How BC Sikhs Found Their Voice Again and the Youth Realized Theirs

Thursday, April 16, 2015.  The center of Sikh-world turned towards Ross Street Gurdwara.  The masands and committee members of the Gurdwara showed they were morally bankrupt and willing to lock out the sangat to allow in a tyrant; Modi, himself, a man with little moral scruples showed that the corrupt system he represents will sell out farmers and the poor for the corrupt corporatists and their multinationalist friends, a key principle for all fascists; the Canadian government, long heralding its concerns for human rights, showed that these are largely hollow now and can be sold for promises of trade deals; however, a coalition of 20+ “Communities United against Narendra Modi” showed that they would not be silenced in the face of injustice.  Beneath all of these happenings, there were some stirrings that may have historic ramifications.  April 16, 2015 showed that the Sikhs of British Columbia have a path open to them for finding their political voice again and the day may mark a turning point for the Sikh youth of BC just realized the power of theirs.  They had a choice to make - #MewaOrBela - and those that stood, shouted, and were even arrested outside of Ross Street Gurdwara – indeed showed that they are the descendants of Mewa Singh.