Sikhs have found God
Kajal Chatterjee
In context of the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, let's recollect few humanitarian stories revolving the community.
No praise will be enough for the Sikh community of New Zealand for transcending narrow barriers of religion and nationality and responding to the call of humanity by not only opening up free kitchen following the March 2019 massacre by a terrorist targeting the Muslims in a mosque; but also coming forward to move the bodies to the cemetery, washing them and readying them for burial ! What a highly courageous piece of compassion and brotherhood!
It must be remembered that along with the Bengalis of erstwhile East Bengal, the Sikhs of erstwhile West Punjab also had got uprooted from their own soil in the communally-charged partition days. (To be contd)