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ABSTRACTS OF SIKH STUDIES : APRIL-JUNE 2005 / 537 NS<br />
<strong>of</strong> “their interpretation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> history and religion scaling its hegemony<br />
for years to come.”<br />
Few questions that need immediate answer by the people <strong>of</strong> North<br />
America are: How is it that Toronto University serves as a captive to<br />
McLeodian scholarship and candidates with whatever thesis do find<br />
acceptance for Doctorate degree there What sort <strong>of</strong> multi-culturalism<br />
does Canada promote Why have the Toronto and Vancouver<br />
Universities practically done away with Chairs on <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> Why<br />
do only McLeodian scholars find placing in North America Obviously<br />
the purpose for which all those Chairs were created and the money<br />
collected has failed, and put to misuse.<br />
Mention may now be made <strong>of</strong> two new chairs on <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Studies</strong><br />
created recently.<br />
The chair named after the mother <strong>of</strong> S. Narinder Singh Kapani,<br />
in California, has been occupied by a McLeodian scholar. The other is<br />
a Chair named after the father <strong>of</strong> S. Didar Singh Dhaliwal in Wisconsin.<br />
His father was a subedar in the British Indian army. It is debatable<br />
that the mother <strong>of</strong> Kapani, a simple lady from Pothohar, learned and<br />
deeply conscious <strong>of</strong> her <strong>Sikh</strong> origin and ethos would be happy at the<br />
signals <strong>of</strong> a chair named after her but occupied by an anti-<strong>Sikh</strong>, a<br />
follower <strong>of</strong> McLeodian school <strong>of</strong> thought. How would father <strong>of</strong> S.<br />
Darshan Singh Dhaliwal react to a chair named after him but likely to<br />
be occupied by a McLeodian protege or collaborator Obviously not<br />
easily: his father, trained in <strong>Sikh</strong> ethos in the British Indian Army is<br />
likely to have his own mental framework.<br />
Is there now need for some more stupid <strong>Sikh</strong>s (I am using the<br />
term in the same spirit as S. Kapur Singh, formerly ICS, who used the<br />
term in one <strong>of</strong> his papers released at Vancouver did) to create a chair<br />
after one <strong>of</strong> his parents or consorts That would be a worst contribution<br />
to their ancestors or consorts receiving painful signals from McLeodian<br />
scholars holding the chair.<br />
I think it would be much better that such efforts should instead<br />
be spent on creating specific scholarships for doing research work under<br />
known scholars, who have correct understanding <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. Another<br />
feature would be their making useful contribution at high school level,