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| Amanpreet Singh I think the Akalis were against gurbaksh singh preetlari more for his communist leanings than against his advocating tied beards and sikh women wearing saris. The first has got nothing to do with whether you are a true sikh or not. About sikh women wearing saris, this is just another aspect of sikhs becoming more hinduised. gurbaksh singh preetlari was a communist who used his writings to bring more and more of the sikh youth towards communism and atheism. He set up his 'preetlari' magazine in the 1930's. His chelas went on to become university professors and set up so-called 'progressive' writers organisations. These were fronts for communist propaganda. Most of these writers were given 'nehru sovietland awards' by the soviet union for translating russian books on marx, lenin and stalin into punjabi. Most of these books had print runs into tens of thousands but couldn't be given away let alone sold to the punjabis. In the 1950's these communists drunk on the money being sent through the soviets issued statem ents that 'when' they won they would convert the gurdwara sarowars into rice fields for the 'peasants' !. In fact these 'progressive' writers were up in arms a few years ago when a book on sikhism was given a punjab government award. Apparently in their view only books on marxism and 'class struggle' are entitled to be honoured. I happened to read the preetlari magazine whilst I was in india. Reading the articles is enough to convince anyone that it is thorougly anti-sikh and the only 'sikhs' who may read it are communists and atheist. For a magazine which claims to be a 'literary' magazine it devotes many articles to attacking sikhism. In the magazine I read it criticised sikhs for insisting on not wearing helmets when riding motorcycles, it stated it's criticism was based on 'safety issues'. Yet I have never read any article in this magazine criticising smoking or alcohol or drugs. Another article criticised the SGPC for insisting on Amritdharis be the only sikhs allowed on gurdwara committees. |
