. Sikhs thought that helping the central and other state governments was the need of the hour. Also, by the end of the first decade of 21st century, our great leaders, the torch bearers of Khalistan believed that since there was a Sikh PM at the center, Sikhs were getting their due respect. Though a few of them believed that it was the trick of the then Congress chief to keep Khalistan movement in check and it was a known fact that the PM was being used just as a puppet, Sikhs were blinded by the pseudo powers he had. As the PM gradually began to lose his grip on the politics of the nation, and Congress got assured that Khalistani movement had died down, PM was kicked out of the mainstream politics and Sikhs were again betrayed, the same way as they were cheated in late 1940’s, and again in late 1980’s. By 2011, Sikhs started feeling completely shunned and dejected.

But a few young leaders had already woken up by then, esp. after what they witnessed in December 2009. At the mid-night of 9th-10th December 2009, the central government of India agreed to think about a separate Telangana State. At that time, these Sikh young bloods realized that if some people from Andhra can fight for their separate state, why should they keep quite. But they couldn’t do much that time, since the Sikh stalwarts still believed that they were being treated equally. But post 2011, our protest began again and this time, we were inexorable. We knew that India wasn’t a tough country anymore, the government was always ready to yield to threatening protests, and this was evident from what had happened in Telangana in 2009. That incident made us realize that we can achieve our dream of our own country, our own motherland – Khalistan.

And as it was destined to happen, after 4 years of continuous struggle, we finally achieved our freedom on 15 August 2015, the historic day which later paved the way for around 30 other countries achieving freedom from the clutches of the erstwhile India. Earlier, all these countries were different parts of India and were first ruled for a few centuries by the Muslim kings, then came the English men, who left them to the whims and fancies of India, giving total freedom to only one country called Pakistan. Though Pakistan was a failure, even India wasn’t a big success. There were internal riots, regionalism, communalism, corruption, and what not. You name any social evil and it was there. But after freedom, we’ve come a long way ahead. We’ve…….”

Tring, Tring…. And my phone rang. I realized that I just dreamt about what I firmly believe is inevitable to happen in India. Looking at what is happening in our country, I could very well believe that this dream will become true in years to come. Each state will turn into an independent country. Maharashtra will seek to be a different country to protect her culture, states in South India will seek separation to protect their language, Goa will cite the requirement of more freedom of expression as the reason, and all the other states will come up with some or the other trivial reason to get separated. If the central government can’t take a stand against violence in the assembly of a state; if they easily succumb to the demands of a person sitting on hunger strike – unto – death, I’m pretty sure that that government would never be able to tackle the insurgency movements taken up by various states… All I could do now is to keep my fingers crossed, pray that the mistake that the government has committed a few hours ago doesn’t prove to be fatal, and that our country prospers and achieve great success ahead. Amen.
God Bless All.

Disclaimer: These are not my personal thoughts but just my dream. I pray to God that this dream doesn’t turn true, but if it does, I don’t take any responsibility.