SING TO SAVE LIVES

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Sing to Save Lives!

I have lost my mind, but so have they
Butchers set out to hang me
To their injustices I have fallen prey

I signed a blank piece of paper
Now I'm a terrorist they say
They have tortured me
Threatened to expire me
And for this, my mind has had to pay

But, if desiring the freedom to BREATHE
Speaking against the ethnic cleansing
Against the oppression, the murder
For all the fallen mothers, fathers, brothers
Sisters, sons and daughters
Makes me a terrorist
Then a FALSE-terror in their eyes I will stay
TO THIS DAY!

They want to hang me,
"We murder innocents like you", they say
My existence is a blow to their inhumane ways
It is my Almighty Crown and Mane
This is what they cannot bear to see
So ONE Lion less on this earth today
Is equivalent to
A HUNDRED & TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND Lions less
For them to fear and break their ways

They want to hang me
I asked to live in peace they say
But the real butchers and killers
Still roam the streets freely
So why haven't they been made to pay?

I may have lost my mind
But my Love and Faith remain
Buried somewhere deep inside
They want to hang me
I'll never be free they say

Whatever happens is written to be
My only hope is for my Soul to become One
So, for others and not just me
Please sing and please pray
They can take my body
Because my Love is Home with me
Home with me always
Home with me to stay

#FreeBhullar #SikhSpring #KhalsaSpring

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By Iminder Singh 
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Sadda Haq

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Sadda haq is a coming up punjabi movie which is inspired from true events.Punjab was bleeding during 1978-92 and Sadda haq movie is all set to bring out the truth behind those painful days.

Synopsis from Empire Cinemas

Sadda Haq is most awaited Punjabi Movie of 2013.It is the story of a hockey player Kartar Singh Bazz who joins militancy. Why Kartar Singh joins militancy and why thousands of Sikh youngsters choose the path of violence.This Movie is their story.

Synopsis from Cineworld

This gritty thriller takes audiences into the violent days of the Punjab resistance. Director Mandeep Benipal aims to expose the truth behind one of the most turbulent periods in the Punjab region. Sadda Haq is the story of a hockey player named Kartar Singh Bazz (played by the film's producer and writer Kuljinder Singh Sidhu). His desire to become a professional sportsman is shattered by circumstance - and Kartar Singh instead becomes part of the resistance. The film is a disturbing look at how the destinies of many youngsters throughout the region became corrupted in the period from the 1980s to the mid 1990s. It's both a historical account and a gripping personal drama, with memorable performances and an uncompromising commitment to exploring a conflicted period in Punjab's recent history.

From   http://www.cineworld.co.uk/whatson/6153

Past duplicates itself unless we know a lesson from it. its time to look back and know truth realities behind militant movement in Punjab. Censor board seems to have awaken lastly. After banning Punjabi movie ‘Sadda Haq’ in 2012, it has not just raised the restriction from the movie but now has rewarded the film a U (Universal viewers) certification. Journey of struggle to triumph To commemorate this pleasure, its team and cast offered an animate statement in Chandigarh recently, where Kuljinder Singh Sidhu that’s the star, writer and manufacturer of this film discussed his quest of battle, and lastly the joy of triumph.

Read more at: Sadda Haq 2013 Punjabi Movie http://movies44.com/sadda-haq-2013-punjabi-movie

Past duplicates itself unless we know a lesson from it. its time to look back and know truth realities behind militant movement in Punjab. Censor board seems to have awaken lastly. After banning Punjabi movie ‘Sadda Haq’ in 2012, it has not just raised the restriction from the movie but now has rewarded the film a U (Universal viewers) certification. Journey of struggle to triumph To commemorate this pleasure, its team and cast offered an animate statement in Chandigarh recently, where Kuljinder Singh Sidhu that’s the star, writer and manufacturer of this film discussed his quest of battle, and lastly the joy of triumph.

Read more at: Sadda Haq 2013 Punjabi Movie http://movies44.com/sadda-haq-2013-punjabi-movie/

Sadda haq is being shown at Cineworld Bradford

10:10 13:40 17:10 & 20:40    (times for the first week of viewing)
 

Also available to watch at:

Cineworld (Wolverhampton)

Starcity (Birmingham)

Piccadilly (Leicester)

Cineworld (Feltham)

Empire (Slough)

Cineworld (Ilford)

Cineworld (Bradford)

Cineworld (Glasgow).

Contact your local Cinema to find our viewing times or look here 
http://www.cineworld.co.uk/cinemas?film=6153&cinema=all&path=/whatson/6153?cinema=id 
and
http://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/?page=synopsis&filmid=3469

Official website: http://www.saddahaqmovie.com/

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/saadahaqmovie

Twitter: @saddahaqmovie

My fate was set before I was born.....

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On the 24th of November 1675 my fate was set. Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji laid down his life for the Hindu faith and was beheaded due to his belief that each individual should be able to practise a religion of their choice and not be forced to convert or give up their views.

ਤਿਲਕ ਜੰਵੂ ਰਾਖਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤਾ ਕਾ ॥ ਕੀਨੋ ਬਡੋ ਕਲੂ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਕਾ ॥

ਸਾਧਨ ਹੇਤਿ ਇਤੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰੀ ॥ ਸੀਸ ਦੀਆ ਪਰ ਸੀ ਨ ਉਚਰੀ ॥੧੩॥

He protected the janeu and tilak of the Hindus, It was a great event in the modern ages. For the sake of humankind, he sacrificed himself. He laid down his head but not his creed

----- Bachittar Natak

250 years later in 1925 in Rawalpindi when Jeevan Das, a Hindu businessman, was told his first child was a son he declared 'to repay the debt to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, my son will grow up as a Sikh and I name him Ram Singh.' Throughout Ram Singhs life he had 6 brothers and 6 sisters who were all brought up as Hindus but Ram Singh was not. He wore a dastar, was taken to the Gurdwara and was taught about the courage and the respect of Sikhs and what they stand for.

During the India Pakistan partition in 1946 Ram Singh was given the responsibility of taking his family across the border into India and was to look after them until his father returned. Unfortunately his father didn't return and Ram Singh was left to man the house.

Ram Singh came to England with his family and grew up as a Sikh in 1960s England. Unlike his friends, he didn’t remove his dastar and cut his hair to try and fit in and get employed. He was taught his dastar was his crown and should be worn with pride and with his head held high. Ram Singh struggled to be accepted as Sikhs wearing turbans weren’t a ‘normal’ sight for English folk in the 1960s. He had two sons and three daughters. He brought his children up to be proud of their identity and taught the boys to wear their dastar with pride. In turn his children had children and the teachings and lessons of being proud to be a Sikh were passed on to Ram Singhs grandchildren. I am one of those grandchildren.

I have been asked on many occasions what made you become a Sikh? Why did you decide to wear a dastar? The only answer I have: because of the sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji I am a Sikh today and for that I am so grateful. If it wasn’t for Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji giving his life for the Hindu faith so they had the freedom to live as Hindus, my great-grandfather would not have brought my grandfather up as a Sikh and in turn my Father would not have been a Sikh.

Each and every day, I look in the mirror as I tie my Dastar and I thank Guru Tegh Bahadur for his sacrifice, as being a Sikh has helped me so much in my life. Not only have I learnt compassion, humility, determination and working hard, but I have a family that will be with me in good times and bad, a family that will support me and help me - the sangat of Gursikhs.

Thank you maharaj!