Monday, March 31, 2014

President/Director (Former) Usman Khalid Is No More -President Saeed Ismat of London Inst of South Asia & Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon

From: "saeed ismat" <saeedismat@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Dr AS Sekhon" <assekhon@shaw.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 2:09:08 PM
Subject: Re: My Deepest Condolences…..
My dear Bhai Sahib
 I am overwhelmed with sadness. We have lost a friend, a visionary and a inspirational teacher. Please read below and forward to all his friends and well wishers.

My dear fiends

It is with great sadness that I have to announce that my friend, my teacher Brigadier Usman Khalid died early this morning in London. A great visionary has passed away.  We shall not gaze upon his like again. رَاجِعونَ لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّا

May Allah bless this great man, so inspiring, principled, rebellious, and full of ideas and a diehard supporter of the two nation theory. He was a true Pakistani, a great soldier, inspirational teacher and above all a perfect gentleman. His extraordinary life has come to an end but his legacy will endure...

He is survived by his sister Dr Kaneez Yousaf, son Abid Khalid and four daughters, seven grandchildren and thousands of friends and supporters and student disciples.

We will miss above all his love which has sustained us throughout our lives. But we are comforted by the memory of his long, full and inspiring life and so proud of his devotion to helping others as he sought to change the world for the better.

Brigadier Usman Khalid was a prolific writer and a great campaigner for Kashmiris, Dalits, Adivasis and all the oppressed people of the world, however, his primary focus was on South Asia. There was never a dull moment listening to him, even if you disagreed with him. He spoke his mind and spoke with confidence and conviction.

He had unshakeable beliefs and his abiding determination that Kashmir would become a part of Pakistan and India would ultimately be held to account for the atrocities that it has perpetrated not only to Kashmiris and Sikhs but also on its own people.

A great writer and his book ‘Authentic Voices’ published by the London Institute of South Asia is a remarkable work that was dedicated to 250,000 Sikhs and 90,000 Kashmiri martyrs and many more who have been killed in all parts of India notably, Assam, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

 He was the founder father of London Institute of South Asia and later became its chairman. A few years ago I had the singular honour when he and the board of directors asked me to the Executive Director of this institute. Our challenge is to take this forward and further. I would personally miss his guidance and support

He believed in movements for the causes he cared about. In the world of politics that is often too small, he thought big about Pakistan and our world.

I saw him last night for the last time. When I had met him a few days earlier in the hospital he said,” Saeed my body is failing me but my mind is fine. Please give me a run down on events in Pakistan, Kashmir, and the rest of the world”. When I started briefing him his eye lit up. He may have been ailing in body but was as sharp as ever in mind.

Brigadier Usman Khalid inspired my generation and gave people hope of a fair and sovereign Pakistan.

He was one of the greatest assets for Pakistan Army but he was not given the treatment he deserved. He was a great visionary who had unshakable commitment to Pakistan and lived and worked for it wholeheartedly - mind, body and soul.
London Institute of South Asia (LISA) has opened an electronic register to record all the condolences and messages from his friends. Please E mail me with subject marked as BRIG USMAN KHALID; saeedismat@yahoo.co.uk . We shall ensure that all messages are forwarded to his son Abid Khalid and daughters.

Regards

Saeed Ismat
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On Monday, 31 March 2014, 17:18, Dr AS Sekhon <assekhon@shaw.ca> wrote:
Piare Chhotte Bhai Sahib Janab SamiUllah Malik ji,

and

Piare Chhotte Bhai Sahib Saeed Ismat ji,

Aslaam O Alaikum!

Further to my telephonic conversation with both of you, I wish to express my deepest and heartfelt condolences at the demise of our older brother, Vade Bhai Sahib Janab Usman Khalid ji. Please try to accept and handle the situation that it has been Khudawand Bakhshida's Will. The Will and Order of the Khudawand where we all are helpless before His will.

Would you please convey my heartfelt condolences to Vade Bhai Sahib's son, Barkhurdar Abid Khalid, although I would contact him personally, too.

Chhotte Bhai Sahib Malik ji, please face the time boldly and courageously as we all are with you and you have to look after my Aappa ji. Khudawand will shower His blessings on you, Aappa ji and the family.

Bhai Sahib Ismat ji, now you have far more burden on your shoulders. For the immediate help and advice, our brother and Chhotte Bhai SahibMalik ji, will do that job. The job created by the sudden vacuum with the demised soul of our Vade Bhai Sahib, late Janab Usman Khalid ji.

Undoubtedly, this is one of the greatest loss in our lives. Well, we all have to live with it and fill the vacuum created suddenly. Time is the best healing factor. Khudawand Mehar Karange.

Please give my regards to Chhotte Bhai Sahib Janab Malik ji and his life partner, to you and Aappaji (Doctor Sahibaan), and Dr Abdul Mu'min Chaudhury and his family.

Also, my regards to Barkhurdar Abid Khalid and his family, and the son in law of the late Vade Bhai Sahib ji of London, U K, and Vade Bhai Sahib's daughters of Kent, U K and Dubai.

With lots of love and warmest regards to you both.

Your brother,

Awatar Singh Sekhon 
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

THE SIKH LEADER (Religious and Political) OF THE 20th CENTURY: SHAHEED-BILAS SAINTSOLDIER JARNAIL SINGH KHALSA

THE SIKH LEADER (Religious and Political) OF
THE 20th CENTURY: SHAHEED-BILAS SAINTSOLDIER
JARNAIL SINGH KHALSA
(BHINDRANWALE), 12th February 1947 – 6th June,
1984
Awatar Singh Sekhon (Machaki), Ph D, FIBA, RM (CCM)

Shaheed-Bilas Saint-soldier Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale was the Sikh leader,religious and political, of the 20th century and the man of vision for the Guru KhalsaPanth, House of Baba Nanak, the people of Punjab, the ‘Landless Sikh Nation’, (under the occupation of Brahmin-Hindus ‘Institution’ of the alleged Indian democracy.
Hereafter called the ‘Democracy of Propaganda and Hatred’ alias the alleged Indian democracy or the ‘Institution’ since 15th August 1947). The Hindus-Brahmins are neither a religion nor a culture. Mrs Manju Qureshi, Chairperson, Women’s Human Rights Organization of Punjab, paid her rich tributes to Sant-Bilas which no Sikh or non-Sikh writer has been able to do that. After the completion of Saint-soldier’s mission of the ‘Struggle for Justice and restoration of the law and order’ for the citizens of Punjab, the Sikhs’ holy and historic homeland, Mrs Qureshi wrote following the martyrdom of her beloved leader Jarnail Singh Khalsa that ‘I have no shoulder now where I could put my head to cry or who could console and listen me’. These were the sentiments of a lady of the non-Sikh faith. The Sikh Nation will always be grateful to the non-Sikhs like Mrs Qureshi, Bibi Mumtaz, Pir Budhoo Shah, his Sahibzade and over 400 Mureeds, Gani Khan, Nabi Khan, Punjaba, Gulaba, Nawab of Malerkotla family, Sain Mian Mir and alike. Although the (stupid) Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of Brahmin autocracy involved in committing the international criminal activities, hijacking of the India’s national and international civilian aircrafts (Air India Flight 182, Toronto-Mobtreal-London-Delhi/Bombay in the early morning hours of off the western coast of Ireland on 23rd June, 1985 and planning a foiled plan of ‘exploding Air India aircraft in 1994 in some European country (Hon Kilgour D 1994 Betrayal: The Spy Canada Abandoned), along with the propaganda machinery of the Brahmin-Hindus alleged Institution of democracy, has been busy is propagating rumors against Shaheed-Bilas Jarnail Singh Khalsa through its master’s (Indira Gandhi alias Maimuna Begum’s administration’s), foreign missions, state-controlled news media (Air waves, TV, news print of the ‘Institution’), hired hands, and producing the state-sponsored books to malign the character and personality of the Shaheed-Bilas, written by the pseudo-authors like KP Gill (the retired Butcher police officer of Punjab) and a criminal AB Vajpayee’s advisor to the Narendra Modi of the Gujarat administration in the ‘Genocide of Muslims’ in 2002-2003; which killed more than 15,000 Muslims of Gujarat), K Brar, J Reibero, and others, none has succeeded to accomplish his/her task or the aims of the Brahmin-Hindus’ Institution. The pseudo-writers of the ‘Institution’ have propagated more lies.
Despite all these the character of Shaheed-Bilas Jarnail Singh Khalsa emerges more brilliantly. The only reason is that the RAW, its masters, Brahmin-Hindus autocracy’s foreign missions and pseudo-authors spend their time in covering up their own ‘fabricated lies’; whereas, the truth of the Mission for the Struggle of Justice cannot be suppressed by the Brahmin autocracy alias the alleged ‘Institution’ as the writer perceives it.
One of the segments of the ‘Mission for Struggle for Justice of the Shaheed-Bilas’ needs to be brought in the public domain, although the information that this writer is going to describe is already in print, but it has either been overlooked, seldom discussed or seen in print. The information that this writer is going to present is of an ‘undeclared’ war waged on the ‘Landless Sikh Nation, Punjab’, in the form of a brutal armed ‘‘Operation Bluestar’’ of June, 1984 era. Late Sardar Gurnam Singh Tir, an advocate and one of the legal advisors to Shaheed-Bilas Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale wrote (in Punjabi/Gurmukhi script) appeared in the Indo-Canadian Times published from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, under the editorship of Tara Singh Hayer in 1980s. It was related to Shaheed-Bilas Jarnail Singh’s conversation with advocate Tir.
In December 1983, before “Operation Bluestar” of June 1984 commenced, when Jarnail Singh Khalsa and his supporters shifted from the Guru Nanak Niwas to Akal Takht Sahib. Sardar Tir wrote that ‘he had not seen the Shaheed-Bilas for sometime and he was eager to
see him after reaching Amritsar. He left his family at his wife’s sister’s (sister in law’s) residence around 21:00 hrs, and went to Darbar Sahib Complex. There he first paid his respect to Guru Granth Sahib in the Darbar Sahib and then proceeded to see the Shaheed-Bilas. The latter had been walking in a Veranda, but appeared somewhat serious. The moment Shaheed-Bilas saw Tir ji, he exchanged with him the Sikh greetings. The Shaheed-Bilas asked him, where have you been Tir ji? I have been looking forward to your visit. Tir ji replied that I have just arrived in the city, left my family at my sister-in-law’s residence, and then proceeded to the Darbar Sahib to see you and enquire about your wellbeing. The Shaheed-Bilas asked how are the things outside? Tir replied that first you tell me how are things with you and what is going on, as you read the ‘state-controlled’ newspapers and other news media? Tir said that there are two main points of your interest. The Shaheed-Bilas listened Tir attentively. Tir said: first of all, people talk about your moving to Akal Takht Sahib, which the media say that you should not have moved to the Akal Takht Sahib. Second, there appears some ‘rift’ between you and Sant Harchand Singh Longowal when you address him as the ‘Dictator (of the Morcha or agitation) for the Sikhs’ demands of Justice and restoration of law and order’, as it reflects some rift between both of you. Shaheed-Bilas asked Tir what would you like to propose? Tir said that here is my suggestions to you: I will never use this word ‘Dictator’ for Harchand Singh Longowal. Now, coming to your first concern, I had been left with no option but to leave the Guru Nanak Niwas. This was merely for the respect of the Guru Khalsa Panth (Dastaar-di-rakhia vaaste). What Shaheed-Bilas meant was, as the writer thinks affirmatively, there were anti-Sikh, pro-RAW, RAW, pro-New Delhi administration’s (NDA) agents and other elements present, which were eagerly looking forward to a clash between the RAW, its hired hands, pro-NDA forces and the
Shaheed-Bilas and his supporters. The Shaheed-Bilas avoided this clash amicably and the news headline in the next day’s newspapers brought great disappointment to the anti-Sikh, anti-Darbar Sahib and anti-Sikh Way of Life forces. Tir asked the Shaheed-Bilas: what is next? Shaheed-Bilas replied that it is all up to the father (of the Guru Khalsa Panth), Guru
Gobind Singh ji and the Akal Purakh Waheguru ji. However, let me make it clear to you, Tir Sahib: the date for the ‘Indian army’s assault has been set and that is going to happen whether I am sitting here, within the premises of Darbar Sahib Complex, more than 250 miles away from the Darbar Sahib Complex, or in Madhya Pradesh, or any place outside
Punjab. India’s Brahmins-Hindus administration is all set to attack the Darbar Sahib Complex and is all out to destroy it. My presence at the Akal Takht Sahib is only the ‘excuse’ for the NDA to wipe out the Sikhs. Sardar Gurnam Singh Tir writes that ‘how true were the words/calculations of the Shaheed-Bilas Sant Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale’! Shaheed-Bilas had every knowledge of the move of the deceitful Indian administration of Indira Gandhi alias Maimuna Begum, who had signed the papers of assault on the Sikhs’ holy and historic Homeland, Punjab in January 1984. Not only that she had assigned the job to make the Sikhs ‘terrorists’ to one of his former federal bureaucrat, MS (Mani Shanker) Iyer, according to Iyer himself (Sikh Bulletin, October-November 2006, p. 11). He had foretold the dates of the army assault on the Darbar Sahib Complex. The assault happened exactly on the same dates, with the exception that the ‘Indian Captain’ of the ship and his
troops had to be changed, as they abandoned the ship. This change delayed the real assault by 24-48 hours.
Shaheed-Bilas had a committee of ‘advisors’ on military matters, which consisted of the retired generals, commissioned, junior-commissioned and other military personnel’ as well as on the legal matters. Shaheed Major-Gen Shubeg Singh was no fool. He knew perfectly well what the Government of India is all up to as far as the Sikhs are concerned. Beside the staunch and committed supporters, Shaheed-Bilas Jarnail Singh
Khalsa Bhindranwale had everything at his finger tips. His supporters of the Guru Khalsa Panth taught a lesson to the Brahmin-Hindus autocracy’s armed forces (army, air force, navy, paramilitary forces, intelligence personnel, etc.) that the Sikhs are not dead yet. They are alive and will struggle to their last breath and drop of blood to ‘Save the Honour of the Guru Khalsa Panth’. One Shaheed-Bilas has been martyred, therewill be hundreds of thousands more to ‘Regain The Lost Sovereignty, Independence and Political Power of the Sikh Nation, by Peaceful Means’, although the sovereignty of the Guru Khalsa Panth was not his agenda as propagated by the Indira Gandhi alias Maimuna Begum’s administration. The Struggle for Sikhs’ sovereignty has been continuing since14th March, 1849. The propaganda mechanics and the NDA (a mentally, morally and ethically bankrupt administration), its foreign missions, including (JL Nehru to Manmohan Sinh, 15th August, 1947 to this day of writing) is being carried out without any interruption. The Sikhs have nothing to do with with the NDA’S anti-humanity policies. The Martyrdom of Shaheed Bilas Jarnail Singh Khalsa (Bhindranwale) has inducted far more strength in the on-going “Sikhs’ Struggle for Sovereignty, Independence and political power, by democratic and peaceful means, since 14th March, 1849.” The Guru Khalsa Panth, the ‘Landless Sikh Nation’, Khalistan, Punjab (under the occupation of the Sikhs’ enemy, the alleged Indian democracy, since 15th August, 1947) knows its enemy perfectly well.
We, the Sikhs, also know that Harchand Longowal, Gurcharan Tohra, Jaswant Bhullar, Didar Bains of the USA, Professor M S Sidhu, Balwant Singh (Longowal’s Secretary), Prabhu Dayal Singh alias PD Singh, Prakash (Darkness/Hanera) Sinh Badal, the present Chief Minister of Punjab, Jagjit Chohan (deceased), Harpal S Ghuman alias Harjinder Pal Singh Nagra, etc., have had been ‘Collaborating’ with the RAW and its Director, RN Kao, against the leadership of Shaheed-Bilas Saint-soldier
Jarnail Singh Khalsa, the Sikhs’ man and religious and political leader of the 20thcentury.
The Sikhs will always remember Shaheed-Bilas’ Saint-soldier Jarnail Singh Khalsa’s words “Physical death I do not fear, death of conscience is sure a death.”
(Revised: 10th February 2011)
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COMMENTS:
An ‘undeclared’ war waged in the form of “Operation Bluestar” of June, 1984, on the ‘Robbed' Sikh Nation, PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947, is indicative of the Brahmins-Hindus NDA (New Delhi
administration) policies that the NDA would like to ‘swallow’ the Sikhs, as it has been trying unsuccessfully to convert the Sikhs into the Hindus and their –ism. The Sikhs, if they would like to survive and stop the erosion of the ‘Brahaminisn-Hindus-turbaned Brahmins and their –ism, they have no choice but to stand up, democratically, under an honest leader for the “Sovereignty of their Sikh Nation.”
There is no point to raise the slogan of ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ until you (the Sikhs) are sincere like Sant-Bilas Jarnail Singh Khalsa. The so-called leaders, if they are the leaders at all, ‘stop’ misleading the Sikh masses. Have some mercy on the Guru Khalsa Panth, the ‘Robbed' Sikh Nation’, Punjab of 15th August, 1947, and make your place on the world map, as the ‘Republic of Khalistan’.
It is your (Sikhs) choice whether you like the “Sovereignty of the Sikh Nation” or the slavery or ‘subservient’ of the Brahmins-Hindus “Incorporation” against the teachings of the Sikh Guru Sahibaans (Guru Nanak Sahib to Guru Gobind Singh Sahib ji, and thereafter the Guru Granth Sahib ji).
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