THE OTHER SIDE TO THE GREAT WAR As we look back to remember those who gave up their lives in WW1, its worth remembering that it also tore apart Punjabi families in a bad way. It is remembered as a glorious project but its also worth recording that many Punjabis wrote back urging others NOT to join the war. Their letters were censored. Punjab provided nearly half of all combat forces that went from India to fight in WW1 (incl 136,000 Muslims, 88,925 Sikhs and 23,000 Hindus). It is a fact that British coloniser threw these untrained peasant boys knowingly straight into the jaws of death by exposing them directly to the vastly superior Germans and their lethal weaponry. No wonder mothers plead repeatedly in folk songs for mercy: SaRkaaN Tay JandyaaN Ni, Bas Kar German BhaiRya, Ghar Ghar RandyaaN Ni ”
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 13:21:19 +0000
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