Ek Anokha Guru Pdf Download
Lauren Redder
This is an account narrated to me by Bhai Amarjeet Singh who has served in the movement from 1984 onwards Bhai Sahib's health is very poor due to the numerous torture's he suffered at the hands of Punjab police.
It was 1985 Bhai Amarjeet Singh lived in a village near dera baba nanak, (the name escapes me now). Bhai Anokh Singh and two other Singhs Shaheed Bhai Satnam Singh and Shaheed Bhai Rashpal Singh arrived at Bhai Amarjeet Singh's house. They asked to stay the night as it was getting dangerous for them to travel. Bhai Amarjeet Singh of course obliged, the Singhs were just getting ready to rest when, someone else came into the house and told Bhai Amarjeet Singh that the police was coming up the road towards the village.
Bhai Anokh Singh decided they should move on and not endanger the people of the village anymore. As they got to the edge of the village Bhai Anokh Singh suggested that the Singhs split up and and make best the escape, they agreed to meet at another safe house the following evening.
With this the Singhs said fateh and departed, within 20 mins the police came knocking on Bhai Amarjeet Singhs' door they always came to his house first. They checked Bhai Sahib's house fully and could not find anything. They had the village surrounded, Bhai Amarjeet Singh had got onto the roof of the house, he saw that police had a encircled the village and where now searching the fields around the village. The search had been continuing for about 2 hours when Bhai Amarjeet Singh went up onto the roof again, he could see that the police was now very close to the houses they were about 400ft away. Then Bhai Amarjeet noticed that in the field nearby that Bhai Anokh Singh was sitting cross legged in field of wheat. He was sure Bhai Anokh Singh could see that the police was no more than 150ft away. But Bhai Anokh Singh was not flinching he was still, immersed in simran. The police were getting closer and closer to Bhai Anokh Singh. Eventually they were less then 5 ft away from him, Bhai Amarjeet Singh could not believe it, he could see Bhai Anokh Singh from over 60ft in the dark, yet the police could not see him from 5ft. During all of this Bhai sahib was still sat cross legged in the field. The police had completed the search and returned to Bhai Sahib's house, they then arrested Bhai Amarjeet Singh and took him away.
Bhai Anokh Singh returned to Bhai Amarjeet Singh's house some weeks later, he would not discuss that night just saying that everything that happens is in Satguru's will, he cannot even begin to comprehend his wondrous ways - and that is the way I think we should leave it.
Every Monday night, the painfully hip Blue Note club in Hoxton, east London, plays host to Anokha. Sweety, promoter of the Asian influence night, presides over a queue of more than 500 people - and that's just the guest list. She is the style guru of second-generation Asians: wearing a traditional sari as a wrap skirt with funky trainers and a black decolletage T-shirt. In the crowd are black, white, Asian, Oriental and Icelandic devotees of Anokha and its star DJ, Talvin Singh. The Icelandic contingent was made up of Bjork (in a sari) and her entourage. Simon Le Bon, in Gucci, queued up to pay homage to Sweety.
The emphasis is on multi- cultural rather than Asian. "Anokha style borrows from many cultures," says Sweety. "It is international rather than just a combination of Asian and British. I don't believe in this fusion thing. I dress the way I do because I like it - not to make a cultural or political statement".
This year is said to be the year of the self-styled second-generation" Asian youth. Since the early Nineties, Asian music, fashion and club culture has thrived in what began as an insular, underground scene. The Asian Underground always attracted a cross-section of multi-racial British youth. But, like vultures, the mainstream style-press, music industry and club promoters have finally caught on to the Eastern appeal. The second generation encouraged the cultural exchange but didn't expect it to be at their expense. Instead of promoting existing Asian artists who started the vibe, many Asians feel that the mainstream is intent on repackaging their culture.
Asian music has moved from club beat Bhangra to what has been dubbed "Soundz of the Asian Underground". A new CD of the same name is masterminded by Ahokha DJ Talvin Singh (who coined the phrase Asian Underground). Singh is wary of recent media attention. "Don't categorise us and don't categorise my music," he says. "I don't actually have such a big Asian following. People come to hear good music - not Asian music. I think people who talk about the `second generation' have a different agenda. And to confuse politics with music is dangerous."
Designer Bashir Ahmed takes traditional Asian silhouettes and makes "techno haute couture" street fashion interpretations for the Anokha crowd. "You have to ask yourself why there are no high-profile Asian designers," says Ahmed, a St Martin's graduate. "Why no Asian pop icons, why no Asian Kula Shaker? We don't begrudge Kula Shaker's success, but why do they get all the credit for sampling Asian music when Talvin Singh has been doing it - and doing it better - for the past five years?"
Ahmed credits a new attitude among Asian youth. "It is a confidence thing. The second generation aren't confused by their culture. We take the strongest and most beautiful from our heritage while still going forward."
The look at Anokha is London street fashion incorporating the sari, shalwar- kameez (think Jemima Khan), Atchkan (men's neru collared tunic) and choli (blouse worn under the sari). The sari, in particular, is worn with the same ease as the Nineties club uniform: puffa jackets, trainers, combat pants and Adidas striped tops. Sweety says, "This is definitely a fashion thing rather than a political statement. These clothes happen to be functional for the way I live my life. Saris give me maximum glamour with minimum effort and I have to wear trainers because I'm standing with the guest list for three hours every Monday night."
"There is a fine line between tacky and cool", says Imran Khan, editor of the monthly style bible 2nd Generation, now publishing its third issue. "Wearing a sari with trainers, you have to be careful not to tip over into hippydom. There's a big difference between the people who go to Anokha and crusty hippies who go to India and come back with a sari. As with all fashion, the glamour of the Asian influence is in the detail."
There is an underlying exasperation among Asian Youth that the style press have finally caught up. On the night I visited Anokha, a fashion team from The Face was looking incredibly sour because Sweety wouldn't allow all 10 of them to shoot an Asian fashion story - with a white model - in the club. "I find it faintly ridiculous that these people are using pounds 3,000 designer interpretations of the sari when you can get better quality fabrics for pounds 200 and wear them your own way," says Sweety.
The Anokha crowd wouldn't dream of shelling out for Dries Van Noten or Red or Dead. Wembley, Southall and Brick Lane are the key sari-buying centres. Among the biggest, with more than 10,000 saris in stock, is the Modern Saree Centre (the spelling of Saree is variable) in Brick Lane. Owner Bodrul "Tito" Mazid says, "In these three square miles there are over 48 sari shops. I don't want to boast, but we have everything from a pounds 4.99 polyester chiffon sari to a pounds 400 pure gold embroidered, satin wedding sari here." Mazid is blase about media attention after recently talking to Arena, Time Out, The Guardian and German Elle. "We have always welcomed Western customers," he says, "though of course, Jemima Khan had something to do with the popularity of the shalwar-kameez."
On inspecting the five-yard bolts of sari fabric, you realise an entire new and exotic wardrobe of wrap skirts and sarongs could be had for the price of a coffee in the DKNY cafe. The delicate thong sandals, in gold and jewel hues, could outshine a pair of Manolo Blahniks and they cost less than pounds 50. "I do wear the traditional sandals," says Sweety, "but not for Anokha. They are too flimsy for a cold night in Hoxton Square. Besides, my look is urban street wear, not fancy dress. That's why I don't understand when The Face, ID and Italian Vogue are suddenly going mad for a look I have worn for years."
"You have to be wary of the mainstream press," says Khan, who formerly worked for the style title Dazed And Confused. "The second generation are not just a flash in the pan. We won't go out of fashion or disappear just because designers don't make Asian style visible. Anyway, saris won't go out of fashion. They will simply be integrated into everyday fashion, like combat pants and jeans."
Where Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale already started organizing the youth, there was Bhai Fauja Singh's fellow soldiers also established an armed group, whose name was placed on the Babbar Khalsa. Bhai Sukhdev Singh Babbar, Bhai Talwinder Singh Babbar, Bhai Sulakhan Singh Verwal, Bhai Anokh Singh, Bhai Kulwant Singh Nagoke, Bhai Surinder Singh Nagoke, Master Sukhwinder Singh Dabanwal and others were prominent in this group. Babbar Khalsa conducted Akhand Paath of Guru Granth Sahib in various places before starting their war.
The Babbar Khalsa launched a campaign to selectively reform the Narakdhari goons.Babbars on motorcycles would suddenly punish Narakdhari goons and used to disappear. Bhai Sahib killed total 35 narakdhari goons. Police reached the homes of several Babbar warriors. Due to this Bhai Sukhdev Singh Babbar, Bhai Sulakhan Singh Babbar Verowal, Bhai Kulwant Singh Nagoke, Bhai Anokh Singh Babbar, Bhai Surinder Singh Nagoke, Bhai Major Singh Nagoke and Bhai Lakha Singh Nagoke etc. 11 Singhs went underground. Now the police started raiding the houses of these underground babbar time to time. but after saying goodbye to the houses, these Singhs continued their struggle by setting terror in the houses of the wicked.
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