Contents
Acknowledgements / xi
Introduction / xiii
Section - 1
Analysis and Commentary
1. Amarnamah An Important Document of Sikh History / 3
2. Early Warning Bells / 24
3. Oh ! For Want of a Leader ! / 51
4. Ominously Converging Planets / 53
5. Shedding the Sheepskin / 55
6. Baatcheet in the Tone of Aurangzeb / 60
7. Foreign Scholars to the Aid of Cultural Imperialism / 68
8. Sirdar of the Committed / 71
9. The Shield Fashioned at Anandpur Sahib / 78
10. Rahu Ketu and the Tara / 81
11. His Imperial Majesty’s Slave Driver / 87
12. Last Retreat of the Lion / 91
13. Mahakali Forges the Bottomless Bowl / 93
14. Bhai Nand Singh : A Paramhans of the Godavari / 97
15. Will of Darshan Singh Pheruman / 111
16. Testimony of the Reluctant Witness / 127
17. Another Soul Selling Sant and the Dal of Conscience Traders / 129
18. Ever Dithering, Consistently Confused, Always Misleading Man(n) / 139
19. Hatred Bursting Out in Flames / 143
20. Torture to Make Medieval Mughals Look Humane / 148
21. Tanks of Hatred at the Pool of Nectar / 153
22. Puran (Complete) Bhagat and Puran Singh / 156
23. The Suicide Alternative / 161
24. Blood of Other Nations: Flows Freely in World’s Largest Democarcy / 164
25. Ravings of a Defeated Pervert or “Spiritual Expression” of a Cowering Civilization! / 175
26. Epilogue / 191
Section - 2
Original Documents
1. A page from Shah Muhammad’s Jangnamah / 199
2. Confessional Statement of Harbhajan Singh Chawla / 200
3. Kapur Singh’s Speech at the Akal Takhat / 201
4. The Anandpur Sahib Resolution / 208
5. Letter of Master Tara Singh written from Dharamshala Jail / 213
6. Governor’s Letter to Master Tara Singh / 214
7. Governor’s Letter to Master Tara Singh’s Lawyer / 215
8. Kairon’s Letter to Channan Singh / 216
9. Letter Pertaining to Dr. Karnail Singh / 217
10. Joint Letter by the Punjab and Haryana Leaders to the Prime Minister / 219
11. Letter written by Bhai Nand Singh / 221
12. Some News about Nand Singh / 222
13. Rare Green Bush Survives / 223
14. Pheruman’s Open Letter to Sant Fateh Singh / 224
15. Daily Papers Report on Pheruman / 226
16. Will of Darshan Singh Pheruman / 227
17. Communication by Kapur Singh / 236
18. An Extract from the Punjab Mail / 237
19. Letter written by Balwant Singh to the Prime Minister / 238
20. Gurcharan Singh’s Letter to R.N. Kao / 239
21. Gurcharan Singh’s Letter to R.K. Dhawan / 240
22. Harchand Singh Longowal’s Letter to R.K. Dhawan / 241
23. Anandpur Sahib Resolution Adopted by Simranjit Singh / 242
24. Simranjit Singh’s Petition to the Chief Justice of India / 243
25. A Petition on the Governor / 244
26. Chief Secretary’s Letter to the Police Chief / 246
27. Bhagat Puran Singh Renounces Padam Shree / 247
28. Ajaib Singh’s Dying Declaration / 250