Episode 7
The end
Divya’s father
reached Rajwinder’s house before Divya could reach there. He went there with a
mob of ten people and they started banging their fists on the door. Rajwinder
was quiet tensed now but he decided to give a fight as a normal Sikh would do.
Suddenly from the back side of his house he heard a familiar voice. It was
Divya. What the hell was she doing here he thought in his mind. Suddenly he
realized that the mob has broken his house door and the mob is looking wildly
at him looking for his blood. The mob is led by Divya’s father and he says to
the mob, “In logon ne humari ma ko mara hain aaj koi bhi zinda nahin bachna
chaiye jaldi khatam kar do ise”
Suddenly he
realized that Divya had also reached his house and was standing right in front
of Rajwinder. And to his shock someone from the mob had already thrown the
match stick in his house and he in front of his own eyes saw his daughter burnt
alive along with Rajwinder. It seemed a miracle that both of them would be
together; no one ever imagined that it was in this way that they will be
together. Both of them were burnt alive and now only their ashes remained
saying Divya’s father that he was successful in his mission but at a huge cost.
The fire which was meant to unite them in their marriage had now united them
together for their last journey. Love had once again lost to the dirty and
rotten Indian politics. Suddenly it started to rain. Maybe the gods there up in
the heaven could not witness such a scene.
The cremation
Divya’s father
was now a tensed man. He had intended only to kill Rajwinder but he had killed
his own daughter with his own hands. He regretted it for a moment but he still
was focused on getting the ticket from the national party. He cursed his now
dead daughter for spoiling his ambitions of getting the ticket. His secretary
understood the dilemma of his master and said to his master “isi soch main pade
ho na ki divya beti ki maut ko logon ko kaise duniya ko samjhoge”. Divya’s father
nodded
Then the
secretary told his master plan and it went like this”sir ji ab divya beti to
rahi nahin to kyun na unki maut ko aap political gain ke liye use karo humari
desh ki janta bahut hi sentimental hoti hain. yeh to movies me hero ki maut par
bhi ro padte hain yahan to aapki beti mari hain. keh dena logon se ki kisi
sardar ne aapse khundak nikalne ke liye mar diya aapki beti ko aur aapki ticket
aur election main jeet pakki hai”. So accordingly they took the body of Divya
to their house and claimed that her sikh boyfriend had killed his daughter and
started shedding crocodile tears. Divya’s brother understood the reality but
was too shocked to see the body of his beloved sister that, he was in no
condition to speak up.
Meanwhile Avi
stayed in the house of Sushant for three days and was somehow able to save his
life. It is a noted fact that most of the hindus saved the lives of many
innocent Sikhs. Then a question arises that who were the ones who killed Sikhs.
The answer is simple that common people are not involved; the people belonging
to political parties and their supporters are the ones who actually are
involved in the riots. This has been a trend whether they are the 1984 riots or
the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Avi and Sushant
tried their best to contact Rajwinder but were unable to do. Finally Sushant
decided to go to Rajwinder’s house to see out if Rajwinder was fine. He with
heavy steps went towards his house and to his shock found Rajwinder’s burnt
body lying there. Sushant unable to control his emotions breaks down in the
room. But somehow controlling his emotions decided to cremate the body in the
room itself as the body was already in a very bad condition. So he broke some
pieces of furniture from Rajwinder’s house and put his body in between those
pieces and set it on fire. In this way the cremation of Rajwinder was done by
sushant himself.
Sushant reached
home. Avi was anxiously waiting for him to return. “Rajwinder theek hain na,
mila vo tujhe bata na, yr jaldi tu kuch bolta kyun nahin” hearing these
questions of Avi, Sushant started crying loudly and told Avi what had happened
to Rajwinder and how he himself cremated the body of their best friend. Hearing
this, Avi also burst out into tears. But somehow they controlled their emotions
and decided that it was important to inform Rajwinder’s parents and decided
that both of them will go to Amritsar to inform them.
Kudrat ke sab
bande
The news had
reached Punjab about the killings of Sikhs all over the India. Various types of
rumors were spread all over Punjab. Rajwinder’s parents were also quite tensed.
There was no news about Rajwinder. He was to arrive on seventh of November. But
the train was delayed by a day. The next day both of his parents waited on the
station waiting to see their son.
The train
finally arrived but Rajwinder did not. Avi and Sushant saw Rajwinder’s parents
standing on the platform. Rajwinder’s father asked both of them about Rajwinder
but they were unable to speak anything and started crying with Sushant saying”
uncle ji mujhe maaf kar do ki main aapke bete ko nahin bacha paya” then he told
the whole story to them that how he saw the body of Rajwinder fully burnt and
how he himself cremated Rajwinder as any further delay would have further
spoilt his body.
Both of them
broke down on the station after hearing the news of their son’s death. A crowd
gathered around them to find out what had happened. The mother was in no
position to speak and Avi told the whole matter to the crowd which had gathered
there. Someone in the crowd said, ”yeh sab hindu bandon ka kiya dhara hain. yeh
samajhte hain ki bechare sardar sirf do crore hain to hum inke sath kuch bhi
kar sakte hain aaj hum inko inki aukad dikhange”. Avi then went straight
towards that man and said to him “pata hain ki shayad aaj main bhi zinda na
hota agar mujhe is hindu dost ne na bachaya hota yeh sab politicians ki chaal
hain hum logon main daraar dalne ki aur agar hum jaise log bhadak gaye to unki
yeh chaal kamyaab ho jayegi; ab aap log kirpa karke yahan se chale jaye please”
then Avi said a hymn from gurbani which went like this
“Awal allah
noor upaya”
“kudrat ke sab
bande
After 20 years
Divya’s father
became the lok sabha member; he got a ticket from the National party. Divya’s
brother left his father’s house along with his mother and they now lived
separately with no contact with him for the past 20 years. The CBI has given a
clean chit to Divya’s father who is now a free man and is looking to get a
cabinet berth. Rajwinder’s mother could not bear the loss of his son in such a
barbaric act and died soon after hearing the news. Rajwinder’s father became a
granthi in the local gurudwara in Punjab and he spends most of his time reading
Holy Scriptures.
Suddenly news
flashes on the TV screen of Divya’s brother. The reporter was telling that a
bomb had exploded outside the National party Head office in New Delhi. Six
people including the MP from West Delhi have been killed in this incident. The
government has announced 1 lakh compensation for the dead and a national
mourning in respect of the dead Member of Parliament. Suddenly her brother sees
an old Sikh standing in front of him. He was too shocked after seeing the news
that he did not realize that an old man had been standing in front of him for
the past twenty minutes. “Uncle do I know you and why are you standing please
sit.” The old man replied that he was his father’s friend and his father had
told him that whenever he died inform his family about it and ask his son to
give fire to his dead body. “uncle phir to aap yeh bhi jante hoge ki maine unse
rishta bees saal pehle hi tod diya tha; unhone apne faide ke liye meri behn ki
zindagi ko hi khatam kar diya main unki chita ko kabhi bhi aag nahin dunga” the
old man smiled as he had expected the same answer from the man. He in a very
polite tone replied that “puttar ji yeh har bete ka farz hota hai ki vo apne
baap ki chita ko aag de galtiyan insano se hi hoti hain par har us insaan chahe
vo jaisa bhi ho use vidhai apne bete se hi milni chaiye”. The old man was
successful in convincing the son and he left to make the arrangements for the
last rites of his father. He lit the pyre of his father but his eyes were
looking for the man who had convinced him but he was nowhere to be seen. He
looked for him in every corner as he must have been present if he was his
father’s friend. But the reality was different. That old Sikh man was no one
but
RAJWINDER’S
Father.
Letter to PM
NARENDRA MODI
Although this
has nothing to do with the story but still it would have not been fair to end
the story there. What happened to all those families who lost their dear ones
during riots? In a government figure it is estimated that around 3000 Sikhs
were killed in Delhi alone and all over India the figure is around ten
thousand. To find the reality I decided to visit Tilak Vihar also known as the
widow colony. It is a small colony located in the West Delhi where most of the
riots victims of 1984 have been allotted flats by the government. It is known
as the widow colony because most of the women had already lost their husbands
during those bloody riots. I thought that 30 years have passed and things
should have come on track in such a long time. But I was shocked to see the
plight of the people living there so I decided to write an open letter to the
PM
To
The Prime
Minister
7 Race Course
Road, New Delhi
Sub- The plight
of people living in Tilak Vihar and the demand for a setting a special
investigation team to investigate the 1984 riots
Respected Sir,
First of all
congratulations on becoming the new Prime Minister of India, winning a much
deserved election. The amount of travelling and the amount of public speeches
you gave were a world record and more than that you have won hearts both of the
old and the youth.
You made a lot
of promises during your public meetings and one of them were a setting up of a
special investigation team to investigate the 1984 anti-sikh riots. Sir around
thirty years have passed but still no justice has been given to the riot
victims. Sir, just imagine the plight of a woman who would have seen her
husband or son burnt in front of her; what would be her mental state. The only
possible consolation for her would have been ideal punishment for the guilty.
And they say that there are not enough evidences to trial those involved.
Actually sir the problem lies here. The investigations done by the delhi police
were biased and they just looked to save the skin of the big leaders. You set
up an SIT (Special Investigation Team) for the 2002 riots and now the onus lies
on you to do the same for the 1984 riots. You have a full majority in the lok
sabha and there would not be any problem in passing the proposed bill or act in
the parliament. The question here lies of the will whether you want to set up
an SIT for the riot cases.
The second part
here sir is even more disturbing and serious. Same is about the bad condition
of the people specially the youth living in the Tilak Vihar locality. Most of
the youth living here have become drug addicts and this is increasing at an
alarming rate. Youths are the valuable asset of this country and as you once
said in one of your public meetings and you don’t want this asset to be damaged
by drug. Would you sir? With great hope I am writing this letter and hope you
won’t disappoint h me and many others.
Yours sincerely
An innocent
Sikh
THE END
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