Tag: punjab

justice is not won by adherence to law

11.07.2026

S: Justice is not won by adherence to law, but through rebellion.

A: What makes you so sure?

S: Look at how Parliament was established in this country. Through Simon de Montfort.

A: He has the same initials as you.

S: The spirit of the Revolutionary lives throughout the ages. We are irresistible and unstoppable. One dies. Another will be born.

A: This pride that you have in rebellion. What sort of pride is it?

S: This pride is based on the belief that the law is unjust. That I am above the law. I am better than the law. That rebellion is better than the law. That Revolution is better than the law. That is what this pride is. It is the pride of Punjab. It is the pride of The Tiger, of the Community of Tigers. It is the pride of the Indian, who has won freedom and independence from the unjust. It is the pride above all of the village, where we are not ruled by oppression and law. Where we govern ourselves. Where we are represented. Where we are the kings and the queens.

A: You would not follow the law?

S: You would follow the rich man’s law? You would follow the racist’s law? You would follow what another has thought, when you know that you are a genius? I decide my own fate. That is what rebellion is in this world. To follow one’s own choice and one’s own path. To decide, to be the judge and the master.

A: This is how ego talks.

S: I am ego. I am god, which is the ego of all. I am The Mother. I am her voice, her son and her lover. I am her. I do not need anyone to tell me what to do. Because the best placed, the best suited, the best, that is me. No other.

the courage to persuade the pistol

25.05.2026

S: In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, courage is defined as the fight against racism. They say that courage is knowing that you are licked before you even begin to fight racism and still fight nonetheless.

A: You believe that you have this courage?

S: I fight racism with my words. I fight racism with my deeds. With my heart. With my love and my friendship. I have never denied anyone anything because of the colour of their skin or their religion or culture. I have never denied anyone love because of what is wrong.

A: What is your idea of courage? It is something that you write about a lot, this concept of courage and bravery.

S: Do you know what the courage of a Punjabi is? The guru said:

‘Chirion se main baaz turaun,

Tabe Gobind Singh naam kahaun’

It is when I make sparrows fight hawks that I am called Gobind Singh.

‘Gidderon se main sher banaun,

Tabe Gobind Singh naam kahaun’

It is when make I lions out of wolves that I am called Gobind Singh

‘Nichon se main ucch banaun,

Tabe Gobind Singh naam kahaun’

It is when I make the lowly rise that I am called Gobind Singh

‘Sawa lakh se ek laraun,

Tabe Gobind Singh naam kahaun’

It is when I make one fight a hundred thousand that I am called Gobind Singh

Courage is when you have no power and you still fight. Courage is when you are the one and you fight the hundred thousand. When you stand against all as The Tiger. It is a concept shared by both Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and the Guru. Attitus is one of the powerful. He says it despite the fact that he has power in a white supremacist society as a white man. The Guru? He said it when he was one of the lowly. What the Guru said is the truth, it is the sincere conviction of the true warrior.

A: You believe that you are the lowly?

S: I am an Untouchable. I am The Oppressed, the Dalit. I am the working class. I am an ethnic minority man. We are they who they want to keep low. And yet, I fight. With everything. To the last breath. With my love. With my freedom. With my voice. With my body. I am the one that the Guru called to fight. Because they want us to be lowly but we will rise. It is us that are truly powerful. With all of their might, we are the ones that strike fear into their hearts. Because it is us that are the warriors. And them? They are the cowards. They are the hundred thousand that fight the one. Me. And it is them that lose.