My father and mother who were Dalit weavers by birth with their life-long hard labour sacrificed a lot to improve our lives and free us from slavery. With the blessings of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and the good wishes of our parents, we all received higher education and secured good govt. jobs and had comfortable lives.
On Nov. 27, 1991, my mother, Bhagwan Kour of village Dhurkot Ransih (Moga). passed away. On Nov. 17, 2001, my father, S. Kartar Singh, too left us. They were a great couple.
On Nov. 24, 2001, at his memorial ceremony at Muktsar, I addressed a huge gathering and promised to build two rooms in an education centre, where we all had our primary education, in memory of our parents. In 2002, I got premature retirement from my govt. job. I wanted to then fulfil my promise. But I could not. Ultimately, I decided to donate that money for the Revolutionay education drive launched by Dalit Voice.
So, I am giving Rs. 25,000 out of my pension benefits to V.T. Rajshekar, national president of Bharti Dalit Chintan Sahit Sangh (BDCSS) and the Editor of Dalit Voice, English, Punjabi and Hindi.
Remembering my parents in this way, I feel heavenly bliss.
The amount with a citation was presented by me to our revolutionary Editor on June 11, 2004, at the Village Ballan Dera of Guru Ravidass Saints on the historic death anniversary of Sant Sarwandass in the presence of over 1.5 lakh devotees.
