Finite: we will kill their leaders
Infinite: we will fight forever
Finite: we will end their movement
Infinite: our people ARE the movement
Finite: we will control their voices
Infinite: we will spread like wildfire
Finite: we will end them
Infinite: the end is where we begin
I think Bhai Amritpal Singh has already been murdered by India.
The State has mobilized their IT cells to mock him online as having fled from police — the bots and trolls are out in full force.
This is strategic. It reinforces the idea that he's "in hiding".
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Wow. There’s no such thing as “Indian” music. There are dozens of languages with wildly diverse cultures in the subcontinent.
This genre is a distinctly Canadian phenomenon… which is why it is imported by India.
This is Punjabi Canadian music. Now go cry about it.
Is this Canadian music or Indian music?
There are some who want you to believe that this is Canadian music as it was performed at the Junos last night.
Karan Aujla, who won a Juno, was born in India and is a citizen of India. He holds PR status in Canada.
What do you think?
I was once anti-Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale. Now I’m not. I was once anti-Khalistan. Now I’m not. I once believed everyone being a model minority would end racism. Now I don’t. People should be allowed to learn, transform, progress.
Sellout Singh has become Stuntman Singh.
Today, he refuses to commit to voting non-confidence to trigger a carbon tax election. So yesterday’s video was all a stunt!
We need a carbon tax election now to elect a Common Sense government that will axe the tax, build the homes, fix
India’s war on Punjab continues.
Internet services have been disconnected, military has been deployed and state police is peddling conflicting narratives.
A culture accelerating towards fascism in two tweets. Apparently we aren’t allowed to say
@diljitdosanjh
is Punjabi.
@ParveenTalwar5
sahib, your India is dead.
@LegalTalwar
you’re the reason why.
Punjab Police are bastards.
Imagine what it takes to continue to replicate colonial violence, infuse it with India’s brahmanical power dynamics, and inflict it on your people.
In India, you’re guilty until proven innocent. So, the infliction of physical punishment begins first
There are always consequences to actions. The choice is yours whether you want them to be good or bad.
And if you go on the wrong path, Punjab Police will be always there to catch you.
#SmallRoleHugeImpact
Punjab is transnational. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are. Either you exercise the privilege and freedom to speak up or you don’t.
#WarOnPunjab
#WeStandWithAmritpalSingh
Glad to see Amritpal Singh is alive and well. Amidst all the speculation that he had been disappeared, arrested and hidden, or gone to ground… and with all the fake news being shoveled by Indian media, amazing to see he truly did evade 70,000+ police officers and their
BREAKING | A video from Amritpal Singh has just been released where he directly addresses the Sikh community for the first time since March 18.
He appeals to the Jathedar to call a Sarbat Khalsa on Vaisakhi.
@OMB360
@SKbydesign
No authenticity test. The act of weaponizing “exceptional ones” from oppressed communities to
@act
against the interests of their own people is as old as colonialism itself. Rishi Sunak is a weapon of the oppressor.
Rihanna was reportedly paid $2.5 million (Nearly ₹18 crore!) by PR firm with Khalistani links to tweet in support of Farmers. Now we're talking!!
#FarmLaws
#ModiWithFarmers
This isn't justice, of course, but at least the truth is coming to light. Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed by agents of the Government of India. His death resulted in a greater awakening and galvanization of Sikhs in diaspora, and the first reversal of violent narratives spun
BREAKING: The governments of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have announced their secession from India. The newly formed Federation of Punjabi States will be opening talks with districts in the north of Rajasthan.
Would love to hear from anyone with more details on this
Ridiculous.
@ZeeNews
is the media property calling my people terrorists for
#FarmersProtest
in India. Now they want to leverage Canadian Bhangra talent w/
@ZEE5Global
app through this bullshit contest
We need to crowdfund or something and get them some security cameras. There’s no way there’s any Sikhs doing this shit.
…and these tags are definitely not our vernacular 👀
Khalistanis again attacked a BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Ontario, Canada.
"Hindustan Murdabad" and "Declare Modi a Terr0rist" were found written on the walls. How long do Hindus have to tolerate these attacks?
Hope the
#FarmersProtest
community stays vigilant. After the malice, violence and disinformation from
@BJP4India
and radical hindu nationalists over the past year, I doubt the
@BJP4India
suddenly found a heart. Celebrate this win, but there is likely another game afoot.
"Hindu,Muslim,Sikh,Christian, we can coexist. Nobody is fighting here. The Government is playing the divide and rule tricks of the British. We don't hate anyone. This is a fight for humanity. Our conscience must awaken. The conscience of
@BhagwantMann
is dead. Amritpal Zindabad!"
What a great day at the Surrey Vaisakhi Parade!
The City of Surrey is a proud supporter of the Parade and it was an honour to attend after the event’s three-year hiatus. It was wonderful to see people reunite and reconnect from Surrey and beyond. Happy Vaisakhi!
Atrocities aren't ending for Hindus & Sikhs in Pakistan. A Sikh family in Sri Nankana Sahib, Pak attacked on Jan 21 by hooligans Ramzan Gogi, Asif Nanna, Iqbal, Salman &, Anwar, khor Shahi, Bibi Saidi and Zubada Zaidi who beat up the innocent family members
@MEAIndia
@ANI
Hey
@CBCTerry
you understand that criticizing the Indian government is all it takes to qualify as a Khalistani, right?
Regardless, welcome to the club. Your membership package is in the mail. Brunch is every last Sunday.
#WarOnPunjab
#PunjabUnderSeige
#AskIndiaWhy
Honoured & grateful to be invited to Delhi by
@BJP4indla
&
@narendramodi
's
@PMOIndia
office as a delegate to discuss water rights & sovereignty of Punjab. Truly an honour. Can't wait! Owe thanks to
@PoeticJFdn
team for making this happen 🙌🏽 Will be livestreamed on
@republic
They used the popularity of his leadership as an excuse to "remind" millions of people in Punjab, that their jail, torture or death is ever imminent. "Safety and security" is the Indian state's excuse for detention without charge and extrajudicial killings.
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And Punjab doesn't need to be "taught" any more lessons by the Indian state. Our people have been learning the same lesson for decades — there is no room for Sikh dignity unless it's at the heel of Brahmin power structures.
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Sikh Canadians urge 🇨🇦 govt to look into Indian interference in 🇨🇦 politics.
"People, I think, in our government feel compelled to bend to a certain degree, to not piss India off." Moninder Singh of BCGC
@AkaliBabbar
@BCSikhs
@modhaliwal
@neeti420
This will go on until they create some new crisis to distract us. A few years from now, we'll be wondering and waiting for answers as to what happened to Amritpal. Meanwhile, their plan will have played out...
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Makki di roti IS colonial violence.
Corn isn’t native to Punjab. Demand for makki was manufactured by the British to create a market.
Think about it. Is there any other Punjabi staple food as heavily romanticized as makki di roti? They’ve got us marketing it to ourselves 😔
I'm glad we stopped discussing whether his perspective was productive or effective — truly he had some views that even I found problematic. But, that's not the point. The point is that no one deserves to be disappeared for defending the humanity and dignity of their people.
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People can be beheaded, but movements regenerate — this is our history. He himself said that you can end Amritpal, but you can't end the ideas. And it's these thoughts that have me already mourning Amritpal Singh.
5/
Wow.
@palminder1990
veer, you are trying way too hard. For anyone that saw the “freedom” convoy for what it was, it was totally apparent that the handful of Sikhs involved were being invited to dine at the table of white supremacy, only because you served them as useful idiots.
And they also beheaded a nascent movement that was emboldening young people to connect with Sikhi, and through that to connect with themselves and each other — imagining the strength of a united Sikh nation is terrifying to Indian fascists.
4/
We need to continue putting pressure on our governments to do something — everyone keeps giving India a pass for trade deals and the massive potential consumer market. Economics can not trump human rights.
Due to the ongoing human rights violations in India, we have recently sent the following letter in solidarity with dozens of organizations, to the governments of Canada and the USA:
#PunjabUnderSiege
#AskIndiaWhy
Pattern of messages flooding my inbox from radicalized Indian nationalists:
1. How dare you question human rights in India
2. You are cowardly, speaking from safety in Canada
3. We would kill you if you dared to say these things in India
🤔
#AskIndiaWhy
#FarmersProtest
A very happy Vaisakhi to all the gursiblings 🙏🏽.
Remembering the example of the Khalsa and what it means to commit oneself to the battle for justice and equality in the world — and all who have and will give their heads for the path.
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh.
Sikh Heritage Month greeting was the 8 second bootup sequence to then spend the remainder of the minute talking about significant Hindu events.
Recent tensions are about Hindutva, not Sikh vs Hindu, but man… they really are doing their best to make it that.
Yesterday I a made a statement in parliament on Sikh Heritage month, Vaisakhi, Kannada and Telugu new year Ugadi and Tamil new year Puthandu.
We live in this wonderful country Canada where we all can share and celebrate of faiths and festivals.
@AshleyGWinter
Throbbing with joy! I’m standing taller today, fully erect you might say, knowing that I have a firm hold on my practice, my fingers fully wrapped around my life’s work. This recognition isn’t my climax, this award will only thrust me into a greater sense of service.
@fatehsyngh
Softly critique the government, get jailed.
Accumulate too much wealth without connections, get robbed by neighbours, cops, or both.
Etc. the tradeoffs are pretty bad.
An organization whose work will live on for generations to tell the story of the killing fields of Punjab through the 80s and 90s:
@ensaaf
is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, and will hopefully be set up for the next 20 years through support from the community.
On a lighter note… brought cousins and niece to
@bostonpizza
. After initial pleasantries in English, server popped off in Punjabi and we reciprocated. So many establishments have Punjabi staff and Punjabi clientele yet conduct themselves in English. I appreciate this guy.
Hey
@ZeeTV
are you paying attention?
@khalsaaid_india
was the org you were blasting as being a terrorist front hell bent on the destruction of Hindus 💁🏽♂️
The most hilarious thing I witnessed yesterday was a team of
@khalsaaid_india
rescuing shiv sena workers from a gaushala in Patiala
😆😆😆
'Khalistanis' from a nearby village dropped in trolley full of 'toodi' for the cows
There's a big 🛕 committee just a few 100 meters away !
Today until November 7, flags at Brampton City Hall are at half-mast in recognition of Sikh Genocide Awareness Week to honour the lives lost and survivors of the Sikh Genocide of 1984.
#TheyLiveHere
#NeverForget1984
A movement that began calling for the release of illegally detained prisoners — some being held decades beyond their sentences — is resulting in the jailing and brutalization of even more of Punjab.
Headline of “Sikh-Hindu” tensions is irresponsible at best, violent at worst.
This is
#Sikh
,
#Hindu
,
#Muslim
diaspora of India against radical Hindu nationalists. It’s demand for democracy and human rights against fascism. Get it right.
Everyone needs to watch this speech in the Indian parliament. Brutality over morality. Jail or violence from the state are the recourse for everyone who disagrees with the government
#AskIndiaWhy
#FarmersProtest
This video... these are the voices India needs.
My parents arrived in Canada through something called the points system. They both had to go through a series of interviews where their language skills, manners, education, criminal background and professional skills were assessed. “Students” don’t go through any of this.
Amritsar is being converted into the new capital. Officials confirm the city will still be commonly referred to as Amritsar, but legal name is now the Khalistan Capital District.
It’s no surprise that he is the only journalist on Indian TV that doesn’t call me a terrorist or breathlessly repeat wild conspiracy theories about
@PoeticJFdn
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Ravish Kumar says :- INDIAN MEDIA IS GONE!! IT"S NO MORE!!
We cannot be casual about Indian Media. This Media has became very dangerous.
It is shielding the Govt and PM. It has become Anti-Opposition. It has become Anti-Muslim and Anti-Minority. It has become a
@PinkLadoo
I experienced this as a child. When we were on our own, my mom was fine with the labour (much of it hidden) and held it ALL together. It was the labour of the chaotic relationship that took a massive toll.
“Woke agenda” of bygone eras allowed our people the vote and many accommodations for beards and turbans in all aspects of Canadian life — including your presence in the House of Commons.
The hate that we are experiencing from radical Indian nationalists keeps referencing 1984 — we’re being reminded that we should know our place or else history will repeat itself. The largest “democracy” in the world has genocidal tendencies.
#FarmersProtest
#AskIndiaWhy
Those concerned about mass violence today say India’s repeated communication blackouts around the massive protest site, attacks on dissenting voices and arrests of activists and journalists in recent weeks are terrifyingly similar.
While celebrating the “justice” received by
@DishaRaviSpeaks
, it’s important to note that justice follows caste, and life for dalits in India’s apartheid continues to be hell.
#AskIndiaWhy
they won’t
#FreeNodeepKaur
, whose only crime was advocating
#FarmersProtest
@Monica_Gill1
Punjab needs a model where they can go back to indigenous crops. Without that, combination of water use, fertilizer and pesticides for vulnerable crops will always be an issue. Need to undo the engineering of the green revolution.
@Light0fMind
I’m a huge fan of this thinking. Good friend of mine said that Sikh institutions don’t have a hardware problem, we have a software problem.
Bias and disinformation set the stage for
#Toolkit
@Chaiti
interview with
@FriedrichPieter
. If you criticize fascism, you are automatically a Khalistani. This passes for journalism in India.
Here’s unadultered version of same interview:
Twitter personalities of India who were calling for my murder & advocating death to
#FarmersProtest
Sikhs in general are NOW calling for humanity — for people to not let ideological differences disconnect them from the oneness in our souls.
Wow. 1/7
#CovidSOS
#AskIndiaWhy
Day 7:
#AmritpalSingh
has now been spotted in the badlands amongst Maquis raiders. Both Federation and Cardassian forces are on high alert that he may attempt to enter the wormhole, escape to the Gamma quadrant and join the Dominion fleet
(Only Star Trek fans will get this one)
Day 6: Key Highlights on Operation
#AmritpalSingh
He was spotted in
#Haryana
's Kurukshetra, Woman who harboured him arrested, full trail of
#Amritpal
's escape recovered.
The world is speaking up. It’s time our elected officials do the same. Follow this link to let the Prime Minister, Deputy PM and others know how you feel about India’s attack on democracy.
#AskIndiaWhy
#FarmersProtest
To be clear, the “toolkit” for which Disha Ravi was arrested contains tweets, handles and hashtags.
#AskIndiaWhy
a document like this gets you arrested in India, the “world’s largest democracy”. The nefarious toolkit:
Delhi Police Cyber Cell arrested 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru on 13th February for her alleged role in spreading 'toolkit' related to farmers protest
This is where the 3rd Punjab shines. The Punjab that is neither east nor west but exists on every continent of the Earth, wrapping the globe like a beautiful tapestry. This moment is when the 3rd Punjab is at its best.
@melaniejoly
Hi
@melaniejoly
, is there any consideration for the Sikh Canadians who have been speaking up about human rights violations in Punjab, India? Tens of thousands have been tacitly exiled, as a result. What can we do to slow the subcontinent’s descent into fascism? How will you stand
Baaz’s Newsmakers of the Year
"2021 was a monumental year for Punjabis and Sikhs around the world. From the Farmers’ Protest to international students fighting exploitation, it was a year of incredible newsmakers from our communities."
🔗
#Newsmakers2021
@IamGaganSharma
It’s not hate. It’s critique. Every act needs to be taken in context, and in a moment when radical Hindu nationalism is beating the shit out of our people… yes… you can call that move tonedeaf. It’s not the act, it’s the context. In the current moment, it’s being interpreted as
I can’t even jump up and vocally support the people I want to support for fear of bhakts mobbing and trolling them.
If you’re so strong, then why so much hate and fragility?
You see
@narendramodi
,
#FarmersProtest
brought oppression & corporate greed of your 3 farm laws to the world. The people spoke. You had to listen.
#godimedia
will now hyperventilate over your genius. Hopefully this emboldens all oppressed and subjugated in India to stand up.
This fog of war creates optimal terrain for the government to disappear and brutalize those speaking up for their rights — their families aren’t safe either.
This isn’t about “for and against” or which political leaders you do or don’t agree with. This is about the government purposefully trampling on the dignity and humanity of Punjab. We can’t stand for this.