Forgotton massacre: 1984 remembered

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Singh is Prime Minster of India. Singhs are in high posts in Indian Military but what have they really achieved? I believe nothing!!!
I wonder how much attention Indian media is paying on this matter please Indians share with me. Thank you.

Hiding from the massacre: 1984 remembered

By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
November 1, 2009 – Updated 0926 GMT (1726 HKT)

Sikh properties were on fire in the commercial and industrial belt that ringed our locality in New Delhi. On November 2, our neighborhood, largely Hindu, decided to begin building defenses. A makeshift barricade of bamboo was put up right at the entry to our lane and residents were on night patrol like watchmen for at least the next month. I still remember a night when I heard young boys issuing what would be a false alert about mobs being close – perhaps to keep everybody awake. It worked.

In the first week of November of 1984, we secretly shifted what we regarded as our most expensive belongings to the home of one of our Hindu neighbors. A double-deck tape recorder, which my father had bought from London, was one thing that I carried to the neighboring house.

Attacks went on until November 3. Our locality was spared, but in the aftermath my parents would ponder the future. A challenge was how to take me to Punjab, where most of my maternal family lived.

Hiding from the massacre: 1984 remembered - CNN.com

Throughout this post, the author recalls the Sikh massacre and how his Hindu neighbours barricaded and protected them.

Happy heart thank you for posting this one.