A collection of emotions and traumas of the survivors of 1984 relevant to the Sikh community.
The evening prayer of the Sikhs, recited around sunset, Rehras is a quest for the infinite reality that is God. It is believed that Rehras, in some form or the other, has been recited since the time of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the founder of Sikhism. Compositions of the other Gurus were added in later years, and the final arrangement of the order in which the hymns are recited was formulated by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee in the 1930s. Its ...
It was several years before the Punjab Government became aware of Bhagat Puran Singh's selfless enterprise and the Pingalwara was sanctioned an annual grant from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, enabling him to expand the institution. For his unmatched service to humanity, Bhagatji was awarded the Padma Shri in 1979, which he returned in 1984 as a protest against Operation Blue Star. His Sacred Burden is a well researched and moving biography of this ...