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“Wounds of ’84 riots still fresh for them”
March 8, 2004 | Comments Off on “Wounds of ’84 riots still fresh for them”
This November 01, 2003 article in the Times of India describes the state of some of the victims of the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms in Delhi and elsewhere. About 300 of these 1984 victims live in Mohali in housing that was provided to them by the Punjab government. Some quotes from Preetam Singh and his wife Kashmir Kaur:
But when the entire nation mourns the death of the former prime minister, I remember my friends who were burnt alive on the roads with burning tyres around their necks just because they were Sikhs. …..
….. We feel cheated,” said Kashmir Kaur, one of the five women who had threatened self-immolation for the rights of the riot victims. “People tell us to forget our tragedy and start life anew, but we have seen so much carnage, suffered the loss of friends and family members at the hands of our own countrymen that it is impossible to forget it,” added Kashmir Kaur.
“Wounds of ’84 riots still fresh for them” …
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