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92 ABSTRACTS OF SIKH STUDIES : APRIL-JUNE 2005 / 537 NS of “their interpretation of Sikh history and religion scaling its hegemony for years to come.” Few questions that need immediate answer by the people of North America are: How is it that Toronto University serves as a captive to McLeodian scholarship and candidates with whatever thesis do find acceptance for Doctorate degree there What sort of multi-culturalism does Canada promote Why have the Toronto and Vancouver Universities practically done away with Chairs on Sikh Studies Why do only McLeodian scholars find placing in North America Obviously the purpose for which all those Chairs were created and the money collected has failed, and put to misuse. Mention may now be made of two new chairs on Sikh Studies created recently. The chair named after the mother of S. Narinder Singh Kapani, in California, has been occupied by a McLeodian scholar. The other is a Chair named after the father of S. Didar Singh Dhaliwal in Wisconsin. His father was a subedar in the British Indian army. It is debatable that the mother of Kapani, a simple lady from Pothohar, learned and deeply conscious of her Sikh origin and ethos would be happy at the signals of a chair named after her but occupied by an anti-Sikh, a follower of McLeodian school of thought. How would father of S. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal react to a chair named after him but likely to be occupied by a McLeodian protege or collaborator Obviously not easily: his father, trained in Sikh ethos in the British Indian Army is likely to have his own mental framework. Is there now need for some more stupid Sikhs (I am using the term in the same spirit as S. Kapur Singh, formerly ICS, who used the term in one of his papers released at Vancouver did) to create a chair after one of his parents or consorts That would be a worst contribution to their ancestors or consorts receiving painful signals from McLeodian scholars holding the chair. I think it would be much better that such efforts should instead be spent on creating specific scholarships for doing research work under known scholars, who have correct understanding of Sikhism. Another feature would be their making useful contribution at high school level,
MCLEOD & FENECH AS SCHOLARS ON SIKHISM AND MARTYRDOM 93 apart from gurmat prachar camps. What the Tat Khalsa gained in 1925, it lost so badly in post- 1947, because of its inapt leadership. The Sikhs who gained in Third Sikh War, 1920-25, by overcoming the pitfalls of 1849 loss of power, lost the fourth Sikh’s War, 1975-1994 so badly, that it is having its repercussions to day, and shall continue to do so hereafter. For a proper appreciation of the current post-1947 situation, we shall have to look towards another paper. ¤ The Guru is as a river perennially full of holy water By bathing in which, Man is rid of the impurity of his foul understanding. The perfect holy bath lies, therefore, In meeting the True Guru Who then turns man’s beast-and-goblin nature Into that of the angelic beings. – Guru Granth Sahib, p. 1329 guru drIAwau sdw jlu inrmlu imilAw durmiq mYlu hrY ] siqguir pwieAY pUrw nwvxu psU pryqhu dyv krY ]
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