Dalit Sikhs thank DV for warning on “slow death of Sikhism”
Sikhism is a separate religion with a separate identity, totally different from Hinduism. The vaidik counter-revolutionaries also know this fact but since decades spreading the canard that Sikhs are a bearded section of their own Hindu society. A Backward Caste Sikh recently said they were Hindu. But a Dalit Sikh with him disagreed. He said they were once Budhists and original inhabitants of India.
As they did not surrender to the Vaidik Dharma, they were thrown out of the society and declared Untouchables. They, became Untouchables only because they did not accept Hinduism. Once out of their society, out of education and denied knowledge, they became beggars and in the course of centuries they totally forgot their identity. But those conscious Dalits who remained alert for long, embraced Islam in the 8th century and regained their lost freedom and identity.
Dasam Granth: Those who remained enslaved and chained by the upper castes found an outlet and sought salvation in Sikhisma creation of great Dalit Saints. The Hindus never recognised the Jat Sikhs as a savarna caste. They relegated the Jats to sudras. A major section of these Jat Sikhs even to this day claim upper caste status. During the past few years with the help of the ruling upper caste Sikhs, the Hindu nazis have been claiming that the Dasam Granth was also a creation of Guru Gobind Singh. But this Dasam Granth is totally opposed to Sikhism and closer to Brahminical thoughts.
The Hindu nazi RSS through its Rashtriya Sikh Sangat has been injecting Hindu poison and Hindu religious customs into Sikhism. On one side some Sikhs sing the kirtan of revolutionary thoughts of the Guru Granth but on the same stage the Hindus started their jagratas and Durga Puja. Sikhs started putting tilaks on their foreheads and preaching Hinduism from gurudwaras. Sikhs could be seen in havans organised by Hindus. We can find photos of Guru Nanak, Guru Teg Bahadur and Guru Arjan along with the photos of Shiv, Durga, Hanuman and Laxmi, all Hindu dieties. The entire Sikh religion is threatened.
V.T. Rajshekar, Editor of Dalit Voice, and Sister K.Κ. Sidhu came to Chandigarh to tell this truth to the Sikhs. But their frank words were not very much liked by the upper caste Sikhs. No one can ignore the great role played by the Dalit Voice in reminding the Sikhs of their unpardonable blunde. The Editor and his writers were criticised and threatened by Manuwadi Sikhs. Many types of abuses were hurled at our Editor who is a great admirer of revolutionary Sikhism. The DV Debate on “Slow death of Sikhism was a timely warning
Those Sikhs who have gained power, wealth, name and fame are never worried over the ‘Slow death of Sikhism because they have been corrupted and co-opted by Brahminism, now parading as Sikhism. But honest intellectuals among upper caste Sikhs are worried.
Dalit saints: It has been finally established and accepted that Sikh religion is not a product of Hinduism. It is a revolution against all types of tyranny and oppression. It has its own Identity and own ideology.
Sikhism is a product of great Dalit saints, as the Gurus themselves have admitted in the Guru Granth, mentioning the names of Sant Namdev, Sant Kabir, Sant Ravidas and Sant Sain again and again. We the Dalit and Backward Caste Sikhs will be fully justified if we declare ourselves separate from the Hindus and their Hindu religion.
Honest Ambedkarite Sikhs will not forget the great historic role played by Dalit Voice on warning Sikhs about the slow and sure death of Sikhism.
Now that DV has succeeded in its mission, its next task should be to start a debate on the separate identity of the Sikh religion. This can be easily achieved by securing the ideas of Dalit scholars, saints and gurus who created Sikhism with a separate identity. The Dalit saints have defined their separate ideology of Sikhism on every page of the Guru Granth.
