When state repression against a particular community or region crosses all limits overriding even the most genuine demands of a victimized community, then even the most sensible and moderate members of that community become radical and hot-headed opponents of the state. The present book written by a highly enlightened and disciplined ex-serviceman Sikh officer is an instinctive reaction to the highly excessive state repression on the Sikhs during the 1980-1990s which includes desecration of most sacred Sikh Shrine and mass slaughter of the Sikhs. Behind this radical demand for a separate Sikh state lies the bruised and wounded psych of the whole Sikh community whose loyalty, sacrifice and patriotism towards India has never been doubted. The author calls upon the Indian nation and Indian state to ponder over the fact why the Sikhs have been driven to the wall and compelled to secede[edit]
