I was actually posted in Patiala, Punjab, soon after the Blue Star. The armed forces actually liberated the Golden Temple from the grip of dark forces unleashed by the Khalistani separatist forces. The senior officers who went in were themselves Sikhs and knew very well that what they were doing was to free the sacred and holy place from the dark forces of falsehood and terror masquerading as Sikhs. Didn’t Lakshman ji and Hanuman ji enter the Kuladevi Temple of Ravana, as well as Meghnada, to destroy the invocation of the forces of darkness for egoistic purposes? A place does not become sacred just because people believe so. It is by the faith and action of people that keeps the Divine vibration alive. Was Bhindarwale a Sikh just because he wore a pagdi? Would the great Sikh gurus appreciate his dark deeds? People who say such things do not understand the essence of Religion. Hence, the mullahs flourish while the average good human beings suffer.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
