Ginnipal Singh

Ginnipal Singh can recall his striking memories of 1984 with frightening detail. It was a time in his life that he sums up in a few vivid anecdotes, beginning with the night that he, his family-friends, and his family spent in the back of a home in Benaras threatened by the anti-Sikh mob breaking in and wreaking havoc. He remembers the gun he was given as a child for protection that same night, and the feeling of hopelessness that settled in him when he realized that not even the presence of a chief-inspector’s daughter in the house would protect them. Despite this, and several other incidences, he remains steadfast in his belief in the resiliency and strength of the Sikh community in this situation, and any other. He plans to share both his story and what it has taught him to his young son.