Hi team,

I wanted to share something that is personal and close to the heart. Last few days, have been tough
– as we just commemorated 103 years of the Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre (also known as the
Amritsar Massacre). In April 1919, on an unfortunate evening in the Amritsar city of Punjab province,
a peaceful gathering of around 10,000 people met to celebrate a local festival of harvest and to
peacefully protest against the British law that allowed colonizers to detain and imprison any person
without any trial or court proceedings. In order to curb any form of dissent, the British army sent an
India born General Dyer to control the crowd. General Dyer blocked the exit, and without any
warning, ordered to open fire at the crowd. An unimaginable 1650 rounds were fired in 10 minutes
killed at least 1500 people and injuring many (real numbers were always believed to be much higher
but never revealed). Far from any apology or justice for this act, it 100 years and perhaps the
economy and technology boom of India, to state that this “incident” was a "shameful scar".

While colonialism may seem to be an act of the past, generations live through (and suffer) through
these cruel and inhumane atrocities.

Trigger warning: Sharing a video from the movie Gandhi (the same movie that was played in the
lecture earlier). This video may be very disturbing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2LaoamJ3vbs

More can be read: HERE https://www.worldhistory.org/Jallianwala_Bagh_Massacre/

and HERE. https://cpim.org/sites/default/files/marxist/201901-marxist-kl-tuteja-jalianwalabagh.pdf

Solidarity