i watched this on pbs a couple months ago, great documentary about genocides

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/worse-than-war/the-film/watch-worse-than-war/24/

politics and the government can easily be blamed for all the atrocities that have occurred since the partition, what sucks is that most people who grew up during that time choose to forget it, i've never heard my parents discuss 84. it's like the older generation just wants to forget about it and move on. typical behavior i've seen over an over again, punjabis tend to just disregard certain things unless they were directly affected; it might have to do with the fact that the overall punjabi community if fragmented into castes, religions, and communities. i think it's changing because of the youth, especially pardesi youth because it seems like our generation wants to know what really happened and why.

what's really pathetic is that the sikh spirit is to come back stronger once a blow has been dealt, but looking at the state of modern punjab, i don't see that. instead of being strong seems like the sikhs of punjab have become fat, lazy, corrupt, and dependent on alcohol and drugs. you can't really fight back or try to show your strength when you've made yourself into a joke.

i watched this on pbs a couple months ago, great documentary about genocides

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/worse-than-war/the-film/watch-worse-than-war/24/

politics and the government can easily be blamed for all the atrocities that have occurred since the partition, what sucks is that most people who grew up during that time choose to forget it, i've never heard my parents discuss 84. it's like the older generation just wants to forget about it and move on. typical behavior i've seen over an over again, punjabis tend to just disregard certain things unless they were directly affected; it might have to do with the fact that the overall punjabi community if fragmented into castes, religions, and communities. i think it's changing because of the youth, especially pardesi youth because it seems like our generation wants to know what really happened and why.

what's really pathetic is that the sikh spirit is to come back stronger once a blow has been dealt, but looking at the state of modern punjab, i don't see that. instead of being strong seems like the sikhs of punjab have become fat, lazy, corrupt, and dependent on alcohol and drugs. you can't really fight back or try to show your strength when you've made yourself into a joke.